Chapter 458: A Battle (4)

"Whew!"

With three balls bad and two good, pitcher Kawashima waved his arm and threw a straight ball near the knee in the outside corner of home plate.

"Bang!"

A baseball flying under a corner at a speed of 131 km/h is caught with the left hand of the captor reaching forward.

"Four bad balls!"

Kenjiro Hakushu turned around and dropped the bat outside the batting area, then trotted over to first base as instructed by the chief judge.

"In the second half of the second game, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a guerrilla, Kurachi-kun, back number..."

Yoichi Kuramochi, who had lowered his head to tidy up the ground in the batting area, bent backwards, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and held his bat high in the air waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

The first ball was a low ball from the outside corner with a low ball path, and Yoichi Kuramochi did not make any other moves except to turn his head to change his line of sight.

"Whew!"

Kawashima stepped forward with his right leg and waved his arm to home plate to throw a straight ball with his belt inside the inside corner at a speed of 125km/h.

"Bang!"

With the batter in the same striking position, Yamaguchi straightens his left hand forward and catches the baseball thrown by the pitcher.

“Strike.“

"Ding!"

Kuramochi held a short bat and hit the pitcher's low ball from the inside corner to the right.

"Out of bounds!"

"Ping!"

With two good and one bad balls, Yoichi Kuramochi swung his bat and hit the palm ball that fell down on home plate at a speed of 111km/h and flew out to the right.

"Out of bounds!"

"Ping!"

In the face of the perseverance of the Mingde Yijuku in the outside corner, Kuramochi swung his bat and dropped vertically to the high palm ball in the outside corner at a speed of 109km/h, and flew hard to the spectators on the first base.

"Out of bounds!"

"Ding!"

Kuramochi swung his bat to the bottom of the spiral ball with a speed of 105 km/h, which moved diagonally from the front of the good ball to the bottom of the spiral ball in a low position behind the outside corner.

"Smack!"

The baseball that collided with the catcher's abdomen bounced forward to the left hitting area and then landed on the outside sideline.

"Out of bounds!"

"Smack!"

After the hitter continued to entangle, Kawashima shook his arm and threw a spiralball (ball speed of 103km/h) at home plate diagonally behind the hit area, and then caught it next to the hitter's right calf with the glove opened upwards by the hand.

“Ball.“

"Ping!"

Kawashima stepped with his leg raised, flicked his arm at home plate and threw the spiral, which was knocked out of bounds by Yoichi Kuramochi again.

"Whew!"

The 120 km/h inside corner slider moved laterally out of the corner of the good ball area and was about to be caught by the glove reached by the cape, and Kuramochi swung his bat and sent the ball in front of his knee to the left.

"Ping!"

After knocking out the flat fly ball in the direction of left field, Yoichi Kuramochi immediately threw his bat aside and sped towards first base.

"Smack!"

After left fielder Sho Matsuura, who ran from left to right, received the flat ball, Shiichi Minamigumo, a runner on third base, immediately ran towards home plate.

Waiting for Sho Matsuura, who was in the middle area, to step forward and wave his arm to pass the ball to home plate, Shiichi Mingumo was about to rush back to home plate to score.

“Run.“

When Catcher Yamaguchi, who was standing in front of home plate, received a pass from the left fielder, Shiichi Minamigumo slid forward with his right foot on home plate to score.

After taking the bat that Kuramochi had just dropped from the chief judge, and reaching out to high-five the senior Minato who came over, Nagumo ran back to the rest area in front of him.

"In the bottom half of the first inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, the second baseman, the second baseman, the small minato-kun, the back number..."

Pitcher Kawashima threw two bad balls in quick succession, then threw a containment ball to first base to keep the runner too far from base, and finally threw a belt-high slide to home plate.

"Bang!"

Under the downward gaze of hitter Ryosuke Kominato, the baseball moved sideways from the waist side to the left at a ball speed of 116km/h, and caught it with a glove extended forward by the hand behind the middle and high position in the outside corner.

“Strike.“

“... Four bad balls! ”

Pitcher Kenhei Kawashima, who had no form to speak of, then threw two bad balls at home plate, sending second batter Ryosuke Kominato to first base, so that he was substituted.

"Meitoku High School requested a change of players, and pitcher Kawaai-kun replaced Kawashima-kun; Nine, pitcher, Kawai-kun. ”

After second-year pitcher Yushi Kawai, who replaced third-year pitcher Kawashima Kashihei, finished his pitching warm-up, the announcer's voice resounded from above the court.

"In the second half of the second game, the attack of Seido High School, three sticks, the middle fielder, Izaki-kun, the back number..."

Standing in the batting area with his legs apart, Jun Izashi turned his head to look at the pitcher in front of him, raised the ball and a half, raised the bat high, and clenched his hands in preparation for a big shot.

"Smack!"

"Touch the ball!"

Unfortunately, before his goal could be achieved, pitcher Yushi Kawai hit his left elbow with the first ball to home plate, sending him to base.

Naoya Kuraza, who advanced to home plate after Izawaki came to base, was so satisfied with the result that he turned his head to look at the pitcher who was replaced by Superintendent Miyazaki in a bad situation and then threw a dead ball on the first pitch.

Seeing his reluctant smile, Kuraza Naoya bent down to pick up the bat that Isashiki had just dropped, turned around and trotted towards the rest area.

"In the second half of the second inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, four bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun, back number..."

Tetsuya Yuuki, a 4-at-a-ball boy who was ready in the batting area, raised his bat and turned his head to look at the pitcher, who was ready to hit a long shot from a pitcher who had not yet stabilized and then score his fifth or sixth points of the game in one go.

"Touch the ball!"

Unfortunately, when he was ready, Matokuji pitcher Yushi Kawai smashed the ball directly on his back and sent him to first base like a batter.

Kenjiro Hakushu, a runner who ran from third base to home plate, stepped on the home plate with his left foot, then turned around and ran towards the rest area on the side of third base.

"In the second half of the second inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, five bats, third baseman, Zeng Zijun, back number..."

When the batter Masuko was ready to raise his bat high and turn his head to look at him, Yushi Kawai, who was standing still on the pitcher's board, glanced at the runners on second and third base, stepped forward with his left leg, and swung his arm to throw the outside corner of the home plate.

"Bang!"

While the hitters watched, Yamaguchi put the outstretched glove low behind the outside corner to catch the baseball that was falling longitudinally at a speed of 117 km/h.

“Strike.“

The second ball that Kawai threw to home plate was a longitudinal slide (117 km/h) that was not blocked by the hitter, and was caught by a glove extended downward by the hand in a low position behind the corner of the good ball area.

“Ball.“

With one good and one bad ball, Yushi Kawai raised his leg and stepped forward, waved his arm to home plate and threw a straight ball with an inside corner belt at a speed of 135km/h.

"Ping!"

Masuko hits the bottom of the baseball that passes through the hit zone and is about to be caught by the glove reached by the capsule, sending it flying high forward.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which was speeding past the second baseman, was caught by the right fielder Shunichiro Tatsuda, who was waiting in front of the center right fielder. Next to him are the fielder Hiroki Miyazato and the guerrilla Yoshisuke Asami, who rushed over to support, and if there is a mistake, they can remedy it at any time.

"Catch!!"

Qingdao High School left three remnants and ended the second half of the second game with a score of 4:1.