Chapter 314: Qingdao vs Chikuro Wakayama (18)
The baseball, which was hit by Dong Kiyokoku's swing, flew high to the left, quickly crossed the center line (middle line), and then rushed deep into the center and left field under the watchful eye of shortstop Kusumoto.
"Boom!" The baseball that landed on the lawn below the home run wall bounced forward onto the home run wall, "Smack! The baseball fell down from the fence back to the lawn before it was picked up by the left fielder Ichihei Baba, who was rushing over, then turned and waved his arm to pass the ball to the second baseman who was in front of the field.
“safe.“
When Kiyotsugu Yu received a pass from the left fielder at second base, runner Kiyokooki Higashi just dragged his strong body to second base.
Dong Qingguo clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upward, and after making a celebratory gesture, he began to take off the braces at his elbows and ankles, and then handed them to the team members who came to help with the things, and the batting gloves were stuffed into the pocket behind his buttocks.
"In the second half of the fifth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, five sticks, the middle fielder, Murasuke-kun."
Takamori Takenaka turned his head to look at the runner who had left the base, then turned back to look at the hitter standing on the right hitting area, holding his bat high and waiting to strike, and waved his arm to throw a slow curveball at home plate.
"Whew!"
The curveball is hung high on the belt, and at a speed of 105 km/h, it turns right and moves diagonally down from the outside of home plate (the area above home plate), and then grabs the ball with the captor's open sleeve as it moves to the side of the hitter's belt.
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“ The pitcher's baseball was moved diagonally downward behind the good ball area and was deemed bad by the presiding judge.
"Whew!"
After throwing the bad ball on the first ball, Takasei Takenaka swung his arm to home plate and threw a ballball with a near belt, moving diagonally down from the left side of the good ball area to the low center area at a speed of 115km/h.
"Huh!"
Murasuke threw the bat he held up downward, but the pitcher's baseball had just moved diagonally from the non-hit area to the outside corner of the good zone because the timing of the swing caused the bat to be swept away from the middle and low position.
"Bang!"
After the hitter's swing missed, Ryohei Hashimoto's forward-open sleeve caught the baseball that was moving diagonally downward under the inside corner (low position).
“Strike.“ The referee clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upwards to signal that the hitter had missed the shot.
After the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, ready to strike, Takamori Takenaka stepped forward with his leg raised, held the baseball in his hand, and stretched out his right hand downward to swing it towards the home plate in front of him.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
Faced with a belted ball thrown by the pitcher, as it sloped down to the corner of the good ball area at a speed of 105km/h, Daiki Murasuke swung his bat downward and sent it flying to the right.
"Ping!"
"Smack!"
When the baseball that landed in the infield bounced forward, it was directly grabbed by the second baseman who was blocking the front in the abdomen, but unfortunately after that, because he was too greedy, he didn't even think about passing the ball to first base to block the runner, but ran to second base.
"Safe base."
Kiyoji Kamiha, who ran to the front of second base, waved his arm to pass the ball to third base, but unfortunately Kento Tatsuda, the third baseman who was squatting in front of the third base bag, did not catch the baseball that fell next to his left arm, allowing the baseball to roll out of the sideline after landing, and also allowing the runner Dong Kiyokuni, who was originally sandwiched between second and third base, to run to third base.
Tatsuda reached out to pick up the baseball that rolled to the cowshed area, turned his head to look at third base, and when he found that the runner had not ventured back to home plate to score after entering the base, he could only turn around and leave the cowshed area, run back to third base, and hand the ball to the pitcher who was filling in at third base.
Takasei Takenaka took the baseball handed over by the third baseman, turned around and ran back to third base, and the announcer's voice sounded again over the field: "In the second half of the fifth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, six bats, third baseman, Yuuki-kun." ”
Tetsuya Yuuki stood outside the batting area, swung his bat vigorously, and waited for the announcer to finish the broadcast before he stopped swinging the bat and stepped into the right hitting area in front of him.
After sweeping the ground with his right foot, he stomped on the sand with his left foot before standing on the right shot area, leaning on his right shoulder with the bat in both hands, and turning his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound and waiting for the ball to be bowled.
"Whew!"
Takamori Takenaka waved his arm to throw a straight ball near the home plate, while Ryohei Hashimoto, who was crouching behind the home plate, spread his sleeve forward to catch a baseball flying past the edge of the good zone.
"Bang!"
“good shot.“
After the referee raised his right hand to make a decision, Tetsuya Yuuki, who was standing on the right shot area, turned his head to look at the rest area behind him, and then nodded to the code that the overseer had given him.
Carrying the bat in his left hand, he waved it under him, leaned it on his shoulder from the bottom up, turned his head to look at Takasei Takenaka on the pitcher's mound, and waited for the pitcher and catcher to match the code, and then began to pitch.
"Whew!"
Pitcher Takasei Takenaka waved his arm and continued to throw a straight ball wide of the home plate, but catcher Ryohei Hashimoto caught the knee-high straight ball flying from the pitcher's mound at 130km/h with a forward-open sleeve above the sideline of the left hitting zone.
"Bang!"
Previously, when facing the five-batter Daiki Murasuke, Tomoku's and Ukayama shots were mainly decided by curveballs, but against the next batter, Tetsuya Yuuki, catcher Ryohei Hashimoto decided to earn enough for two good balls with an outside straight ball first.
"Whew!"
Takasei Takenaka waved his arm and threw a straight ball near the knee towards home plate, and at a speed of 136km/h, he flew towards the catcher who was crouching behind the side of the home plate, and then when the baseball was about to fly to the catcher's right knee, it was firmly caught by the ball sleeve that Ryohei Hashimoto moved outward.
"Bang!"
The current situation is that one person is out, and there are people on second and third base; The batting number is six, and the number of balls is one good and two bad.
Holding the bat in his left hand and shaking it under him, he leaned it on his right shoulder, turned his head to look at the pitcher who was communicating with the catcher, and when he was ready to start pitching, Tetsuya Yuuki raised the bat upwards and prepared it to strike.
"Whew!"
According to the catcher's code - a straight ball from the inside corner near the knee, Takamori Takenaka waved his arm to the home plate and threw a straight ball diagonally near the waistband, flying into it at a speed of 128km/h from the outside of the good ball area.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which had just flown out of the corner of the good ball zone, was hit by the bat swung by Tetsuya Yuuki and flew high and sped away in the direction of the left field.
"Smack!"
When the baseball that landed on the left field lawn bounced forward, it was grabbed by the left fielder's outstretched left hand next to the yellowed area of the grass between the left field and the middle field, and then stepped forward, and his right hand took the baseball out of the holland and swung it to home plate.
"Boom!"
As runner Kiyokoku stepped on home plate, the baseball passed by Ichihei Hippei waved his arm and landed on the infield sand between third base and the pitcher's mound, and then rolled to the infield sideline next to the left hitting area.
“Run.“
When Higashi Kiyokuni ran past home plate to score another point for Qingdao, Murasuke Taiki, who had already run past third base behind him before he ran on home plate, turned around and ran back to third base after seeing that the left fielder had passed the ball to this side, and stood next to the base pack to watch Ryohei Hashimoto, a catcher who was kneeling on the sideline and catching the baseball that had rolled past with his ball cover.