Chapter 350: Qingdao vs Koma Otomaki (13)

"Whew!"

After throwing two bad balls in quick succession, Tanaka threw a belt-high curve ball over home plate with a speed of 130 km/h.

"Huh!"

As a result of a mistake in judgment, Murasuke Taiki's baseball swept past the center area, and the baseball that had moved down from the top of the outside area to the high position in the outside corner did not move inward, but fell straight down to avoid the bats swung by the hitter.

"Bang!" Kobayashi stretched out his glove and caught a falling baseball from above in the low position in the outside corner, knocking out five batters, Daiki Murasuke.

“Strike out.“

After the presiding judge raised his right fist over his shoulder, Kobayashi stood up and threw the baseball he had just received back to the pitcher.

"In the second half of the fourth inning, Seido High School's attack, six bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun ......" When Tanaka reached out to take the baseball passed back by the catcher and turned to get the magnesium powder bag on the ground, the announcer's announcement sounded from the sky above the field.

As the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Tanaka swung his arm high into the middle of home plate at a speed of 141 km/h.

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was speeding over the good ball area, was hit at the bottom by Tetsuya Yuuki and flew high up before it was caught by the glove of the handyman's outstretched hand.

"Out of bounds!"

The referee glanced at the baseball flying out of the back, reached out and took out the new baseball from the bag, walked from behind the catcher to the left hitting area, and raised his hand to throw the ball to the pitcher in front.

Once the hitter was back on his feet in the batting area and ready to raise his bat, Tanaka stretched his big leg forward and swung his right arm to home plate to throw a belt-high inward fastball.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

At a speed of 142 km/h, the baseball that had been slashed from the corner of the strike zone was moved horizontally to the right and above the inside corner, and the batter Tetsuya Yuuki swung over hit the bat and flew high into the air.

"Ping!"

The baseball that flew straight behind the referee fell to the stands on the side of the home plate, and the catcher, who was standing behind the home plate and watching the baseball land with the referee, stretched out his left hand to pick up the new baseball from the referee.

Kobayashi turned and walked back to home plate, tucked the catcher's gloves under his armpits, and rubbed his hands against the baseball before raising his right hand to throw the ball to the pitcher in front.

Tetsuya Yuuki stretched out his foot and swept the ground before regaining his footing on the flying, holding the bat in both hands and waving it, turning his head to look at the pitcher and waiting for the pitcher to be delivered.

"Whew!"

With just one good ball roll to finish the bottom half of the four innings, Tanaka threw a belted high curveball into home plate with a big swing of his arm.

"Ping!"

The baseball fell from the left side of home plate at a speed of 131 km/h through the high outside corner to the back of the middle high position of the outside corner, and the baseball, which was about to move towards the middle area, was hit by the bat swung by the hitter and flew to the right side.

"Smack!"

After dodging a jump interception from the second baseman, the batter's flying baseball landed on the lawn in the field and rolled diagonally to the right.

Atsushi Honma, a fielder who ran from right to left in the depths of the field, reached out on the lawn in the right field to pick up a baseball that was still rolling forward.

Tetsuya Yuuki, who had already run to the first base, did not continue to run, and after stopping, he walked back to the base bag while reaching out and taking off the handguard at the elbow, and after handing it to Tanba, who came to help next to him, he bent down and took off the leg guard on his ankle.

"The bottom half of the fourth inning, the attack of Seido High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa-kun ......"

Cris, who was standing in the batting area, waved the bat with his left hand, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he clenched the bat with both hands and waited for the ball to be delivered.

"Whew!"

Tanaka throws a knee-high slide ball with a big swing of his arm to home plate, a baseball that moves inward and laterally down at a speed of 135 km/h, crosses the low area of the good ball area without the hitter swinging the bat, and then grabs the hitter with a glove on the knee of the hitter's right leg.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

Chris was back on the batting area, and after a few turns in front of him with one hand, he swung forward with both hands on the bat. When he looked up at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, he stopped swinging his bat and raised his bat for the blow.

"Whew!"

The hockey executive belt moves diagonally down to the right from the outside of the hit-zone at a speed of 117 km/h, and then falls inward from the back of the hit-ball area to above the corner of the right-hit zone, and catches it with the gloves that the catcher moves inward.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“

After the ball count was evenly matched, Tanaka stepped forward with his big leg and threw his right hand at home plate at a speed of 133km/h.

"Whew!"

The baseball that moved laterally down from the left side of the hit area, and the moment before it moved down behind the edge of the inside corner and was about to be grabbed by the glove reached by the captive, Chris swung the bat down appeared in front of the catcher's glove and knocked the pitcher's baseball forward.

"Ping!"

"Smack!" The baseball that landed in front of the right-hit area flew forward, and then the baseball that landed again in the infield bounced to the right and was picked up by the shortstop Yuya Miki.

“out.“

Yuya Miki waved his arm sideways and passed the baseball he had just received to second base, blocking Tetsuya Yuuki, who was running on base, and ending the bottom half of the four-inning.

……

"In the first half of the fifth inning, Komato's attack from Komakomai High School, seven bats, left fielder, Watanabe-kun ......" More than a minute later, with the sound of the announcer's voice, the first half of the fifth inning game also began.

After lowering his head and tidying up the ground, Junki Watanabe, who was standing on the left batting area with his legs on either side, waved the bat with his left hand, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he clenched the bat with both hands and rested it on his left shoulder.

“play ball!“ After the referee announces the start of the game, he extends his right hand forward to guide the pitcher to pitch the ball.

"Whew!"

Yagami threw a belt-high straight ball at home plate with a swing of his arm, but the batter standing in the left batting area changed his batting to a short bat, knocking the baseball that reached the top edge of the outside corner at a speed of 138 km/h.

"Ding!"

Chris hurriedly got up and picked up the baseball that had stopped on the sand in front of the right hit area after the hit was flying, stepped forward and waved his arm to pass the ball to first base.

“out.“

Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman with his left foot on the baseball, reached forward with his left hand, caught the catcher's baseball in front of his chest, and blocked the runner who was about to slide forward over the baseball.

After his surprise attack on Seido was unsuccessful, Watanabe Junki stood up with his left hand, slammed his right hand into a fist a few times, and then returned to the rest area with the reluctance in his heart.

"In the first half of the fifth inning, Koma's attack on Komakomai High School, eight bats, second baseman, Honma (straight) kun ......"

After the hitter was ready to strike, Yagami Yagami swung his arm and threw a near-knee ball over the home plate at a speed of 121km/h.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound to the top of the left hitting area moved diagonally down to the right, and after the batter Naoki Honma's bat swept over the home plate, it fell down behind the left side of the home plate, above the sideline of the left hitting area.

"Smack!" Chris placed the catcher's glove on the ground and moved forward as the baseball hit the ground, trapping it in.

“Strike.“ The right hand is raised over the shoulder in a fist, and the presiding judge instructs the beater to swing the bat.