After Chris ran to the left waiting area in one go, the high-flying ball, which was not fast, showed signs of falling, and then he continued to run forward for two or three more steps, extending his arms upwards and spreading his sleeve to catch the baseball falling from mid-air.

“out.“

After the catcher who caught the baseball he had hit turned around and ran back to home plate, Yohei Tanaka could only keep his head down and trot back to the rest area on the side of first base with his bat in his hand.

"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack of the three major universities in the city, five sticks, the middle fielder, Tanaka (one)-kun."

Jinguji stepped up to the pitcher's mound amid the sound of the announcement, made a two-out gesture to his teammates around him, then bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag in front of him, and then looked up at the sky, panting.

Kazutoku Tanaka walked to the hitting area, swept the sand from the ground with his left foot, waved the bat in front of him with his left hand, and straightened the belt around his waist with his right hand.

As the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at the pitcher's mound, Jinguji stepped forward with his leg raised, swung his right hand forward, and the baseball in his hand sped away from the pitcher's mound towards the home plate in front of him.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

As soon as the hitter reacted, Chris's open ball sleeve had already caught the ball thrown by the senior of Jinguji in the high position of the inside corner.

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

The catcher gets up and throws the received baseball back to the pitcher, and Kazutoku Tanaka takes a few steps back away from the hitting area, grabs the bat with his left hand and swings it vigorously at his side, then swings the bat as he walks back and regains his footing on the batting area.

As Jinguji seniors prepared to pitch, Chris got up and placed his ball case in the area high outside the inside corner, waiting for the baseball to fly from the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

Jinguji raised his leg and strode and threw the baseball out of his palm, Tanaka Kazutoku also swept the bat in his hand, trying to knock the flying baseball out of the air, but unfortunately the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew over the bat, perfectly avoiding the fate of being hit by the bat, and then was tightly grasped by Chris's moving ball sleeve.

“good shot.“ The referee raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist, deciding that the ball was a good ball because the batter's swing missed.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

Jinguji's third ball with a wave of his arm was a low ball in the outside corner that almost fell on the sand, but fortunately, Chris flipped the ball sleeve in his left hand after noticing that there was a problem with the ball thrown by the senior, so that it could cushion the sand and successfully catch the flying baseball.

Kazutoku Tanaka grabbed the bat with his left hand and swung it, then raised the bat up again, turned his head to look at the pitcher's mound and waited for the pitcher's pitch.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

For the fourth ball, Chris originally wanted Jinguji senior to throw a low-position ball in the inside corner, but he never thought that there was a problem with the ball control, and the baseball thrown by Jinguji senior waved his arm fell too early, causing the baseball to fall out of the good ball area when it flew above home plate.

Seeing this, Chris could only move the ball sleeve and hurriedly grabbed the baseball that was about to fall to the ground.

After receiving the baseball passed back to him by the catcher, Jinguji bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag at his feet, then raised his right hand to make a gesture to his teammates around him to make a gesture of two best balls, and finally turned to face home plate, looked at the code that the catcher compared, and nodded slightly.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

Jingujiichi did what the catcher asked him to do, and threw a low ball in the outer corner in front of the catcher's right leg, and then was firmly grasped by the catcher's ball sleeve that had been waiting on the side for a long time.

Chris got up and passed the received baseball back to Jinguji senior, while Kazutoku Tanaka, who was next to him, walked out of the batting area, grabbed the bat with both hands and swung it vigorously, and after a few seconds, he walked back to the hitting area and stood still.

Shaking it with his bat in his left hand and then holding it aloft, Kazutoku Tanaka turned his head to look at the pitcher's mound and waited for the pitcher's pitch.

"Whew!"

Jinguji raised his leg and stride, waved his arm and threw the baseball out of his palm.

"Huh!"

The bat in Kazutoku Tanaka's hand shook from under the flying baseball and directly missed the swing.

"Smack!"

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound slammed into the catcher's sleeve from the inside out, and then because the catcher couldn't hold on to the batting baseball and let it fall to the ground, it was picked up by Chris's outstretched right hand.

When the referee saw this, he raised his hands upwards and shook them to indicate that the result of the ball was invalid, and let the pitcher continue to pitch.

Jinguji took off his ball cap, wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve, and then walked forward, reached out to take the baseball passed back by the catcher, and carried it behind him.

Kazutoku Tanaka shook the bat under him with his left hand, then straightened it up and turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

After feeling that the pitcher was throwing a ball from the middle of the outside corner, Kazutoku Tanaka swung the metal bat in his hand, but unfortunately Jinguji waved his arm and threw the ball from the middle of the non-good area to the low position area of the outside corner, which directly made his swing miss.

“retire.“ The referee immediately raised his right hand upwards to signal that the first half of the ninth game was over.

Jinguji ran down the pitcher's mound with a smile on his face and left the field with his teammates.

Outside the rest area on the side of first base, the others were standing waiting for their return, and one by one, they stretched out their right hands to high-five Jinguji Temple as they trotted back.

Jingujiichi high-fived his teammates who were waiting for them to return, then shook off the others and ran into the rest area.

……

"Next is the second half of the ninth inning where the charm of baseball lies, can Qingdao continue to play the upper line? And then get a decisive point to win this game, and enter the National High School Wild Ball Tournament for the first time in five years? ”

"Let's wait and see!"

Just as the commentators and the on-site announcer were commenting for the next game, the voice of the female announcer also sounded over the court: "In the second half of the ninth inning, the attack of Seido High School, the second baseman, the second baseman, Tanaka-kun." ”

Yuki Tanaka stood still on the batting area, his hands drooping, waving the metal bat in his hand, and turning his head to look at the pitcher's mound.

“Pitch.“

When everything was ready, the referee raised his right hand and pointed in the direction of the pitcher's mound to signal the start of the second half of the ninth inning.

After hearing the referee's instructions about the start of the game, Yuki Tanaka stopped swinging his bat and held the bat high in the air, waiting for the pitcher to deliver.

"Whew!"

"Bang!".

“bad shot.“

Manaka was about to swing his arm to throw a bad ball in the outside corner with a low angle, but Tanaka was about to swing his bat up, but found that the pitcher's first ball was a bad ball, so he stopped to swing the bat.