剛ごう球きゅう

noun

fastball; heavy fastball; powerful pitch

Baseball term for a pitch thrown with great speed and weight, often implying a fastball that is difficult to hit squarely.

• 彼かれは150キロの剛ごう球きゅうを投なげ込こんだ。

  He threw a 150 km/h fastball.

• 剛ごう球きゅうに押おされてバットが折おれた。

  The bat broke under the force of the heavy fastball.