Chapter 361: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (24)
When the batter is ready to raise the bat, Yagami Yagami, who is standing sideways, raises his right foot and stretches it forward, waving his arm to throw a near belt curveball towards home plate.
"Whew!"
The baseball, which is displaced diagonally from the front of the left hitting area, moves in a gentle arc to the back of the home plate, in front of the catcher's right knee, allowing Atsushi Honma's bat to sweep from above and sweep the entire good ball area low in the outside corner.
"Huh!"
After the hitter's swing missed, Chris successfully caught the baseball with a speed of 126 km/h with his open glove downward.
"Bang!"
Yagami opened his gloves and caught the baseball that Chris had passed back, bent down and grabbed the magnesium powder bag on the ground and pinched it, turned to the pitcher and stood on the pitcher's board and looked at the code that Chris came out of, and nodded.
Standing on his side, raising his right foot and stepping forward, Yagami swings his left hand and throws a two-seam fast ball to home plate at a speed of 132 km/h.
"Whew!"
The baseball that flies in front of the side of the batting area is about the same height as the hitter's thigh near the root, and then flies over the left side with a large longitudinal drop against the hit area.
"Huh!"
Just as the baseball was about to hit the back of home plate a little bit out, the batter swung out with a hard swing just swept it from above.
"Smack!"
After the batter's swing missed, Chris successfully caught the baseball that bounced off after landing with his open gloves upward.
“Strike out.“ Raise his right hand into a fist and shake his right hand down three times, signaling that the hitter is knocked out by the pitcher.
"Three people are out, offense and defense are exchanged." The Qingdao runners withdrew one after another, and after the Koma Otoma Komaki players were ready, they ran to their positions one after another to start the warm-up preparations before the second half of the eighth round.
Seventy seconds later, "Seventy seconds later, the second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka-kun ......attacked, Seido High School, second baseman, Tanaka-kun" Seventy seconds later, the sound of the announcement sounded over the court symbolized the restart of the game.
"Whew!"
As the batter turned his head to look at him with his bat, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head, stepped forward with his legs raised, and threw the baseball in his palm towards home plate with his arms.
"Bang!"
The curve hangs high on the belt, moves diagonally down from the outside of the good zone at a speed of 129km/h, and then catches the glove lifted up by the hand behind the high post in the outside corner.
“Ball.“
Yuki Tanaka waved his bat under him with both hands, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and raised the bat to wait for the blow.
"Whew!"
The pitcher's curveball is belted high and falls diagonally from the outside of the good-hit area at 128 km/h, before being caught by the capper's open glove behind the middle of the inner and outer corners.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“
Yuki Tanaka, who had regained his footing in the batting area, waved his bat under him while turning his head to look at the pitcher, and waited for the referee to reach forward with his right hand to guide the pitcher to start pitching, then raised the bat upwards and waited for the strike.
"Whew!"
With his hands above his head, Tanaka lifted his left foot and stepped forward, swinging his arm to shoot a straight ball with a near knee that was wide of home plate.
"Bang!" A baseball flying above the sideline at a speed of 145 km/h was grabbed by the glove that the hand had spread forward.
“Ball...“
Raising the bat forward, after a few deep breaths, Yuki Tanaka lifted it with both hands and turned his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
In the face of the pitcher's near-belt slide, when it moved laterally to the side of the hitter's thigh at a speed of 136 km/h, the batter Yuki Tanaka swung out the bat was hit and sped to the left.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which was speeding forward along the sideline, flew over the left field and fell into the nearby spectator's seat as the spectators prayed.
Yuki Tanaka, who ran to the front of first base, had to turn around and run to home plate after seeing the baseball he had hit fly over the base.
Pitcher Tanaka on the mound was very happy with his good fortune, and after the batter raised his bat to re-prepare for the strike, he stepped forward with his left foot and waved his arm to throw a belt-high slide towards home plate.
"Whew!"
"Ping!"
The baseball, which moved laterally from the top of the left hitting area to the low middle of the outside corner with a ball speed of 131 km/h, was hit by Yuki Tanaka's sweeping bat and smashed to the left on the corner of the hitting area.
"Smack!"
The baseball in the corner of the right-hit zone bounced off the infield sideline to the left and landed on the sand outside of third base, next to the running base's area.
"Out of bounds!" The third base judge stands on either side of the sideline with his legs apart and raises his hands above his head to indicate a throw-in.
Once the batter was ready again, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head, stepped and swung his arms, and threw a knee-high slider toward home plate.
"Whew!"
The baseball, which moves horizontally from the top of the left hitting area to the corner of the hit area at a speed of 135 km/h, is struck by Yuki Tanaka's sweeping bat and bounces forward to the corner between the infield sideline and the hitting area.
"Ping!"
"Smack!"
The baseball that landed in the infield rolled towards the infield, and was caught by Ryuya Nakazawa's outstretched hands behind first base.
“out.“
Ryu Nakazawa, who received the baseball, also got up and ran forward to the base bag, touched the base bag with his left foot, and blocked Yuki Tanaka, who ran not far in front of him.
"In the bottom half of the eighth inning, Seido High School's attack, three bats, left fielder, Fukutoi-kun......" When Yuki Tanaka turned and ran back to the back of home plate, the announcer's voice sounded again over the court.
After sweeping the ground with his foot, Takasai Fujii, the three-bat batter, took a stand on the batting area, swung his bat, and turned his head to look at the pitcher, holding the bat in the air.
"Whew!" With his hands above his head, Tanaka throws a curveball with a speed of 127 km/h into home plate.
"Bang!"
From a level height below the batter's shoulders, it moves inward and laterally on the outside of the hit area, and then catches the open gloves of the catcher Shu Kobayashi behind the middle and low position of the inside corner when the hitter only observes but does not swing the bat.
“Strike.“ With his right hand clenched into a fist and raised over his shoulder, the presiding judge announced the ball.
After turning around in front of him with one hand, holding his hands clenched and held high, Takashi Fujii shook the bat while turning his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!" With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka will swing his arms and continue to curve the ball to home plate.
"Ping!"
The baseball moves diagonally from the top of the hit zone to the center of the baseball at a speed of 128 km/h, and is hit by the bat's swing and flies high forward the moment before it is caught by the glove raised by the hand.
"Smack!"
The baseball, which had penetrated the second game's defense, flew straight into the outfield and landed in front of the home run wall, near the left field.
Left fielder Junki Watanabe hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the ball, turned and waved his arm to pass the ball to the shortstop who was staying on the lawn in front of the center and left field.
"Smack!"
Unfortunately, the shortstop Yuya Miki didn't catch the baseball flying past his left forearm, allowing it to roll all the way to the infield without hindrance. It also made Takashi Fujii, who had stopped running after passing second base and was not ready to continue running, to go straight to third base at full speed.