three-pitch strikeout
Baseball term for a strikeout achieved with exactly three pitches, each a strike.
He was struck out on three pitches.
The starting pitcher got a three-pitch strikeout in the first inning.
Standard kanji spelling using numerals.
Variant with Arabic numeral 3 for the first character.
Compound of 三球 (three pitches) and 三振 (three strikes, i.e., strikeout).