Chapter 394: Decisive Victory and Retrial (12)
"In the first half of the fifth inning, Komato's attack from Komaki High School, six bats, pitcher, Tanaka-kun ......"
Tanaka, who was standing on the right-hitting zone with his legs apart, changed his grip from a bat that was held upwards to a short one, and turned his head to look at the pitcher and wait for the strike.
"Whew!"
After pinning the ball to keep the runner from getting too far from base, Yagami threw a knee-high slide ball to home plate at a speed of 132km/h.
"Ding!"
A baseball that is moved laterally to a low and mid position, and the batter moves downwards into the bat point and catapults downward onto the ground in front of home plate.
"Smack!"
After landing on the ground, the baseball bounced out of the sideline, and was grabbed by the running catcher Chris as it bounced high up, and then waved his arm to pass the ball to second base.
"Out of bounds!"
The referee standing behind the catcher raised his palms up with his palms forward, indicating that the ball was a throw-in, and the pass between the catcher and the shortstop was invalid.
After the catcher returned to the back of home plate and squatted again, Tanaka strode into the batting area and stood still, waved the bat in his left hand and continued to hold the baseball for a short time, trying to send the runner to base with sacrifice.
"Whew!"
With the hitter ready, Yagami reached forward with his right leg and waved his arm to shoot a near-knee two-stitch fastball toward home plate.
"Bang!"
The baseball flew forward at a speed of 138 km/h over the corner of the baseball, and when the hitter did not swing the bat, it caught the glove of the hand extending forward in a low position behind the outside corner.
“Strike...“
After being forced to the second good ball by Aomichi Pitch, Tanaka Shodai no longer held the bat short, raised the bat while turning his head to look at the pitcher, and clenched his hands in waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
Yagami threw a finger ball wide of the home plate with his arm swing, and with a ball speed of 128 km/h, he flew forward from the pitcher's mound to the top of the left hitting area, and then caught it with the glove that the hitter had outstretched in front of the hitter's knee.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“
After the ball counted two good and one bad, Yagami followed the code given to him by Chris and waved his arm to throw a knuckle ball at home plate.
"Whew!"
The baseball flew at a speed of 123 km/h to the bottom of the corner, and was hit by the bat swung by the hitter and flew to the left.
"Ping!"
"Smack!" The baseball that landed in front of the right-hand zone was a boccia ball in the middle of the trip, and when it rolled all the way to the infield, it was grabbed by the shortstop Taro Fukuda, who was running from left to right.
“out.“
With a sideways wave of his arm, Taro Fukuda passed the ball to second base, allowing Yuki Tanaka, who received the pass, to block the runner who ran behind him.
“safe.“
Yuki Tanaka turned to the right and waved his arm to pass the ball to first base, but when Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman standing on the base, received the pass in front of the first base, the striker Tanaka stepped on the base bag just too fast and successfully avoided being double-killed by the guard.
After turning around and walking to the base bag to stand on the base, Shogun Tanaka handed over the protective gear he had taken off to his teammates who came to help, and the announcer's voice resounded over the court.
"In the first half of the fifth inning, Komato's attack from Komakomai High School, seven sticks, right fielder, Washiya-kun ......."
Osamu Washiya, who had lowered his head to tidy up the ground, swung his bat forward, then turned his head to look at the pitcher, raised the bat vertically, and clasped his hands together.
"Whew!"
At a speed of 141 km/h, it flew forward to the baseball in the middle of the outer corner, and the batter Shuiya Washiya swung it and hit the bottom.
"Ping!"
The baseball hit by the batter flew off the sideline to the left and then fell down into the sand outside the field a short distance in front of the third-base side rest area.
"Whew!"
When the batter was ready again, Yagami stepped forward with his right foot and swung his left arm into home plate to throw a low, four-seam fast ball.
"Bang!"
A baseball flying over home plate at a ball speed of 145 km/h is caught by a glove extended downward by a hand in a low position behind a corner.
“Ball.“
After a good and a bad ball count, Yagami Yagami threw a straight ball into home plate with a speed of 143km/h.
"Whew!"
Chris moved the glove that was originally in front of the beater's knee upwards and caught the flying baseball next to the beater's butt as the hitter turned to the left.
"Bang!"
“Ball.“
Yagami Yagami, who threw bad balls one after another, reached out to catch the baseball that Chris passed to him, turned around and walked back, bent down to grab the powder bag on the ground and pinched it, then got up and stood on the pitcher's board.
"Whew!"
After the hitter Osamu Washiya raised his bat and got ready, Yagami Yagami stretched out his right foot and waved his left hand to throw a knuckle ball at home plate.
"Huh!"
The baseball, which fell forward at a speed of 127 km/h, flew past the knee of the hitter's right leg and missed.
"Bang!"
After the batter swept the outside corner, the baseball, which fell down behind the left edge line of home plate, was grabbed by the glove that the hand had spread forward.
“Strike...“
Yagami and the other hitters with two good and two bad balls raised their bats and reprepared to strike, and then waved their arms to throw a knuckle ball similar to the previous one.
"Whew!"
"Huh!"
The baseball, which flew past the knee of the hitter's right leg at a speed of 127 km/h, fell down into the catcher's glove behind home plate after the hitter's swing missed.
"Bang!"
“Strike out.“ With the palm facing forward and the right hand raised above the head, the presiding judge instructed the batter to be struck by the pitcher.
"In the first half of the fifth inning, Komato's attack from Komakomai High School, eight bats, second baseman, Yamaguchi-kun ......"
When the hitter was ready on the right hitting area and raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Yagami raised his leg and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw a two-stitch fast ball at home plate.
"Whew!"
The baseball flew to the low position of the outside corner at a speed of 139 km/h, and when the catcher moved the glove that was originally located next to the knee of the hitter's right leg outward, the hitter Yamaguchi hit the bottom half of the ball with the downward-swinging bat and flew high forward.
"Ping!"
"Smack!"
The baseball that penetrated the middle line was on the turf of the middle field, and then in the rebound after hitting the ground, it was reached out by the middle fielder Daiki Murasuke, who ran out of the back area of the middle field.
“safe.“
Yamaguchi, the runner who ran past first base, had no choice but to stop and continue to run the base, turn around and walk back to the base bag on first base, and after applauding and celebrating, he took off the elbow and ankle guards and handed them to his teammates who came to help.
"In the first half of the fifth inning, the attack of Koma Otomaki High School, nine sticks, catcher, Kobayashi-kun ......"
Kobayashi Shu waved the bat under him with both hands, looked up at the pitcher, and rested the bat on his right shoulder, waiting for the blow.
"Whew!"
"Smack!"
When the hitter was ready, Yagami threw a knuckle ball with his arm and smashed directly into the corner of the left strike area, and then bounced forward and grabbed the hand in the abdomen.
“Ball.“
Yagami, who threw a bad ball in the first ball, followed the code given to him by Chris, raised his leg and stepped forward, waving his arm to the home plate to throw a variable speed ball with a speed of 122km/h.
"Whew!"
A baseball that falls down from the near center area to the inside corner, and behind the inside corner, the front of the hitter's knee is grabbed by a glove that the handler moves inward.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“