Chapter 475: Three Rounds of Battle (4)
"The first half of the fifth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, five sticks, catcher, Takikawa-kun, back number..."
Cris, who was standing with his legs apart on the hitting zone, turned his head to look at the pitcher in front of him, raised his bat in the air, and clasped his hands in the air, waiting for the strike.
"Whew!"
Raising his leg and stepping forward, Ikuya Kawabe followed the code and threw a longitudinal slider from the outside corner to home plate.
"Ding!"
The ball, which was falling longitudinally along the edge line at a speed of 113 km/h, made contact with the bat pushed by the beater behind the middle of the outside corner and flew out to the right.
"Smack!"
After seeing the pitcher's pitch fly out to the right, Triangle turned to the right and pounced, trying to catch the hitter.
"Porphyry!"
Triangle Takesei threw himself forward and fell to the ground, and the baseball that landed in front of him rolled in the direction of the waiting area.
"Out of bounds!"
In the second ball, Ikuya Kawabe, who was under great pressure, threw the ball on the left hitting area, but fortunately, Takenari Triangle reacted in time to block the baseball that bounced upwards after landing.
On the third pitch, the drizzle and the impact of an outing and full base made pitcher Ikuya Kawabe continue to throw the ball to the left zone.
"Smack!"
Triangle Takesei knelt on his legs and reached in front of his crotch to grab the baseball that bounced upwards after landing on the ground.
"Whew!"
"Smack!"
If it weren't for Chris's dodge and the knee-high ball that was narrowly smashed first, it was caught by the glove that the hand stretched forward above the right hit area.
"Ball...", the referee raised his hands forward, raised one finger in his right hand and three fingers in his left hand to convey the current number of good and bad balls to the pitcher: "one oh three."
On the fifth pitch, Ikuya Kawabe followed the catcher's code and threw a belt-high and slow-paced straight ball into home plate.
"Ping!"
After crossing the edge line from under the corner at a speed of 112 km/h, the bat, which is swung forward by the beater, hits the bottom and flies high backwards.
"Out of bounds!"
Chris, who swung low enough to hit a throw-in, spread his legs apart, re-established himself on the batting area, and raised the bat that had been resting on his right shoulder high in the air as the referee reached forward to guide the pitcher to deliver, waiting for the strike.
"Ping!"
The ball looked high, and the fast ball that the hitter mistook for a bad ball moved down longitudinally at 121km/h to the back of the high position in the outside corner, and when it was about to be caught by the glove that the hand stretched out, the hitter Chris swung his bat and slammed it forward.
"Smack!!"
The long hit that tore the Kansai midline defense straight apart caused the baseball he hit to fall on the Nakamidan lawn in front of the home run wall, and then hit the top of the home run wall in the bounce after landing.
"Ahh
"Good!"
"Run!!"
Midfielder Yasuhiro Takatsuki ran forward to the home run wall, reached out to pick up the baseball parked under the wall, and then turned to the left while waving his arm to pass the ball to the second baseman on the Nakamidan lawn behind second base, who then went to pass the ball to home plate.
"Right after the runners on third base, the runners on second base are back at home plate!"
"A five-stick blow, 2 points in one go!"
After runner Ryosuke Kominato stepped on home plate and scored, pitcher Ikuya Kawabe, who was standing in front of the catcher, received a pass from the second baseman.
"Qingdao High School relied on Chris's second-base hit to stretch the difference to five points..."
After high-fives Shiichi Minamigumo, Ryosuke Kominato, and Masuko Toru, who was about to hit next, high-fived, and returned to the rest area on the third base side with Yukichi, who came to get Chris's bat.
"In the first half of the fifth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, the six-bat, the third baseman, Masuko-kun, the back number..."
"Whew!"
The batter raised his bat high to prepare for the strike, and Ikuya Kawabe waved his arm to throw a two-seam fast ball into home plate.
"Ping!"
The fast ball, which was traveling at 120 km/h, fell longitudinally against the edge line, and when it was about to be caught by a captor behind the corner, the hitter Masuko swung the bat and flew the ball to the left.
"Smack!"
The boccia ball that landed in front of the batting area rolled toward the third baseman and was caught by third baseman Naoto Sakaki, who was crouching and outstretched his hands.
"Whew!"
When Naoto Kamito got up and waved the ball towards home plate, runner Jun Izashaki followed closely behind, sliding sideways forward.
"Bad pass..."
The baseball flying behind the runner landed next to the catcher's open glove, and the runner slid onto home plate and collided with the catcher in front of him.
"Phew!"
“safe.“ Seeing this, the chief judge standing next to him directly raised his hands to signal the runner to return to base safely and score.
"In the first half of the fifth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven bats, first baseman, Kuraza-kun, back number..."
Naoya Kuraza raised his bat and turned his head to look at the pitcher in front of him, and pitcher Ikuya Kawabe reached forward with his leg raised and threw his arm into home plate when he was ready.
"Smack!"
The knuckle ball moves longitudinally down from the side of the hitter's left thigh at a ball speed of 115 km/h, falls forward at the junction of the hitting zone and home plate, and then bounces upwards with both hands at the position of the hand in the abdomen.
“Ball.“
Kuroza Naoya put down his right hand that signaled the runner not to rush to the base, after all, the scoring opportunity of Yusenpai to run to third base by taking advantage of the opponent's passing mistake just now cannot be wasted.
Seeing that Superintendent Kataoka nodded at the code, Kuroza Naoya waved the bat in his left hand, and while regaining his footing on the batting area, he turned his head to look at the pitcher, holding the bat high and waiting for the strike.
"Whew!"
After the seven-batter re-prepared, Ikuya Kawabe, who stepped forward with his legs up, continued to throw an inside finger cross ball to home plate as the catcher gave him.
"Bang!"
The knuckle ball that fell down the edge line at a speed of 114km/h was caught by the hand's open glove in a low position behind the corner as the hitter looked down.
“Strike.“
On the third ball, Ikuya Kawabe waved his arm to home plate and threw a knee slide that he had negotiated with the catcher at a speed of 118km/h.
"Bang!"
The laterally displaced slider flew inward and flew low into the inside corner before being caught by a captor next to the knee of the hitter's right leg.
“Strike.“
"Ding!"
The fourth ball, again a cross ball in the inside corner, was swung by the batter as it moved down at 114km/h, and then smashed down on his right instep.
"Smack!"
"Out of bounds!"
On the fifth ball, Ikuya Kawabe threw a longitudinal slider to the home plate at a speed of 115km/h.
"Ping!"
The longitudinal slide that moves longitudinally from the top of the good ball area to the back of the middle high position in the inside corner hits the upper half of the batter and flies to the left.
"Smack!"
The baseball that landed in front of the batting area rolled forward and jumped into the infield, and was caught by second baseman Tani Shigekuan in a crouching position on the left side of second base.
"Out!"
Gu Chongkuan, who received the ball, immediately got up and went to kill the runner Masuko Toru who ran towards him.,Even if he sees the wrong opportunity.,Turn around and run back.,Can't escape the fate of being touched.。。
"Porphyry!"
After the runner was touched, Gu Chongkuan immediately threw the ball to the first baseman in front of him... First baseman Kazunari Morita may have been blocked by a runner and did not receive a pass from the second baseman; At the same time, the runner who flew to the base slid forward and fell to the ground.