Chapter 20: Seido vs Red Sea Osuda (4)
After Yagami and Chris simply threw a few balls to warm up, the referee signaled for the game to begin.
Chris crouched behind home plate and gave his code to Yagami Yagami.
Yagami nodded in agreement, took out the baseball from the ball cover, spun around, raised his left hand, twisted his waist with a step, waved his arm, and threw the baseball out of his palm.
"Whew!"
Standing in the batting area, the red sea Osuda left fielder and seventh baseman Fujikawa Kandai had no time to swing the bat, and the baseball flew over the home plate area and was about to run into Chris's open ball sleeve.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“
……
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Bing!"
Fujikawa hit an infield fly ball and was picked up by second baseman Yuki Tanaka.
“out.“
Fujikawa Kudana withdraws from the batting area with his bat.
Kanamori, a catcher and batter of the Red Sea Osuda, walked out of the waiting area and walked towards the batting area.
"The ball is heavy, be careful." Fujikawa said in a whisper as he staggered past their catcher, Kanamori.
Kanamori, the catcher of the Red Sea Osugata nodded, walked up to the batting area with his bat, and glanced at Chris, who was crouching next to him, who smiled back at him.
Takigawa Chris Yuu, who was named Tokyo's No. 1 Iron Catcher when he was in junior high school, became the main battle catcher of Seido in the summer of this year, and is still the most famous first-year catcher in Tokyo.
Such a catcher, let me, who is also a catcher, try your strength!
With a few swings of his bat, Kaneson made a gesture waiting for the blow and turned his head to look at Yagami on the pitcher's mound.
What kind of ball will it be the first ball?
Chris thought for a moment and made a secret word to Yagami Yagami.
On the pitcher's mound, Yagami stepped forward and threw the baseball in his palm with a flick of his arm.
"Whew!"
Facing the first ball thrown by Yagami Night, Kanamori, the catcher of the Red Sea Osudate, waved the bat in his hand at the first time.
"Huh!"
A metal bat that is ready to sweep across the home plate collides with a baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound.
"Ping!"
After the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by Jinson, it flew upside down at a faster speed than before.
Chris stood up and shouted, "First baseman!" ”
First baseman Kotaro Tojima chased in the direction the baseball flew over, and Yagami ran towards first base to make up the base.
"Smack!"
The baseball landed outside the touchline of first base and rolled some distance before stopping.
Kotaro Tojima went up and picked up the baseball, threw it to the caddy, and then ran back to first base.
Chris took the baseball handed over by the referee and threw it to Yagami, squatted again, and made a code, placing the ball sleeve in the low corner area.
Yagami looked at Kanemori, the catcher of the Red Sea Osugata, who was standing still on the batting area, and in the face of such a hitter, if the ball was a little easier, he might be beaten out by the opponent...... However, this does not mean that he will be afraid of such beaters.
Step out with your right foot, twist your waist and abdomen to tilt your weight forward, swing your arm, and focus your strength on the tip of your left finger to project the baseball in your hand and head straight to home plate.
"Whew!"
Jinsen watched the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound and swung the metal bat in his hand with all his might.
"Huh!"
However, the moment he swung his bat out, Kanamori, the catcher of the Red Sea Osugata, knew that his angle was high.
The fast straight ball relied on its own super high rotational speed, which caused it to fall more than other fast straight balls that would drop slightly after the baseball hit base, or if the ball was straighter, so that Kingson swung high when he expected the ball to swing.
"Bang!"
The baseball passed underneath the metal bat that Kingson was about to swing across home plate and into Chris's already open and laid out.
“Strike.“
Chris got up and threw the baseball back to Yagami Yagami, crouched down and placed the ball cover in its original position, asking Yagami for a speed ball.
"Whew!"
Is it still a straight ball?
Kanamori, a catcher in the Red Sea Osuda, watched the baseball fly from the pitcher's mound, aimed at the center of the ball, and waved the metal bat in his hand. Unfortunately, Kingson swung his bat too early, until the bat in his hand swept across the home plate, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew into the home plate and into Chris's open ball sleeve.
"Bang!"
"Three missed hits, out!"
Kanemori, the catcher of the Red Sea Sugada, could only look at Chris very unwillingly, and then withdrew from the batting area with his bat, it seems that he is indeed the heart and soul of the Seido team.
……
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
“out.“
Yagami used a lob to kill Kazuya Kazuya, the ace of Teto and the nine-batter.
"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."
In the first half of the third game, Seido let the hitter of the Red Sea Osugata return in vain.
The scoreboard shows that the score is still 0:0.
When the Seido garrison ran back to the rest area, the cheering group in the stands was cheering them on loudly.
"Yagami, well done!"
"Ota, come on!"
"Chris, let's have a nice hit!"
With the help of the team, Chris walked out of the lounge area with his bat in his hand, waved his bat, and walked towards home plate.
"In the second half of the third inning, the attack of Seido High School, Seven Sticks, Catcher, Takigawa Chris Yu."
The radio broadcast the players who came on the field, and the scouts and reporters in the stands who were interested in Chris were interested, and they were looking forward to Chris's next performance.
The contestant of the Red Sea Osuda could feel the change in the atmosphere, and his expression began to become serious.
Kanemori, the catcher of the Red Sea Osugada, took a look at Chris, who was standing on the batting area, and gave a secret signal to their ace Kazuya Ta.
The pitch must be clean and neat, and the ball with a slightly better way may be knocked out by him.
Kazuya Kazuya, the ace of the Red Sea Osuda, looked at Chris, who was standing still on the batting area, took a deep breath, and waved his arm to throw the baseball in his palm according to the code given to him by the catcher Kanamori.
The baseball shot straight out of the pitcher's mound and sped off toward home plate.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Bang!"
Chris tentatively swung his bat, but it didn't hit the baseball that was speeding past the home plate.
Chris swung his bat and re-established himself in the batting zone, and Kazuya Kazuda's second shot quickly flew in again.
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was on a high trajectory and almost grazed Chris's chest, causing Chris to instinctively take a step back and avoid the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound .
"Bad ball!"
Kazuya Kazuya on the pitcher's mound took off his cap and nodded his apology to Chris before putting his cap back on and receiving the baseball that was passed back to him by Kanamori, a catcher from the Red Sea Okaga.
Looking at the code from the catcher Kaneshiro, Kazuya Kazuya raised his legs and stepped forward, leaning forward with the center of gravity of his body, and threw the baseball in his palm with a swing of his arm.
"Whew!"