Chapter 489: Quasi-Quasi-Decisive Victory (9)
"In the bottom half of the ninth inning, Sendai Ikuei High School's attack, six bats, third baseman, Sato-kun, back number 5."
When the batter raised his bat and stared at him, Koichiro Tanba, who was standing on the pitcher's board, stretched out his left leg and waved his right hand to the home plate to throw a straight ball near the knee in the inside corner.
"Bang!"
At a speed of 132 km/h, the ball flies along the edge line and catches it with the glove that the hand has opened forward in front of the knee of the hitter's right leg.
“Strike.“
If you want to confirm Tanba's form, there is no more intuitive way to do it than to have him throw a straight ball.
"Whew!"
The second ball is a low curveball that moves diagonally down in front of the good zone at a speed of 117km/h and then lands on the corner of the left zone.
"Smack!"
Chris moved out and used his chest to block the baseball that bounced off the ground so that the runner at third base would take advantage of the opportunity to run to home plate to score.
“Ball.“
The baseball, which bounced off the right after colliding with Chris's chest, stopped in the preparation area on the right side of the left hitting zone, was picked up by Chris, who got up, and passed to Koichiro Tanba, the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.
"Whew!"
On the third ball, Koichiro Tanba waved his arm and threw a four-stit inward fastball that Yagami had taught him to go to home plate.
"Bang!"
The fastball moves horizontally to the right at a speed of 132 km/h, and after the horizontal displacement has passed the entire good ball area, it is caught by a glove reached by a hand in front of the hitter's thigh.
“Strike.“
On the fifth, after a bad ball from the outside, Koichiro Tanba followed the code given to him by Knys, and waved his arm to the home plate to throw a straight ball into the home plate.
"Ping!"
With a speed of 136 km/h, he flew forward to the straight ball next to the thigh, and the beater, Tsukasa Sato, swung his bat near the bottom and hit a high ball to the left.
"Smack!"
Shoji Higasa, the third baseman who ran from left to right to the back of the baserunner area, raised his hands upwards and spread his gloves to catch the falling baseball.
"Catch..."
"In the second half of the ninth inning, Sendai Ikuei High School's attack, seven bats, second baseman, Bee Gu-kun, back number 4."
After hitter Fumitaka Bee Tani raised his bat to get ready to strike, Koichiro Tanba on the pitcher's board raised his leg and stepped forward, throwing his right hand towards home plate.
"Bang!"
A curveball that moves diagonally down in front of the hitter's thigh at a speed of 116 km/h is caught by a glove extended downward by the hand next to the hitter's left calf and near the ground.
“Ball.“
In the second ball, Koichiro Tanba waved his right hand at the request of the catcher and threw a slider at home plate.
"Smack!"
The slide, which was displaced laterally from above the knee of the hitter's right leg at a speed of 127km/h, was covered by Chris's downward-open glove at the back touchline of the right hit zone.
“Ball…“
Koichiro Tanba, who threw bad balls one after another, after encouraging himself and cheering up, followed the code given to him by Crispie, and threw a slider to home plate again.
"Ding!"
The near-belt slider moved laterally to the right at a speed of 125 km/h, and then made contact with the bat held by hitter Fumitaka Beetani in the middle of the outside corner, behind the edge line, and fell down into the right strike zone.
"Smack!"
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball that landed in the batting area bounced to the left, and the presiding judge, who was standing behind the catcher, saw this and raised his hands up to indicate the throw-in.
In the third ball, in the face of Chris's request, Koichiro Tanba could only continue to throw a slider to home plate.
"Smack!"
Faced with a slide ball that was moving laterally down from the front of the hitter's right thigh at a speed of 128km/h, Chris reached forward with his left hand and caught it on the left side of the low corner and above the right hit area.
“Strike…“
The ball number is two good and two bad, Tanba Koichiro looked at the catcher and nodded at the code given to him, and after the hitter was ready to strike, he raised his left foot and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw the curveball at home plate.
"Huh!"
The curveball was slung down at 119km/h, allowing the batter to miss the inside corner before being caught by Chris's outstretched glove on the left side of the batter's left foot, near the ground.
"Smack!"
“Strike out.“
With one outs short of ending the game, Chris asked the referee for a timeout and ran to the pitcher mound in front of him.
In the first formula fight after recovering from his injury, Koichiro Tanba responded with his performance to everyone who paid attention to him; In a bad situation with people and no one out on first and third base, he used his pitch to get two outs and push his opponent into a corner.
This kind of performance made Kataoka decide to hand over Tamba's game tomorrow to start, and if tomorrow's performance is not bad, he is ready to let Tanba finish the game.
"The bottom half of the ninth inning, the attack of Sendai Yuei High School, eight sticks, catcher, Gen Yuanjun, back number 2." After the Qingdao Road was suspended, the announcer's voice resounded over the court.
"Whew!"
When Kentaro Nemoto was on the right shot area and turned his head to stare at him, Koichiro Tanba raised his left foot and stepped forward, swinging his right arm to the home plate to throw a straight ball that was wide and low at 124 km/h.
"Bang!"
As the hitters watched, Chris extended his gloves above the touchline of the left-hand zone to catch a low straight ball from the outside corner that Tambo didn't throw.
"Whew!"
In the second ball, Koichiro Tanba followed the code given to him by Crisby and waved his arm to throw a longitudinal slider into the home plate.
"Huh!"
Avoiding the batter sweeping low inside corner, the curveball that moves sharply down vertically falls out of the corner and is caught behind the right edge of home plate by the glove that the hand extends downward.
"Smack!"
“Strike.“
On the third ball, at the request of the catcher, Koichiro Tanba waved his right hand and threw the curveball to home plate again.
"Ping!"
With a speed of 124 km/h, the ball moves diagonally down to the low position in the outside corner in front of the hitter's thigh, and Kentaro Nemoto swings his bat near the top of the ball and sweeps it out to the left.
"Smack!"
The rolling ball that landed in front of the hitting area rolled in the direction of the shortstop, and was intercepted by the shortstop Fumiya Kusunoki in front of the crotch with his legs on his knees.
"Out!"
Picking up the baseball that was not connected, waving his arm sideways, Fumiya Kusunoki, who was squatting on the ground, passed the ball to Ryosuke Kominato, the second baseman in front, and eliminated Daisuke Kato, a runner who was on the base.
“… The game is over!! ”
"Ceremony!"
Running from the rest area to the Seichi and Sendai Ikuei players standing in line on both sides of the home plate, they took off their hats and bowed to each other with the base judges.
"Thank you for the advice!"
After that, the Sendai Ikuei players left home plate and returned to the rest area to stand in front of the team, leaving the Seido players to stand in a row at home plate and sing the Seido school song in unison.
After singing the school song, the Qingdao runners came to the front of the audience where the support group and supporters were located, took off their hats, bowed to them, thanked them for their support, and finally ran back to the rest area to tidy up the belongings they had brought with them.
Although there was no more competition, the players on both sides quickly sorted out the backpacks, bags and boxes they had brought with them, packed up the items they brought from the rest area, and left the rest area together, lining up outside to prepare to leave.