ツーストライク

つーすとらいく
noun
(baseball) two strikes
leisure
1. (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(さんしん)), so the batter is under pressure to protect the plate by fouling off or making contact with anything close to a strike.
カウントツーストライク。
The count is two strikes.
ツーストライクから(ねば)って()った
He hung in there with two strikes and got a hit.
After being driven to a two-strike count, he hit a home run.
(かれ)ツーストライクからバッティング得意(とくい)で、ファウル何球(なんきゅう)(ねば)ことできる
He's good at hitting from a two-strike count and can foul off pitch after pitch to hang in the at-bat.

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 ()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).

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Usage

  • In Japanese broadcasting the count is given balls-first: スリーボール・ツーストライク means 3-2.
  • The phrasing ツーストライク()()まれる ("to be driven into a 2-strike count") is a standard fixed expression and is used even more often than ツーストライクなる ("the count becomes 2 strikes").