打線
Meanings
1
batting lineup; batting order
Baseball term for the sequence of batters. Often used in sports news and commentary.
Today's batting lineup has a powerful heart of the order.
The manager rearranged the batting order.
Usage patterns
- 打線を組むto put together/organize a batting lineup
The manager put together a new batting lineup.
- 打線が爆発するfor a lineup to explode offensively (score many runs)
The lineup exploded in the ninth inning and they won with a comeback.
- 打線がつながるfor hits in the lineup to chain together (leading to a big inning)
The lineup got hits strung together and scored three runs in a row.
- 打線が沈黙するfor a lineup to go silent (fail to score)
Today the lineup went silent and ended the game without scoring.
- 打線を立て直すto rebuild/reorganize a struggling batting lineup
The coach is trying to rebuild the struggling lineup.