Chapter 373: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (36)

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

Kobayashi Shu picked up the cap and put it on, stood behind the home plate and put on the face protector, and then raised his right hand to make a two-out gesture before squatting behind the home plate.

Hiroshi Ota, who was standing in the batting area with his legs spread out, waved his bat with his left hand, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he grabbed the bat with both hands and shook it twice in front of him, then leaned it on his right shoulder.

“play ball!“ After the referee instructed the pitcher to pitch, Hiroshi Ota watched as Admiral Tanaka, who raised his hands above his head, raised the bat resting on his right shoulder high and prepared to strike.

"Whew!" With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka threw a baseball in his palm into home plate with a big swing of his arm.

"Ping!"

The palm ball hangs high on the belt and falls vertically from the top of the hit area at a speed of 117 km/h, at level above the hitter's shoulders, and then behind the high position in the outside corner, the moment before the glove reached by the capellant catches it, the batter swings the bat and flies the ball backwards.

"Out of bounds!"

After the pitcher's pitch was swung away by the batter, Kobayashi Shu quickly got up and ran backwards, trying to catch the hitter, but in the end he could only watch the baseball fly over the net and fall above the aisle.

After the catcher returned to home plate, Hiroshi Ota put down the bat he had lifted high, re-established himself on the batting area, swung the bat twice, rested it on his shoulder, clasped his hands tightly, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and waited for the ball to be pitched.

"Whew!"

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka stepped forward with his big leg raised, dancing his right hand and throwing a belt-high straight ball towards home plate.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's baseball flew at 141 km/h near the edge of the strike zone and was caught by the captor's outstretched glove behind the middle high post in the outside corner.

“Strike...“

With just one good ball count left to end the inning, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head, lifted his left foot forward, and waved his right arm towards home plate to throw a bad ball that smashed directly into the left hitting zone.

"Whew!"

"Smack!" The gloves that Kobayashi put in front of his crotch failed to catch the baseball that bounced off after hitting the ground.

"Boom!"

Avoiding the catcher's catch, the baseball hit its abdomen, re-landed and rolled to the left, rolling out of the hitting area and being picked up by the hitter and handed to the catcher.

Nodding to the hitter and reaching out to pick up the baseball he handed over, Kobayashi took off the glove on his left hand and rubbed it against the baseball before throwing it back to the pitcher.

"Whew!"

Once the batter was ready again, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head, stepped with his legs up, waved his arms, and threw a straight ball near the knee towards home plate.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 145 km/h, the baseball fell forward through the corner of the good ball zone, and then in front of the catcher's right calf, it was hit by the bat, which was swung by the hitter Hiroshi Ota, and flew to the left.

"Smack!"

The baseball in the corner of the right-hand zone bounced high and flew towards third base, before being caught by Tadao Mitani's raised left hand, which was a little behind the left side of third base.

“out.“

Tadashi Mitani stepped forward and waved his arm to pass the ball to first base, and the runner who ran to first base, Ryuya Sawa, and the runner Hiroshi Ota, who was next to the running instructor area, blocked the game.

"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."

After Komayama Komaki exited one after another, the Qingdao players who had already prepared ran onto the field, and Yagami Yagami was about to take his turn to strike in the last game, so when he changed his equipment and ran out of the rest area to the arena, the others were passing the ball to each other in their positions to warm up.

Yagami took the baseball that Chris threw to him, lowered his head and tidied up the ground in front of the pitcher's board before starting to warm up.

"In the first half of the thirteenth inning, Komatoma Komaki High School attacked, three bats, first baseman, Nakazawa-kun......" Nearly 100 seconds after the second half of the 12th inning, the sound of a timely broadcast sounded over the court announced the restart of the game.

Yagami opened his gloves to take the baseball from Principal Tanakami, reached out and grabbed the pink bag on the ground, pinched it, got up and took out the baseball from the glove and looked at it, and looked at home plate while standing on the pitcher's board, waiting for the hitter to be ready.

Ryu Nakazawa, who was standing on the left hit area with his legs apart, flung the bat forward with both hands, and while looking up at the pitcher, he rested the bat on his left shoulder, clenched his hands, and then held it high in the air to wait for the strike.

"Whew!"

The pitcher's curveball is belted high and flies in front of the batter's cap at a speed of 114 km/h, then slumps diagonally above the hit-ball area and is caught by the catcher's uplifted left hand just above the knee of his left leg.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“

Nakazawa also moved his shoulders, and after regaining his footing on the batting area, he rested his bat on his left shoulder, clasped his hands, and raised his bat to wait for the blow while turning his head to look at the pitcher.

"Whew!"

Yagami lifted his left foot and stepped forward, dancing his arm to throw a high-speed slider near the waistband towards home plate at a speed of 140km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball that flies in front of the batter's belt moves laterally to the back of the middle and low position in the outside corner, and when it is about to be caught by the glove reached by the arrester, the batter vigorously sweeps the past bat and knocks the ball out to the left.

"Smack!"

Dodging the baseball that landed on the edge of the infield from the third baseman's interception, rolled into the left field's turf, and then was caught by the one-legged left fielder Takashi Fujii's hands under the crotch in the middle of the center.

"Safe base."

Seeing this, runner Ryu Nakazawa, who had already run first base, stopped running the base and stepped back to first base while clapping in celebration of his hit.

"In the first half of the thirteenth inning, Komatoma Komaki High School's attack, four sticks, Nakamida, Honma-kun......" In Nakazawa Ryu also took off the protective gear to his teammates who came to help, and when his left foot stepped on the base bag and gasped, the announcer's broadcast sound sounded again over the court.

Atsushi Honma, who stood on the batting area with his legs apart, held his bat short, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and assumed a posture ready to sacrifice his play.

"Whew!"

When the hitter was ready, Yagami raised his foot and threw a knee-high slide ball towards home plate with a speed of 131 km/h.

"Ding!"

A baseball that moves laterally from the front of the good ball area to the back of the outside corner, is pushed by the batter and hits the ground in front of home plate.

"Smack!"

After landing on the ground, the baseball rolled all the way to the ground in front of the pitcher's mound, and was picked up by pitcher Yagami Yagami who ran down the pitcher's mound, then stood sideways and waved his arm to pass the ball to first base.

“out.“

First baseman Tetsuya Yuki stretched out his hands to catch the baseball that flew in front of him, blocking the runner Atsushi Honma, who had just run past the left side of the pitcher's mound, and runner Ryu Nakazawa also took the opportunity to run to second base.

Atsushi Honma ran back to the rest area from first base with a smile on his face after completing the task of helping his teammates get to base.

After reaching out to his teammates who were waiting for him outside the rest area, he high-fived and walked into the rest area. At the same time, the announcer's voice sounded again over the stadium.

"The first half of the thirteenth inning, Koma's attack on Komakomai High School, five sticks, right fielder, Washiya-kun ......"