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What are pitches thrown “upstairs”?

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Retry Correct Incorrect Any pitch above the strike zone, between the shoulders and knees, is considered upstairs. A pitch upstairs can be above the batter’s head, or high and off of home plate.
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Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

What are pitches thrown “upstairs”?

  • pitches into a batter’s upper back
  • pitches thrown from above the shoulders
  • pitches high in the strike zone
  • pitches at a batter’s’ head
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