"Whew!"

According to the catcher's code, Takasei Takenaka threw a straight ball diagonally near the home plate, but unfortunately he threw the baseball too far inside, and when it flew in front of the hitter's abdomen, it could only fly from behind the good ball area to the right shot area when it was displaced.

"Bang!"

Ryohei Hashimoto opened his case forward and caught a baseball flying from the pitcher's mound at a speed of 133 km/h above the right hitting area.

"Whew!"

After throwing a bad shot at the opening shot, Takasei Takenaka swung his arm to home plate and threw a knee-high ball into the inside corner.

"Huh!"

Yuki Tanaka swept the bat he held up in his hand and flew the baseball that flew past his right thigh at a speed of 137 km/h, and was about to fall into the trap of the catcher.

"Ping!"

The baseball that was hit by the batter quickly passed over the first and second basemen and reached the depths of the right field, but it was a pity that the right fielder Baba Iichihei, who was standing not far in front of the home run wall, raised his hands upwards and grabbed the baseball that fell downward.

"Smack!"

“retire.“ After Yuki Tanaka was picked up and killed by the guard, Chikuba and Wakayama got the last number of outs of the game and successfully ended the second half of the fourth game.

……

In the first half of the fifth inning, after the announcer finished broadcasting, Tomoku Wakayama stood on the right shot area with his legs apart, and after two turns in front of him with his left hand, he leaned on his right shoulder and turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

“play ball!“

After the referee reached forward with his right index to signal the pitcher to tee, Matsukuma lifted the baseball leaning on his right shoulder forward.

"Whew!"

Jinguji raised his hands above his head, stepped forward with his leg raised, and swung his backward right hand forward to throw a near-belt curveball to home plate at a speed of 128 km/h.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's pitched baseball flew to the left of the zone when it suddenly turned to the right and fell diagonally from behind home plate, grabbing it by the tackle that the man was about to hit the ground behind home plate.

After throwing a bad ball at the first ball, Jinguji Jiichi followed the code given to him by Kuraza - a straight ball in the low post in the inside corner, stepped forward with his foot, and threw his arm to the home plate with a diagonal straight ball with a high inside corner.

"Whew!"

At a speed of 142 km/h, the baseball flew from the pitcher's mound to the left side of home plate, and when the ball was a little too high and the ball was displaced, it flew towards the tip of the hitter's left elbow, which also caused the batter Matsukuma, who was already ready to swing the bat, to take a step back when his left foot was on the ground, avoiding the baseball that seemed to be moving towards his chest.

"Bang!"

Kuraza Naoya moved the ball cover up under the batter's right arm and caught the baseball thrown by Jinguji senior into the ball cover.

"Whew!"

After throwing two bad balls in a row, Jinguji threw a straight ball into home plate with a wave of his arm and sped away from the pitcher's mound to the outside corner at a speed of 139km/h.

"Huh!"

The baseball, which was about to fly out of the good ball zone, was hit by a bat swung by the batter Takemichi Matsukuma, and flew high to the left.

"Ping!"

Tetsuya Yuuki, the third baseman, turned around and ran out of third base, looking up at the baseball speeding through the air, and ran towards the stands, but unfortunately the baseball did not land with him.

"Smack!"

Shortstop Taro Fukuda, who ran out of the touchline after the third baseman, raised his left hand just enough to grab the baseball falling from the air as he stepped forward and was about to step into the cowshed where the catchers were warming up.

“out.“ The third baseman, who had previously followed the third baseman to the past, stood at the junction of the sand and the lawn, his right hand clenched into a fist and raised upward.

"Nice catch!" Jinguji, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, smiled and opened his case to receive the baseball that Fukuda had passed back to him, while raising his right index finger upwards and shouting, "One out, there are still two outs left." ”

"In the first half of the fifth inning, the attack of Chikaku Wakayama High School, Seven Sticks, Right Field Player, Baba-kun."

Baba Ippei held the bat with both hands and waved it, then leaned it on his shoulder, turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, and raised the bat resting on his shoulder up after the pitcher made a gesture to start pitching.

"Whew!"

Similar to what happened against the previous batter, after throwing two bad balls in quick succession, Jinguji swung his bat and threw a straight ball near the middle belt into home plate.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 140 km/h, the straight ball flew from the pitcher's mound to the high center of the ball, and as soon as it flew out of the good ball area, it was hit by a bat swung by the batter Ichihei Baba, and flew high to the left.

"Smack!"

Kuroza got up from behind home plate and chased after the baseball that was swung by the batter, but he couldn't catch the baseball that had fallen above the player's tunnel next to the rest area until he ran all the way to the rest area on the third base.

"Out of bounds!"

Naoya Kuroza took the cap from his teammate and ran back to home plate.

"Whew!"

After the hitter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him and reprepared himself to strike, Jinguji waved his arm and threw a straight ball with a knee high in the inside corner of the home plate.

"Smack!"

The pitcher's pitched baseball flew into home plate at 130 km/h, then flew past the hitter's right knee in the fall and landed forward on the sand behind the home plate (in front of the catcher's right foot).

"Huh!"

At the same time, the batter that the batter was swinging out was just about to fly over the home plate, and he was more than a little slower in choosing the timing of his swing.

“Strike.“

After Naoya pulled the groundball into the ground, the presiding judge standing behind him clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it forward.

Kuroza Naoya tucked the ball sleeve under his arm, rubbed the baseball he had just received with both hands before throwing it back to Jinguji senior, after all, the low ball speed and low ball path just now were not what he or Jinguji senior had in mind at the beginning, it was purely caused by the rotation of the baseball.

"Smack!"

Jinguji reached forward to catch the baseball from the catcher, and when the hitter was ready for the left hit area, he raised the bat and turned his head to look at him, and then waved his arm to the home plate to throw the ball with his index and middle fingers that were not too low on either side of the ball (the drop would not be so noticeable). ）。

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The knuckle ball near the belt in the inner corner begins to fall longitudinally as it reaches the front of the side of the hitter's belt, and then flies past the hitter's thigh, and when the batter's bat sweeps towards the low area of the inside corner, the baseball that has fallen down the hit area successfully evades the hitter's blow.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which continued to fall forward, was about to hit the back of home plate when it was caught by a ball sleeve that the hand opened downward and reached in front of the right foot.

“Strike out.“ The presiding judge clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upwards to signal that the hitter was knocked out by the pitcher.

"In the first half of the fifth inning, the attack of Chikuba and Wakayama High School, eight bats, pitcher, Takenaka-kun."

Standing on the right shot with his legs apart from the front and back, Takamori Takenaka bent back, lifted the bat that had been resting on his right shoulder upwards, and turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound and waited for the ball to be delivered.