Chapter 323: Qingdao vs Zhibi Wakayama (27)

"Whew!"

The pitcher's swing of his arm throws an inside corner ball that sits high on the belt, drops diagonally from the top of the hitter's head to the right at a speed of 116 km/h, and is then caught by a hand's outstretched sleeve near the edge of the zone.

"Bang!"

"Whew!"

Jinguji threw the third ball at Benlei with a wave of his arm, and at a speed of 118km/h, he fell diagonally from the hitter's waist along the thigh to the corner of the left hitting area in front of the left foot.

"Smack!"

The pitcher's pitch falls on the ground in the left-hand zone, then the catcher covers and grabs it, which will certainly allow the runner on first base to go to second or even third base if it catches.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Jinguji waved his arm and threw the fourth ball into home plate with a high and wide bad ball from the outside corner, bringing the number of balls on both sides directly to one good and three bad balls.

"Whew!"

After adjustments, Jinguji stepped forward with his leg lifted and threw his right hand toward home plate with a high knee in the inside corner.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 136 km/h, the baseball flew from the pitcher's mound to the edge of the hit zone, and was hit by the batter swinging off and smashed into the sand in front of the left hit area.

"Smack!"

The baseball bouncing off home plate smashed in front of the runner who was on the base, and then rolled forward and was blocked by the outstretched sleeve of second baseman Yuki Tanaka.

Unfortunately, when he retracted the ball sleeve upwards and was about to pass the ball to first base, the baseball that was blocked by him just now fell out of the sleeve because he didn't grasp it firmly, and when he reacted and grabbed the baseball parked on the infield ground with his right hand, the runner Kusumoto had already run to the side of the baserun instructor area.

"Safe base."

When first baseman Higashi Kiyokuni stretched out the ball sleeve of his left hand and caught the baseball passed by the second baseman waving his right hand, runner Kusumoto was just one step ahead of him to step on the base bag of the first base.

"In the first half of the eighth game, the attack of Chikuba and Wakayama High School, a stick, a Chinese fielder, Furumiya-kun." After the timeout at the end of the Qingdao Road, the announcer's voice resounded over the court.

Katsuto Furumiya stood on the left shot area with his legs apart, and after two turns in front of him with his right hand, he clasped his hands together and raised the bat in front of him while looking at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

Jinguji waved his arm and threw a straight ball high in the middle of the home plate, which was about to fly over the home plate at a speed of 141 km/h, but was hit by the batter Katsuto Furumiya.

"Ping!"

The baseball hit by the batter flew high and then fell backwards on the off-field area behind the judge, who could only take out a new baseball from his bag and hand it to the catcher next to him.

"Out of bounds!"

As the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Jinguji threw a straight ball with his inside belt toward home plate with a wave of his arm.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

The baseball that flew to the corner of the good ball area was hit by the bat swung by the beater, Katsuto Furumiya, and flew high to the left.

"Smack!"

Shortstop Taro Fukuda runs from left to right to the junction of the left field and the infield, and raises his left hand up to catch the infield's flying ball.

“out.“ Seeing this, the third baseman, who was standing not far away, raised his right hand forward and opened his palm forward, signaling that the hitter was taken out.

"In the first half of the eighth inning, the attack of Chikuba Wakayama High School, the second baseman, the second baseman, Kamiha-kun."

Amid the shouts and cheers of his teammates and the support group, Kiyotsugu Kamiha, the second batter, stood on the left hitting area, rested the bat on his left shoulder, clenched his hands, and raised the bat forward when he turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

Jinguji followed the code given to him by Kuraza and threw his right hand towards home plate with a high diagonal straight ball.

"Bang!"

After the batter stopped swinging, the diagonal-looking straight ball flew off the top of home plate at 138km/h and was then firmly grasped by the catcher's sleeve.

“good shot.“ The presiding judge, who was standing behind the captor, clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it forward.

"Whew!"

Jinguji flicked his arm and continued to throw a belt-high diagonal straight ball at home plate, but unfortunately the ball was too far away, causing the baseball he threw towards home plate to fly past the good ball area at a speed of 137 km/h, and then caught it by the captor's open sleeve in the back position above the right hitting area.

"Bang!"

“bad shot.“

"Whew!"

After the ball count came to one good and one bad, Jinguji Jiichi waved his arm to the home plate and threw the inside corner belt high curve ball at a speed of 129km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which fell diagonally from the batter's belt to the right to the center of the low position, was hit by the batter's swing and then fell downwind in the collision with the bat, and smashed down on the catcher's left arm that reached over to catch the ball.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which had been smashed into the catcher's left arm, flew to the right, flew past the batter's left leg and landed on the sand outside the field.

"Out of bounds!" The chief judge raised his hands upwards and lowered his head to ask the catcher if he had been injured by the baseball hit by the hitter, and only after receiving a reply that the catcher had no questions did he take out a new baseball from his bag and throw it to the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

Kuroza pressed down on the spot he had just been hit by a baseball before squatting down behind home plate. After the batter clenched his bat with both hands and raised it high in the air, ready to strike, he used his right hand under him to make a code gesture to the senior of Jinguji Temple in front of him.

"Whew!"

The pitcher's near-belt diagonal straight ball thrown towards home plate was hit by a batter swinging at a speed of 140km/h when it flew out of the good ball zone and smashed forward on the sand in front of the right-shot area.

"Smack!"

Unfortunately, when the baseball that landed rebounded into the infield, it was caught by Tetsuya Yuuki, the third baseman who ran from right to left, and then took the baseball out of the holster with his right hand and waved it to first base.

“retire.“

First baseman Kiyokoku Higashi, with his back to the running runner, reached forward to catch the baseball passed by the third baseman, and blocked Kiyotsugu Kamiha, who was about to step up to base, out of the game.

"Three people are out, offense and defense are exchanged." The first base judge's fist and forward raised right hand means that the players on the court should exit the court as quickly as possible, and then exchange positions between the offensive and defensive teams.

"In the second half of the eighth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, eight sticks, catcher, and Zangza-kun."

In the second half of the eighth inning, Naoya Kuroza, who was swinging his bat vigorously, stopped what he was doing and walked into the batting area in front of him to stand after the announcer's voice sounded.

Hold the bat in both hands, swing it underneath you, rest it on your right shoulder, and while turning your head to look at the pitcher, hold the bat up and wait for the pitch to be delivered.

"Whew!"

In accordance with the code given to him by his senior, Shibata will swing his arm to throw a knee-high straight ball at home plate, and the baseball that flies over the edge of the hit area at a speed of 133km/h falls into the open sleeve of catcher Ryohei Hashimoto without the hitter swinging the bat.

"Bang!".

“good shot.“ The referee clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upwards to signal the pitcher's straight ball to be good.

Naoya Kuraza stood outside the batting area with his bat at his elbow, moved his palm before walking back to the right batting area and standing, holding the bat in his left hand and waving it upwards, turning his head to look at Takasho Shibata standing on the pitcher's board.