In the second half of the third inning, the attack of Seido High School, eight bats, right fielder, Ota-kun, back number 12. ”

Holding the bat in his left hand and swinging it against his right shoulder, his hands clenched, Hiroshi Ota raised the bat high in the air while turning his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

Following the instructions given by the catcher, Shota Kikuchi stepped forward with his left foot and flicked his right hand into home plate to throw a straight ball high inside the corner.

"Huh!"

After the batter swung from under the flying baseball, Kobayashi lifted the case upwards and caught a straight ball that was speeding towards the side at a speed of 136 km/h.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

"Whew!"

The pitcher swings his arm high at home plate, flies to the top of the outside corner at 123 km/h and moves diagonally to the right.

"Bang!"

Kobayashi moves the case inward and catches the baseball in front of the hitter's right thigh.

“Ball.“ A curved ball that moves diagonally behind the good ball area is deemed bad by the presiding judge.

After Hiroshi Ota lowered his head and swept the ground with his right foot, he waved the bat with his left hand, leaned the bat on his right shoulder while looking up at the pitcher, and clasped his hands together and waited for the pitch to be thrown.

"Whew!"

After the ball count was equal, Shota Kikuchi threw his right hand towards home plate and threw a two-line fast ball that looked a little out of the way, with a speed of 125km/h.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's fast ball will shift to the right in the process of falling vertically, causing the baseball that originally began to fall above the sideline of the left hitting area to pass over the edge of the good ball area, and then grab the ball sleeve reached by the captor behind the middle high position in the outside corner.

“Strike.“

With only one good ball left to get outs, catcher Hideshi Kobayashi chose to stabilize and asked the pitcher for a low-post straight ball from the outside.

"Whew!"

The pitcher's knee-high straight ball flew over the edge of the good zone at 137 km/h, but just before it was about to fly into the catcher's sleeve, hitter Hiroshi Ota swung his bat to block the catcher's sleeve and smash the flying baseball to the ground in front of home plate.

"Ping!"

"Smack!"

After hitting the ground, the ball, which flew high, landed on the right side of the pitcher's mound, and at the same time, third baseman Tadao Mitani was about to run towards him.

"Bang!"

As soon as the baseball that landed on the right side of the pitcher's mound bounced forward, it was picked up by the ball cover reached by Tadao Mitani, and while stepping forward, he did not forget to take the baseball out of the ball sleeve and wave his right hand to pass the ball to first base.

“out.“

Ryuya Nakazawa, who turned his back to the runner sideways, reached out to the left to catch the baseball flying from behind the pitcher's mound, and blocked Hiroshi Ota, who ran behind him.

"In the second half of the third inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, nine bats, pitcher, Yagami-kun, back number 1."

Yagami stood up in the batting area, rested his bat on his right shoulder, clasped his hands, and turned his head to look at the pitcher.

“play ball!“

After receiving the instruction from the officiating judge, Shota Kikuchi looked at the batter in front of him who was raising his bat and ready to strike, stepped forward with his left foot, and threw a knee-high slide ball at home plate with his right hand.

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

The baseball, which moves laterally from the top of the left strike area to the good ball area at a speed of 126 km/h, is hit by the bat's swing when it reaches the back of the middle and low position, and smashes to the left under the outside of Yagamiya's right foot.

"Smack!"

The baseball that was smashed on the hitter's right foot bounced forward onto the referee's right leg standing behind the catcher, and then bounced forward to the ground in the left strike zone.

"Out of bounds!" After raising his hands with his palms facing forward, the referee who took out the new baseball from his bag stepped out from behind the catcher and threw the ball to the pitcher in front of him.

"Whew!"

After the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at himself ready to strike, Shota Kikuchi threw a straight ball wide of the home plate.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's swing of the baseball flies over the left zone at a speed of 134 km/h, then drops forward above the corner of the left zone and is about to hit the ground when it grabs the ball sleeve reached by the hand.

“Ball.“

After the ball count was equal, Shota Kikuchi stepped forward with his leg and threw a straight ball with his inside foot near the belt to home plate at a speed of 136km/h.

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

The baseball, which had just passed through the edge of the inside corner and was about to fall into the catcher's case, was hit by a baseball swept out by the hitter, Yagami Yagama, and smashed down to the ground in front of the right hitting area.

"Smack!"

After hitting the batting area, the baseball bounced forward to the infield ground between the three games, and third baseman Tadao Mitani stopped to continue moving forward, and shortstop Yuu Miki ran forward to catch the ball in the depths of the infield.

"Bang!"

The baseball, which landed in the infield, was about to bounce forward to the left field when it was grabbed by Yuya Miki's outstretched hands.

As soon as he received the baseball, he immediately turned to the left, waved his right hand and passed the ball to first base, but unfortunately due to the lack of arm strength, the baseball had already landed again in the infield before flying to first base.

"Smack!"

When Ryuya Zeya, the first baseman, knelt down with his right leg and stretched his left hand forward, ready to catch the baseball bouncing towards him, Yagami Yagama, who had already run behind him, stepped on the base bag of the first base and rushed past him.

“safe.“

When the first baseman receives the pass, the first baseman standing behind the first base raises his hands and instructs the runner to get to base safely.

"In the second half of the third inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a guerrilla, Fukuda-kun ......"

As Yagami stood two steps away from the base, batter Taro Fukuda leaned his bat on his shoulder, clasped his hands tightly, and turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

When the pitcher waved his arm forward and was about to throw the baseball in his palm, Taro Fukuda changed his grip to a short bat, preparing to fly out of the pitcher's belt.

"Ding!"

When a pitcher's baseball is about to travel at 127 km/h through the edge of the strike zone, it is blocked by the batter holding horizontally in front of him.

The baseball was pushed forward by Taro Fukuda in the collision with the bat, and he immediately let go of the bat in his hand and ran towards first base after the baseball that flew out.

"Smack!"

The baseball that landed on the left side of the pitcher's mound had a great impact on the pitcher who was about to catch the ball forward, and when Shota Kikuchi reacted and turned to chase after the infield, it was too late to pass the ball after he received the ball.

For this reason, second baseman Naoki Honma, who had been staying behind the first base, could only rush to the front of the second base, but even though he caught the baseball that was still rolling forward faster than the pitcher, he straightened up and turned his head to look at first base, and when he was about to swing his arm sideways, he found that the runner had already run past first base.

"Safe base."

When Taro Fukuda smiled and took off his batting gloves as he ran to first base, the Qingdao players who were in the rest area gave him a thumbs up.

"Knocked beautifully! Fukuda ——! ”

"That's a good job, Senior Fukuda!" Yagami who ran smoothly to second base with the fortune of the senior stood on the base bag of the second base and shouted at Taro Fukuda in front.

Taro Fukuda, who was standing next to the base bag, reached out and took off the gauntlet at the elbow of his right hand, handed it to the player who came to help along with the batting gloves, waved his hand to Yagami Yagami behind him in response, reached out to straighten the batting cap, walked to a position two or three steps away from the base pack and stood up, looking up at Admiral Tanaka who was running up the pitcher's hill

"Komakomai Komaki asked for a change of player: pitcher Tanaka replaced Kikuchi; ……”