Chapter 348: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (11)

"Whew!"

Yagami Yagami threw an overhead ball at home plate at 140km/h as it flew over the right side of the abdomen of hitter Shuya Washiya, who was rushing to dodge sideways, as if it had grazed his jersey, before being caught by Chris's left hand reaching towards his left abdomen.

"Bang!"

"Touch the ball!"

After the catcher catches the ball and gets up, the referee, who was half-crouching behind the catcher, walks up to the hitter standing outside the batting area, and shakes his right forearm in the direction of first base, allowing the hitter to move to base.

Unfortunately, when the batter followed his instructions to put down the bat in his hand and turned to run towards first base, he stopped again, because the result of the staff watching the video repeatedly: the pitcher's straight ball did not touch the hitter.

“Strike.“

In addition, after the contact ball was canceled, because Osamu Washiya also turned to the left to dodge, the bat that he held short was followed by the baseball flying forward and slashed through the trapper's glove, so it was determined that the swing missed.

Visibly relieved by the result, Yagami stood in front of home plate, reached for the baseball that Chris had thrown to him, turned around and walked back to the pitcher's mound to stand.

After some movement outside the batting area, Osamu Washitani stepped into the left striking area and stood up, waving his bat with his right hand, bending over, holding the bat short, and once again settling in a posture ready to strike.

"Whew!"

Following the code given to him by Chris, Yagami threw a low-pitched speed ball towards home plate with a wave of his arm.

"Boom!"

When the baseball, which began to fall significantly in front of the hitter's right thigh, flew forward at a speed of 115 km/h to the top of home plate, it was already below the good ball zone, and even the batter stopped the bat that was about to continue to slide downwards to prevent the opponent from turning a bad ball into a good ball.

"Smack!" The baseball, which landed behind home plate, bounced forward and was grabbed by Chris's open glove in front of his crotch.

“Ball.“

After the ball count was equal, Yagami threw a near-belt slider into home plate with an arm that moved laterally from the front of the left side of the good ball area at a speed of 134km/h, and then pushed the batter from right to left when it flew to the back of the middle and low position in the outside corner.

"Ding!"

The baseball after being hit by the bat's bat falls down to the ground, and then rolls off the right corner of the right hit area to the sideline as the catcher gets up to catch the ball.

"Out of bounds!"

When the batter no longer holds the short bat because of the second good ball, and receives the bat with both hands down to the grip position, and raises the bat high, Yagami Yagami throws a high slider at home plate with a wave of his arm.

"Whew!"

The pitcher's baseball scurried over the hit zone at 132 km/h before being caught by Chris, who had jumped out.

"Bang!"

“Ball……“

After standing at the back of the right-shot zone, Chris raised his right hand and threw the ball back to pitcher Yagami.

After the batter raised his bat high to reprepare for the strike, Yagami threw a near-knee ball into home plate with a speed of 123km/h.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The baseball, which began to move diagonally downward in front of the hitter's right thigh, swept past the low position of the inside corner when it moved forward to the front of the hitter's right calf.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which fell downward to the left corner of home plate, was grabbed by Chris in front of the crotch in a rebound after landing.

“Strike out.“ The right hand was raised high with the palm facing forward, then the right hand was clenched and flung forward twice, and the presiding judge instructed the hitter to be knocked out with a strikeout.

"In the first half of the fourth inning, Koma Otomaki Komaki High School's attack, six bats, pitcher, Tanaka-kun, back number 1."

Shogun Tanaka stood on the right hitting area, swung the bat in his left hand under him, leaned it on his right shoulder from the right up, clenched his hands, bent back, and raised the bat high to wait for the hitter while turning his head to look at the pitcher.

"Whew!" Stepping forward with his leg raised, Yagami waved his arm and threw a high knee slide at home plate at a speed of 133km/h.

"Bang!"

When moving forward from above the left hitting area, the pitcher's baseball is caught by the catcher's outstretched glove because the ball is too far away.

“Ball.“

After the first ball was badly thrown, Yagami raised his right foot, stepped forward, and threw a low outside corner ball toward home plate with his left hand.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The pitcher's baseball moves diagonally down from the top of the left zone to the right, and when the batter swings along the corner of the zone, the baseball at a speed of 124 km/h through the corner of the zone has already fallen out of the zone, allowing Tanaka to sweep the bat across the entire zone.

"Bang!"

As hitter Tanaka swept the large bat forward across the hit zone, Chris stuck out of his sleeve to catch Yagami's baseball under the hit zone.

“Strike.“

As the officiator raised his right hand over his shoulder, Chris, who had risen from behind the side of home plate, raised his right hand and tossed the baseball he had just received to pitcher Yagami.

On the pitcher's mound, Yagami raised his right hand to his chest to catch the baseball passed back by Chris, reached out to pick up the ball cap, wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve before putting the ball back on, bent down and reached out to pinch the magnesium powder bag on the ground, then turned around and walked back to the pitcher board to stand.

Nodding at the catcher's code, Yagami raised his right foot, stepped forward, and swung his left hand to home plate to throw a high knee slider with a speed of 120km/h.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

Because the speed of the ball is not fast, the amplitude of the baseball's lateral downward movement is not large at first, until it reaches the outside of the corner of the good ball area, the drop amplitude of the baseball becomes significantly larger, so that the batter can only sweep the corner of the good ball area above the baseball, and the second swing misses.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which fell down to the center of the home plate, was grabbed by the arrester who plunged down to the ground, and then got up and took the baseball out of the ball sleeve and prepared to pass the ball to second base to kill Atsushi Honma, who had stolen the base when Yagami pitched.

“Strike.“

Unfortunately, due to the impact of the hitter who stumbled from the right hitting area to the home plate when he swung the bat, Chris, who was on the right side, had to wait until the referee next to him raised his right hand over his shoulder, and then raised his right hand upwards to pass the baseball he held in the palm of his hand to second base.

"Smack!"

Shortstop Taro Fukuda, who ran from right to left, raised his left hand forward in the direction of home plate and caught the baseball passed by Chris in front of his chest, but when he reached down with the glove holding the baseball to touch the runner's right leg that was stretched out because of the base, the sole of the runner's right foot hit the base bag on second base first.

"Safe base." The second baseman standing behind the runner raised his hands and instructed the runner to steal the base.

After the hitter lifted the baseball to recuperate, Yagami Yagami threw the baseball towards home plate due to a slippery finger during the pitch and fell directly on the sand in front of the left hitting area.

"Smack!"