Chapter 195: Qingdao vs City Three (Fifteen)
"In the first half of the fifth inning, the attack of the city's three major universities, six bats, pitcher, Murahashi-kun."
After the Seido players who were in charge of guarding the court were ready, hitter Yusuke Murahashi stepped into the batting area amid the sound of the announcement, and after turning the bat twice with both hands, he held it high in the air and waited for the strike.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Yusuke Murahashi swung his bat into Jinguji and threw a low-post ball into the inside corner with a wave of his arm, but unfortunately because the ball was not easy to handle, it only flew a short distance and fell into the infield area between the pitcher's mound and first base.
"Smack!"
Jingujiichi ran over from the pitcher's mound, reached for the bouncing baseball, and tossed it to first baseman Tetsuya Yuuki.
“out.“
After Tetsuya Yuuki opened the ball sleeve to receive the pass from the senior of Jinguji, the hitter Yusuke Murahashi strode over the base bag of the first base, and the first base trial saw this, clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it to determine that the hitter was blocked by the defender and out of the game.
"In the first half of the fourth game, the attack of the three major colleges and universities in the city, seven sticks, catcher, Chi Yongjun."
Jinguji reached out to take the baseball from his teammate, bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag next to him, and the hitter Shuhei Ikenaga also stepped into the hitting area at this time.
After standing in the batting area, he grabbed the bat with his left hand and swung it, then leaned it up to his right shoulder, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher's mound, he raised the metal bat in his hand and waited for the strike.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Faced with an inward, low outside corner high ball thrown by Jinguji with a wave of his arm, Shuhei Ikenaga swung his bat past the bottom of the flying baseball, causing it to float behind Catcher Chris.
“Strike.“
When the referee was touched by a ballball drifting by, he raised his hands and opened it to the open to determine the ball as a good ball.
Chris took the new baseball from the presiding judge and reached out to toss it to the Jinguji senior on the pitcher's mound.
Shuhei Ikenaga stepped back away from the hitting area, and after moving his hands and feet next to the catcher, he re-entered the hitting area and stood still. He grabbed the bat with his left hand and swung it, then put his right hand up and raised it upright, turning his head to look at the pitcher's mound waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
"Whew!"
Jinguji stepped forward with his leg lifted and threw a ball that looked like it would fly over the middle of the corner with a wave of his arm.
"Huh!"
Facing the baseball thrown by Jinguji with a wave of his arm, Shuhei Ikenaga swept the bat out in his hand, but he didn't expect that the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound suddenly fell vertically and was caught by the ball sleeve erected by Chris on the sand before it was hit by the bat that he swung past.
"Bang!"
Finger fork ball? Shuhei Ikenaga regained his footing on the batting area, swung his bat, and made another gesture of waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Bang!"
In the face of Jinguji's swing of his arm to throw the ball in the outside corner, Shuhei Ikenaga swung the bat and the speeding baseball staggered by a few feet away, and Chris opened his sleeve to grasp the pitcher's baseball firmly.
“Strike out.“
After receiving the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, Chris immediately got up and raised his hand to pass the ball to first base, and the chief judge next to him also raised his right hand and clenched his fist to signal that the hitter was knocked out by the guard.
"In the first half of the fifth game, the attack of the city's three major universities, eight sticks, left fielder, Hoshida-kun."
Jinguji bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag at his feet, then looked up at home plate while waiting for the hitter to be ready, and waited for the catcher to give him a code.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
Faced with a low-lying ball thrown by Jinguji with a wave of his arm, Mamoru Hoshida was not prepared to swing his bat, allowing the catcher to open his sleeve to catch the baseball thrown by the pitcher.
“ball.“
Chris knelt on the sand with his legs and took the baseball out of his sleeve and raised his hand to flick it back to Jinguji senior on the pitcher's mound.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Bang!"
Faced with a baseball that was thrown by Jinguji with a wave of his arm from the inside corner to the center area, Hoshida Mamoru swept the past bat and missed the swing by a millimeter, missing the baseball that was speeding from the pitcher's hill.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Jinguji waved his arm and threw a bad ball from the outside corner in the outer corner, and in the face of such a ball, he naturally would not swing his bat to strike.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Mamoru Hoshida swung his bat into Jinguji's swing of his arm and threw him into the middle of the corner, sending him deep into the left field.
Left fielder Takashi Fujii ran toward the third base sideline from deep in the left field, close to the middle fielder, while observing the baseball coming from home plate after the pitcher's baseball was knocked away by the hitter.
He stared at the baseball that was about to fall from mid-air, strode across the sideline near the side stand of third base, raised his hand to catch the baseball that had just flown over the sideline and fell, and knocked the hitter Hoshida out of the game.
"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."
Takashi Fujii ran out of the depths of the field and threw the baseball in his palm to his teammate in front of him, who then passed it to the referee.
"In the first half of the fifth game, Jingu Temple, who played steadily, with the cooperation of his teammates, directly let the three major hitters in the city go up and down three times."
“……”
"The next games are really getting more and more exciting!"
When the commentators and the live announcer summarized the first half of the fifth game that had just ended, the players of the three major players in the city had already run onto the field under the leadership of their captain, and then dispersed to their own positions to start the final preparations before the game.
"In the second half of the fifth inning, Seido High School's attack, five sticks, right fielder, Izaki-kun."
When the voice of the women's announcement sounded, because the chief judge was cleaning the home plate and the surrounding markings, Jun Izashaki had to wait outside the batting area with a bat.
When the referee finished cleaning up and walked back behind the catcher, Izashaki Jun walked into the batting area and stood up, his hands down, waved his bat, and then raised the bat high in a position to wait for the strike.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Usashiki Jun took a step back to avoid the baseball that seemed to be coming on, and Shuhei Ikenaga quickly moved the ball case inward laterally, grabbing the bad ball from the inside corner that Yusuke Murahashi threw with his swing arm.
Jun Izaki walked back to the batting area, and Shuhei Ikenaga got up and threw the baseball back to Yusuke Murahashi on the pitcher's mound.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
When the hitter thought that the pitcher's swing was a bad ball, he quickly stopped his attempt to swing the bat, allowing the catcher to open his sleeve to catch the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound without any hindrance.
“Nice pitch.“。
The referee raised his right hand and opened his palm to determine that the pitcher's throw was a good shot.
Shuhei Ikenaga got up and threw the baseball back to the pitcher, while Jun Izashaki next to him swung the bat from side to side with one hand, and after that, he held the bat with both hands and leaned on his right shoulder in a posture of waiting for the blow.