Chapter 233: Qingdao vs Oita Kiryu (5)

Jinguji turned his head to look at the runner at third base, and then turned back to look at the batter standing on the left hitting area, holding his bat aloft, waiting for him to pitch the ball.

After going back and forth a few times, the pitcher lifted his leg and threw the baseball in his hand towards home plate.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

It was a 135km/h slide, and when the hitter Shogo Hayasaki was about to swing the bat to hit the pitcher's mid-corner ball, catcher Chris had already caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound with his open sleeve.

“good shot.“ The presiding judge raised his right hand and ruled that the pitcher's throw was good.

Jinguji caught the baseball that Chris waved at him, bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag next to him, raised his right hand, put it to his mouth and blew, and then took out the baseball from the ball cover in his left hand and carried it behind him, waiting for the catcher's code.

Shogo Yoshiki gripped the bat with both hands, swung it vigorously under him, and then raised it up again, turning his head to look at Jinguji Temple on the pitcher's hill.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

Jinguji repeatedly threw a slider with a speed of 137km/h, which moved laterally from the inside corner to the outside corner, and the hitter Shogo Sashiki aimed at the pitcher's throw at the outside corner and swung the ball out of the ball, but did not hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound as he expected, and the end of the bat and the baseball passed by him directly and made his swing miss.

"Bang!"

Chris crouched behind home plate, watching the baseball thrown by the Jinguji senior's arm pass by the batter sweeping past home plate, and then the catcher sleeve that had been waiting there for a long time was slammed open and then firmly grasped.

“good shot.“

When the hitter turned sideways to Chris because of the force, the referee clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it, signaling that the ball was good.

Chris got up and threw the baseball he had just received back to the Jinguji senior on the pitcher's mound, and the hitter next to him stood up on the left hit area again, turned his head to look in the direction of the pitcher's mound, and raised the bat high to wait for the pitcher's pitch.

"Whew!"

"Boom!"

This is a pitcher Jinguji who threw the ball directly into the outside corner of the sand because of too much force, and then caught it by the ball sleeve that was opened downward and quickly moved down by the arrester Chris.

“bad shot.“

Jinguji took off his cap to apologize to Chris, then reached out to take the baseball that had been passed back to him, turned and walked back. He looked at runner Kosetaro at third base as he took out a handkerchief from behind his ass and wiped the sweat from his forehead and cheeks.

Jinguji re-established himself on the pitcher's mound, held the baseball in his right hand and turned his back behind him, looked at the batter who had re-positioned himself to wait for the hit next to home plate, nodded to Chris's code to him, and agreed with Chris's idea of letting him throw the next ball to the crossball.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

Faced with a mid-low ball thrown by Jinguji with a wave of his arm, the hitter Shogo Shogo Sashiki waved the bat in his hand, but because the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound suddenly fell in front of the bat, he missed the swing and let the catcher case located under the bat, close to the ground, firmly grasp the falling baseball.

“Strike out.“

The presiding judge raised his right hand and signaled that the batter was knocked out by the opponent's pitcher, and the hitter Masago Yoshiki turned to look at the Qingdao catcher in front of him, and finally ran back to the rest area on the side of third base with a bat in his left hand.

"In the second half of the first game, Kiryu Kom's attack, four bats, right fielder, Nakata-kun."

After Chris raised his hand to pass the baseball back to Jinguji senior, he looked at Sho Nakata, who stopped outside the batting area and swung the bat vigorously a few times before stepping in, he lowered his head and kicked the ground in the batting area with both feet, and only stood on the batting area when he was satisfied, turned his head to look in the direction of the pitcher's mound, turned the bat in his hand in front of him twice, and then raised it upright, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.

I don't know what went wrong with the third-graders of Osaka Kiryu, Osaka Kiryu's starters accounted for six of the second graders alone, if it weren't for that, they couldn't have taken the advantage so quickly, it can only be said that Lady Luck is on the side of Aomichi, Yokohama's early exit, and Osaka Kiryu's poor state have saved Aodo from facing a potentially fierce battle in the second round.

"Whew!"

"Smack!"

Jinguji suddenly turned sideways and threw the baseball in his hand towards third base, forcing the runner not to go too far from the base, then reached out to catch the baseball passed back to him by To, and bent down to pinch the magnesium powder bag next to him.

After raising his right hand to his mouth and blowing, he took out the baseball from the ball cover and put it behind him, leaned forward to look at the catcher's code, and while retracting his right hand from behind him, he nodded lightly to Chris, who was squatting behind home plate, and then raised his leg and stepped forward, swinging the baseball in his hand towards home plate.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

It was a straight ball in the middle corner of the corner at 142km/h, and after seeing that the straight ball was a little off, Sho Nakata stopped wanting to swing the bat, and let the half-crouched Chris open his sleeve and grasp the flying baseball firmly.

“good shot.“

Pitcher Jinguji threw a straight ball that flew past the edge of the good ball area with a wave of his arm, and the referee saw this, then clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it to signal that the ball was good.

Jinguji raised his left hand upwards and opened his sleeve to catch the baseball that Chris passed back to him, and the hitter Sho Nakata, a sophomore standing on the right hitting area, waved the bat with one hand, and then raised it high again, turning his head to look in the direction of the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Jinguji once again swung his arm and threw a straight ball in the middle of the outside corner, but the hitter Nakata Sho did not deceive him, and then swung his bat to strike, because it was a bad ball from the outside of the road, although the ball speed was about the same as the previous ball, which was 143km/h.

Chris got up and took the baseball out of the case, raised his right hand and threw the baseball back to the pitcher, and the hitter next to him, Sho Nakata, turned sideways to look at the rest area on the third base, nodded his head, and turned back after receiving instructions from Superintendent Matsudaira.

Carrying the bat in his left hand, he simply swung it twice, grasped the bat with both hands and rested it on his shoulder, bent back, and turned his head to look at the pitcher's mound while holding the bat upright and waiting for the pitcher.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

Sho Nakata swung his bat and hit the pitcher's low-post ball from the outside corner, but unfortunately it didn't handle it properly, allowing it to smash into the sand in front of home plate and fly off the infield touchline on third base.

"Out of bounds!".

Nakata saw that the baseball he had hit was a throw-in, then turned around and walked back.

After standing still in the right hitting area, he wiped the sweat from his face with the batting glove in his right hand, and after swinging the bat from side to side with his left hand in his left hand, he straightened the bat again and turned his head to look at the pitcher waiting for his pitch.