Chapter 377: Qingdao Road vs Koma Otomaki (Forty)
After the catcher got up and threw the ball back to the pitcher, Kobayashi Shu waved the bat with both hands, and while looking up at the pitcher, he clenched the bat with both hands and held it high in the air, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
Step forward with your right foot and swing your left hand towards home plate to throw a near-knee slide from the side of the zone to the corner of the zone at a speed of 137 km/h.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which moves laterally down to the bottom of the hit zone, is struck by the bat swung by the hitter, and is bounced to the right onto the ground in front of home plate.
"Smack!"
The baseball flew high into the air from the left side of the pitcher's mound, rolled forward after landing behind the pitcher's mound, and was caught on the belly by second baseman Yuki Tanaka, who was crouching in front.
“out.“
Yuki Tanaka, who got up to pass the ball, did not grasp the baseball in his glove, but he reacted in time, reached out and grabbed the baseball that rolled to the ground, threw it to the first baseman Tetsuya Yuuki, and blocked the runner Hidehide Kobayashi who flew to the base.
"In the first half of the fourteenth inning, Komatoma Komaki High School's attack, one bat, third baseman, Mitani-kun ......"
Tadao Mitani, who had his head down and was tidying up the ground, stood on the right shot area with his legs apart, holding the bat with both hands and resting it on his right shoulder.
“play ball!“ When the referee reached out to guide the pitcher to start pitching, Tadao Mitani raised the bat on his right shoulder and turned his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
Following Chris's code, Yagami waved his arm and threw a belted high-curved ball at home plate at a speed of 122km/h. (The reduced ball speed is gradually recovering.) )
"Ping!"
When the curveball that falls diagonally from a high position on the outside of the hit area moves inward to a position a little higher in the corner of the hit area, the batted bat swung by the beater hits the lower area and sps forward.
"Smack!"
The high fly ball that broke through the infield defense was caught by the raised hands of the middle fielder Daiki Murasuke in the middle of the field to the right in the depths of the field.
"Catch! Three outs, offense and defense exchanged. ”
Tetsuya Yuuki, who left the field and returned to the rest area, began to change his equipment with the help of his teammates, put on protective gear, put on his ball cap, and walked out of the rest area with his bat.
"In the second half of the fourteenth inning, attacked by Seido High School, six bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun ......" More than 90 seconds had passed since the end of the first half of the game, and the announcer's voice resounded above the court.
Tetsuya Yuuki, who had been waiting in the waiting area for fifteen seconds, stopped swinging his bat, bent down to check that the protective gear was neatly dressed, and after confirming that there was no problem, he picked up the bat and was about to walk towards the batting area, because Koma Otomo Komaki catcher Kobayashi Shu was dealing with a right elbow abrasion, so the chief judge had to suspend the game first.
"In the second half of the fourteenth inning, the Qingdao High School attacked, six bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun, back No. 3." After Hidehide Kobayashi, who had dealt with his injury, ran to home plate and warmed up with the pitcher, a court announcement resounded at an interval of 45 seconds, announcing the start of the second half of the 14th inning.
Tetsuya Yuuki, who walked next to the catcher, began to put his head down and tidy up the ground, and when he was ready to stand on the batting area, he turned his head to look at the pitcher, waved his bat, and then clenched his hands and raised them high.
"Whew!"
With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka threw a high outside corner shot at home plate, and then grabbed the left hand raised upwards by the catcher Shu Kobayashi behind the side of the batter's batting cap.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“
When the batter was ready again, Tanaka, who had the first bad ball to throw, raised his hands above his head again, raised his legs and stepped forward, and waved his arms towards home plate to throw a straight ball with his belt.
"Whew!"
The pitcher throws a baseball at 139 km/h that flies near the edge of the good zone and is then hit to the bottom by the batter behind the high post in the outside corner.
"Ping!"
The baseball, which sped to the left in a collision with the bat, fell off the spectator stand outside the left field.
"Out of bounds!" Run from the third base touchline to the third base judge on the off-court lawn and raise your hands at a 45-degree angle to indicate the throw-in.
As the batter raised the bat up again and turned his head to look at him, Tanaka, with his hands above his head, stepped forward with his big leg raised and waved his right hand to throw a belted highball at home plate.
"Whew!"
The pitcher's baseball moves diagonally down from the outside of the hit-zone slightly above the catcher's head, moves at a ball speed of 126 km/h to the back of the high inside corner, and catches it with the catcher's open glove in front of the batter without a gray board.
"Bang!"
“Strike...“
With just one good ball away from getting out, when the batter is up and ready again, with his hands raised above his head, Tanaka will swing his right arm and throw a belt-high four-stitch fast straight ball to home plate.
"Whew!"
A baseball flying above the edge of the zone at a speed of 147 km/h, and when it was about to be caught by a glove reached out by a captor at the back of the zone, Tetsuya Yuuki took the lead in hitting the ball from the bat that swept over the zone.
"Ping!"
"Smack!" The baseball that landed in front of the batting area bounced upwards and sped towards the right field.
"Boom!"
The baseball that flew from the infield (which landed once in front of the infield) landed again on the lawn of the right field after evading the jump interception of second baseman Yamaguchi, and then was picked up by the right fielder Osamu Washiya, who ran out in the forward roll.
“safe.“
Tetsuya Yuuki, who stepped on the base bag with his right foot, threw the handguard to his teammates who came to help nearby, and bent down to take off the ankle guard with his left hand.
Tetsuya Yuuki, who quickly took off his foot guards, handed them to his teammates next to him.
"The second half of the fourteenth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa-kun ......"
Straightening his batting cap, just as he was about to leave the bases, the announcer's announcement sounded over the court.
Chris held the bat in both hands and waved, resting the bat on his right shoulder as he turned his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the pitcher to start pitching before raising the bat high.
"Whew!"
Glancing at the batter who had changed from a long stick to a short bat, Tanaka stepped forward with his big leg and threw a straight ball high into home plate with his arm.
"Ding!"
At a speed of 142 km/h, it flew to the baseball above the edge of the hit zone, and the bat pushed by the hitter hit it and fell to the ground in front of the hit zone.
"Smack!"
After landing on the ground, the baseball rolled all the way to the left of the pitcher's mound and was grabbed by the pitcher's downward folded hands that dropped the pitcher's mound.
“out.“
Pitcher Tanaka stepped up and waved his arms to pass the ball to first base, knocking out the batter who ran not far in front of the first baseman.
"In the second half of the fourteenth inning, Seido High School's attack, eight bats, right fielder, Ota-kun ......" After Tetsuya Yuki made a smooth base, Chris, who had run past first base, turned around and ran back, and when he passed by the chief judge, the announcer's announcement sounded over the court again.
Hiroshi Ota, who lowered his head to tidy up the ground in the hitting area, grabbed the bat with one hand and waved it, then leaned it on his right shoulder, clasped his hands tightly, and turned his head to look at the pitcher.