Chapter 363: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (Twenty-six)

"Whew!"

The baseball flew over the pitcher's mound and second base, Yuki Tanaka, the second baseman who ran from left to right, and the middle fielder Daiki Murasuke, who ran from deep in the field, desperately rushed to the baseball landing point.

"Smack!"

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't catch the falling baseball, and could only watch it fall on the lawn between the two of them.

“safe.“

Murasuke reached out to pick up the baseball that was about to bounce forward after landing on the ground, and at the same time, runner Tanaka strode over the first base bag and landed safely.

After stepping on the base bag with his left foot, reaching out to take off the swollen hand and the brace on his ankle, and handing them to his teammates who came to help, Tanaka put his big hands on his waist and stood on the base bag to gasp for breath to calm his increasingly rapid breathing.

"In the first half of the ninth inning, Koma Oto's attack from Komaki High School, seven sticks, on behalf of the fight, Nishida-kun, back number 17."

Because the Qingdao catcher Chris temporarily applied for a timeout, after the announcer finished broadcasting, Yuma Nishida stood outside the batting area, holding the bat with both hands and swinging it.

Ten seconds later, as Chris left the pitcher's mound and returned to home plate, Nishida stepped into the batting zone, held the bat in one hand and waved it underneath him, looking up at the pitcher.

“play ball!“

After the referee reaches forward with his right hand and guides the pitcher to pitch, he raises the bat upwards and clenches his hands together and waits for the strike.

"Whew!"

Raising his right foot and stepping forward, and with a swing of his arm, Yagami throws a speedball that looks a little out of the way to home plate.

"Bang!"

The baseball that flew to the outside of the strike area fell longitudinally at a speed of 118 km, but it also deflected to the right, and then caught it with the glove that the hand opened forward behind the low position in the outside corner.

“Strike.“

"Hello!"

After the hitter took a short pose and was ready, Yagami Yagami swung his arm and threw the curveball directly into the left front corner of the home plate at a speed of 123 km/h.

"Smack!"

The baseball that landed on the ground bounced forward and slammed into the catcher's gear, before being grabbed by Knith with his glove.

“Ball.“

After reading the instructions given by the superintendent, Yuma Nishida spread his legs and re-established himself on the hitting area, holding the short stick and continuing to prepare for the strike.

"Whew!"

Following the code given to him by Crispie, he raised his right foot and stepped forward, and Yagami Ye threw his left arm into home plate and threw a straight ball near the knee.

"Bang!"

With the batter in his short stance, the pitcher's baseball flew past the corner of the strike zone at 141 km/h and fell into Chris's outstretched glove.

“Strike.“ The referee raised his right hand to announce the good ball, and raised two fingers to indicate the number of good balls: "two."

After the batter raised his bat and re-made the gesture of waiting for the strike, Yagami Yagami threw his arm into the home plate with a slightly out-of-the-box knea.

"Whew!"

The baseball that fell forward from the outside of the hit zone at a speed of 125 km/h from near the waistband, was hit by the bat, which was swept past by the batter, in front of the knee of the catcher's right leg.

"Ping!"

"Smack!" The baseball smashed forward to the front of home plate and flew out of bounds to the left until it fell in the barn.

After the officiating cleared home plate and left, Nishida walked back to his original position, waved his bat in his left hand, and held the bat upwards with both hands while turning his head to look at the pitcher.

Yagami Yagami, who was holding the baseball behind him, looked at the code that Chris came out, hid his right hand forward into the glove in front of his abdomen, raised his leg and stepped forward, and waved his arm to throw a knuckle ball at home plate.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

A baseball falling above the sideline of the left strike area at a speed of 127 km/h, avoiding the bats that the hitter swings as far out as possible.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's baseball was successfully evaded the bat that swept from the right side, and was about to hit the ground when it was caught by the glove that Chris had stuck out of the ground.

“Strike out.“ With his right hand clenched into a fist and raised above his head, the presiding judge announced that the beater had been knocked out for a missed swing.

Yuma Nishida turned his back to the catcher and waved his bat in both hands to vent his emotions about being knocked out by a strikeout, then turned and ran back to the first-base side rest area.

"In the first half of the ninth inning, Komato's attack from Komakomai High School, eight bats, second baseman, Yamaguchi-kun ......"

After lowering his head and tidying up the ground, Yamaguchi, who was standing on the right hitting area with his legs apart, turned his head to look at the pitcher, waved the bat with his left hand, and then clenched his hands and raised them high.

"Whew!"

Yagami followed the signal given to him by Chris, stepped forward with his leg raised, and threw a high straight ball with his belt in the inside corner of the home plate with a wave of his arm.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 141 km/h, Yamaguchi hit the top of the ball as he swung his bat through the strike zone and was about to land on the catcher's glove behind the edge of the inside corner.

"Boom!"

The baseball fell forward on the ground next to the hitter's left foot as it collided with the bat, bouncing high forward.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which had re-landed in front of the infield, was caught by third baseman Dong Kiyokuni, who was running from right to left, in front of his crotch, and then took a step to the left and waved his arm to pass the ball to second base.

“out.“

Yuki Tanaka, the second baseman who was standing on the base bag and facing third base, caught the baseball passing from the east in front of his chest, and knocked out the runner Tanaka, who was about to slide onto the base bag, to end the first half of the nine-inning.

"Blocked, three outs, offensive and defensive exchanges."

"In the first half of the ninth inning, the foal Da Toma Komaki did not score a point. Although the two hitters managed to get on base, they still ended the offense with three outs. ”

……

"In the second half of the ninth inning, now introducing the lineup of Komakomai Otoma, pitcher, six bats, Tanaka-kun, back number 1......" Nearly fifty seconds later, the sound of the radio sounded again over the court, which meant the start of the second half of the ninth inning.

Tetsuya Yuuki, the six-batter who had changed his equipment, walked out of the rest area with his bat, squatted on the waiting area, reached out and grabbed the powder bag on the ground and wiped the grip of the bat, then rubbed the powder bag with both hands before throwing it back to the ground.

Tetsuya Yuuki got up and walked out of the waiting area, holding the bat in both hands, waving it as he walked towards the hitting area in front of him.

"In the second half of the ninth inning, attacked by Seido High School, six bats, first baseman, Yuuki kun ......" Fifty seconds after the last broadcast sounded, the announcer's broadcast sounded again from the top of the field.

Tetsuya Yuuki, who swept the ground with his head down and stood on the batting area with his legs apart, looked up at the pitcher, clenched his bat with both hands, and made a gesture of waiting for the strike.

“play ball!“ The referee reaches forward with his right hand and guides the pitcher to start pitching.

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka will lift his left foot and step forward, swinging his arm high on the home plate waistband (a rising fast ball, a type of four-seam fast ball).

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The pitcher's baseball flies at a speed of 141 km/h to the back of the high inside corner, allowing the batter to sweep the bat from below.

"Bang!"

At the same time that the batter swung his bat missed, and turned his back to him, Kobayashi Xiu's upward raised glove caught the baseball flying from the front.

“Strike.“

After reading the instructions given to him by Superintendent Kataoka, Tetsuya Yuki turned back to his original position, stood on the batting area with his legs apart, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and held the bat up with both hands.