ピッチング

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ピッチングする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Specifically refers to throwing the ball to the batter in baseball. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to pitch'.

Refers to the up-and-down rocking motion of a ship or aircraft. Contrasts with ローリング (rolling, side-to-side motion).

〈人ひと〉のピッチングが安あん定ていするfor someone's pitching to become stable/consistent
最さい近きん、彼かれのピッチングが安あん定ていしてきた。
Lately, his pitching has become more consistent.
〈物もの〉がピッチングするfor a ship or aircraft to pitch (rock fore-and-aft)
大おおきな波なみを受うけて船ふねが激はげしくピッチングした。
Hit by a large wave, the ship pitched violently.
ピッチングを崩くずすto lose one's pitching rhythm/form
先せん発ぱつ投とう手しゅは9回かいに入はいってピッチングを崩くずした。
The starting pitcher lost his rhythm going into the ninth inning.

投とう球きゅう sense 1
投球 is the more formal, technical term for a baseball pitch, while ピッチング is a common loanword used the same way, often in casual or sports-commentary contexts.

ローリング sense 2
ピッチング is the up-and-down (fore-and-aft) rocking of a ship or aircraft, while ローリング is the side-to-side rolling motion; the two are the standard contrasting pair in nautical and aviation contexts.

ピッチ
ピッチング refers to the act or motion of pitching in baseball, while ピッチ can mean the individual throw itself or a completely different sense like pace or spacing.

回かいN4
Used for counting instances of pitching (a pitching motion/act) in baseball.

Loanword from English 'pitching', adopted into Japanese with the same katakana form.