Chapter 358: Qingdao vs Koma Otomaki (21)
"Whew!"
Looking at the code that Chris came out of, nodding, Yagami Ye raised his foot and stepped forward, flicking his left hand to throw a belt-high straight ball at home plate.
"Huh!"
When Kobayashi swung his bat too fast, the pitcher's baseball flew over the bat at a speed of 144 km/h and was caught by the hand's open glove.
"Bang!"
“Strike out.“
After knocking out hitter Shu Kobayashi, Yagami was smiling and running down the pitcher's mound with the referee's raised right hand to return to the rest area on the third base side.
"In the second half of the seventh inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa-kun......" Thirty seconds later, in the broadcast sound that sounded over the court, Ota Hiroshi picked up the batting cap next to him and put it on, then put on his batting gloves, picked up the bat in the frame and walked out of the rest area.
Fifteen seconds later, Chris, a seven-batter standing on the batting area with his legs apart, shook the bat forward with both hands, and raised the bat for the blow while turning his head to look at the pitcher.
"Whew!"
Fifteen seconds later, Komato's Komakumi ace Tanaka lifted his left foot forward and threw a knee slide at home plate with his right hand at 138 km/h.
"Bang!"
A baseball that moves forward from the front of the left hitting area to behind the edge of the low center is caught with the glove that the hand is holding forward without swinging the bat.
“Strike.“ The referee's right hand was raised over his shoulder and the slider was called a good shot.
When the batter swung forward with both hands on the bat, turned his head to look at him, and raised the bat to wait for the strike, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and threw the curveball at home plate with his right hand.
"Whew!"
The curveball hung high on the belt and fell diagonally to the right at a speed of 127 km/h from a position parallel to the underside of the batter's shoulder, and then was caught by Kobayashi's inward moving gloves on the outside of the low inside corner and above the knee side of the hitter's right leg.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“ The referee raised his right hand into a fist over his shoulder and read the number of good balls: "two."
Chris took two steps back, moved his bat in his left hand, swept the floor with his foot, and walked back to his original position to stand.
Holding the bat with both hands, he swung forward, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and raised the bat for the strike.
"Whew!"
With his hands above his head, Tanaka swung his arms high to home plate and threw a high, inward fastball at 141km/h.
"Bang!"
Chris took a step back and let the catcher's outstretched glove catch the pitcher's pitched baseball on the outside of his right shoulder.
"Whew!"
After the ball was two good and one bad, Tanaka hung the curveball thrown by the big swing arm high on his belt and fell diagonally at a speed of 129km/h, but unfortunately due to the gentle and forward arc of the baseball's downward fall, it was caught by Kobayashi Xiu's upward raised glove when it flew to the back of the high position in the inside corner.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“
After sweeping the ground with his feet down, Chris who had regained his footing in the hitting zone shook the bat forward with both hands in his hands, and raised the bat to wait for the pitcher to be delivered.
"Whew!"
With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka will swing his arms and throw a fast ball into the inside corner of the home plate, which will fall vertically at a speed of 143km/h in front of the good ball area at a height parallel to the batter's belt.
"Ping!"
The baseball that flew to the left thigh of the hitter continued to fall forward along the edge of the hit zone, and then was hit by the bat, swung by the hitter Chris, and smashed to the right on the sideline of the left hit zone before it moved over the corner of the hit zone and was about to fall into the catcher's glove.
"Smack!"
The baseball that landed in the infield bounced towards the infield, and the baseball that landed again behind the first base side was caught by second baseman Yamaguchi, who was guarding in front of the right field, with his hands folded in front of his knees just as it was about to bounce forward to the lawn in the right field.
"Bang!"
Yamaguchi then got up and stepped to the left, waved his right hand and passed the ball to first base, blocking Takikawa, who had run not far behind Nakazawa.
"Bottom half of the seventh inning, Seido High School's attack, eight bats, right fielder, Ota-kun......" As Chris turned to leave first base and trotted back to the rest area on the side of third base, the announcer's announcement resounded over the court.
Hiroshi Ota, who was standing on the batting area, waved the bat with one hand, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he clenched the bat and raised it high in the air, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and waved his arms to shoot a straight ball high to home plate at a speed of 141km/h.
"Bang!"
When the baseball, which was drifting up from the front of the left hitting area, moved in a gentle trajectory to the top of the outside corner, it was caught by the glove raised upwards by the arrester Hideya Kobayashi.
“Ball.“
"Whew!"
With his hands above his head, Tanaka stepped forward with his big leg and threw his arm to home plate with a belt-high inward fast ball at 141km/h.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which swims horizontally to the right to the back edge of the high inside corner, is hit by the bat's swing and flies off the sideline to the left when it is about to fall into the catcher's outstretched glove.
"Out of bounds!" The baseball that was swung off by the batter went straight through the sand and lawn outside the field before falling onto the spectator stand on the left side of the field.
"Whew!"
As the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Tanaka raised his large hands above his head and danced his arms to throw the unshot slider at home plate.
"Bang!"
The baseball, which was moving forward at a speed of 128 km/h, flew over the head of the shrunken hitter Hiroshi Ota, and then grabbed the glove that the hand extended to the left.
“Ball…“
"Whew!"
After throwing a series of bad balls, Tanaka raised his hands above his head and waved his arms to throw a belt-high straight ball at home plate.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which was about to pass past the edge of the hit zone at a speed of 141km/h, was hit by the bat, which was swung by Hiroshi Ota, and went forward to the left half.
"Smack!"
The baseball flying above the third baseman dropped in height and landed in the middle of the left field, and then bounced forward and was caught by the running left fielder Junki Watanabe with a glove in front of his chest.
Stepping forward, Junki Watanabe flicked his right hand and passed the baseball he had just received to first base.
"Safe base."
Hiroshi Ota, who ran past first base, looked up and saw the pass from the left fielder, and hurriedly turned around and ran back to the base bag of first base, for which he was almost touched out by the first baseman who received the pass.
Hiroshi Ota, who was standing on the base bag, reached out and took off the handguard at his elbow, and after handing it to the player who came to help next to him, he reached out and took off the batter's gloves on his hand.
After his teammates brought their handguards and batting gloves back to the lounge area, Hiroshi Ota, who had straightened his belt, stepped away from the base pack and stood two or three steps away from the base pack, with his hands on his knees and looking up at home plate.
"The bottom half of the seventh inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, nine bats, pitcher, Yagami Jun ......"
Holding the bat in both hands, Yagami Yagami repeated the action of resting the bat on his shoulder and leaning it forward, while turning his head to look at Komagama Komakumi Ace Tanaka Shodai, and when he was ready, he began to pitch.