Chapter 344: Qingdao vs Koma Otomaki (7)

Nagumo Seiichi's speed ball is a speed ball that relies on speed difference and ball control to win, and Yagami Yagami's speed ball is very different, but it mainly relies on the change of right offset to deceive the hitter and earn good balls.

This also leads to the fact that although both sides will throw variable speed balls, but the nature is completely different, one is used to solve the player's decisive ball, and the other is an ordinary slow ball used to interfere with the rhythm of the player's swing and increase the number of good balls.

After the ball count was level, Yagami threw his arm to the home plate with a high slide of 137km/h.

"Whew!"

The speed of the ball caused the baseball he threw to drop significantly after it flew over the good zone, and Chris lifted the sleeve upwards to catch the baseball that was moving laterally and backward from the high position in the inside corner.

"Bang!"

“Ball…“

After the ball was counted one good and two bad, Yagami stepped forward with his leg up, flicked his left hand and threw a knee-high slide ball towards home plate.

"Whew!"

A baseball that moves forward laterally from the top of the left hitting area at a speed of 131 km/h is hit by the batter swinging down when it just grabs the edge and flies behind the good ball area. It then bounces forward into the ground in front of the left strike zone in the collision.

"Smack!"

After landing, the baseball bounced off the infield area in front of him, but unfortunately before he could land again, he was grabbed by Yuki Tanaka, who ran from the junction of the infield and the right field, with both hands.

“out.“

Yuki Tanaka immediately turned around and waved his arms after receiving the ball, passing the ball to first base, blocking Kobayashi Shu who was still running the base outside the base.

"In the first half of the third inning, Komato's attack from Komaki High School, one bat, third baseman, Mitani-kun ......"

Tadao Mitani waved his bat under him with one hand, and after lifting it up, he clasped his hands together and turned his head to look at Yagami Yagami who was standing on the pitcher's board, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

According to the catcher's code, Yagami swung his left hand and threw a high two-seam fast ball at home plate at a speed of 137km/h.

In addition to the gradual upward trend of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound to home plate, there was also a horizontal displacement to the right, causing the baseball he threw to fly towards the hitter's chest without the slightest drop.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“

In order to avoid being hit by a flying baseball, Tadao Mitani, who had taken two steps back, walked back to his original position and stood, turned his head to look at the pitcher while swinging the bat at his side, and when everything was ready, he clenched the bat with both hands and raised it high.

"Whew!"

Yagami threw a knee-high slide ball into home plate with a swing of his arm and moved forward and sideways down from the top right side of the left hitting area at a speed of 132 km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which flew to the back edge of the outside corner, was struck by the batter Tadao Mitani swinging down the bat, just before it was about to fall into the catcher's open sleeve, and flew straight out of the infield sideline to the right.

"Out of bounds!"

When the officiating judge came to clean the home plate, Tadao Mitani stood next to him and moved his hands, and when the officiating officer left, he leaned his bat on his right shoulder, clasped his hands tightly, bent back, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and held the bat high in wait for the strike.

"Whew!"

After the ball count was one good and one bad, Yagami Yagami threw his left hand towards home plate and threw a near-belt speed ball with a speed of 123km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was deflecting to the right, fell longitudinally behind the edge of the outside corner, and was about to be caught by the sleeve that the hand had extended forward, Tadao Mitani swung the bat hard and hit the still falling baseball first, causing the baseball to bounce off the ground in front of the left side of the home plate in the collision with the bat.

"Smack!"

After hitting the ground, the baseball bounced forward, flew off the pitcher's right side and landed in front of shortstop Taro Fukuda, where it was blocked by his hands that raised forward as it bounced high. After receiving the ball, Taro Fukuda immediately waved his arm sideways and passed the ball to first base.

“out.“

Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman who was hitting the runner sideways, raised his left hand upwards and firmly grasped the baseball passed to him by Fukuda-senpai, and blocked Tadao Mitani, who ran behind him, out of the game.

"The first half of the first game, Komato's attack from Komakomai High School, two sticks, shortstop, Miki-kun ......"

After sweeping the ground and standing on the batting area, Miki flung the bat forward with both hands, then raised it high and turned his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

According to the code given to him by Chris, Yagami Ye threw a belt high-speed ball at Ben Lei, flying at a speed of 111km/h to the baseball next to the hitter's right arm.

"Bang!"

When a high, inward pitch ball mistakes the player for a bad ball, it grabs the edge of the back edge of the center area and finally falls to the right to the edge of the outside corner, where it is caught by Chris's open sleeve.

“Strike.“ With his right hand clenched into a fist and raised over his shoulder, the presiding judge announced the ball.

"Whew!"

After making a good shot for the first shot, Yagami continued to follow the code from Crisby, waving his arm to throw a knee-high ball into home plate.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was slicing from the edge of the strike zone at a speed of 137 km/h, flew in front of the knee of the hitter's left leg when it was hit by the bat swept by the hitter Yuya Miki and flew high to the left.

"Out of bounds!"

Third baseman Dong Kiyokook ran after the baseball in front of him to the spectator in front of him, but until he ran to the cowshed area in front of the stands, he could only watch the baseball flying through the iron net in mid-air, then lowered its height and finally fell on the spectators.

With only one last good ball to get outs, Yagami threw a belt-high slide ball to home plate at a speed of 138km/h.

"Whew!"

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound to the top of the hitter's belt is so fast that it drifts up rather than down as it moves forward laterally, and when it can't graze the corner of the good ball area because of the small distance, it is inevitable that it will become a bad ball.

"Bang!" Chris lifts his sleeve upwards and catches a baseball thrown by Yagami above the right-hit zone.

“Ball.“

When the ball counts two good balls and one bad ball, Yagami Ye followed the code from Chrisby, raised his leg and stepped forward, flicking his right hand to the home plate to throw the belt high-curved ball.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

At a speed of 125 km/h, it flies past the upper part of the hitter's belt, moves diagonally down to the right to the baseball behind the low position in the outside corner, and after avoiding the batter sweeping past the low position, it catches the ball sleeve that is slightly raised by the capsule.

"Bang!"

“out.“ After the presiding judge raised his right hand, his right hand and left hand were put together and he made several rubbing motions, instructing the beater to wipe the stick and be arrested.

"Three people are out, offense and defense are exchanged."

Chris got up and tossed the ball to the referee, then ran behind Yagami to the rest area on the third base.

The Seichi crowd who returned to the rest area gathered outside the rest area to discuss the problems encountered in the defense and how to overcome the opponent's starting pitcher Shota Kikuchi as soon as possible, so that Tanaka, who was not in such good form, could play early.

"Qingdao! Come on! ”

"Come on!!".

Just 20 seconds later, the Qingdao crowd in a circle on the periphery of the rest area shouted the slogan of cheering again before they dispersed.

Yagami Yagami picked up the batting cap next to him and put it on, reached out and took out the bat that was originally clipped under his armpit, and trotted towards the waiting area in front of him.