"Whew!"

The pitcher's pitcher dropped the pitcher at 97 km/h from the front of the hitter's right thigh and was hit by the bat he swung in front of the knee of his left leg and flew high to the left.

"Bing!"

The baseball that was thrown out by the beaten person flew over the shortstop Taro Fukuda, but just as it was about to fall down on the lawn of the field, the left fielder Takashi Fujii, who ran from right to left, reached forward to catch it.

"Smack!"

Takashi Fujii, who took the hitter out of the game, took out a baseball from his glove and threw it to Fukuda in front of him, then turned around and ran back to the left field area amid the cheers of the crowd on the field.

"In the first half of the first inning, Komato's attack from Komaki High School, three bats, first baseman, Nakazawa-kun, back number 3." When the three-batter Ryuzawa also walked up to the hitting area and lowered his head to tidy up the ground, the announcer's announcement resounded from the sky above the court.

When the batter was ready to raise his bat, Yagami threw a variable speed ball to home plate with a speed of 116 km/h.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which fell forward from near the right thigh of the hitter, was grabbed by the glove reached by the hand next to the hitter's left foot.

"Bang!"

At the same time, because the beater's swing exceeded the boundary, even if he stopped and continued to swing the bat, he was still found by the chief judge to have failed to swing the bat.

“Strike.“ The referee, who straightened his right hand upwards, flicked his arm and raised it in the direction of the pitcher's mound to signal the ball.

Ryu Nakazawa, who had walked back to his original position, turned his head to look at the pitcher, leaned on his left shoulder with his bat in both hands, and then raised it high in the air, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!" Yagami followed the code given to him by Chris, swinging his arm and throwing a low slider at home plate.

"Bang!" The baseball, which flew in front of the hitter's right thigh knee into the area above home plate, was caught by the downwardly open glove of the catcher Chris as it moved laterally down above the sideline of the right-hit zone.

“Ball.“

After the ball count was good and bad, Yagami stepped forward with his foot up and waved his arm to throw a knuckle ball at home plate.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The baseball, which has a speed of 123 km/h, falls forward from near the hitter's belt, then goes up in front of the hitter's left knee and avoids the bat in the low corner of the outside corner that is clinging to the bat from the top right.

"Bang!" Catcher Chris stretched out his left hand to the right and firmly grasped the pitcher's knuckle ball.

“Strike...“

As the batter stood up straight and held his bat high, Yagami stepped forward with his right leg and threw a knee-high slide toward home plate with his left arm.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

The baseball that flies below the player's right thigh moves laterally down to the lower edge of the outside corner, and near the corner of the good ball area, quickly avoiding the bat that is sweeping towards it.

"Bang!" As the batter swung missed, Chris reached out with his left hand and grabbed the flying baseball downward.

“Strike out.“ The presiding judge clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it high forward, indicating that the batter was struck out by the pitcher.

"Swing it off, strikeouts out——!!"

"Yesterday, after fifteen rounds of fierce battles, Yagami-kun, who had a huge physical exertion, still delivered a very beautiful start today, making Komato's batter three up and three down."

"There is no sign of being conquered by the opponent and then losing points——!!"

"Okay!"

"Awesome!"

"It's our trump card!"

As Yagami ran back from the pitcher's mound to the rest area on the third base, the others either waved their fists or gave him thumbs up to welcome him back.

……

While the other eight people who started the game gathered in a circle to cheer themselves on, Taro Fukuda, who was a sticker, changed his equipment with the help of his teammates.

Taro Fukuda stood outside the partition in the rest area, reached out and took the protective gear and batting gloves handed to him by his teammates, and began to put them on one by one.

"Now about the starting lineup of Komakomai High School," said the announcer's voice resounded over the pitch thirty seconds after the end of the first half.

"Pitcher, Kikuchi-kun."

"Catcher, Kobayashi-kun."

"First baseman, Nakazawa-kun."

"Second baseman, Yamaguchi-kun."

"Third baseman, Mitani-kun."

"Shortstop, Miki-kun."

"Left fielder, Okagawa-"

……

"In the second half of the first game, the Qingdao High School attacked, a stick, the guerrilla, Fukuda-kun, the back number 6." Nearly two minutes (115 seconds) after the end of the first half, the bottom half of the first half of the game officially began.

Standing in the left hitting area, Taro Fukuda leaned over his right shoulder with his bat in both hands, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and waited for the strike.

"Whew!"

Shota Kikuchi swung his arm and threw the palm ball from a higher position than the batter's (who was half-crouching in the hitting area at the moment) and fell to the back of the mid-high position at a speed of 109 km/h, when it was caught by the glove raised upwards by the arrester Hideshi Kobayashi.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“

Shota Kikuchi, who threw a bad ball in the first shot, and after waiting for the hitter to get ready to strike again, he raised his hands above his head, stepped forward with his legs, and waved his arms to throw a belt-high straight ball at home plate.

"Whew!"

A baseball flying in front of the hitter's abdomen at a speed of 139 km/h was caught by a glove stretched out inward by the hand as soon as it flew forward into the high position area of the inner corner.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

After the ball count was even, he reached out and grabbed the powder bag on the ground, and Shota Kikuchi, who was standing on the pitcher's board again, followed the catcher's code, raised his hands above his head, and waved his arms to throw a belt-high straight ball to home plate.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which flew from above close to the ball area, was caught by the glove of Hidehide Kobayashi when it flew at a speed of 138 km/h to the area slightly outside the high position of the outer corner.

"Bang!"

“Ball...“

With the ball count behind, Shota Kikuchi swung his arm to the home plate and threw a high inward fast ball with a speed of 137km/h.

"Whew!"

The baseball flying over the home plate was caught by a glove with the armrest open to the right as the hitter watched.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“ Raising his left hand and holding up three fingers, the presiding judge announced that the number of bad balls was: "three."

Shota Kikuchi, who threw a full number of balls, followed the catcher's code and swung his arm to the home plate to throw a straight ball with a high knee.

"Whew!"

The pitcher's straight ball falls forward at 137 km/h from the base of the hitter's right thigh, and then catches it with the glove reached by the hand's hand at a slightly outfit behind the corner of the hitter with the hitter extending his legs back to avoid the impact.

"Bang!"

“Bases on balls.“

Taro Fukuda, who was escorted by four bad, casually threw the bat out of the batting area, turned around and ran to first base.

"In the second half of the first inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka-kun, back number 4." After Taro Fukuda, who stepped on the base bag with his left foot, handed the protective gear he had taken off to his teammates, the announcer's voice sounded again over the field.

Yuki Tanaka swung forward with his bat in both hands, raised his hand to straighten his batting cap, and stood on the batting area with his legs apart, watching the pitcher wait for the hitter.