Chapter 369: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (32)
"Whew!"
With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka threw a curveball (116km/h) at home plate with a big swing of his arm, but unfortunately he didn't do it well, falling from near the height of his belt in front of the left hitting area and landing on the left edge of home plate, and then grabbed it with a glove from the hand in the upward bounce.
“Ball...“
Catcher Hidehide Kobayashi got up to exchange baseballs with the officiator, then raised his hand to toss the new baseball to the pitcher and crouched back behind home plate.
"Whew!"
After the batter was ready to raise his bat, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and waved his arms to throw a straight ball high towards home plate.
"Bang!"
With his left hand raised over his shoulder, Hideki Kobayashi catches a baseball with a speed of 141 km/h at the side of the hitter.
“Ball.“ At the same time as the bad ball was announced, the chief judge read the number of bad balls: "three."
As the batter raised his bat high to reprepare for the strike, Tanaka, who was full of balls, raised his big hands above his head and threw a belt-high four-seam inward fastball toward home plate at a speed of 140 km/h
"Whew!"
The pitcher's baseball is caught by the glove that the catcher lifts slightly upwards as it travels to the inside corner to the back of the high position.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“ With his right hand clenched into a fist and raised over his shoulder, the presiding judge declares that the pitcher has made a good throw.
Once the batter was ready again, with his hands above his head, Tanaka stepped forward with his big leg and waved his right hand to the home plate to throw a near-belt jet ball at 139 km/h.
"Whew!"
A baseball that makes a slight change to the inside and below of the batter during the base run is caught by a glove raised by the batter behind the center of the inside corner without the batter swinging the bat.
"Bang!"
“Strike...“
(PS: Compared with sliders, the jet ball has a faster speed and less variation, so it is a special type of ball that is very suitable for pairing with sliders.) )
Tanaka took the baseball from the catcher with his wide open gloves, reached out and took off his cap, and stood on the pitcher's board waiting for the catcher's code.
"Whew!"
As the batter raised his bat high and turned his head to look at him, Tanaka raised his large hands above his head and swung his arms to shoot a near-belt jet toward home plate.
"Whew!"
At a speed of 140 km/h, the baseball moved horizontally from the front of the good spot to the center of the inside corner, and the batter Takashi Fujii swung the bat and sent the ball flying before it was about to be caught by the glove reached by the arrester.
"Ping!"
In the collision with the bat, the baseball flying high to the left was caught by left fielder Naoki Okagawa, who ran from left to right, in front of the left field.
"Smack!"
Seeing that he was picked up and killed by the opponent's guard, Fujii could only turn around and run back, and as soon as he ran to the back of home plate, the announcer's voice resounded over the court.
"The bottom half of the eleventh inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, four bats, third baseman, Dongjun ......"
When the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and threw an out-of-the-way knuckle ball towards home plate to observe the hitter's reaction.
"Whew!"
The baseball, which was falling longitudinally on the left side of the hit zone at a speed of 120 km/h, was caught by the outstretched glove of Catcher Hideshi Kobayashi in front of his right calf while the hitter remained in the same position.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“
After the catcher tossed the ball back to the pitcher, Dong Kiyokook, who was standing on the right hitting area, waved the bat with both hands, looked up at the pitcher, and threw the bat forward vigorously.
“play ball!“
When the chief judge instructed the pitcher to pitch the ball, and the catcher and the pitcher made a good code, Dong Qingguo clenched the bat and raised it high, waiting for the strike.
With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka lifted his left foot forward, flicked his arm, and threw a baseball in his palm towards home plate.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
The curveball is slung high on the belt, moves diagonally down from the top of the outside of the strike zone at a speed of 129 km/h, and then is hit slightly outside the middle high zone by the batter and flies high to the right.
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!" The baseball that the hitter hit fell onto the off-field lawn in front of the home plate side stands, and the chief judge took a new baseball out of the bag and handed it to the catcher.
After rubbing the new baseball, Kobayashi raised his right hand and passed the ball to the pitcher. At the same time, the beater Dong Qingguo was leveling the ground with his head down.
Dong Qingguo, who was standing on the batting area with his legs flattened on the ground, leaned on his shoulders with his hands on his bat, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he clenched the bat and raised it high, waiting for the strike.
"Whew!"
With his hands above his head, Tanaka threw a low-pitched slider to home plate at a speed of 131 km/h.
"Bang!"
The baseball, which begins at knee height of the catcher's right leg, flies down with a noticeable drop against the corner of the ball area, and then grabs the catcher's open glove directly behind home plate.
“Ball...“
Kobayashi stood up, rubbed his hands on the baseball, and threw it back to the pitcher.
Tanaka took the baseball from the catcher with his gloves, turned back, reached out and picked up the powder bag on the ground and pinched it.
Put your right hand to your mouth and blow off any excess powder, stand on the pitcher's board, hide your right hand in your glove and place it on your chest, and watch the catchers and hitters at home plate wait for the code.
"Whew!"
Nodding to the catcher's code, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head, raised his legs, and waved his arms to throw a two-stitch fast ball to home plate at a speed of 139km/h.
"Whew!"
"Ping!"
It flew past the edge of the good ball zone and moved longitudinally to the baseball in front of the catcher's right knee, and was hit by the bat swung by the hitter, Dong Kiyokuni, and flew low to the left.
"Out of bounds!" The battered baseball was thrown out of bounds and rolled out of the area between the running base instructor and third base.
While the catcher received the new baseball from the chief judge and threw it to the pitcher, Dong Qingguo, who had regained standing in the batting area, waved the bat with one hand, looked up at the pitcher, and leaned on his shoulders with both hands on the bat.
“play ball!“
After the chief judge reached forward to guide the pitcher to pitch the ball, Dong Qingguo raised the bat on his shoulder and waited for the blow.
"Whew!"
With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka raised his left foot and threw a quick finger kick to home plate with a speed of 132 km/h.
"Ping!"
When a baseball moves longitudinally from the front of the hit area, as it falls through the hit area to the back of the low outside corner, the bat's swing hits the top and smashes backwards against the catcher's left foot.
"Smack!" After landing on the ground, the baseball flew out of the sideline from the catcher's left foot, and the chief judge saw this, raised his hands above his head and palms facing forward: "Throw-in!" ”
Tanaka took the new baseball passed to him by the catcher with his wide open gloves, and while turning to pinch the magnesium powder packet, he raised his right hand and kept shaking to relieve the fatigue caused by long pitching.
Stretched out his hand and pinched the magnesium powder bag on the ground, put his right hand to his mouth and blew off the excess powder, then turned around and stood on the pitcher's board, put his hands in front of his chest, and looked at the code that the catcher compared.
"Whew!"
With the batter in the air and ready, Tanaka will step forward with his left foot lifted and flicked his arm to throw a two-seam fast ball towards home plate.