Chapter 375: Qingdao vs Koma Otomaki (38)
After the batter was ready again, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and swung his arms into home plate to throw a knee-high straight ball at home plate.
"Whew!"
The pitcher throws a baseball that grabs the edge of the good ball area at 140 km/h and then catches it with a glove that the batter lifts up from the front of the hitter's knee without the batter swinging the batter.
"Bang!"
“Strike...“
With just one good ball away from getting out, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and danced his arms to shoot a knuckle ball from the edge of the good zone.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
At a speed of 120 km/h, he flew to the baseball at the back of the corner of the hit zone, and after successfully avoiding the bat, Yagami Yagami swept past him, he fell out of the hit zone and fell to the left side of home plate.
"Smack!"
Catcher Hideshi Kobayashi knelt on his legs, put his gloves in front of his crotch, and caught the baseball that bounced off after hitting the ground.
“Strike out.“
Yagami didn't give up, and when the presiding judge's palm was facing forward and his right hand was raised above his head, he dropped his bat and ran towards first base.
Shu Kobayashi, who reached out to touch the hitter but did not succeed, took two steps forward and waved his arm to pass the ball to first base.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
Ryuzawa, who was crouching on first base next to the base pack, also touched the base bag with his left foot after receiving a pass from the catcher, knocking out Yagami Yagami, who had just run to the base runner's area.
"The bottom half of the thirteenth innings, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a shortstop, Fukuda-kun ......"
Standing in the left-hand zone, Taro Fukuda held his bat in both hands and swung it, then lifted it forward, leaned on his shoulder, and turned his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the strike.
"Whew!"
With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka swung his right hand and threw a straight ball with his inside foot belt to home plate at a speed of 139km/h.
"Ping!"
Taro Fukuda, the batter, changed the long baton to a short bat, and hit the baseball that flew to the corner of the good ball area in the direction of third base.
"Smack!"
As soon as the baseball landed in front of the right-hitting area, Taro Fukuda dropped his bat and turned around to start forward.
Third baseman Tadao Mitani ran from the infield to the right side of the pitcher's mound, crouched and reached down to catch the baseball rolling towards him, but just as he stepped forward to pass the ball to first base, his left hand did not grasp the baseball inside the glove, causing it to escape backwards.
By the time he reacted and turned around to grab the ball with his right hand, it was too late to pass to first base, as runner Taro Fukuda was about to step up to base.
"Safe base."
Taro Fukuda, who ran past first base, took off his batting gloves as he walked back, handed them to his teammates who came to help, and then took off his elbow gauntlet and threw it over.
"In the second half of the thirteenth inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka-kun......" In the sound of the broadcast resounding over the field, Taro Fukuda, who was standing next to the base bag, watched the situation at home plate from behind the first baseman.
"Whew!"
Looking at the batter in a short stance in the batting zone, Tanaka stepped forward with his left foot wide and waved his arm to throw a near-belt slider to home plate.
"Ding!"
At a speed of 126 km/h, the baseball flies in front of the side of the good zone, moves laterally down to the edge of the good zone, and is pushed past by the hitter at knee height.
"Smack!"
Tanaka, who ran down the pitcher's mound, grabbed the baseball on the ground with both hands, and swung his arms to pass the ball to first base.
“out.“
The first baseman also opened his gloves to catch the baseball passed by the pitcher, and blocked Yuki Tanaka, who ran to the base-running instructor area, out of the game.
As Yuki Tanaka ran past him on his way back to the lounge, Takashi Fujii, the three-bat hitter, stopped swinging his bat and stood outside the batting area waiting for the referee to clear home plate and the sidelines on both sides.
At the same time, the announcer's announcement sounded again from the top of the court: "In the second half of the thirteenth inning, the attack of Seido High School, three sticks, left fielder, Fujii-kun ......"
"Pause!"
After the chief judge cleared the home plate and left, Komatomaki catcher Hidehide Kobayashi suddenly asked for a timeout and ran towards the pitcher's mound.
As a result, Takashi Fujii could only hold the bat outside the batting area and wait for the timeout to end when Komachi Otomo and Komaki threw and the infielders gathered on the pitcher's mound to exchange tactics.
"Koma Otomaki Komaki! First—"
"Come on!"
Koma Otomakomai and Komaki who had quickly finished the exchange formed a circle, raised their right hands, raised their index fingers, and made the first gesture, and then ended the 30-second timeout and spread out.
After the catcher returned to home plate, Takashi Fujii, who stepped into the batting area, held the bat in his left hand and lowered his head to tidy up the ground in the hitting area.
After lowering his head to tidy up the ground, Fujii Takashi waved his bat, and while looking up at the pitcher, he clenched the bat with both hands and raised it high.
"Whew!"
"Smack!"
After the hitter was ready, pitcher Tanaka smashed the baseball thrown directly to the left side of home plate and the sideline of the left hit area, and then the baseball that bounced high up and avoided the catcher's outstretched glove before landing behind the officiant.
"Burst Vote!"
The baseball that landed behind the right-hit area rolled forward, followed by the catcher Kobayashi Shu who got up to chase after it, but unfortunately when it was about to roll into the lawn outside, Kobayashi Shu had already caught up and reached out to pick it up.
Hidehide Kobayashi, who turned back to home plate, handed the old baseball to the chief judge, who then handed the new baseball to pitcher Admiral Tanaka, who was on home plate.
Back at home plate, Tanaka, who was sweating profusely, lifted the general's cap up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and began to calm down his emotional fluctuations.
Reaching out and pinching the powder bag on the ground, raising his hand to blow off the excess powder, Tanaka shodai followed the catcher's request, raised his leg and stepped forward, flicking his arm to throw the bad ball at home plate.
"Whew!"
……
"Bang!"
……
Catcher Hidehide Kobayashi was behind the outside of the left hitting area, caught three bad balls thrown by the pitcher, and sent the batter Takashi Fujii to base.
“Base on Balls.“
After being escorted, Takashi Fujii dropped his bat outside the right-shot area and turned and ran towards first base.
"The bottom half of the thirteenth inning, the attack of Seido High School, four bats, third baseman, Dongjun ......"
After the Qingdao four basemen Tokiyokuni raised the bat high and got ready, Tanaka will continue to prepare for the four bad balls, on the one hand, he will have more time to calm down his mood caused by the overthrow, and on the other hand, after the runner has stuffed the base bag, he can put more energy into the duel with the next batter.
……
"Whew!"
……
"Bang!"
Standing behind the outside edge of the left hitting area, Kobayashi caught the pitcher's foul ball as requested, and quickly threw four bad balls to get the four batters to base.
"In the second half of the thirteenth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, five bats, Chinese and foreign players, Murasuke-kun......" After the four-batter Dong Qingguo went to first base, the announcer's broadcast sounded again over the court.
Taiki Murasuke, who was standing on the batting area, spun around in front of him a few times, then held the bat tightly in the grip with both hands, and raised the bat to wait for the blow while turning his head to look at the pitcher.