noun
line drive
Baseball term for a sharply hit ball that travels low and fast, roughly parallel to the ground.
彼はセンター前にラインドライブを放った。
He hit a line drive to center field.
ピッチャー返しのラインドライブはとても危険だ。
A line drive back to the pitcher is very dangerous.
Variant spelling with a middle dot, also seen in Japanese baseball contexts.
Borrowed from English 'line drive', a baseball term.