Chapter 459: A Battle (5)

"In the first half of the fourth inning, the attack of Mingde High School, three sticks, left fielder, Matsuura-kun, back number..."

Sho Matsuura, who was standing on the batting area, waved his bat in his right hand, looked up at the pitcher, and held the bat high while waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

After the hitter was ready to strike, he waved his arm and threw a bad ball high from the outside corner to home plate, which was caught by the arrester, Naoya Kuroza, and raised his hand to catch it.

"Whew!"

Takuya Kimura threw his arm into home plate and the second ball was a straight ball with a near knee that was slightly inward.

"Bang!"

With hitter Sho Matsuura stretching his legs to dodge, Naoya Kuraza's outstretched glove to the right catches a baseball with a speed of 133km/h.

"Whew!"

With two bad balls thrown in quick succession, Takuya Kimura swung his arm and threw the third ball to home plate with a low path and a straight ball (141km/h) that flew under the corner of the good zone.

"Smack!"

The baseball that landed behind the home plate was covered with a glove that was stretched out by the victim Kuraza to prevent the baseball from rolling to the back of the bounce after landing.

After being forced to the point where he had no good shots, Takuya Kimura, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, reached forward with his left leg and threw an inward fastball at home plate with his arm swing.

"Bang!"

The baseball, which was moving horizontally to the right at a speed of 138 km/h, was caught by a glove raised by the captor behind the high position of the outside corner under the downward gaze of the hitter Sho Matsuura.

“Strike.“

After the hitter raised his bat high to re-prepare for the strike, Takuya Kimura followed the code given to him by the stopper, raised his leg, stepped and waved his arm to the home plate to throw a straight ball near the knee in the inside corner.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was speeding forward at 140 km/h, was hit by Sho Matsuura, who swung his bat, and smashed the ball down on the sand behind home plate.

"Smack!"

After hitting the ground, the baseball bounced upwards and collided with the catcher's outstretched glove, and then rolled forward to the judge's feet.

"Out of bounds!"

Reaching out to receive the new baseball passed to him by the officiator, Takuya Kimura stepped back to the pitcher's board to stand, and when the batter who was wielding the bat was ready again, he raised his hands and placed it next to his right cheek, stepped forward on his left leg, and waved his right arm to the home plate to throw a slow straight ball from the inside corner near the belt.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which flew forward at 108 km/h and flew past the edge of the good ball, hit the top of the ball with a swing just before it fell into the catcher's open glove, and it was a low fly ball in the direction of first base.

"Smack!"

Tetsuya Yuuki, the first baseman who was crouching behind first base, reached out to pick up the baseball that bounced off the ground, stepped forward with the baseball in his right hand, and then stepped over the base bag with his right foot, blocking the runner who ran in front of him outside the base.

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

After hitter Hayao Ishikawa raised his bat high and got ready, Takuya Kimura, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, lifted his left foot and stepped forward, swinging his arm to throw a straight ball into the outside corner of the home plate.

"Bang!"

As the hitter watched, a straight ball with a speed of 135 km/h passed through the corner of the good ball area and was caught by a glove that was outstretched by the hand.

“Strike.“

"Huh!"

On the second ball, Takuya Kimura followed the code given to him by the catcher Kuroza and waved his arm to throw a low-seam fastball (ball speed of 129km/h) into the outside corner of the home plate, which successfully deceived the hitter into swinging the bat.

"Smack!" Although Kuroza didn't catch it properly, he let the ball go straight to the left hit area before he was forced to stop.

“Strike...“

"Whew!"

In the third ball, Naoya Kuraza asked the pitcher to throw a straight ball from the outside corner to home plate, and then under the watchful eye of the hitter, he straightened his left hand to catch the straight ball with a speed of 131km/h.

"Bang!"

“Ball.“