"Ping!"

At the last minute, the baseball flew past the edge line, and Tetsuya Yuuki swung his bat, smashing right in front of the junction between home plate and batting area.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which bounced off home plate toward the infield, was grabbed by the outstretched hands of shortstop Yuya Miki in the bounce after landing.

“out.“

Stopping forward, Miki Yuya waved his arm sideways to pass the ball to first base, even if his arm strength was not strong enough, he needed to let the baseball that he passed to bounce on the sand in the infield, and Nakazawa Ryu, who was squatting on the base bag, could only receive the pass, and still blocked the runner who had run behind Nakazawa without danger.

"The second half of the sixth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa-kun ......"

When the seven-batter is ready, Tanaka, with his hands above his head, throws a high and inward bad ball into home plate, and then catches it with the left hand raised by the hand above the right hitting area.

"Bang!"

Shodai Tanaka, who threw the first bad ball, adjusted and threw a belt-high curved ball to home plate at a speed of 123km/h.

"Bang!"

Under the watchful eye of the hitter, the baseball moves diagonally down to the bottom of the inside corner behind the edge line, and catches it with the glove that the hand has opened forward.

“Strike.“

After the ball count was level, Tanaka, who was waiting for the hitter to get ready again, raised his big hands above his head, reached forward with his left leg, and waved his arm to throw a slightly low knuckle ball at home plate.

"Whew!"

At a speed of 122 km/h, it flew close to the edge line and flew over the baseball on the left side of home plate, and as soon as it landed in the rear, it was covered by a glove that was extended downward by the hand.

"Bang!"

“Ball...“

After the hitter reprepared to strike, Tanaka, who was behind the ball, raised his big hands above his head and threw a straight ball into the home plate.

"Bang!"

Raising his left hand upward, Kobayashi opened his gloves to catch the baseball that flew in front of him at a speed of 140km/h.

“Ball...“

After the number of bad shots was made, Tanaka, who was ready on the pitcher's board, raised his big hands above his head, stepped forward on his left leg, and waved his right hand to throw a high inward fast ball towards home plate.

"Smack!"

The baseball moved horizontally to the right at a ball speed of 136 km/h and was caught by the glove stretched out by the arrester Hideto Kobayashi.

“Bases on balls.“

Kobayashi Shu got up and looked at Takikawa, who trotted towards first base after putting the bat outside the batting area, although his batting level was not too strong, but in a sense, he was definitely the most difficult of the Qingdao batters, after all, he was the only one who could make Tanaka throw four bad balls in a row.

"Smack!"

Taking off his hat and nodding his head in apology, Tanaka reached forward to catch the baseball passed by the catcher, put on his cap, and turned to his teammates around him to make a two-out gesture.

"Two out!"

Koichiro Tanba took the protective gear that Chris handed him and turned to leave, when the announcer's voice resounded over the stadium.

"The bottom half of the sixth inning, the attack of Seido High School, eight bats, right fielder, Ota-kun ......"

After bending the knees, Hiroshi Ota, the eight-batter, walked forward into the batting area and stood up.

He waved the bat with his left hand, and while turning his head to look at the pitcher, he rested his bat on his right shoulder, clasped his hands and waited for the strike.

"Ping!"

The pitcher's inward fast ball was moved horizontally to the right at 137 km/h, and then was flicked to the left by Hiroshi Ota's bat in the corner above the good ball area.

"Boom!"

The baseball, which sprinted deep along the left fieldline, hit the net above the home run wall, and then bounced back.

"Smack!"

Naoki Okagawa, the left fielder standing below, reached out to catch the baseball that was bounced back, but unfortunately he couldn't get it to fall on the lawn of the left field.

Seeing this, Naoki Okagawa could only hurriedly turn around and chase the baseball that was rolling towards the middle field, but unfortunately, when he reached out and grabbed the baseball on the ground and was about to pass the ball, the runner at the original first base had already run to third base and was about to rush forward to home plate to widen the difference between the two sides.

"Smack!"

Shortstop Yuya Miki, who was standing in front of the middle fielder, received a pass from the left fielder, and waved his arm sideways to pass the ball to home plate to stop Takikawa, a runner who was running back to home plate to score.

“Run.“

Unfortunately, it didn't work out in the end. By the time Catcher Hidehide Kobayashi received a pass in front of home plate, Takigawa, who had already run behind him, stepped over the home plate and scored the third point of the game for his team.

"Ota-kun, hit second base and hit a well-timed hit!!"

"Bringing the first base runner back to home plate, Seido High School widened the margin to 2 ——!!"

After high-fives Yagami on the waiting area, Chris ran back to the rest area, his ears filled with the shouts of the audience.

"Takigawa ——!!"

……

Hiroshi Ota gestured to second base to pause, turned and ran to first base, handed the protective gear off to his teammates who came to help, and then returned to second base to stand.

"That guy is really good......"

"It's really ...... to be able to hit that ball to that position," said Hidehide Kobayashi, who was gathered on the pitcher's mound with the infielders, as the first to speak.

“…… Anyway, adjust the state first, Tanaka. ”

"Your pitch is powerful!"

As the timeout was about to end, Komatomaki formed a circle and raised his right hand in a gesture that was the best in the country.

"Japan One!!"

After shouting the slogan, the players who had gathered on the pitcher's mound scattered, leaving only Shodai Tanaka to stay where he was.

As Tanaka stood next to the pitcher's board and took a deep breath to adjust his condition, the announcer's announcement sounded from the top of the pitch at the right time.

"The bottom half of the sixth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, nine bats, pitcher, Yagami Jun ......"

When the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, Tanaka threw a two-seam fast ball to home plate with a speed of 135 km/h.

"Bang!"

Under the watchful eye of hitter Yagami, the longitudinally falling baseball crosses the edge line of the hit zone and catches it behind the inside corner with the glove extended downward by the handkerchief.

“Strike.“

Tanaka caught the baseball from the catcher with his wide open gloves, stood sideways on the pitcher's board, turned his head to look at the runners who were standing at base, turned around, and nodded to the catcher's code.

"Whew!"

Lifting his leg forward and swinging his right arm forward, Tanaka threw a two-seam fast ball toward home plate at 137km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which had just sunk forward from a low position in the outer corner, was hit by the bat that the hitter swung out.

"Smack!"

A baseball that lands on the sideline of the right-hitting area in a collision with a bat flies left off the infield sideline and falls onto the off-court turf and becomes a throw-in.

Tanaka, who looked a little ugly, re-prepared the discount, reached forward with his left leg, waved his right hand and threw an out-of-the-way knuckle at home plate, and the batter swung his bat to end the half.

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

The baseball, which is falling longitudinally on the left side of the hit zone at a speed of 129 km/h, is caught by a glove extended forward by the hand behind the low side of the outside corner after the bat.

"Empty, strikeouts ——!!".

"Three out, offense and defense exchange."

"Ace pitcher Tanaka-kun suppressed the opponent's score to 1 point while enduring the decline in form!"