"In the second half of the eighth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a shortstop, Fukuda-kun."

Taro Fukuda stepped onto the batting area, kicked the ground with his left foot, shook the bat with his right hand, then held the bat upright with his left hand, and turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

Manaka wants to swing his arm and throw a bad ball in the low position of the outside corner that is obviously outward, and the hitter Taro Fukuda will not swing his bat to strike in the face of such a ball.

Taro Fukuda turned his head to look at the pitcher mound while putting the bat back on his back as the catcher got up to pass the received baseball back to the pitcher, and after swinging it twice in front of him with one hand.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

The hitter bends down to dodge the inside corner high ball that Manaka is about to throw, and then catches it with the player's open sleeve as he falls down.

After the catcher got up and passed the baseball back to the pitcher, Taro Fukuda carried the bat with one hand and swung it up and down with his calf and head in a circle, and then shook the bat with both hands towards the pitcher's mound and waited for the timeout to end.

Because at the same time, the pitcher of the three major cities in the city, Manaka, was talking to his teammate first baseman Yohei Tanaka, and I don't know if they were comforting each other or exchanging tactics.

Soon the timeout of the three cities was announced to be over after Yohei Tanaka returned to first base.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

At the end of the timeout, Manaka quickly throws a ball from the inside corner that flies into the catcher's open sleeve before the hitter can react.

“good shot.“ The presiding judge raised his right hand to indicate that the ball was a good one.

"Whew!"

Manaka looked at the catcher's code, nodded, raised his legs, flicked his arms, and threw the baseball in his palm.

"Huh!"

Taro Fukuda aimed at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the bat downward.

"Ping!"

After hitting the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, he fished the bat from the bottom to the top and let the baseball fly high into the sky.

"Left field!" Catcher Ji Yong Shuhei got up and shouted.

Left fielder Ryu Miyai ran from left to right while staring at the baseball flying from home plate while staring at the baseball flying from home plate while being hit by the baseball thrown by the pitcher, and the baseball that was knocked away was still speeding towards this side, and finally reached out with his left hand to catch the baseball falling from mid-air with his left hand open and opened his sleeve when he was only one or two steps away from the sideline near third base.

"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."

After leaving the first and third bases, the three players of the city successfully finished the second half of the eighth inning, left the field with a smile on their faces, and trotted back to the rest area on the side of the third base.

……

After Jinguji finished warming up with Chris's pitching, the voice of the female announcer rang out: "In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack of the three major universities in the city, a stick, a shortstop, Araki-kun." ”

After standing still in the batting area, Ikuya Araki waved the bat in his hand, then raised the bat upright in a posture of waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

The pitcher, Jinguji, waved his arm and threw a bad ball from a high position in the outside corner, and the hitter still didn't swing the bat.

Chris knelt on one leg and raised his hand to pass the baseball he had just received back to the Jinguji senior.

Araki Wkuya lowered his hands and swung his bat, then held it up again, turning his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

Jinguji threw an arm high ball into the inside corner that was hit by the hitter's swing, and then flew high into the sky, gradually moving away from home plate.

Nakamidfielder Daiki Murasuke ran as he looked up at the baseball flying from home plate, then opened his sleeve to catch it as it fell.

"Smack!"

Daiki Murasuke took the baseball out of his sleeve and waved it to second base, which then passed to the pitcher. At the same time, hitter Ikuku Araki also turned around and trotted back to the rest area on the side of first base after seeing that he was being picked up by the guard.

"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack of the three major colleges and universities in the city, the second baseman, the third baseman, and the big mae-kun."

After standing still in the batting area, Takahiro Ohmae turned his head to look at the pitcher's mound, grabbed the bat with both hands and waved, then held the bat upright and waited for the pitcher to pitch.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Jinguji raised his leg and stride, flicked his arm and threw a ball in a low position in the inside corner that looked like the ball was too inward, and the hitter had no time to make other moves other than change his gaze, such as swinging a bat to strike.

“good shot.“ The presiding judge raised his right hand and made his verdict.

After Chris stood up, he flung the baseball back to the pitcher with his right hand, then crouched down again and showed his code to the Jinguji senior.

Takahiro Ohmae took the bat in one hand and threw it twice at his side, then waved it forward with both hands and turned his head to look at Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, waiting for his pitch.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

Jinguji threw a curveball that fell diagonally from the player's waist and abdomen (not the hit zone) to the low position of the inside corner, so that the batter Takahiro Ohmae could only sweep over the top of the baseball and then miss.

“good shot.“

Seeing this, the presiding judge raised his right hand and clenched his fist to signal that the pitcher's ball was a good shot.

Jinguji took a kick-off ball from the catcher and gave him a baseball, then bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag next to him, then looked up at the hitter who had re-established next to home plate, waiting for Chris's code.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

Takahiro Omae hits a high ball in the inside corner with a swing of his arm from Jinguji, and the flying baseball is hit by the swinging bat and bounces onto the sand in front of home plate.

"Smack!"

The baseball bounced off the sand in front of home plate, then landed on the pitcher's mound and rolled all the way to second base.

When Jinguji next to it reacted, he could only watch the baseball roll smoothly over the sand of second base without defense, then the infield lawn behind second base, and finally roll into the middle and outer field area.

"Second base!"

Murasuke Taiki, a midfielder who ran from the depths of the field, caught the rolling baseball in a squatting position and stretched out his hands, and immediately raised his hand to pass the baseball he had just received to Fukuda, who had already run to the back of second base.

Takahiro Ohmae, a hitter who had already run through first base, could only stop helplessly and turn back to first base after seeing this scene in front of him.

He stepped on the first base bag with one foot, took off his handguards and batting gloves amid the cheers of the spectators in the stands, and then reached out and handed them to the players who came to get them.

"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack of the three major colleges and universities in the city, three bats, second baseman, Sato-kun."

When Kenta Sato, the city's three major basemen, got up and left the waiting area and walked to the batting area, the voice of the female announcer also sounded above the court.