rough up the bullpen

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Definition of rough up the bullpen in English English dictionary

In baseball, the act of the offensive team being able to easily hit pitching by the starting and relief pitchers of the opposing team, despite the types of pitches thrown or the skill of the pitchers

The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.

Hyphenation

rough up the bull·pen

Turkish pronunciation

rʌf ʌp dhi bûlpen

Pronunciation

/ˈrəf ˈəp ᴛʜē ˈbo͝olˌpen/ /ˈrʌf ˈʌp ðiː ˈbʊlˌpɛn/