"Safe base."

By the time third baseman Tadao Mitani stepped forward to pick up the still rolling baseball, the runner happened to run past him, and by the time he picked up the baseball on the ground and turned around to pass the ball, the runner had already slid onto the base bag and stood up.

Seeing this, he could only reach out and throw the ball to the pitcher who came to fill in next to the base bag.

"Pause!"

After Komaomai requested a suspension, the catcher and a group of infielders gathered at the pitcher's mound to reassure the pitcher and discuss what to do next.

"Come on!"

More than 30 seconds passed, and the Koma Otomaki players gathered on the pitcher's mound raised their right hands, raised their index fingers in a circle, and shouted slogans before they dispersed.

"In the bottom half of the eighth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, four bats, third baseman, Dongjun ......"

Tanaka bent down and grabbed the magnesium powder packet on the ground, raised his right hand to blow off the excess powder on it, and waited for the hitter in the hitting area to be ready.

"Whew!"

When the batter was ready to raise the bat, Tanaka stretched his big leg forward and threw a high inward fastball with his right arm towards home plate.

"Bang!"

Quickly raising his left hand, Hidehide Kobayashi was behind the side of the hitter's head and caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound at a speed of 143 km/h.

“Ball.“

"Whew!"

When he was ready to play with the bat raised, Tanaka, who threw the bad ball for the first time, stepped forward with his right foot wide and danced his arm to shoot a quick straight ball with four seams near the belt to home plate.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 143 km/h, the baseball flew past the edge of the good ball area, and was hit by the bat that Dong Qingguo swept past, and flew high forward.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which sped past from the top of second base, flew straight into the depths of the field, and then lowered its height in front of the home run wall, and when it began to fall, it was caught by the glove raised upwards by the running middle and middle fielder Atsushi Honma.

The moment he hit the ground, Atsushi Honma stepped forward and waved his arm to pass the ball to home plate to see if he could try to knock the runner out.

“Run.“

By the time pitcher Tanaka caught the baseball that landed in front of the infield and bounced back, runner Takashi Fujii had already stepped on home plate to score the first point of the game for Seido and equalize the score with them.

Takashi Fujii reached out and high-fived the player who came to get the bat next to him, and then returned to the rest area on the side of third base with Kiyokuni Higashi, who had run from first base.

"The second half of the eighth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, five sticks, the middle fielder, the ...... of Murasuke-kun"

Taiki Murasuke, who was standing on the batting area with his legs in front and back, shook the bat with one hand for a few laps, and then held the bat high in the grip position with both hands, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka threw a near-belted stretch ball into home plate with a big swing of his arms.

"Ping!"

When the baseball that was moving laterally from the left side of the hit area was about to be grabbed by the glove reached by the arrester, the batter Murasuke Oki swung his bat and grazed the top of the ball and let it fall down on home plate.

"Smack!"

The baseball on home plate flew high to the left, jumped over the left hitting area and landed on the sand outside the field.

"Out of bounds!" With his hands over his head and palms facing forward, the officiator announces the throw-in, then takes a new baseball out of his bag and passes it to the pitcher.

After the chief judge had finished arranging the home plate and left, Murasuke walked back to his original position while waving his bat. Standing on the batting area with his legs apart, he turned his head to look at the pitcher, and while he carried the bat in front of him in a circle with his left hand, and after four turns, he clasped his hands and raised them high, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!" With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka threw a belt-high slider into home plate with a big swing of his arms.

"Bang!" At a speed of 139 km/h, it attaches to the baseball that has been moved laterally past the good ball area, and catches it with the open glove of the captor behind the right hitting area and next to the hitter's belt.

“Ball.“

After the batter raised his bat and was ready to strike again, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head, stepped forward with his left foot, and threw a knee-high carter ball at home plate with his arm swing.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which flew next to the base of the hitter's left thigh, fell forward at a speed of 133 km/h and deflected outward.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was scratching the edge of the corner of the good ball zone, was hit by the bat swung by Taiki Murasuke, and landed forward on the ground in front of home plate.

"Smack!"

The baseball in front of home plate bounced straight into the infield, and when it landed and was about to roll forward into the outfield, Yamaguchi, the second baseman who was crouching on the sand in front of the right field, continued to crouch and reach down to catch it.

“out.“

Get up and step to the left, raise your hand to pass the ball to first base, and block the runner who ran not far behind Nakazawa.

"Three outs, offense and defense swapped."

Ace Tanaka finally survived, but ...... The loss of points in this game allowed Qingdao to equalize the score between the two sides. ”

In the rest area on the third base, while Komatomaki left the field with long legs and returned to the rest area, the Seido people waited for Murasuke Taiki to return from the field before coming out of the rest area.

"Okay," Chris said after changing his gear, walking out of the rest area, standing next to Yagami and shouting to the others, "Defend with all your might." After saying that, he took Yagami and took the lead in running to the field.

"Yagami, concentrate." After shouting at the pitcher, Dong Qingguo followed behind and ran to third base.

"Let's get rid of one first." This is what Takashi Fujii said.

"There's no need to rush." After Yuki Tanaka finished shouting, Taro Fukuda, who was following him, nodded: "Hmm! ”

"When the score is even, you have to attack with all your might." Superintendent Kataoka stood at the entrance and exit of the rest area and shouted to the crowd in front of him who were rushing to the arena.

"Yes!"

……

"In the first half of the ninth inning, attacked by Komachi Otomaki High School, five bats, right fielder, Washitani-kun......" Seventy seconds after the end of the second half of the eighth inning, the sound of the announcement resounding from the court meant that the game had started again.

When the batter is seated in the batting area and raises the bat in a position of waiting for the hit, Yagami Yagami throws a belted high curve ball towards home plate with a wave of his arm.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which was moving diagonally from the front of the hitter's chest above the edge of the hit zone, was struck by the batter Osamu Washiya when it moved outward at a speed of 118km/h to the back of the low position in the outside corner.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which flew backwards to the left, rushed over the second baseman and into the outfield area, and then was caught in the middle of the center and left fielder Takashi Fujii with his hands raised upward.

"Smack!"

“out.“

After seeing himself picked up by a left fielder, Osamu Washiya, who ran past first base, had no choice but to turn around and return to their rest area.

"In the first half of the ninth inning, Koma's attack on Komakomai High School, six bats, pitcher, Tanaka-kun ......"

Tanaka, who swept the ground with his head down and stepped on the batting area after kicking his feet, swung his bat, clasped his hands, and raised his bat to wait for the blow while turning his head to look at the pitcher.

"Whoa!".

The pitcher's curveball falls diagonally at 123 km/h above the outside of the good zone, and then flies high forward when it is hit by the batter's swing as it moves behind the high inside corner.

"Ping!"