Chapter 364: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (27)

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka lifted his left foot and stepped forward, swinging his arm to shoot a fast ball to home plate to adjust his condition.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which was falling at a speed of 125 km/h on the left side of the hit area, did not deceive the player's swing, and the catcher successfully caught the falling baseball by stopping the bat that was supposed to be swept out on the waist side and pointing the tip of the bat to the referee.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“

Spreading his gloves to take the baseball from the catcher, Tanaka turned around and bent down to grab the magnesium powder bag on the ground and pinched it.

Throw the powder bag back on the ground, stand on the pitcher's board, raise your hands above your head, lift your legs and step out, and dance your arms to throw a quick straight ball with two stitches to home plate.

"Whew!"

A baseball that falls longitudinally in front of the catcher's right leg at a speed of 141km/h is caught by the glove that the catcher is outstretching.

"Bang!"

“Ball...“

Tanaka catches the baseball passed to him by the catcher, steps back to the pitcher's board and stands up, and when the batter is ready to strike again, he raises his hands above his head, steps forward and swings his arms towards home plate to throw a slider (this is a slip shot that is not well thrown, causing the ball to change) at a speed of 131 km/h.

"Whew!"

The baseball flew from the pitcher's mound to the catcher's right shoulder and turned to the right, then plunged sharply and caught the hitter's open glove in front of the hitter's right calf, behind the edge of the inside corner.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“ After declaring the bad ball, the referee raised his left hand forward and raised three fingers to indicate the number of bad balls: "three."

"Full balls!" The spectators on the court, except for Komato's support group and supporters, were excited to see the four bad balls at the beginning of the second half of the ninth inning, and some even cheered for it.

Tetsuya Yuki turned around and exited the batting area, looked at the rest area on the third base, and only after receiving clear instructions from Superintendent Kataoka did he walk back to his original position, and after standing up, he grabbed the bat with both hands and waved it under him, looked up at the pitcher, and held the bat high with both hands.

"Whew!"

With his hands above his head, Tanaka threw a knee-high two-seam fastball to home plate at a speed of 139 km/h.

"Bang!"

The baseball, which flew forward against the edge of the hit zone, was caught with the glove reached out by the handler in front of the knee of the hitter's right leg.

“Strike.“ The presiding judge raised his right hand over his shoulder, revitalizing Komatomaki's support group and the audience where the supporters were located.

"Whew!"

With the ball number two good and three bad, Tanaka will step forward with his left foot wide and wave his arm to the home plate to throw a near-belt two-stitch fast ball.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which is about to fly into the zone at the level of the hitter's belt, falls forward along the edge of the hitter at a speed of 135km/h, and then hits the bottom of the bat, which is swung by the hitter, just before it falls into the catcher's open glove, and bounces high forward.

"Smack!"

The baseball that landed in front of the second base side, and as it bounced forward to the right side of the baseball, the shortstop who ran over reached out and picked it up.

As he stepped forward, he reached out and took out the baseball from his glove, flicked his right hand in the direction of first base and passed the ball, blocking the runner Tetsuya Yuuki who ran behind Nakazawa.

“out.“ After Tetsuya Yuki ran through first base, the first base judge standing behind the first base bent his elbow and clenched his right hand upwards to announce that the runner was out.

"The second half of the ninth inning, the attack of Seido High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa-kun ......"

Chris looked up at the pitcher and spun around with his bat in front of him with his bat in his left hand, clasping his hands on his shoulders and waiting to be pitched.

“play ball!“

As the referee stretched out his right hand to guide his own pitch, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and waved his arms to throw a straight ball with a near belt at the bat, turning his head to look at his hitter.

"Whew!"

A baseball flying past the good ball zone at a speed of 142 km/h was struck by a batter sweeping past as it was about to fall into the catcher's open glove.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which flew backwards to the left, flew over first base and sped deep over the off-court area.

"Smack!"

In front of the fence in the spectator box on the right field side, behind where the home plate is located in the cowshed, smash down on the turf before the right fielder and first baseman rush over to catch the ball.

"Out of bounds!" The first baseman who runs after the first baseman with his hands raised at a 45-degree angle indicates a throw-in.

Once the defender was back in position, Chris turned to look at the pitcher, flung the bat forward with both hands, and rested the bat on his right shoulder, waiting for the referee to give the tee-off command, then clenched the bat and raised it high.

"Whew!"

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka lifted his left foot and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw a knee-high straight ball at home plate.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was speeding past the edge of the good zone at 144km/h, was struck by a bat swung out by Chris and slammed forward to the ground in front of the left side of home plate just before it was about to fall into the catcher's upwardly raised glove.

"Smack!"

The baseball that flew forward over the left side of the pitcher's mound in the post-landing bounce re-landed in front of the second base side, and then as it was about to roll forward into the outfield, Yamaguchi, the second baseman who was driven back to defend, grabbed it in front of the abdomen.

“out.”

With a wave of his arm, Yamaguchi passed the baseball he had just received to first base, and Takikawa, the runner who ran behind Tezawa on first base, was eliminated.

"The bottom half of the ninth inning, the attack of Seido High School, eight bats, right fielder, Ota-kun ......"

Hiroshi Ota, who had just stood on the batting area, waved his bat with one hand, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and held the bat with both hands and leaned it on his shoulder.

“play ball!“

After the referee next to him gave the pitcher the order to kick off, Hiroshi Ota raised the bat on his shoulder and waited for the blow.

"Whew!" With his hands above his head, Tanaka swung his arms wide towards home plate and threw a slightly out-of-the-box two-seam fastball at 130km/h.

"Huh!"

The baseball that flies to the front of the hit zone falls forward along the outside of the benefit zone at the height of the hitter's knees, and falls downwards on the ground behind the home plate side as the batter sweeps over the right side.

"Smack!"

Kobayashi Xiu's outstretched glove grabbed the baseball as it was about to bounce upward.

“Strike.“ The right hand is raised over the shoulder in a fist, and the presiding judge declares that the beater's swing has failed.

Nodding to Superintendent Kataoka's instructions, Hiroshi Ota turned around and stood in the batting area, waving the paddle with his left hand, and holding the bat high with both hands while looking up at the pitcher.

"Whew!"

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka strides and waves his arms to throw a high-slide ball with an out-of-the-way belt, 137km/h.

"Bang!".

Catcher Hidehide Kobayashi raised the glove that had been placed in front of his crotch up in front of his right shoulder, and caught a slider that was so small that it was not so much a slide that it was a straight ball.

“Ball.“