"In the second half of the second inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takikawa-kun, back number 2." Eighty-five seconds after the end of the first half of the game, the sound of a radio from the court announced the start of the second half of the game.

Chris stood outside the batting area and brandished his bat, and behind him was Senior Ota, who walked from the rest area, and when he walked to the waiting area, Chris stopped swinging his bat and walked into the batting area to stand.

After sweeping the ground with his left foot, he took a stand on the right hitting area, grabbed the bat with both hands and swung it forward, turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, and raised it after a few swings, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

With his hands above his head, Tanaka threw a belt-high inward fastball to home plate at a speed of 139km/h.

"Bang!"

Catcher Hideki Kobayashi's outstretched gloves catch a baseball moving horizontally to the right in front of the hitter's abdomen.

“Strike.“

Tanaka reached out to take the baseball from the catcher, stepped back to the pitcher's board and stood still, looking at the catcher's code, and nodded.

"Whew!"

Raise your hands above your head, step forward with your left foot, and swing your right arm to throw a curveball high toward home plate.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's baseball flies from the front of the hit-zone at a speed of 123 km/h above home plate, then moves over the hit-hit zone to the right batting zone with a trajectory similar to that of a slide-and-ball, catches the glove behind the hitter's right thigh.

“Ball.“

With the ball count one good and one bad, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and continued to throw a curveball high to home plate at a speed of 126km/h.

"Whew!"

A baseball that falls downwards from above the edge of the hitball area at level height with the brim of the hitter's hat is caught by the left hand that the hitter has raised upwards near the hitter's right shoulder.

"Bang!"

“Ball...“

Tanaka, who has not recovered from the ball count behind, will throw a low outside corner straight ball to home plate.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which flew in front of the hitter's left foot, smashed at a speed of 139 km/h behind the sharp corner at the end of the home plate, and then was covered by the glove that the hand had opened downward.

"Smack!"

"Ball...", after the referee announced the bad ball, he took out a new baseball from the bag and exchanged it with the catcher.

After Tanaka shook his hands heavily, he opened his gloves to catch the new baseball passed by the catcher.

Bending down to grab the powder bag on the ground and pinching it, raising his hand to blow off the excess powder, and after getting back on the pitcher's board, he hid his right hand in the glove of his left hand and placed it in front of his chest, looking up at home plate.

"Whew!"

With his hands above his head, Tanaka threw a near-belt slider to home plate at a speed of 136km/h.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's slider moves forward laterally at the height of the hitter's belt in front of the side of the hit-ball area, and then catches the glove with the captor's downward spread behind the low inside corner without the hitter swinging the bat.

“Strike...“

After throwing a full number of shots, Tanaka, with his hands above his head, threw a low inside corner two-seam fast ball toward home plate.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which flew past the left calf of hitter Chris at a speed of 139km/h, was caught firmly by the downward-open glove of the attacker Shu Kobayashi just as it was about to hit the back of home plate.

"Bang!"

“Bases on balls.“

Amid the cheers of the Qingdao support group and supporters, Chris, the batter who was escorted, let go of his bat, put it out of the batting area, and turned and ran towards first base.

"In the second half of the second inning, the attack of Seido High School, eight sticks, right fielder, Ota-kun, back number 12."

Hiroshi Ota, who was standing in the hitting area with his legs apart, carried the bat in his left hand and turned twice in front of him, then placed his right hand in the middle of the bat and held the bat short in preparation for a short hit.

"Whew!"

As the batter turned his head to look at him with a short bat, Tanaka stepped with his leg up, waved his arms, and threw a belt-high inward fastball toward home plate.

"Ding!"

A baseball that moves horizontally to the right at a speed of 139 km/h to the high inside corner hits the ground in front of home plate when pushed by the batter.

"Smack!"

Tanaka will quickly run down the pitcher's mound, catch the baseball that has just rolled to the left of the pitcher's mound in a crouching position and reach down with both hands, step sideways, wave his arms and pass the ball to first base, blocking the batter who has already run in front of the first baseman.

"In the second half of the second inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, nine bats, pitcher, Yagami-kun, back number 1."

Yagami who stepped up to the batting area faced Superintendent Kataoka's request for him to hit the ball, and he had to do his best.

With his head down and his legs apart, Yagami Yagami was standing still on the batting area with both hands and swinging it under him, looking up at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, stopping his swinging of the bat, leaning the bat against his right shoulder, and then holding the bat up and waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

According to the catcher's code, Tanaka, who turned his head to look at the runner, reached forward with his left leg, waved his right arm to home plate and threw a knee-high inward fast ball at 138km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which moved horizontally to the right to the low position in the inside corner, was hit by the bat that Yagami threw downward.

"Smack!"

The baseball bounces downward into the position where the hitter's left foot was before colliding with the bat, and then flies left out of bounds.

"Throw-in!"

Open his gloves to catch the new baseball from the referee, reach out and grab the powder bag on the ground, pinch it, and stand sideways on the pitcher's board, Shodai Tanaka, when the batter is ready again, stretch forward with his left foot, wave his arm and throw a straight ball to the home plate.

"Whew!"

Yagami rested his bat on his right shoulder and turned to his left to avoid the straight ball that was rushing under his right shoulder.

"Bang!"

Catcher Hidehide Kobayashi lifted the glove that had been placed next to the knee of the hitter's right leg up and caught a straight ball with a speed of 139 km/h next to the hitter's right forearm.

“Ball.“

After the ball count was evenly matched, Tanaka threw a straight ball into the inside corner of the near belt toward home plate.

"Whew!"

At a speed of 140 km/h, the baseball flew to the middle and high position of the inner corner, and the moment before the glove reached by the arrestee grabbed it, Yagami Yagami swept out the bat and hit the top of the ball.

"Ping!"

"Smack!" The baseball, which landed down in front of the left zone, bounced toward the infield and then landed again behind the pitcher's mound.

"Bang!"

After hitting the ground, the baseball was caught by the hands of Yuya Miki, a shortstop who ran from left to right, as it bounced forward.

“out.“

Waving his arm sideways, Yuya Miki passed the baseball to the first base, and after landing on the right side of the first base, Ryuzawa was also caught by the first baseman who was squatting on the base bag in the forward bounce, and the runner Yagami Yagami who ran through the base bag immediately after him was eliminated.

"Two out!".

Yuya Miki, who made it impossible for the runner to continue on the base and got the number of outs, raised his right hand and gestured to his teammates around him for two outs.

"In the second half of the second inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a shortstop, Fukuda-kun ......" followed, and the announcer's broadcast resounded from the sky over the court.