After the hitter was ready on the batting area, An Zhengchong waved his arm and threw a straight ball into the home plate.

"Bang!"

Yoichi Kuramochi retracted his short-held bat, next to a straight ball (121 km/h) caught by the glove that the hand had opened forward.

“Ball.“

After throwing a containment ball to first base, An Zhengchong followed the catcher's code and waved his arm to the home plate to throw a straight ball near the knee in the inside corner.

"Smack!"

At 126 km/h, the ball passes through the corner and is caught by the glove that is extended downwards by the hand in a low position behind the corner.

“Strike.“

After throwing the ball to first base for the second time, An Zhengchong stepped forward with his leg and waved his right hand to throw a straight ball with a low inside corner to home plate.

"Bang!"

A straight ball that crosses home plate from under the good ball area at a speed of 122 km/h is caught close to the ground by the hand's open glove.

In the fourth ball, An Zhengchong followed the requirements of the catcher, raised his leg and stepped forward, waved his arm to the home plate and threw a straight ball with a knee in the outside corner.

"Ping!"

A straight ball that crossed the edge of the good ball zone at a speed of 127 km/h was hit near the top by Yoichi Kuramochi's swing and landed on the ground in front of home plate.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which bounces high in front of home plate, goes forward over the pitcher's mound and falls on the edge of the infield behind the pitcher.

"Bang!"

Naoto Araki, a shortstop who ran out of the infield, reached out to catch the baseball that bounced towards him after landing on the ground, stepped forward and waved his arm to pass the ball he had just received to first base.

"Out!" First baseman Kazunari Morita opened his gloves to catch the shortstop's pass on his chest and blocked the runner outside the base.

"In the first half of the eighth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, the second bat, the left fielder, Nanyunjun, the back number..."

Hitter Nanyun Shiyi stood on the batting area with his bat held high, turning his head to stare at the pitcher; Pitcher Ariyasu, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, glanced at the runner on second base, stepped on his left foot, and threw his right hand into home plate with a high straight ball from the inside corner.

"Ping!"

With a ball speed of 123km/h, the straight ball passed through the corner of the good ball area, and the batter Nan Yunshi swung out hit the center of the ball and flew out to the right.

"Smack!"

After penetrating the opponent's right half of the defense, the baseball that landed in the middle of the right field bounced forward, and was caught by the left hand stretched out by the right fielder Takeshi Muramura.

Seeing Kenjiro Hakushu, a runner who stepped on the third base bag, did not have the slightest idea of slowing down, Nakamura Shogui, who stepped forward, waved his right hand vigorously and passed the ball straight to home plate, trying to let catcher Takeshi Triangle touch the runner.

"Smack!"

After landing on the side of first baseman Kazunari Morita, the baseball bounced along the sideline towards home plate.

"First base runner back to home plate..."

Unfortunately, when catcher Takenari Triangle caught a baseball bouncing from the infield in front of home plate, runner Kenjiro Hakushu, who was sliding forward on his back, just slipped right side behind him.

“safe.“

Kenjiro Hakushu, who slid his left hand over the home plate while sliding on the base, raised his hands directly to signal him to return to the base safely when he got up from behind the home plate.

"Yay!"

After waving his right hand into a fist to celebrate the well-timed hit, Shiichi Nagumo, who could have rushed forward to second base, was bending down at the first base bag to take off his leggings for the sake of safety.

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

The score was 9:0, and in the case of two outs and one base, Kansai High School ushered in the attack of the Qingdao High School Center Playing Line.

In last year's Haruko-Koshien tournament, Seichi, who had still tied with Kansai after 15 rounds, was defeated by one point in the replay the next day, when the two teams were almost the same in strength.

By now, the first half of the eighth game has not ended, and the difference between the two sides has expanded to 9 points... It can be seen that while Qingdao University is stronger than last year, the decline in the strength of Kansai University is very serious.

When Ryosuke Kominato, a hitter in the batting area, was ready to stare at the pitcher with his bat held high, Ariyasu Masatsu, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, stretched out his left foot and waved his right hand to the home plate to throw a straight ball into the outside corner.

"Bang!"

A straight ball that flies across the corner at a speed of 124 km/h is caught by a catcher who gets up and moves his glove upwards under the watchful eye of the hitter.

“Strike.“

In the second ball, An Zhengchong followed the code given to him by the catcher, waving his right arm and throwing a curveball to home plate.

"Smack!"

The curveball is mounted on the belt, moves diagonally to the right at a speed of 114 km/h from the front of the hitter's right arm, and then grabs it with the left hand that is outstretched forward by the striker in the outside corner and above the right strike area.

“Strike…“

Forcing the hitter to the second good ball, Arian Zhengchong, who raised his leg and stepped forward, threw an outside corner fastball to home plate according to the code.

"Smack!"

The fast ball, which was falling downwards at 122 km/h, crossed the home plate from under the good ball area, and was close to the ground, covered by a glove that was extended downward by the hand.

“Ball.“

"Whew!"

The third ball that An Zhengchong threw to home plate was an inward knuckle with a speed of 116km/h.

"Smack!"

The knuckle ball, which falls vertically from the front of the hitter's right thigh, hits the ground in front of the left corner of home plate, then bounces forward into the catcher's abdomen before bouncing down to the ground.

“safe.“

Reaching out to pick up the baseball parked next to home plate, Triangle Wucheng, who got up to pass the ball, could only watch the runner Nam Yunshi, who was moving forward to base, slide onto second base on one side, and didn't give him time to pass and kill at all.

After the ball was tied at 2:2, An Zhengchong followed the code given to him by the supplementary hand, raised his legs and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw a fast ball into the home plate.

"Huh!"

A fast ball that drops sharply from the height of the beater's belt at a speed of 121 km/h, and after the hitter misses the swing above, it catches the glove with the hand extending downwards in a low position behind the corner.

"Smack!"

"Empty, strikeout—"

"Offensive and defensive exchanges!"

……

"The bottom half of the ninth inning, the attack of Kansai High School, five bats, third baseman, Kawabe-kun, back number 5."

After Ikuya Kawabe, who had come from the waiting area to the right shot area during the announcement, tidied up the ground, he raised his bat while staring at the pitcher and waited for the pitcher to pitch.

After the batter who was standing on the batting area with his legs apart was ready, Yagami looked at the code that Chris came out, nodded, and stood sideways on the pitcher's board.

"Whew!" Reaching forward with his right leg, Yagami swings his left hand and throws a straight ball from the outside corner of the knee toward home plate.

"Ping!"

With a speed of 141 km/h, he flew a straight ball low in the outer corner, and when he was about to catch it with the glove that the hand was outstretching, the hitter Ikuya Kawabe swung the ball out to the right.

"Out of bounds!"

In the second ball, Yagami Yagami, who stretched out his left foot, moved his right hand and continued to throw a straight ball with a knee in the outside corner to the home plate, and the ball was faster than the previous ball.

"Ping!"

At 148 km/h, he flew forward through the four-seam line of the edge line, and when the catcher's outstretched glove was about to catch it, the hitter Ikuya Kawabe hit the center of the ball with his bat and flew backwards to the right.