初しょ球きゅう

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Meanings

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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.

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Usage patterns

初しょ球きゅうを打うつto hit the first pitch
彼かれは初しょ球きゅうを思おもい切きり打うった。
He swung hard at the first pitch.
初しょ球きゅうを見み送おくるto take (not swing at) the first pitch
打だ者しゃは初しょ球きゅうを見み送おくった。
The batter took the first pitch.
初しょ球きゅうでストライクを取とるto get a strike on the first pitch
投とう手しゅは初しょ球きゅうでストライクを取とった。
The pitcher got a strike on the first pitch.