After a few turns in front of him with a bat in both hands, Daiki Murasuke, the batter of the five, raised his bat upwards and clenched his hands while turning his head to look at the pitcher, waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka will reach forward with his left leg and throw a speed ball (palm ball) towards home plate with his right hand at a speed of 117 km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball fell slightly inward above the inside corner, and before being caught with the glove reached by the arrester, the hitter, Daiki Murasuke, swung the bat and knocked the ball flying.

"Out of bounds!"

The baseball, which reached deep on the right field, hit the iron net in front of the stands and bounced back onto the lawn of the right field, where it was picked up by the right fielder Osamu Tsuya, who ran over.

Stopping to run the base, reaching out to pick up the bat that he had just dropped by himself, Murasuke Taiki walked back to his original position and stood up again.

As the batter swung the bat in front of him, new catcher Kazuya Kazukawa (No. 12), who had replaced Shu Kobayashi, got up and moved out to the back of the left hitting area and asked the pitcher for an outside bad ball to see how the hitter reacted.

"Bang!" Masaya Kazukawa stretched her arms upwards to catch a high and out-of-the-way straight ball at a speed of 138 km/h.

“Ball.“

After the number of balls was good and bad, Shogun Tanaka, who raised his hands above his head, followed the code given by the catcher and waved his arms to the home plate to throw the inside corner finger cross ball at a speed of 131km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball moves longitudinally to the top of the baseball above the inside corner, and the batter Murasuke Taiki swings downwards to hit the top, flies out of bounds to the right, and then lands behind the baserunner's area and bounces forward to the players' warm-up area.

With only one good ball to get the first out, Tanaka, who was standing on the pitcher's board, shook his head again and again until the catcher gave a code that he was satisfied with, and then nodded in agreement.

"Whew!"

With his hands raised above his head, Tanaka's pitch to home plate was a high bad ball with a speed of 123km/h.

"Bang!"

The ball hangs high on the belt, falls diagonally to the right from about the height of the beater's shoulder, and is then caught next to the beater's right thigh by a glove that the hand moves to the left.

“Ball...“

After the ball was tied at 2:2, Shodai Tanaka, who had asked the catcher to change the code one after another, finally nodded in agreement, raised his hands above his head, and waved his arms to throw the baseball in his palm at home plate.

"Ping!"

The curveball is slung to the right at the height of the hitter's shoulder with a ball speed of 123 km/h, and then is hit by a bat swept by the beater Murasuke Taiki on the right side of the high inside corner, and flies to the left to the outside of bounds.

"Whew!"

Tanaka, who was entangled, raised his big hands above his head, stepped and waved his arms, and threw a slightly out-of-the-box knuckle ball to home plate.

"Smack!"

A baseball that moves longitudinally on the outside of the hit area at a speed of 129 km/h lands behind the home plate after avoiding the bat, which is swept from above by the hitter, and then caught by a glove placed in front of the crotch by the captor.

“Strike out.“ At the same time as the presiding judge raised his right hand over his head, Masaya Kazukawa got up and used his right hand holding the baseball to touch the hitter who walked forward to the outside of the left strike area and killed him.

"The bottom half of the eighth inning, the attack of Seido High School, six bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun ......"

After Tetsuya Yuuki, a six-batter who was ready to raise his bat high, raised his hands above his head and reached forward with his left leg, Tanaka threw a four-seam fast ball that was slightly wide towards home plate.

"Bang!"

The baseball flies forward at a speed of 144 km/h over the batting area at the junction of the home plate and catches it with the glove that the hand has opened forward behind the outside corner.

“Ball.“

After Seido hitter Tetsuya Yuuki raised his bat high and was ready again, Tanaka, who raised his hands above his head, stretched his big leg forward and waved his arm to throw a belt-high quadruple seam fast ball at home plate.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 142 km/h, the ball flew through the edge line to the baseball behind the high position in the outer corner, and the bat swung by Tetsuya Yuuki hit the bottom and flew high forward.

"Smack!"

He passed through the pitcher's mound and the baseball above second base, and was caught by Atsushi Honma, a fielder who ran from left to right from deep in the field, in the back of the field.

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

When Takikawa, the seven-batter, raised his bat in front of him and turned his head to look at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, Tanaka, who raised his hands above his head, threw a two-seam fastball into home plate with a big swing of his arm.

"Bang!"

At a speed of 142 km/h, the baseball flew past the player's left thigh, went down through the back of the corner of the hit area, and was caught by the captor's glove in a low position behind the inside corner.

“Strike.“

After throwing the first ball, Tanaka, with his hands above his head, threw a wide finger ball to home plate at a speed of 124 km/h.

"Smack!"

Seeing this, Koma Otomaki catcher and Masayama Kawa, who had placed their gloves next to the knee of the beater's right leg, could only move outwards and kneel under their crotch to catch the baseball that fell to the ground vertically.

“Ball.“

After the ball was tied at 1:1, Tanaka raised his big hands above his head and waved his arms to home plate to throw a high-cornered two-stitch fast ball with a speed of 131km/h.

"Bang!"

While Chris turned to his right side to avoid being hit by the ball, the baseball, which began to fall from the side of his left shoulder, was caught by the left hand that was stretched forward by the captor behind the high post in the inside corner.

“Ball...“

With the ball down behind, Tanaka, who was waiting for the hitter to get ready again, raised his big hands above his head and threw a four-stitch fast ball into home plate with his right arm.

"Bang!"

A baseball that crosses the edge of the strike zone at a speed of 141 km/h is caught by the left hand that is stretched out by the captor next to the hitter's belt.

“Strike...“

After leveling the balls, Shodai Tanaka, who raised his hands above his head, waved his right arm and threw a two-stitch fast ball towards home plate at a speed of 141km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which began to fall from the side of the hitter's left thigh, was hit by a bat swung by Chris behind the inside corner and bounced to the right.

"Smack!"

The baseball that landed in front of the left zone bounced forward and was caught by second baseman Yamaguchi, who was crouching in front of the right fielder, in the depths of the infield.

“out.“

Getting up to the right and waving his arm, Yamaguchi then passed the ball to first base, sealing the runner Takikawa outside the base.

"Under the wonderful defense of second baseman Jun Yamaguchi, three people are out."

"With a three-point difference between the two teams, the game finally came to the ninth inning—"

"Qingdao ace Yagami Night, can you resist the attack of Komatoma Komaki on the top line, not let the opponent complete the reversal, and end the game completely, so as to win the championship at the beginning of the year? Let's wait and see!! ”。

……

"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack was made by Koma Otoma Komaki High School, two sticks, shortstop, Miki-kun, back number 6." Eighty seconds after the end of the eight-innings, the top half of the nine-inning game began, and if nothing else, it would be the final half.