"Now let's introduce the starting lineups of the two teams-" The announcer's voice sounded again from the court as the Qingdao players on the field were preparing for the game.

"Komaomai Otoma, the first baseman at third baseman, Mitani-san."

"The second shortstopper, Miki-san."

"Third baseman, first baseman—"

"The fourth baseman in the fielder, Atsushi Honma-san-"

……

“… Next, let's introduce the starting lineup of Qingdao High School——"

"The first shortstop, Fukuda-kun." (ps: There is no water word count here, and you can use one less word per line.) ）

"Second baseman, Tanaka-kun."

……

"Sixth baseman, Yuuki-kun."

"The seventh baton catcher, Takigawa-kun."

……

Yagami lowered his head and leveled the pitcher's mound with his feet, stepped it into his habitual form, and looked up at the catcher crouched behind home plate, where Chris gestured his fingers and placed the ball sleeve in the center.

Yagami nodded his head, followed the code given to him by the catcher, and waved his arm to throw the baseball in his palm.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

"Well voted!"

Chris got up as he took the baseball out of his sleeve and raised his hand to pass the ball back to Yagami standing on the pitcher's mound and asked him for a low straight ball from the right side.

"The last ball!"

After the two of them had made a few shots at each other, Chris stood behind home plate and held the ball sleeve high for Yagami to make one last shot.

"Smack!"

After receiving a baseball from Yagami, Chris immediately waved his arm and passed the ball to second base.

"Whew!"

As the baseball flew from home plate over the pitcher's mound, Yagami was crouching to the left of the pitcher's mound, and shortstop Taro Fukuda ran from right to left to the base bag at second base and caught the baseball passed by Chris with his ball sleeve in front of his chest.

"Bang!"

"Well voted!"

"Win this battle and become the first in the country." As the veritable center of Qingdao, Chris stood behind home plate and shouted to the crowd in front of him.

"Oooh oh !!"

"Let's go!" After the chief judge signaled the official start of the competition.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

The air raid sirens sounded over the field, followed by the announcer's voice: "In the first half of the first inning, Komatomakomai High School's attack, one bat, third baseman, Mitani-kun, back number 5." ”

"Hello!" Tadao Mitani, the batter, stepped into the right-hand zone and nodded hello to the catcher and the judge.

With a swing of the bat in his left hand, Tadao Mitani took a stand on the batting area, turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, and held the bat held high by both hands.

“play ball!“ After the referee reached out his right hand upwards and signaled the pitcher to tee, the air raid sirens soon sounded again over the court.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

Amid the air raid siren, Yagami Yagami threw the first ball of the game with a low shot in the outer corner.

"Whew!"

The pitcher threw a baseball that flew 18 meters at 116 km/h to the left front of home plate.

"Bang!"

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound dropped sharply to the right with a significant drop above the catcher, grazed the edge of the good ball zone, and was caught in front of the hitter's knee by the catcher Chris's outstretched ball sleeve.

“good shot.“ The presiding judge clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upward.

"Oh! Oh! Oh-"

Because the pitcher threw a good ball on the first pitch, the spectators in the stands let out a cry when they saw this.

Yagami took the baseball from Chris, raised his legs, stepped forward, waved his arms, and threw a second shot at home plate before the air raid sirens could end.

"Whew!"

A straight ball from the outside near knee flew past the left side of home plate at 136km/h before being grabbed by Chris's outstretched ball sleeve.

"Bang!"

After the catcher got up and threw the baseball back to the pitcher, Tadao Mitani waved the bat with his left hand, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he held the bat with both hands and held it high in the air, waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

Yagami waved his arm to home plate and threw the belt-high speed ball from the top of the left hitting area near the touchline slightly to the right, grazing the edge of the good ball area at a speed of 121 km/h to the back of the low area in the inside corner.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which flew backwards to the right, quickly passed over the second baseman, and after traveling some distance in the center-right field, it fell in front of the right fielder, Hiroshi Ota, who ran from left to right in the middle back area of the right field

"Smack!"

Hiroshi Ota reaches down and catches the baseball that bounces off the lawn.

"Safe base."

Tadao Mitani, a runner who ran past first base, clapped his hands vigorously and waved his arms in celebration after seeing that the baseball he had hit had been picked up by the right fielder, before turning around and running back to the base pack to stand, bending down to take off the leg guard at his ankle and handing it to his teammate next to him.

"In the first half of the first game, Koma Otoma Komaki High School's attack, two sticks, shortstop, Miki-kun, back number 6."

When the hitter Yuya Miki held his bat high and prepared for the left batting area, Yagami was affected by the runner to throw a continuous diversion ball to first base, and when the near-belt slider thrown to home plate after two containment balls fell sharply at a speed of 131km/h, he almost hit the right leg of Yuya Miki, who was standing on the sideline and was about to play short.

"Bang!" Chris reached down and grabbed the baseball thrown by Yagami above the touchline of the left-hand zone.

"Whew!"

"Ding!"

At a speed of 135 km/h, it flew to the high position on the side edge of the good ball area, and was hit by the hitter Yuya Miki, who was slightly tilted to the left, and flew out with a metal bat.

"Smack!"

The baseball falls on the sand in front of the left hitting area in the collision of the bat, and then rolls forward along the infield sideline.

Yagami quickly ran down the pitcher's mound, squatted and reached for the baseball in front of him, and waved his arm to pass the ball to first base.

"Out!"

Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman, stood on the baseball and stretched his left hand upwards to catch the baseball passed by the pitcher, and blocked the runner Yuya Miki who ran in front of him.

"In the first half of the first inning, Komato's attack from Komaki High School, three bats, first baseman, Nakazawa-kun, back number 3."

As the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Yagami stepped forward with his leg raised, flicking his arm and throwing a straight ball into the inside corner of the home plate.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The baseball that Yagami threw flew past the batter's belt at a speed of 140km/h, and after the batter swung under the baseball, it fell into the ball cover that catcher Chris opened forward.

"Bang!"

“good shot.“ The presiding judge clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upward.

"Whew!"

Yagami followed the code given to him by Chris, and waved his arm towards home plate to throw a ball in the near belt of the inside corner.

"Huh!"

At a speed of 117km/h, the baseball flew to the front of Nakazawa's belt, and the baseball flew down the base of his thigh to the knee, and he swung the bat towards the low position on the outside of the good ball area, only to sweep over the baseball that fell down the good ball area.

"Bang!".

The baseball, which flew to the right rear of home plate, was grabbed by the capsule that was attached to the crotch and opened upwards as it was about to hit the ground.

“Strike.“