Chapter 170: Qingdao vs Daocheng Industry (21)
"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, nine bats, pitcher, Yagami-kun." Yagami strode onto the batting area to the sound of the announcement.
"Come on, Yagami!" Jun Izaki shouted somewhere in the rest area.
"Senior, you must go to the base!" Seeing this, Yukichi next to him also shouted loudly.
Yagami nodded at them, swung his bat, and struck a pose waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
In the face of the outside corner ball thrown by Yuki Saito, Yagami did not swing the bat.
"Whew!"
Yuki Saito threw a cart ball that moved laterally from the outside corner to the center of the inside corner.
"Bang!"
When Yagami thought it was a bad ball and didn't swing the bat, Shirakawa Eisei opened the ball sleeve and successfully caught the flying baseball.
“Nice pitch.“
"Whew!"
Yuki Saito threw another cart ball from the outside corner to the center of the inside corner.
"Bang!"
Because the batter did not swing the bat, the catcher Shirakawa Eisei successfully caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound into the ball sleeve.
“Nice pitch.“
Yagami waved the bat in his hand and re-posed to wait for the blow.
"Whew!"
Yuki Saito nodded, raised his leg and stride, flicked his arm, and threw the baseball in his palm.
"Huh!"
Yagami swings his baton and hits a mid-low ball thrown by Yuki Saito's swing.
"Ping!"
After the baseball was hit by the hitter, it landed on the sand in front of home plate and flew towards second base.
"Shortstop, second baseman!"
Shortstop Takaji Goto ran in the direction of second base after the baseball was knocked out by the beater.
"Smack!"
When he reached the edge of the sand behind second base, Goto jumped to catch the baseball flying from home plate, and immediately stepped to pass the ball to first base.
“safe.“
When first baseman Kojiro Hiragaki strides forward with his left foot and stretches out his ball sleeve to catch the shortstop's pass, hitter Yagami Ye just takes a quick step to pounce on the first base, forgetting all that he had said in the previous inning when he was teaching Chris.
"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a shortstop, Fukuda-kun."
Taro Fukuda walked to the batting area amid the sound of the announcement, held the bat in his right hand and waved it a few times, then put his left hand up, and then leaned the bat on his left shoulder before assuming a posture of waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
Taro Fukuda held a short bat and blocked an inside corner kick thrown by Yuki Saito.
"Ding!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound landed next to the home plate and rolled forward after hitting the metal bat of the pitcher.
"First base!"
Shirakawa Eisei immediately got up and ran towards the rolling baseball in front of him, and Yuki Saito also ran down from the pitcher's mound, bent down to pick up the rolling baseball, and then raised his hand to fly the ballball to first base.
“out.“
Kojiro Hiragaki opened his sleeve to catch the pitcher's pass, and hitter Taro Fukuda followed closely before running past the first base.
"In the first half of the ninth inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka-kun." Yuki Tanaka, the second batter of the Qingdao Road, walked to the batting area amid the sound of the announcement.
He first lowered his head and left foot to kick the ground in the hitting area, and then held the bat with his right hand for several laps before putting his left hand up and holding the bat firmly in a position of waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
Faced with a fast straight ball from the outside corner thrown by Yuki Saito, Yuki Tanaka was about to swing his bat, and Eisei Shirakawa opened the ball sleeve to catch the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound into it.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
Shirakawa Eisei got up and bent his legs slightly, and the whole person stood up to catch the bad ball thrown by Yuki Saito from the outside corner with a wave of his arm.
“ball.“
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Yuki Tanaka swung his bat, and Yuki Saito swung his arm into the outside corner, but it was a throw-in.
Yuki Saito raised his hand to catch the baseball thrown by the referee, and Yuki Tanaka took off the batting cap on his head and wiped the sweat from his cheeks before putting the cap back on.
After bowing his head and tidying up the ground in the hitting area, Yuki Tanaka re-assumed a posture waiting for the strike.
"Whew!"
“safe.“
Yuki Saito waved his arm and threw a ball at second base, trying to knock runner Yagami out of the game, but unfortunately failed.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Yuki Tanaka waved his arm and threw the ball that was high in the middle of the ball thrown by Yuki Saito, and hit it out vigorously.
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball, which flew past the pitcher's mound, flew toward the stands on the third base side after being hit by a hitter.
With only the last number of outs, Yuki Tanaka was about to be eliminated, which also made Qingdao's support team start cheering and shouting for Yuki Tanaka, as well as slapping the support props.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
In the face of Yuki Saito's swing of his arm and the bad ball in the low position of the inside corner that almost smashed on the ground, Yuki Tanaka did not swing his bat to strike.
Eisei Shirakawa passes the baseball back to the pitcher; After catching the catcher's pass, Yuki Saito crouched down and pressed and moved his legs while pinching the magnesium powder bag with his right hand.
After doing all of the above, Yuki Saito nodded in agreement with the catcher's code, raised his leg and stride, flicked his arm and threw the baseball away.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Yuki Tanaka swung his bat into Yuki Saito, swinging his arm at the inside corner and sweeping it closer to second base.
"Smack!"
After the baseball flew from home plate and landed on the lawn behind the second base, the second baseman and shortstop were running towards it, allowing it to roll into the field area without hindrance.
“safe.“
By the time fielder Keisuke Kawanishi stretched out his arms and scooped up the rolling baseball, hitter Yuki Tanaka had already run past first base and was sprinting to second base, and then when he passed the ball to second base, he slid up second base with a quick step.
In the unfavorable situation of one out, second and third bases, the overseer asked the referee for a timeout, and then asked the herald to go up to convey his instructions.
Moments later, the Inagi Kogyo players, who were gathered on the pitcher's mound, clenched their fists and touched their chests, and then dispersed.
The runner at third base, the substitute runner Jun Izaki was next to the third base bag, and jumped off the ground a few times with his legs folded, looking impatient to run back to home plate to score.
At the end of the timeout, Seido three stickers Tetsuya Yuuki stopped his swing and walked towards the hitting area next to him.
"In the first half of the ninth inning, Seido High School's attack, three bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun."