When Taro Fukuda, who left the field, met Yuki Tanaka, the second baseman of the Seido group, he said to him, "The last ball is a speed ball. ”

Yuki Tanaka nodded and walked over to the batting area next to home plate.

Yuki Tanaka walked up to the batting area, waved the metal bat in his hand, glanced back at Superintendent Kataoka, who was located at the entrance and exit of the rest area, and after receiving his instructions, made a gesture waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“ball.“

The first ball was a slideball, and Nakamura threw the baseball from the pitcher's mound at an angle that was too far from home plate, and the baseball could not slide smoothly from the bad ball area to the good ball area, so Yuki Tanaka did not wave the metal bat in his hand.

Ohara, a catcher in Kansai, gave a secret signal to pitcher Nakamura Takari, asked for a stretch ball, and set up the ball cover.

Nakamura nodded in agreement, raised his leg and walked out, and the baseball flew out of his palm and galloped towards home plate.

"Whew!"

Straight ball? Yuki Tanaka vigorously waved the metal bat in his hand.

"Huh!"

However, the baseball suddenly changed direction in front of the bat swung by Yuki Tanaka and fell diagonally into the catcher Ohara's ball cover.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

Ohara stood up and took out a baseball from his holster and passed it to Nakamura, crouched down and gestured to him.

"Whew!"

On the hitting area, Yuki Tanaka frowned, it was a fast straight ball in the inside corner, and then changed his body, stepped out, and waved the metal bat in his hand with both hands.

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

Unfortunately, it missed the center of the ball and was a throw-in that flew towards the touchline of first base.

Two good balls and one bad ball. Kansai's catcher Ohara thought for a moment, but still chose to put the ball cover in the middle of the corner, and asked the pitcher Nakamura Shoki for another ball.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

Yuki Tanaka swept away the metal bat and missed again.

"Bang!"

The baseball that flew past the pitcher mound was once again firmly caught by the Kansai catcher Ohara.

“Strike out.“

"Two out!" Ohara shouted loudly as he got up and took out the baseball from his holster and threw it back to Nakamura Shoki.

"There's one more out."

"Cast it for them! Nakamura. ”

The infielders and outfielders who were guarding various positions on the Kansai side also shouted loudly at the pitcher Nakamura Shoki from behind.

Two hitters in a row were knocked out by Kansai's pitcher Nakamura Shoki Sanzhen, and Supervisor Kataoka's expression became more and more serious, and he turned his head to give his instructions to Hiroshi Ota, the third batter who was about to hit the game.

Hiroshi Ota nodded after seeing the code given to him by Superintendent Kataoka and walked towards the hitting area.

Ohara glanced at Hiroshi Ota, who was standing on the batting area, and gave a code to the pitcher Nakamura Takabi, opening and setting up the ball cover.

On the first ball, Ohara asked Nakamura for a fast straight ball close to Hiroshi Ota's knee and in the inside corner.

"Whew!"

A fast straight ball with an inside corner?

Hiroshi Ota vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand, and collided violently with the baseball that was speeding from the pitcher's mound.

"Huh!"

In the sky above home plate, a swept metal bat collides with a speeding baseball, making a sound unique to the impact of a baseball and a bat.

"Ping!"

The ball is so heavy! Hiroshi Ota pushed the metal bat in his hand outward.

"Boom!"

The baseball bounced off the top of home plate, flew a short distance, and then smashed into the ground in the infield, a rolling ball.

Hiroshi Ota immediately dropped his bat and ran towards first base.

Kansai's second baseman Kazunari Morita received a rolling baseball in a kneeling position and passed the ball to first baseman Kazuhei Yasui.

"Bang!"

First baseman Kazuhei Yasui stepped on the base bag with one foot and stretched out his arm to catch the baseball passed to him by second baseman Morita.

“out.“

Hiroshi Ota took two more steps forward before turning around and returning to home plate to pick up the bat and run back to the rest area of the Qingdao Road.

The Kansai garrison trotted away from the arena and returned to the rest area. Kansai shortstop and batter Naoto Araki changed his cap, tied his leggings and elbow pads, walked out of the rest area with his bat, waved his bat, and walked towards home plate.

"Come on, Araki!"

"Swing the stick with all your might!"

The support group in Kansai is cheering him on loudly.

(Note: If the teams in this book are real teams, then the names of the players are also real.) )

It's a pity that Aomichi's pitcher Yagami is very difficult to deal with, and after Kansai Naoto Araki entangled five balls, he was still struck out by Yagami Ya.

After that, the Kansai right fielder and second baseman Youan was directly caught and killed by Qingdao's guard because he hit a high flying ball; Kansai's third baseman Naotoshi Sugiyama hit an infield short shot from Yagami Nighta, but before he could run the base, he was blocked by Seimchi's first baseman Tetsuya Yuki outside the base.

At this point, the first game ended, and the score of the two sides was 0:0.

……

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."

"At the end of the fourth inning, Qingdao still didn't score in this game, and the score between the two sides is now 0:1, I really didn't expect this game to evolve into a pitcher battle."

"Yes! It was only the fifth inning, and the pitchers on both sides had two four-bad shots, and then the opposing batter was sent to base. ”

The Qingdao four stickers Dong Qingguo changed into the protective gear used for striking and walked onto the field with the bat.

"East, home run!"

"Boom out!"

In the sound of support, Dong Qingguo walked to home plate, walked into the batting area, waved the metal bat in his hand, and made a gesture ready to strike.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“ball.“

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

“Strike.““

After missing the shot, Dong Qingguo stood up again on the hitting area, raised the bat high, and once again made a gesture waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

Dong Qingguo looked at the baseball speeding from the pitcher mound, took a step back, and vigorously danced the metal bat in his hand.

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

The metal bat, which seemed to sweep everything, collided violently with the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound, sending it flying upside down into the sky.

"Home run! This is Dongjun's first home run at this tournament! It was also the ninth home run of the tournament! Helped Seido equalize the score with Kansai, and the current score is 1:1. ”

"Haha!" Dong Qingguo laughed and ran around the court back to home plate, picked up the bat he had dropped earlier, and exited the field.

Murasuke Daiki stood up, walked to the batting area with his bat, waved his bat, and assumed a posture of waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

Kansai pitcher Nakamura threw a baseball from the pitcher's hill, and Murasuke Taiki looked at the ball that was biased to the outside corner, which was most likely a bad ball, and did not swing the bat.

"Bang!"

“ball.“

Nakamura's second ball flew over the pitcher's mound again, and it was another bad ball.

"Bang!"

“ball.“

Daiki Murasuke waved his bat and stood up again on the batting area, looking at the Kansai pitcher on the pitcher's hill.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"