クローザー

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Meanings

1

noun

closer (baseball)

baseball

Baseball term for a relief pitcher who specializes in finishing close games, typically in the ninth inning.

彼かれはチームのクローザーとして今こんシーズン30セーブを挙あげた。
As the team's closer, he recorded 30 saves this season.
クローザーがマウンドに上

あ

がる

と

、

スタジアム

が

盛も

り

上あ

がっ

た

。

When the closer took the mound, the stadium erupted.

リリーフ
リリーフ is a general relief pitcher, while クローザー specifically refers to the pitcher who finishes the game.
セーブ
セーブ is the statistic awarded to a closer who successfully preserves a lead; クローザー is the role itself.

Loanword from English 'closer', adopted into Japanese baseball terminology.