Chapter 467: Second Battle (3)

"In the first half of the first game, the attack of Qingdao High School, six sticks, catcher, Miyuki-kun, back number..."

Hitter Yukiichi Mikoi also raised his bat high to get ready, and when he turned his head to look at the pitcher, Yusuke Nomura on the pitcher's board retracted his right hand, which was originally behind his back, into his glove and stood sideways.

"Whew!"

Lifting his leg forward, Yusuke Nomura swung his arm to home plate and threw a straight ball near the knee.

"Bang!"

A straight ball that crosses the edge of the inside corner at a speed of 132 km/h is caught low behind the corner by the player under the gaze of the hitter.

“Strike.“

In the second ball, Yusuke Nomura followed the code given by the catcher and waved his arm to throw the inside corner finger cross ball to home plate.

"Ping!"

The knuckle ball, which was disposing longitudinally at a speed of 120 km/h, had just fallen out of the corner of the good ball area when it was hit by the batter Miyukiichi and flew to the left.

"Out of bounds!" The baseball that he knocked off fell to the left and landed in the audience on the left side of the field.

After forcing the hitter to a second good shot, Seiji Kobayashi asked the pitcher for a straight ball with an out-of-the-box near belt to prepare for the next strikeout.

"Bang!"

The pitcher's straight ball to home plate was caught above the touchline by the glove that the catcher stretched out forward.

“Ball.“

On the third ball, Seiji Kobayashi asked the pitcher for an inside corner knee-high ball that would cross the edge of the hit zone, and then placed the glove next to the hitter's right knee.

"Smack!"

What he didn't expect was that the pitcher threw a low inside corner fast ball (132 km/h), so he had to quickly move his glove down and grab the longitudinally falling baseball behind home plate near the ground.

“Ball...“

After the ball was tied at 2-2, Yusuke Nomura stepped forward with his left leg and flicked his right hand towards home plate to throw an outside corner longitudinal slide that would intersect with the edge of the strike zone as it fell.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was falling down the edge line at a speed of 122 km/h, was hit in the bottom half by the batter, and then flew backwards to the right at a faster speed than when it came.

"Smack!"

After dodging the jump interception of second baseman Ryuki Hayashi, the baseball that was hit by the batter fell on the lawn of the right field, and then was caught by the right fielder Takashi Maeda, who ran to the middle of the right field, in a crouching position in the bounce after landing.

"Right field front hit!"

Takashi Maeda, who received the ball, waved his arm to pass the ball to Hayashi Sena, who was at the junction of the inner and outer fields, and in addition to stopping the runner from continuing to the base, he also passed the ball to the pitcher.

"In the first half of the first game, the attack of Qingdao High School, the second stick, the shortstop, Nanmu-kun, the back number 15." After the timeout ended, the announcer's voice resounded from above the court.

After Fumiya Kusunoki raised his bat high and was ready to strike, Yusuke Nomura, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, glanced at the runner on second base, then stepped forward with his leg raised and waved his arm to shoot a fast ball with a low inside corner to home plate.

"Bang!"

The fast ball that flies from under the hit zone at a speed of 130 km/h over the home plate without swinging the batter is caught by the glove that the hand is sticking out of the way down near the ground.

“Ball.“

In the second ball, Yusuke Nomura threw a longitudinal slider to home plate according to the code, and the ball speed was 120km/h.

"Bang!"

The baseball, which passes through the edge of the inside corner during the downward fall, is caught in front of the hitter's belt with the left hand that the catcher extends forward.

“Strike.“

"Whew!"

The pitcher's third pitch to home plate was a high knee shot from the outside corner with a speed of 132 km/h.

"Ping!"

The baseball flew through the edge line to the back of the low post in the outside corner, and just before it was about to fall into the catcher's glove, the hit Fumiya Kusunoki flew out to the right.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which penetrated the first baseman and second baseman defense, fell on the lawn in the right field, and was caught in a crouching position by right fielder Takashi Maeda in a roll after landing.

“safe.“

After running runner Fumiya Kusunoki made it to base, Takashi Maeda, who stepped forward, could only wave his arm and pass the ball to the ace on the left side of the pitcher's mound. If the runner Masuko Toru, who had already run to third base, wanted to rush back to home plate to score, Yusuke Nomura would be able to pass the ball to home plate in time to win the last outs of the inning.

"In the first half of the first game, the attack of Qingdao High School, eight sticks, on behalf of the fight, Takigawa-kun, back number 2."

Chris took the idea that Superintendent Kataoka wanted to take advantage of this situation to completely defeat the opponent, and walked to the batting area and stood up.

"Whew!"

After the batter raised his bat and turned his head to look at him, ready to strike, Yusuke Nomura stepped forward with his leg raised and waved his arm to shoot a low-of-the-middle fast ball at home plate.

"Bang!"

The fast ball that crossed home plate from under the good ball zone at a speed of 127 km/h was caught by the glove of Seiji Kobayashi outstretched downward while the hitter was watching.

“Ball.“

On the second pitch, Yusuke Nomura followed the code he had agreed with the catcher and waved his arm to throw a straight ball high inside the home plate.

"Ping!"

At a speed of 130km/h, he flew forward to a straight ball above the corner of the good ball area, and Chris swung his bat straight into the center of the ball, and flew backwards to the right.

“... Home run! ”

Chris tore the right half of the right half of the defense directly, so that the right fielder Takashi Maeda could not chase it hard, and he could only watch as he hit the baseball that flew past and went over the home run wall in front of him and fell into the audience next to the exit tunnel.

"Full home run!!"

Chris used a 4-point home run to successfully complete the task assigned to him by Superintendent Kataoka.

It's a pity that Superintendent Kataoka wanted to completely defeat their goal with this, but it seems that it was not accomplished... Returning to Koshien after four years, Hiroling had the resilience not to lose to Qingdao, which made it difficult for them to score from Hiroling in the next eight games, and also showed enough strength to compete with them.

So much so that when the Second War ended, even Superintendent Kataoka had to admire his own luck.

"In the first half of the first game, the attack of Qingdao High School, nine sticks, right fielder, Bai Zhoujun, back number..."

With the idea of continuing to score in one go, Kenjiro Hakushu stepped up to the batting area, raised his bat when he was ready, turned his head to look at the pitcher, and waited for his pitch.

"Whew!"

Yusuke Nomura threw his arm to home plate with a high straight ball from the pitcher's mound to the corner of the good zone at 135km/h.

"Ping!"

Kenjiro Hakushu, who swung his bat on the first shot, hit the baseball that flew behind the corner and was about to hit the baseball caught by the capsule's gloves and knock out the boccia ball in the direction of the shortstop.

"Smack!"

From left to right, Takaji Moto caught the baseball rolling towards him in a crouch position and reached down with his hands, and then swung his arm to pass the ball to first base.

"Out!"

First baseman Koji Fukuda opened his gloves and grabbed the baseball passed by the shortstop, blocking the runner who ran behind him.

"Offensive and defensive exchanges..."

With a score of 6:0, Seido established an unprecedented advantage in Koshien and completely overwhelmed the opponent's momentum.