Chapter 262: Three Rounds of War (19)
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
After one good ball and three bad shots, hitter Takahiro Kanno swung his bat and hit the low ball in the outside corner that Yagami had thrown.
"Out of bounds!" The baseball hit by the batter flew straight out of the sideline of the infield and landed on the sand outside the field.
"Whew!"
Yagami throws a straight ball (145km/h) with a high swing of his arm in the inside corner, but something goes wrong with his condition, causing the baseball to deviate from the originally intended trajectory.
"Bang!"
Chris opened his sleeve to catch the baseball, which was slightly wide of the inside corner, and sent the batter to base with four bad shots.
“Base on Balls.“
Hitter Takahiro Kanno took a few steps back, glanced up at the presiding judge at the catcher, then dropped the bat he was holding with his right hand, turned and trotted over to first base.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
The fact that he has not recovered from his own condition, coupled with the influence of the runners on the base, caused Yagami to throw two bad balls in a row.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Aoki hits a fast ball (143km/h) in the middle of the outside corner that Yagami throws at Yagami with his bat, causing the baseball to crash into the sand in front of the left hitting area in a collision with the bat.
"Smack!"
The baseball hit by the baton of the victim bounced off the sand in the infield, and then flew straight into the infield before landing again.
"Boom!"
The baseball that flew from the infield landed in the infield and bounced forward twice, but was caught by Yuki Tanaka, the second baseman who had been waiting in front of him, in a crouching position and using the ball sleeve in his left hand.
After receiving the baseball bouncing towards him, Yuki Tanaka got up and took the baseball from the holster with his right hand and swung it to second base.
"Whew!"
"Smack!"
Shortstop Taro Fukuda, who had already run to second base, stepped on the base bag with his right foot, opened his ball sleeve forward with his left hand to catch the baseball passed to him by Tanaka, and while knocking out the rushing runner Takahiro Kanno, he also ran two more steps to the left to avoid a possible collision. After that, he took the baseball out of his sleeve and threw it to first base with his right hand.
“retire.“
Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman, stepped on the first base bag with his right foot, opened the ball cover to catch the baseball passed to him by Fukuda-senpai, and blocked the runner Yu Aoki, who was flying towards him behind him.
"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."
The Qingdao runners exited the field with a smile on their faces, gathered alone or in pairs, and trotted back to the rest area on the side of first base.
Unlike the Seido players, the Fukui players on the court looked a little sluggish: after Aoki Yu got up from the first base, he reached out and took off his batting cap, and wiped the sand and mud on his face with his sleeve because of the flying base just now, and he seemed to be a little emotionally depressed because of the exit just now.
After all, it is really uncomfortable to lose two outs because of one of your short hits, especially when there are people on first and second base.
"In the first half of the eighth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa-kun."
As batter Chris turned his head to look at him and raised his bat in a position of waiting for the strike, Yu Aoki swung his arm into home plate and threw a straight ball from the outside corner that looked a little out of the box at a speed of 132km/h.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
Chris hits the pitcher's pitched baseball with his bat, sending it flying into the sand in the infield.
"Boom!"
"Porphyry!"
Tomoya Tokoya, a first-baseman who was squatting behind first base, quickly turned to the left and flew forward to catch the baseball bouncing off after landing after noticing that the baseball that was flying from the hitter would not fly to the area behind first base.
"Smack!"
The baseball that landed in the infield bounced directly to the junction of the infield and then flew into the lawn of the right outfield after evading the flying interception of first baseman Tomoya Tokokawa.
"Bang!"
Right fielder Shota stayed deep in the right field, crouching and holding his left sleeve down on the turf to catch the baseball that was rolling towards him.
Chris, a batter who had already crossed first base, stepped back to first base when he saw the right fielder pick up the baseball he had hit with the ball sleeve and then raised his right hand to receive the baseball from the ball sleeve to prepare for the pass.
"Whew!"
"Ding!"
Aodo Hachigami held the ball from the pitcher in the middle corner of the short base, then carried the bat in his left hand and ran away from home plate before throwing it on the sand in the infield and running towards the front first base.
Pitcher Yu Aoki quickly ran down the pitcher's mound, bent down and put his hands together to grab the baseball that bounced in front of home plate, then turned sideways to face first base and swung his right hand to pass the baseball he had just received to first base.
"Smack!"
First baseman Tomoya Tokokawa opened his ball sleeve to catch the baseball passed to him by Yu Aoki, and blocked the runner Yagami who was running towards him outside the base.
"Whew!"
Aoki swings his bat at home plate and throws a stretch ball that moves diagonally from the non-good zone to the center of the outside corner at a speed of 116 km/h.
"Huh!"
"Bang!"
Catcher Takuya Akiba also opened his sleeve to catch the baseball flying from home plate when hitter Kuraza Naoya's swing missed.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
After the pitcher threw a bad ball on the second pitch, Naoya Kuraza hit the outside corner mid-position ball that came from behind him, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was swung by the bat and smashed into the sand in front of home plate.
"Smack!"
Yu Aoki, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, kicked his legs and jumped upward, raising his left hand to grab the baseball bouncing off the sand in the infield, but he couldn't.
"Boom!"
The baseball, which had escaped the pitcher's interception, flew past unguarded second base, landed on the lawn of the fieldfield, and rolled into the depths of the field.
Outfielder Takahiro Kanno, who ran out of the depths of the field, stretched out the cover of his left hand to pick up the baseball that rolled towards him, then took the baseball out of the sleeve with his right hand and immediately swung the ball towards home plate.
"Smack!"
Nakamidfielder Takahiro Kanno swung a baseball and landed on the sand next to the pitcher's mound, and then rolled to home plate, allowing Chris, who wanted to continue running after running past third base, to turn around and return to third base.
After the timeout of Fukui Sho, the match continued: "In the first half of the eighth inning, Seido High School's attack, one bat, shortstop, Fukuda-kun. ”
Taro Fukuda stood on the left hitting area, held the bat with his right hand and turned his head to look at Yu Aoki on the pitcher's mound, put his left hand in front of his mouth, hahaha, grabbed the bat with his right hand and swung it down and leaned on his left shoulder, clasped his hands together, and waited for the ball to be delivered.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
"Ping!"
After pitcher Yu Aoki threw a bad ball on the first ball, Taro Fukuda hit a carter (131km/h) that he threw low in the inside corner, causing the baseball to bounce to the sideline of the left hitting area after being hit by the bat.
"Smack!".
The baseball that landed bounced off the sideline of the left strike area and flew straight to first base, but was caught by Tomoya Tokokawa, the first baseman who ran to the front of first base, opened his ball sleeve and caught it, then turned back to first base, stepped on the base bag, and blocked the runner Taro Fukuda outside the base.
“out.“ When the first base judge raised his right hand to make the ruling, Taro Fukuda, who had stepped to first base, turned around and ran towards the rest area.