Chapter 339: Qingdao vs Koma Otomaki (2)
"Whew!"
Yagami swung his arm and threw a high-speed slider through the hitter's abdomen at a speed of 140km/h, but then flew over the good ball area as the ball drifted upward, and Chris lifted his left hand, which was originally above the knee, to grab the flying baseball.
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
"Whew!"
After the ball was two good and one bad, Yagami threw his right arm into home plate and threw the ball near the belt in the inside corner at a speed of 125km/h.
"Huh!"
The pitcher's baseball flew in front of the hitter's belt, and then fell sharply diagonally to avoid the bat, which was swung down by the hitter Nakazawa Ryuyuya into the low inside corner, and then grabbed the ball sleeve that was reached down by the catcher Chris.
"Bang!"
“Strike out.“
When the batter turned around and ran away because he missed the swing, the referee made a fist with his right hand and raised it upwards to signal that the batter was knocked out by the pitcher.
"In the first half of the first game, Koma Otomak's attack from Komaki High School, four sticks, middle fielder, Honma (Atsushi) Jun, back number 8."
Atsushi Honma lowered his head and swept the ground with his feet, looked up at the pitcher, and raised his left hand to signal that he would not tee off for the time being.
After tidying up the right hitting area to his satisfaction, he took the bat from his right hand and turned it around twice in front of him, twisted his waist, held the bat with both hands and leaned on his shoulder, and when everything was ready, he raised the bat and turned his head to look at Yagami on the pitcher's mound, waiting for the ball to be delivered.
"Let's use a bad ball first and see how the hitter reacts?"
Yagami, who stood sideways, followed the catcher's code, raised his right foot forward, waved his arm, and threw the baseball in his palm towards home plate.
"Whew!"
The out-of-the-way ball, the ball, moved diagonally down to the right at 127 km/h, and at the same time, halfway through the swing, Atsushi Honma, who found something wrong, retracted the bat backwards.
"Bang!"
Chris reached forward and grabbed the baseball that was falling diagonally above the junction between the left hitting zone and home plate, parallel to the right calf of the hitter.
“bad shot.“
"Well chosen!"
"Fight if you choose the right one!"
Atsushi Honma smiled at his teammates, nodded at them, waved the paddle with his left hand, leaned it on his shoulder, clasped his hands together, and turned his head to look at Yagami Yagami who was standing on the pitcher's mound.
"Whew!"
Yagami nodded as he watched Chris come out, stepped forward with his leg raised, and threw an out-of-the-box knuckle ball toward home plate with a flick of his arm.
"Whew!"
The baseball, which flew at a speed of 126 km/h above the left hitting area, fell longitudinally to the back edge of the low area in the outside corner, and was hit by the bat thrown by Atsushi Honma, and flew high forward.
"Ping!"
The baseball that was hit by the batter passed over the second baseman and went straight into the depths of the center-right field, and the fielder Murasuke Taiki, who was staying in the depths of the field, ran from right to left in front of the home run wall, and while looking up at the baseball in the air as it was about to fall downward, he pushed and pulled his right hand to the side to make the right fielder pay attention not to collide with him.
"Smack!"
After running a few meters along the home run wall, Daiki Murasuke raised his left hand upwards and caught the flying high ball from the hitter, knocking Atsushi Honma out.
“retire.“
Atsushi Honma, who had already run past first base, saw that he was picked up by a midfielder, so he could only reach out and take off his batting cap, turn around and run back to the rest area on the side of first base.
……
In the second half of the first game, because of ace Tanaka General Da yesterday's heat stroke, even if the situation improved today, Komato's supervisor still did not let him start the game, and Shota Kikuchi, a second-year player, pitched the ball instead.
"In the second half of the first inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, the shortstop, Fukuda-kun, the back number 6."
After the pre-match preparations, Taro Fukuda stepped into the left-hand zone at the sound of the announcer's announcement.
After lowering his head and tidying up the ground, he turned around twice in front of him with his right hand on the bat, and Taro Fukuda held the bat with both hands and rested it on his left shoulder while turning his head to look at the pitcher.
"Whew!"
Shota Kikuchi followed the catcher's code, lifted his left foot forward, flicked his arm to home plate, and threw the inside corner near the belt, the ball was 127 km/h.
"Bang!"
The pitcher's baseball moves laterally to the right in front of the batter's belt, and then grabs it behind the outside corner with the kicker Shu Kobayashi opening forward behind the outside corner low post.
“good shot.“ The presiding judge, who was half-crouched behind the catcher, straightened up, clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it upward.
"Whew!"
After the first shot was made, Shota Kikuchi threw a lob ball to home plate, and Kobayashi stretched out his left hand to grab the baseball that flew at 123km/h above the right-shot zone.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“ When a pitcher throws a bad ball, the referee doesn't have to make a gesture to simply announce the number of bad balls: "one." That's it.
After opening the ball cover to catch the baseball passed by the catcher, Shota Kikuchi turned around and stretched out his right hand downward, grabbed the magnesium powder bag on the ground and pinched it.
Throw down the powder bag in your hand, turn around and stand on the pitcher's board, move your arms, lift your left foot, step forward, and wave your right hand to throw the palm ball at home plate.
"Whew!"
The pitcher's baseball flies at a speed of 109 km/h in front of the batter's batter cap in a hunched batting position, and then drops slightly to the right to prevent the batter from swinging the bat.
"Bang!"
Shu Kobayashi moves the sleeve upwards and catches the baseball that is falling vertically behind the center of the outside corner.
“Strike.“ The referee standing behind the catcher raised his right hand and raised two fingers to indicate the number of balls: "two."
As a type of speed ball, the palm ball is thrown in the same way as a fast ball, because it cannot add other spin, and its speed will be slightly slower than other speed balls. At the same time, it is more affected by gravity, so the longitudinal fall will be greater than that of an ordinary speed ball.
"Whew!"
After the ball count reached two good and one bad, Shota Kikuchi waved his arm and threw an inward fast ball to home plate, with a ball speed of 135km/h.
"Bang!"
The pitcher's baseball is just parallel to the lower part of the hitter's right elbow as it hits the top of the zone, and then catches the catcher with a sleeve lifted upwards by the catcher as it moves right above the edge of the right-hit zone.
“Ball.“
Taro Fukuda shook the bat forward with both hands, then took the bat in one hand and spun it twice before leaning it on his left shoulder, clasping his hands together and turning his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.
"Whew!"
The pitcher's second inward fast ball flew over the good zone at 134 km/h, and then flew right above the right zone before being caught by the outstretched ball sleeve of the catcher Shu Kobayashi.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“ The referee stretched out his right hand and raised three fingers to indicate the number of bad balls: "three."
Shota Kikuchi raised his hands above his head, stepped forward with his feet raised, and waved his right hand to home plate to throw a straight ball near the knee.
"Whew!"
Because the pitcher was pushing too hard, the baseball flew just below the low inside corner when it flew over home plate, and then rushed all the way to the bottom of the catcher's crotch.
"Bang!"
Kobayashi quickly extended the ball sleeve that had been placed behind the outside corner and grabbed the pitcher's baseball as it was about to hit the ground.