Chapter 368: Qingdao vs Koma Otomaki (31)
The timeout ends with a deep breath of nearly 10 seconds, then opens their closed eyes and nods to each other to end with a 45-second timeout.
"In the first half of the eleventh inning, Komato's attack from Komaki High School, six bats, pitcher, Tanaka-kun, back number 1."
Atsushi Honma, a runner at second base, raised his left index finger forward, allowing the hitter at home base to take advantage of the opponent's ace when he was in poor shape.
Swing the stick hard to get a big one! End this game once and for all.
The problem is that what the two of them didn't expect was that after Tanaka lifted the bat and was ready, he would directly use the four bad balls to escort it.
"Whew!"
……
"Bang!"
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Chris stepped out and stood behind the outside of the left zone to catch the bad ball from Yagami.
“Base on Balls.“
After being escorted by the opponent's four bad guys, Tanaka turned around and walked behind the referee, then crouched behind the left hitting area and reached out to take off the brace on his ankle, followed by the brace at his elbow, and finally put them on the sand behind the left hit area along with the bat, got up and ran to first base.
Komagachi Tomakomai High School requested a change: left fielder Okagawa replaced Watanabe; Seventh bat, left fielder, Okagawa. ”
"In the first half of the eleventh inning, Komato's attack from Komaki High School, seven bats, left fielder, Okagawa-kun, back number 7."
Naoki Okagawa stood outside the right-shot area, waving his bat vigorously and waiting for the announcement to end.
While the announcer finished the broadcast, hitter Naoki Okagawa stepped into the right-shot area after confirming that Kayuki had given it to him.
Swinging the bat, turning his head to look at the pitcher, he clenched the bat with both hands and rested it on his shoulder, waiting for the pitch to be delivered.
"Whew!"
Following the code given to him by Chris, Yagami waved his left hand and threw a straight ball into the inside corner near the knee to home plate.
"Bang!"
A baseball flying over home plate at a speed of 143 km/h catches a glove in front of the hitter's right knee with a glove extended forward by the hand in front of the hitter's right knee without the hitter swinging the bat.
“Strike.“
"Whew!"
After making a good shot on the first ball, Yagami Yagami swung his arm and threw a low curveball to home plate with a speed of 122km/h.
"Bang!"
The baseball that begins to fall from the front of the catcher's right shoulder is caught by the catcher's outstretched glove and caught in a lower position behind the corner of the playfield.
“Ball.“
"Whew!"
When the ball count was good and bad, Yagami raised his leg and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw a finger cross ball to home plate at a speed of 124km/h.
"Porphyry!"
Naoki Okagawa looked at the baseball that was rapidly falling above the left hitting area, and hurriedly pushed the bat over, but unfortunately did not hit the baseball that was about to fall to the ground, and then threw the whole person to the ground.
"Smack!"
The baseball bounced forward onto the catcher, and was picked up by Chris as it hit the ground again.
While the batter swung his right hand to let the runner return to base, Chris, who was half-crouching next to the batter, passed the baseball in his hand to third base.
“out.“
After receiving a pass from the catcher, third baseman Kiyokuni Dong touched the back of a runner who was about to fly back to base with his baseball glove and knocked him out.
While runner Nakazawa Ryu also ran past home plate and returned to the rest area, Chris briefly said a few words to Yagami on the pitcher's mound, nodded to each other, turned away, and returned to home plate.
Holding the bat with both hands and waving it under him, Naoki Okagawa looked up at the pitcher, stopped swinging the bat, leaned the bat on his right shoulder, and clenched his hands and waited for the blow.
"Whew!"
With just one good ball count to end the half-inning, Yagami threw a near-belt curveball toward home plate with a wave of his arm.
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the side of the strike zone moved diagonally downward at a speed of 123 km/h, and was about to crash into the corner of the hit area when it was swept past by the batter.
"Smack!"
The baseball, which landed in front of the corner of the right-hand zone, bounced into the infield and rolled past the left heel of third baseman Kiyokuni Higashi, who had been pushing too hard in the forward run.
"Left field front hit."
The baseball, which rolled into the left field lawn, was picked up by the running left fielder Takashi Fujii and passed the ball to pitcher Yagami who was staying in front of home base, so as to prevent Atsushi Honma, a runner who had already run to third base, from hitting home plate.
Naoki Okayagawa, who was standing on first base, raised his right hand to their support group and supporters, celebrating the hit to the cheers of their all-in.
"In the first half of the eleventh inning, Komatoma Komaki High School's attack, eight bats, second baseman, Yamaguchi-kun ......" After a brief pause at the end of the Seido Catch, the announcer's announcement sounded again above the field.
Yamaguchi, who was standing on the batting area, rested his bat on his right shoulder, clasped his hands tightly, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and waited for the ball to be delivered.
"Whew!"
When the batter was ready to raise his bat, Yagami threw a near-belt slider to home plate at a speed of 135km/h.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which began to move sideways in front of the good zone, flew into the outside corner (level with the lower part of the hitter's belt) and was struck by the batter and flew high to the right.
"Smack!"
Hiroshi Ota, who was standing in the middle of the right field, raised his left hand upwards and caught the baseball that fell from the air, and knocked the runner Yamaguchi out of the game.
"Catch! Three people are out, and the offense and defense are exchanged. ”
"Komakomai failed to continue scoring, and Yagami relied on his consistent performance to successfully stop Komatomaki from ending the match early with a fierce attack."
"Yagami cooperated with Takikawa to successfully prevent Komatomaki from scoring again when he was on full bases twice, and he deserves to be the best pitcher in the next generation (second grade)."
"Well voted!" The others shouted as they ran back to the rest area after Yagami Yagami.
"Well done!" Dong Qingguo, who had a loud voice, ran directly to him, reached out and patted his shoulder and yelled at him.
"Yagami!" The audience on the field looked at Yagami Yagami who had returned to the rest area from the arena and stood up to applaud him.
"The spectators in the stands gave Yagami an unusually warm applause for Yagami, who had finished the eleven rounds alone."
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"In the second half of the eleventh inning, attacked by Seido High School, three bats, left fielder, Fujii-kun ......" Eighty-five seconds after the end of the first half of the eleventh inning (the reason why the change of game took so long was because the pitcher Tanaka was a runner on the base in the first half of the eleventh inning), as the announcer's voice sounded, the three-bat batter Takashi Fujii walked from the waiting area to the batting area with his left hand in his left hand.
With his head down and the ground, Takashi Fujii, who was standing on the batting area with his legs apart, grabbed the bat with one hand and waved it, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he clenched the bat with both hands and raised it high.
"Whew!"
Tanaka hung the curveball at 117km/h and dropped it diagonally at the brim of the batter's hat, before being caught by Kobayashi's upward-moving gloves at the back of the inside corner.
"Bang!".
“Ball.“
Takashi Fujii stood facing the pitcher, waved the bat at his side with his left hand, reached out and pulled the sleeve, and after standing sideways, he turned his head to look at the pitcher, raised the bat that he had been waving under him upward, and began to pitch the ball after the catcher and the pitcher made a good signal.