初しょ球きゅう

noun

first pitch; opening pitch

Baseball term for the pitcher's first pitch to a batter or the first pitch of the game.

• 初しょ球きゅうから積せっ極きょく的てきに打うっていく。

  I'll swing aggressively from the first pitch.

• 彼かれは初しょ球きゅうをセンター前まえに運はこんだ。

  He hit the first pitch into center field.