Chapter 360: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (23)
"Smack!"
The baseball, which landed behind the pitcher's mound, was caught with his left hand in front of his chest by the shortstop Taro Fukuda who ran forward in the forward bounce.
"Bang!"
Turning forward sideways, stepping and waving his arms, Taro Fukuda put the baseball field he had just received to first base, and blocked the batter Tadao Mitani, who had already run to Yuuki's side, out of the game.
“out.“ After the striker has run in front of him, the first base judge with his right hand raised and clenched his fist upwards indicates that the striker is eliminated.
"The first half of the eighth inning, the attack of Komakomai High School, the second stick, the shortstop, Miki-kun ......"
When Yagami kicked the ground in front of the pitcher's board, Yuya Miki, who walked up to the batting area amid the sound of the announcement, stood with his legs apart, and waved the bat with his right hand.
Looking up at Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound, he raised his bat forward with his right hand, put his left hand up, shook the bat and raised it high, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
Yagami raised his right leg and stepped forward, flicking his left hand towards home plate, somewhat similar to a high-speed slider on the knee of a Carter ball.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which flew at a speed of 140 km/h near the root of the hitter's right thigh, was swept forward by Yuya Miki as it moved laterally to the back of the area slightly inward of the middle and low position, in front of the catcher's right knee, and the bat, which was swept out by Yuya Miki, hit the center of the ball and galloped forward.
The baseball that penetrated the middle line did not pause in the slightest and flew straight to the home run wall deep in the middle field, and then in the cheers and cheers of the spectators on the field, Murasuke Taiki, who jumped up against the home run wall, had no choice but to watch it fall outside the home run wall.
"Home run!"
"Komatomakino's Miki-kun scored first with a home run, breaking the original deadlock between the two sides, can Komatomaki take advantage of the victory and chase after the center line that Komaomaki plays next, and get more points from the hands of the ace Yakami-kun of the Qingdao Road? Let's wait and see. ”
Yuya Miki, who waved his right hand and ran back to home plate, gave himself a round of applause, and after reaching out his right hand and high-five Ryuya Nakazawa, who was about to come on the court, and his teammates who came to help him get the bat, he ran forward to the rest area on the side of first base.
"Well done! Miki! ”
"You're really out of the limelight today, Yuya!"
"That shot was so beautiful! Atsushi—"
"You're going to have a big one, too!"
Yu Miki, who returned to the rest area, was surrounded by other Koma Tomakomai players, and while reaching out to high-five him one by one, he shouted at Atsushi Honma, the four-batter who had just left.
In the face of the shouts of his teammates, Atsushi Honma, who walked to the waiting area, waved his hand at them, and he will definitely try his best to score more points for the team.
On the pitcher's mound, Yagami Yagami, who had a lot of sweat on his cheeks due to violent mood swings, reached out to take the baseball from the referee, turned around and bent over, picked up the magnesium powder bag on the ground and pinched it.
Yagami who turned around on the pitcher's mound and made a gesture of out, indicating that he had no problem, was about to stand sideways on the pitcher's board, and the announcer's voice sounded over the court: "In the first half of the eighth inning, Komato's Komaki High School's attack, three bats, first baseman, Nakazawa-kun......"
While the batter was holding up the bat and waiting for the strike, Yagami Yagama, who had adjusted after taking a deep breath, lifted his foot and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw a low outside corner straight ball to home plate.
"Whew!"
The baseball, which flew under the corner at a speed of 144km/h, fell into the glove of catcher Chris, who spread out forward.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“
Nakazawa also turned sideways to the right, moved his shoulder, clenched the bat with both hands and leaned on his left shoulder, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he raised the bat and waited for the blow.
"Whew!"
The pitcher's curveball is thrown high on the belt, and it slopes down from the underside of the hitter's right shoulder at a slower speed, and when the baseball moves to the back of the middle high position in the outside corner at a speed of 117 km/h, the batter swings out the bat immediately behind the batter and sweeps it over the baseball at a very close distance.
"Huh!"
As the batter swept the bat across the strike zone and his whole body was facing the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, Chris caught the baseball thrown by Yagami with his open glove in the low post of the outside corner.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“ The presiding judge clenched his fist and raised his right hand over his shoulder, instructing the batter to swing the bat.
Nakazawa also moved around outside the batting area before he walked back to his original position and stood up, turning his head to look at the pitcher while clutching his bat and holding it high.
"Whew!"
With the hitter ready, Yagami waved his arm and threw the ball into the inside corner of the home plate.
"Whew!"
A baseball that falls diagonally from the batter's belt at a speed of 118 km/h is swept from above as it moves down to the center edge.
"Huh!"
While the batter bat swept across the corner of the good zone, Chris's gloves caught the still falling baseball behind the right edge of home plate.
"Bang!"
“Strike...“
Yagami reached out to take the baseball that Chris had passed to him, turned around and picked up the magnesium powder bag on the ground and pinched it, and when he took the baseball from his gloves and stood on the pitcher's board, the hitter in the batting area was holding the bat high and turned his head to look at him.
"Whew!"
Stand sideways, lift your right leg and step forward, swing your arm to throw a baseball in your palm at home plate, and Yagami Yagami throws a near-belt slider at home plate.
"Ping!"
A baseball that moves laterally from the front of the batter's belt at a speed of 132 km/h is struck by the batter's best efforts when it moves outward to the back of the right hit area and is about to be caught by the glove that the victim has reached out.
"Smack!"
The baseball, which smashed into the sideline in the collision, flew towards third base, and then was caught by the left hand raised in front of him by the third baseman Dong Kiyokuni who ran from left to right behind the base pack.
"Bang!"
After stepping on the sideline with your right foot to stop the inertia of the forward rush, step sideways to the left, swing your right hand vigorously, and pass the ball to first base.
“out.“
Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman, turned his back to the runner who had already run to the basebase instructor's area, and raised his left hand over his shoulder to grab the baseball passed to him by Higashi-senpai, and blocked Ryuya Nakazawa out of the game.
"In the first half of the eighth inning, Koma Otomaki Komaki High School's attack, four sticks, middle and middle fielders, Honma (Atsushi) Jun ......"
Atsushi Honma, who had lowered his head and tidied up the ground, picked up the bat in his left hand and spun around twice in front of him, holding the bat high as he looked up at the pitcher.
"Whew!"
After the hitter was ready to strike, Yagami stepped forward with his right foot and threw a knee-high slide toward home plate with a wave of his arm.
"Whew!"
A baseball that moves laterally from the top of the left batting area at a speed of 127 km/h allows the hitter to miss the swing by dropping sharply from the outside of the hit area under the corner of the hit area.
"Huh!"
After the batter's swing misses, the catcher's glove, less than two centimeters from the ground, catches the baseball falling from the right behind the sharp corner at the end of the home plate.
"Bang!".
“Strike.“
With his right hand raised over his shoulder, after the referee made a decision, Yagami opened his gloves to take the baseball that Chris had passed to him, bent down and grabbed the magnesium powder bag on the ground and pinched it, turning around to stand on the pitcher's board as he took the baseball out of his glove.