Hawkins said he had no "pop" on the ball and the Expos treated him like a batting practice pitcher.
Caldwell was used mainly as a batting practice pitcher, appearing in just three games in his major league career.
The screen that normally protects a batting practice pitcher had been pushed aside.
Alejo was listed as a Yankees batting practice pitcher two years ago but not last year, when the team reduced his access to facilities.
Two hours earlier, while facing a batting practice pitcher, Kroeger had failed to hit the ball out of the cage on six straight attempts.
They allowed us to bring our own batting practice pitcher.
Like spring training, you get your timing back gradually and they can do that better against batting practice pitchers.
Before the delivery, he may look more like an aging batting practice pitcher than a rapidly emerging ace.
He was not signed as a player, but became a batting practice pitcher for Giants' home games.
In Game 3, it was the Indians who made him feel like a batting practice pitcher.