Chapter 44: Throwing Practice
"Whew!"
After the baseball was thrown by Yagami Night, it flew in front of the hitter in an instant with the sound of breaking through the air.
"Huh!"
Dong Qingguo did not hesitate and directly swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously, sweeping out an afterimage in the home base area.
"Bang!"
The baseball that sped over the home plate dodged Higashikiokuni's swing at a faster pace and burrowed into Kentaro Matsuda's open ball cover.
"Come again!"
Dong Qingguo waved the metal bat in his hand and stood up again.
Yagami Ye caught the baseball that Senior Matsuda passed back to him, looked at the code that Senior Matsuda compared to him, nodded, waved his arm, and threw the baseball out of his palm again.
"Whew!"
Dong Qingguo looked at the baseball that was galloping from the pitcher's mound again, and vigorously waved the bat in his hand.
"Huh!"
Tokiyokoku swung his bat a little slower, staggering past the baseball that was speeding from the pitcher's mound, allowing it to swoop into Kentaro Matsuda's open sleeve.
Matsuda got up and took out the baseball from the ball cover and threw it back to Yagami Yagami before squatting down again and exchanging his code to him.
Yagami looked at the code that Senior Matsuda compared, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement, and threw the baseball out of his palm according to the code given to him by Senior Matsuda.
"Whew!"
As soon as the baseball was thrown by Yagami Night, Dong Qingguo immediately waved the bat in his hand, and swept out an afterimage with a sound of breaking the air at home base.
"Huh!"
However, the baseball flew a beat slower, and it was not until Dongqingguo swung into the air that it got into Matsuda's ball sleeve.
Speedball?
No, it's still a fast straight ball.
Tokiyokoku realized that it was because he swung his bat first in order to hit Yagami's pitch.
"Alright, it's my turn." Kotaro Tojima stepped forward with his bat and pushed him away, while he stood in the hitting area and made a move to prepare for the strike.
"Whew!"
Kotaro Tojima also chose to swing the metal bat in his hand at the first time, but the baseball, which changed diagonally and drastically, successfully avoided the metal bat waved by Kotaro Tojima and slid into Kentaro Matsuda's open ball cover.
Curveball?
Kotaro Tojima waved the bat in his hand and stood up again.
Without any surprise, Kotaro Tojima, like the previous Toshiyokuni, missed three times with his swing and then left the batting area.
After six seniors, including Yoshiki Hagashi, Kotaro Tojima, Hiroshi Ota, Takashi Fujii, Taro Fukuda, and Yuki Tanaka, it was the turn of Senior Murasuke to go to the batting area.
Murasuke moved his shoulders and waved the bat in his hand, then raised the bat in his hand and looked at Yagami who was standing in the pitcher's area.
It's also a very difficult hitter to deal with.,If you're not careful, Yagami's pitch will be hit out by Murasuke.。
Kentaro Matsuda thought as he made a code gesture to Yagami and asked him for a speedball first.
After two games, Mumurasuke's batting average was even higher than To's.
Of course, part of the reason for this is that the other teams pay more attention to Higashi and ignore Murasuke, but it is enough to prove how difficult Murasuke is to deal with.
"Whew!"
Looking at the way the baseball flew from the pitcher's mound, Daiki Murasuke actively waved the bat in his hand at the first time.
"Huh!"
The metal bat swung towards the baseball that was speeding from the pitcher's mound, but it was not until the bat was swung over the home plate that the baseball flew from the pitcher's mound into home plate and was caught by Kentaro Matsuda's ball sleeve.
"Bang!"
On the second ball, Kentaro Matsuda asked Yagami for a high-speed stretch ball (sinking fast ball).
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Bang!"
After two consecutive failed swings, Daiki Murasuke waved the bat in his hand, and then raised the bat in his hand and made a gesture of preparing to strike.
Kentaro Matsuda took a moment to think about the next match before he made a secret to Yagami in the pitcher's area and straightened the ball cover.
The next ball you want him to throw a quick straight ball?
Yagami was a bit of a surprise, although the use of a quick straight ball to tie the batter is the preferred way for most Japanese pitchers.
Yagami hesitated for a moment, but finally followed the code given to him by Senior Matsuda and threw a quick straight ball; Step forward with your right foot, twist your waist and abdomen, lean your weight forward, and throw the baseball in your palm with your left hand.
"Whew!"
Murasuke Daiki vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand, and swept a remnant above the home plate again.
"Huh!"
This time, however, it was Murasuke who was a little slower in choosing the time to swing the bat, and the baseball that flew rapidly from the pitcher's zone flew over the home plate area and fell into the open sleeve of catcher Matsuda.
"Boom!"
Matsuda failed to catch the baseball that flew from the pitcher's area, and the baseball rolled out of his sleeve again, so he could only hurriedly stretch out his right hand and grab the baseball that fell to the ground.
The ball that Yagami threw was not only heavy, but also fast.
Unfortunately, there was no speedometer here, and Kentaro Matsuda suspected that Yagami would have thrown the ball very closely, even reaching 150km/h.
"Another strikeout!"
All the Seido people gathered around the throwing area, watching Yagami and the second-grade seniors' throwing practice, and when Murasuke Taiki was also struck by Yagami, the others suddenly realized that the seven starters had already finished struck Yagami Yagami.
"I'm going to fight too!" Namiki on the bench took the lead in trotting to the batting area with a bat and practiced throwing with Yagami. Others are also lining up with their bats, ready to hit the field
……
"Ping!"
After striking out three would-be third-graders again, including Namiki, Ita, and Fujisawa, Yagami's pitch was knocked out by Tetsuya Yuuki first, and then by Toru Masuko.
Yagami Ye looked at the baseball flying behind him, turned his head to look at Masuko Toru who was standing in the batting area, looking at the direction where the baseball flew out in a daze, and couldn't help but admire, "It's worthy of a power-type heavy artillery hitter!" ”
"Well done! Increase. ”
"Finally hit Yagami's ball!"
"Woo, woo! Woo!! No longer in a daze, Masuko To, who came back to his senses, cheered while excitedly grabbing the bat and leaving the hitting area.
"These baseball are a real headache and make me feel like a villain." Yagami is very speechless about these baseball stupid people, and the self who has been throwing the ball and the senior Matsuda who squatting and catching are the most tired of everyone!
……
After the practice, the Qingdao people left the borrowed playground one after another and returned to the homestay.
Tetsuya Yuuki and Keisuke Miyauchi, who are in the second grade, got together and chatted about the wonderful blow that came when Masuko Toru and Yagami were dueling just now.
"In the face of Yagami's fast straight ball, Masuko, you hit it so accurately!" Keisuke Miyauchi patted Masuko Toru on the shoulder and said.
Unlike Tetsuya Yuuki, even if he touches a fast straight ball thrown by Yagami Yagami, he doesn't have enough power to hit the ball out; As a power-type heavy artillery strike, as long as the bat in his hand can rub against the baseball flying over, a long fight can't run.
"I didn't go up to play today, I'm sure I can hit your ball!" Jun Izashi shouted at Yagami Night.
"I'll definitely hit it next time!" Tetsuya Yuuki on the side said to Yagami in the same tone.