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(baseball) a count of two strikes
In baseball, the count when the batter has accumulated two strikes. From a ツーストライク count, one more strike results in a strikeout (三振), so the batter is under pressure to protect the plate by fouling off or making contact with anything close to a strike.
カウントはツーストライク。
The count is two strikes.
ツーストライク is a wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) baseball term meaning a count of two strikes. The fully native equivalent is 二ストライク, but ツーストライク is overwhelmingly more common in commentary and casual speech. Often paired with the ball count as in スリーボール・ツーストライク (a 3-2 full count).
Common collocations
- カウントはツーストライク: the count is two strikes
- ツーストライクに追い込む: (pitcher) to drive the batter to a 2-strike count
- ツーストライクに追い込まれる: (batter) to be driven to a 2-strike count
- ツーストライクから粘る: to hang in there from a 2-strike count
- ツーストライクから打つ: to get a hit with two strikes
Related words
- スリーボール: three balls
- フルカウント: full count (3 balls and 2 strikes)
- 三振: strikeout
- ストライク: strike
- ボール: ball (a pitch outside the strike zone)
- バッター / 打者: batter
Usage
Related Words
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スリーボール (three balls)
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三振 (strikeout)
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ボール (ball)
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バッター (batter)
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打者 (batter)