As the game began, Jack took the mound with confidence, his eyes fixed intently on the catcher's glove. The Rangers' leadoff hitter, a pesky little shortstop named Tommy, stepped up to the plate, and Jack threw a 95-mph heater down the middle. Tommy swung hard, but missed, and the umpire rang him up on a strike. The crowd erupted in cheers, and Jack pumped his fist in triumph.
They were wrong.
While the "strikeout" is a baseball-specific term, the concept of a "strike" appears in other competitive arenas: strikeout sports
A strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws any combination of three strikes to a batter during a single at-bat. While most people associate strikeouts with swinging and missing, they can also happen if a batter "looks" at a third strike in the zone or fouls off a bunt attempt with two strikes. As the game began, Jack took the mound
The Rangers' manager, a grizzled old-school veteran, tried to rally his troops, but Jack was unstoppable. He struck out the side again, his 10th, 11th, and 12th strikeouts of the game. The crowd erupted in cheers, and Jack pumped