"Seido High School requested a change of players: pitcher Jinguji replaced Sakai; Ninth bat, pitcher, Jinguji. ”

Jingu Teraichi trotted from the rest area to the pitcher's mound, took the baseball handed over by Yu Sakai, nodded, and asked him to change back to rest, then reached out and picked up the magnesium powder bag next to the pitcher's board and pinched it, starting the pre-game warm-up with the catcher.

……

Nearly two minutes (more than 100 seconds) later, a radio over the court sounded: "In the first half of the second inning, Tomokuba Wakayama High School's attack, three bats, first baseman, Hiroi-kun." ”

Ryosuke Hiroi spread his legs apart, stood on the right hitting area, held the bat with both hands and swung it, leaned it on his shoulder, looked up at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, and then twisted his right shoulder before lifting the bat on his shoulder upwards and waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

Just as the hitter was ready to strike, Jinguji on the pitcher's mound suddenly turned around and threw a containment ball to first base.

"Smack!"

After receiving a pass from the pitcher, first baseman Kiyokook Higashi immediately put the ball sleeve down in front of the runner Kamiyu Kiyotsugi's right leg that was about to slide forward to the base pack, knocking him out.

“out.“ Standing behind first base, the first base judge saw this, stepped forward with his left leg, made a fist with his right hand and raised it forward.

"Whew!"

After glancing at the runner at second base, Jinguji threw a straight ball near the knee into home plate at a speed of 130km/h from the pitcher's mound to the edge of the good zone.

"Huh!"

After the batter swung away from the low corner of the corner, the catcher opened his sleeve to catch the baseball that passed through the edge of the zone and was about to fall to the ground.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“ After the presiding judge raised his right hand to make a decision, Kuroza Naoya got up from behind home plate and took the baseball out of his sleeve, reaching out and throwing it back to Jinguji senior on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

Catcher Kuroza continued to allow the pitcher to throw a straight ball (131 km/h) from the outside corner similar to the previous one, again failing the batter's swing.

“Strike.“

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Jinguji waved his arm and continued to throw a straight ball low to home plate, but unfortunately because the ball was obviously out, he couldn't deceive the hitter's swing.

“bad shot.“

"Whew!"

After the batter recuperated with his bat held high, Jinguji threw a straight ball into home plate with a wave of his arm at 129km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball flew from the pitcher's mound to the edge of the outside corner, and the batter Ryosuke Hiroi swung from the back and forward hit the bat, flying high to the right.

"Smack!"

First baseman Dong Kiyokook looked up at the baseball still in the air, ran from first base to the opening of the baserun instructor area, and then ran to the left to the side of the baseball instructor area under the command of the catcher, and raised the ball sleeve up to catch the baseball that fell from the sky.

“out.“ Seeing the situation on first base, the first base trial was still on first base, and his right hand was clenched into a fist and raised upwards to signal that the hitter was picked up by the guard and knocked out.

After being killed with a high-flying ball, Ryosuke Hiroi had no choice but to leave home plate with his bat in desperation, jogging back to the rest area on the side of the first base amid the sound of the radio above the court.

"In the first half of the second game, the attack of Chikuba and Wakayama High School, four bats, catcher, Hashimoto-kun."

Ryohei Hashimoto stands on the right shot with his legs apart and rests the bat on his right shoulder while holding his hands tightly in the grip of the bat. Turning his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, he bent back and raised his bat to wait for the blow when the pitcher was about to start pitching.

"Whew!"

At the request of the catcher, Jinguji threw a belt-high diagonal straight ball to home plate and went straight from the outside corner to the inside corner at a speed of 144km/h.

"Bang!"

When Naoya Kuraza caught the ball from Jinguji-senpai in a position parallel to the batter's shoulder, the hitter Ryohei Hashimoto just swung his bat in front of the ball sleeve before stopping.

“bad shot.“

In the face of the presiding judge's questioning, the first base judge directly raised his hands to indicate that the hitter's swing did not exceed the boundary, and it cannot be counted as his missed shot.

"Whew!"

After the catcher changed the code, Jinguji threw a near-belt curveball to home plate with a wave of his arm, moving diagonally down from the non-good zone to the good zone at a speed of 127 km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which moved diagonally down from the low inside corner, was hit by a batted swing from the batter above home plate, and sped towards the right field area as it flew high up.

"Smack!"

The baseball that was knocked off by the victim quickly passed over first base, and began to fall down near the touchline in front of the right fieldfield, and was finally grabbed by the ball sleeve raised upwards by second baseman Yuki Tanaka, who had rushed from the infield.

"Bump!"

Right fielder Hiroshi Ota, who also ran over to catch the ball, was too attentive to the hitter's flying high flyer, and then collided with the second baseman in front of him, pushing Yuki Tanaka, who had just received the hitter's high flyer, to the ground.

“retire.“

Even though Yuki Tanaka was pushed to the ground by his teammates, the ball sleeve in his left hand still firmly grasped the baseball he had just received, and the first base next to him saw this, clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upward.

"Three out, offense and defense switch." After Seongdo successfully won the third out, the first half of the second game came to an end.

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

A little more than a minute (84 seconds) later, as soon as the broadcast over the court ended, the hitter Taro Fukuda was already standing on the right hitting area.

Holding the bat in his left hand, he waved it underneath him, turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, and raised the bat upright from the bottom up, ready to strike.

"Whew!"

Takasei Takenaka waved his arm to home plate and threw a near-belt carter ball into the zone at a speed of 132km/h.

"Ping!"

Taro Fukuda swung the bat raised in his hand and hit the ball that was displaced laterally to the center of the inside corner (before this, there were many balls in this article that were displaced to the high, middle and low positions of the inside (outside) corner, in fact, it is not accurate to write this way, and the word rear should be added after this. Baseball, hit it high and fly it forward.

"Smack!"

The baseball that was swung by the victim went straight through the pitcher's mound and over second base, and fell on the lawn of the fielders as shortstop Kusumoto chased him.

"Safe base."

Runner Taro Fukuda took advantage of this midfielder to run to first base, and after seeing the midfielder Katsuto Funomiya reach for a baseball bouncing off the lawn, he hurriedly returned to the base and stood up. Reach out and take off the leg guards and handguards.,Give them together to Yida, who is the base-running instructor next to him.。。

"In the second half of the second inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka-kun."

When the runner leaves base, props his right hand on his knee and looks up at home plate and is ready to go to base, Yuki Tanaka, the second baseman standing in the left hitting area, holds the bat short and prepares to send the runner to second base with a stroke sacrifice.