Chapter 484: Quasi-Quasi-Decisive Victory (4)

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

When the hitter was ready, Yuki Sato stepped forward with his leg up, swinging his arm and throwing a straight ball high into the outside corner of home plate.

"Bang!"

A straight ball that flies over a corner at a speed of 135 km/h is caught by a glove extended upwards by the hand.

After a bad ball and a containment ball to first base, Yuki Sato's third ball to home plate was a slow-paced straight ball near the belt.

"Smack!"

At a speed of 100km/h, he flew forward with a straight ball from the middle and high position in the outside corner, and grabbed it with the left hand that was reached forward by Kentaro Nemoto.

“Strike.“

"Four bad balls!"

Under the influence of that touch ball, Yuki Sato threw a bad ball from the outside and low inside corner, and sent Tetsuya Yuuki to first base.

"In the first half of the first game, the attack of Qingdao High School, five sticks, catcher, Miyauchi-kun, back number 12." It was only after the Sendai Yuei timeout that the announcer's voice resounded over the court.

After the referee stretched out his right hand to guide the pitcher to tee off, Keisuke Miyauchi raised the bat resting on his left shoulder high forward, staring at the pitcher and waiting for his pitch.

"Whew!"

Raising his leg and stepping forward, Yuki Sato danced his right hand and threw a slider at home plate at a speed of 130km/h.

"Ping!"

The slider, which had moved horizontally from a height about the same height as the batter's belt, was near the hitter's thigh and was about to break away from the edge of the strike zone, when the beater Keisuke Miyauchi hit the center of the ball with a swing and flew out to the right.

"Smack!"

The bouncing ball that landed in front of the left zone rolled into the turf of the right field after dodging a flying tackle from second baseman Fumitaka Beetani in the infield... Unfortunately, he didn't roll too far before he was picked up by the right fielder Takahashi who ran out.

"Whew!"

Takahashi, who received the ball, stepped forward and waved his arm, ready to pass the ball straight to home plate, when Jun Isashiki, a runner who had just run past third base, quickly stopped and gave up the idea of continuing to go to base.

"Smack!"

The baseball, which landed in front of the pitcher's mound, bounced forward into the gloves of Kentaro Nemoto, the catcher who ran out to the outside of the preparation area.

"Damn!"

Jun Izashaki, who was standing next to the third base, was a little annoyed that he had just continued to sprint forward. Although the opponent's right fielder has enough arm strength to pass the ball to home plate before he runs to home plate, it also needs to be accurate!

As he did just now, if the catcher had to run outside the preparation area to receive the ball, he would not have had time to return to the base to touch himself, and losing points was inevitable.

"The first half of the fourth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, six sticks, guerrilla, Kusunoki-kun, back number..."

As the batter raised his bat high in the batting area and turned his head to look at him, Yuki Sato, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, stepped forward with his left foot and waved his right hand to throw a slow, straight ball slightly out of the way towards home plate.

"Huh!"

A slow-paced straight ball from the near belt that sped forward from the touchline of the left hitting area at a speed of 110km/h was grabbed by Kentaro Nemoto's outstretched left hand after avoiding the batter Fumiya Kusunoki sweeping past from above the baseball.

"Smack!"

“Strike.“

In the second ball, Yuki Sato threw a slightly out-of-the-box finger ball at home plate according to the catcher's code.

"Huh!"

Faced with a knuckle ball that fell longitudinally at a speed of 120km/h above the sideline of the batting area, Fumiya Kusunoki chose to swing aggressively due to the request of Kataoka's supervisor.

"Smack!"

After the batter swung outwards swept over the falling baseball, catcher Kentaro Nemoto's outstretched glove covered the baseball near the ground.

“Strike…“

Forcing the hitter to the second best shot, Yuki Sato, who was about to win the first number of outs, threw two obviously bad balls in succession, rewriting the number of balls to two good and two bad.

"Whew!"

On the fifth ball, Sato, who was readjusted to the outside corner, made a straight ball with a speed of 138km/h.

"Huh!"

The straight ball that passes forward through the corner dodges the hitter clinging to the bat that he has swept from below, and then catches it with the glove that the hand has extended upwards.

"Bang!"

“Strike out.“

"In the first half of the fourth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven sticks, right fielder, Bai Zhoujun, back number..."

As the batter raised his bat and turned his head to stare at him, Yuki Sato stepped forward with his leg raised and waved his arm to shoot a straight ball high from the outside corner to home plate.

"Bang!"

A straight ball that flew over the corner at a ball speed of 143km/h was caught by the left hand raised upwards by Kentaro Nemoto.

“Ball.“

In the second ball, Yuki Sato threw an inside corner knuckle ball to home plate at the request of the catcher, and the ball speed was 121km/h.

"Ping!"

The knuckle ball that moved down longitudinally to the back of the low position in the inside corner was hit to the bottom by Kenjiro Hakushu and flew to the left.

"Out of bounds!"

After the batter raised the bat and re-prepared, Yuki Sato, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, stepped on his left foot and waved his right arm to throw a straight ball into home plate.

"Smack!"

A straight ball that flew forward along the sideline of the hitting area at a speed of 135 km/h was caught with the left hand of Kentaro Nemoto, who was being caught by Kentaro Nemoto, who was outstretched forward without interference from the hitter.

“Ball…“

On the fourth ball, Yuki Sato and the catcher set the code, and shook his right hand to the home plate to throw a fast ball with two seams in the outside corner.

"Huh!"

The fast ball, which moves longitudinally at a speed of 127 km/h, dodges the batter sweeping from above in front of the hitter's thigh, and then grabs it behind the corner by Kentaro Nemoto's outstretched glove.

"Smack!"

“Strike…“

With only one good ball to get the second out, Yuki Sato threw a wide two-seam fast ball to home plate at the request of the catcher, hoping to get the hitter to swing the batter to get the good ball.

"Bang!"

The 135 km/h fast ball is moved down slightly higher in front of the catcher's left knee, and then caught by the glove extended downward by the catcher above the edge of the right hitting area and low behind the corner of the hit area.

After the ball was full, Yuki Sato stepped forward with his leg up and flicked his right arm to the home plate after the hitter was back prepared.

"Ping!"

The fast ball, which moved longitudinally at a speed of 125km/h, was hit by his swing and flew out to the right.

"Out of bounds!"

On the seventh pitch, Yuki Sato followed the code and threw a straight ball into home plate that looked like it would be slightly out.

"Ping!"

The 136 km/h fast ball flew forward to the back of the low and middle corner of the outside corner against the edge line, but Kenjiro Hakushu hit the inside edge with a swing and flew backwards to the left.

"Out of bounds!"

On the eighth pitch, Yuki Sato, who was ready, stretched forward his left leg and danced his right hand to throw an outside corner speed ball to home plate.

"Ping!"

The speed changer, which moved longitudinally to a low position behind the outside corner with a ball speed of 113 km/h, was hit in the center of the ball by Kenjiro Hakushu and swept out to the left.

"Smack!"

The baseball that penetrated the left half of the opponent's defense landed in front of the left fielder Takeko Hitodai, who was running from left to right, and was then grabbed by him as he bounced forward.

"Left fielder hit!"

Receiving the ball, Takeko Renda ran two steps forward and reached out to drop the ball to the third baseman at the junction of the inner and outer fields...