Chapter 479: Three Rounds of War (8)

"Smack!"

The baseball, which had penetrated the defensive line from above the second baseman, crashed forward onto the lawn of the center-right outfield, and then went all the way to the depths of the outfield without being blocked.

Right fielder Kenjiro Hakushu, who was coming from left to right, reached out to catch the rolling baseball, next to Izagi Senpai, who ran from right to left.

"Second base hit!"

Kenjiro Hakushu, who stopped and waved his arm sideways, passed the ball straight to the second baseman in front, and at the same time, the runner Ikuya Kawabe rushed forward to second base to stand, causing Ryosuke Kominato, who received a pass from the right fielder, to stop and prepare to pass to second base.

"The second half of the ninth inning, the attack of Kansai High School, six sticks, guerrilla, Araki-kun, back number 6."

After two turns in front of him with a bat in his right hand, his hands clenched and raised high, Naoto Araki stared at the pitcher standing on the pitcher's board, making sure to continue their attack.

"Ping!"

The 150km/h four-slit straight ball flew over the outside corner and was about to be caught by Chris's outstretched glove, when hitter Naoto Araki hit the center of the ball with a swing and sent it flying backwards to the right.

"Smack!"

The baseball that landed behind the first baseman's side, next to the second baseman, and deep in the infield, no matter how desperately second baseman Ryosuke Kominato chased after it, could not stop it from rolling forward into the lawn of the right field.

When Kenjiro Hakushu, the right fielder who was waiting in the middle of the right field, caught the rolling baseball in a crouching position, Ikuya Kawabe, a runner who had just run past third base, immediately turned around and ran towards home plate.

"Whew!"

Kenjiro Hakushu, the right fielder who stepped forward, swung his right hand hard and passed the ball straight to home plate to prevent the runner from returning to base to score.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which landed in front of home plate, bounced forward to the catcher's chest and was caught by his open glove. At the same time, Ikuru Kawabe, a runner who was sliding sideways forward, also put his left hand on home plate.

“safe.“ Seeing this, the presiding judge, who was standing on the outside of the left hitting area, raised his hands to signal the runner to return to base safely.

"Right fielder hits in front of the right fielder!"

With consecutive hits of five and six, Kansai University broke the deadlock and scored without anyone out, rewriting the score of the two sides to 9:1.

"In the second half of the ninth inning, the attack of Kansai High School, seven sticks, on behalf of the fight, Fujii-kun, back number 12."

As Kazuki Fujii, who was waiting for the hitter to spread his legs apart and stand on the right hitting area, raised his bat and turned his head to stare at him, Yagami raised his leg and stepped forward, dancing his left hand towards home plate to throw a near-belt four-seam rising fast ball (floating).

"Bang!"

Under the watchful eye of the hitter, the straight ball that flew over the edge line at 144km/h was caught by Chris's outstretched left hand.

“Strike.“

On the second pitch, Yagami looked at Chris's glove that was placed low behind the outside corner and threw a high straight ball with the inside corner of the home plate according to the code he had given him.

"Huh!"

After the bat that Kazuki Fujii threw forward missed, the straight ball that flew over the corner at a speed of 152km/h was next to the beater's shoulder, and was caught by the left hand of the attacker Chris.

"Smack!"

"Strike...", the right hand is raised over the shoulder in a fist, and the presiding judge instructs the batter to swing the bat.

Yagami's ball speed is much faster than last spring, but it is still not as good as ever in the control of the high-speed ball, and if the ball is not very fast, it is difficult to fool the hitter to swing the batter with such a high and obvious way.

Yagami waited for him to get ready again, and while he was waiting for the blow to be hit, Yagami Yagami who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board reached forward with his right leg and threw a near belt curveball towards home plate with his arm flick.

"Ping!"

The curveball that moved diagonally down from the front of the good ball area at a speed of 136 km/h was hit by a bat swept out by Kazuki Fujii on the outside corner low edge line.

"Smack!"

The violent collision with the bat caused the baseball, which was smashed down in front of the corner of the home plate, to bounce high and bounce high above the pitcher, before landing again after crossing the pitcher's mound above the pitcher.

"Out!"

Yoichi Kuramochi, a shortstop running from the infield, reached out to catch the baseball that bounced forward after landing on the ground, and then waved his arm sideways to pass the ball to second base, allowing the second baseman to block the runner who was moving to base.

"Safety!"

Unfortunately, when second baseman Ryosuke Kominato waved his arm to pass the ball to first base, runner Kazuki Fujii flew forward to the base before the first baseman received the pass.

"In the second half of the ninth inning, the attack of Kansai University, eight sticks, catcher, triangle king, back number 2." After the Kansai High School was replaced, the announcer's voice resounded over the stadium.

When the batter Takeshi Triangle was ready to strike and raised his bat to keep an eye on him, Yagami Yagami, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, stepped forward with his right foot and waved his left hand to shoot a straight ball from the outside corner near the belt to home plate.

"Bang!"

The straight ball flew along the edge line at 149km/h and was caught by Chris's outstretched left hand.

“Strike.“

In the second ball, Yagami continued to follow the code given to him by Chris, waving his left hand to the inside corner of home plate near the belt.

"Ping!"

With a ball speed of 148km/h, it flew through the good ball area to the inside corner, and the hit Triangle Takeshi swung his bat to the bottom, causing it to fly high to the right back.

"Out of bounds!" The battered baseball landed down above the exit tunnel next to the rest area on the first base.

On the third ball, Yagami Yagami, who had forced the hitter into a desperate situation, waved his arm to the home plate to throw a straight ball with a high knee to adjust the state at a speed of 136km/h.

On the fourth pitch, catcher Chris, who had his gloves on the outside of the corner, asked the pitcher to throw him a straight ball with a close knee that was out of the box.

"Smack!"

A straight ball flying over the outside of the corner and above the touchline at a speed of 150km/h was caught by Chris's outstretched left hand.

On the fifth, Chris asks the pitcher for a slightly out-of-the-way two-seam fast ball for the hitter to swing and miss.

"Huh!"

A fast ball that falls vertically from the height of the hitter's knees at a ball speed of 142km/h, causing the hitter's Takeshi Triangle to swing his bat close to the falling baseball above.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which fell downward, was caught close to the ground by the glove of the green catcher Chris, who opened upwards.

“Strike out.“

"The bottom half of the ninth inning, the attack of Kansai High School, nine bats, second baseman, Gu Jun, back number 4."

After the last hitter in the three-round battle was ready to raise his bat, Yagami Yagama, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, stepped with his leg up and waved his arm to throw a knee-high ball into the home plate.

"Bang!"

The straight ball that flew from the edge line through the good ball area at 147 km/h was caught by Chris's outstretched left hand crouching behind home plate without the hitter swinging the bat.

In the second ball, Yagami waved his arm and threw a fast ball that was wide and low to the home plate, with a speed of 138km/h, and the number of balls was tied at 1:1.

"Whoa!".

In the third ball, Yagami followed the catcher's code and threw a belt high curve ball to home plate with a wave of his arm.

"Ping!"