| reliever be | 3.82 | Pain relievers are a good example. | ||
| reliever have | 1.32 | Relievers had no cachet whatsoever. | ||
| reliever walk | 1.18 | Dodgers relievers walked three more. | ||
| reliever combine | 0.86 | Astros relievers combined for three scoreless innings. | ||
| reliever pitch | 0.66 | All seven relievers pitched in the first two games. | ||
| reliever do | 0.59 | A reliever can do none of the above. | ||
| reliever get | 0.59 | Middle relievers rarely get victories or saves. | ||
| reliever strike_out | 0.53 | The Mets reliever struck out Jordan. | ||
| reliever hold | 0.46 | The setup reliever holds the lead. | ||
| reliever replace | 0.46 | After recording two outs, he loaded the bases and was replaced by reliever Pep Harris. | ||
| reliever run | 0.46 | Leyritz tapped a ball to the right of Dennis Martinez, and the reliever ran to field it. | ||
| reliever allow | 0.39 | Then his relievers allowed them to get even. | ||
| reliever come | 0.39 | Left-handed reliever came in and struck out Erstad as Eckstein stole third. | ||
| reliever follow | 0.39 | Four relievers followed. | ||
| reliever hit | 0.39 | The relievers hit better than the starters. | ||
| reliever throw | 0.39 | Two Yankee relievers were throwing in the bullpen. | ||
| reliever finish | 0.33 | Three relievers finished a six-hitter. | ||
| reliever give | 0.33 | The Atlanta reliever gave them autographs. | ||
| reliever say | 0.33 | The Texas Rangers reliever said he is contemplating retirement. | ||
| reliever make | 0.26 | And for an evening, the relievers made the offensive woes forgettable. |