Chapter 497: Quasi-Decisive Victory (7)
"In the second half of the third inning, the attack of the third university of the city, three sticks, the middle and middle fielders, Miyagawa-kun, the back number..."
When hitter Teru Miyagawa stood up on the batting zone with his bat held high and turned his head to stare at him, Koichiro Tanba stepped up and waved his arm towards home plate to throw a bad ball at the height of the batter's belt.
"Bang!"
Under the watchful eye of Teru Miyagawa, catcher Chris reached out of his glove and caught the ball above the touchline of the right-hand zone.
"Whew!"
In the second ball, after confirming the code with Chris, Koichiro Tanba stretched out his left foot and waved his right arm to shoot a straight ball near the belt to home plate.
"Ping!"
At 135km/h, the ball passed through the middle of the good ball and was about to be caught by Chris's outstretched left hand, and the hitter Teru Miyagawa swung his bat and bit it and swept forward.
"Hurry, hurry..."
"Down!!"
June Izashaki, a midfielder who retreated to the home run wall, looked up at the baseball speeding through the air, praying that it was a deep high fly ball in the middle field and that it would not fly over the home run wall and become a home run.
"Home run!!"
Unfortunately, until he retreated to the home run wall, he still had no way to catch the ball, so he could only watch it cross the home run wall and fall forward to the spectator box behind the home run wall.
Batter Teru Miyagawa, who was running past first base and was sprinting to second base, realized that he had hit a home run, and began to slow down, running through the second and third base packs, and finally running back to home plate amid the cheers of the support team and supporters.
"Smack!!"
Teru Miyagawa, who stepped over home plate, reached out and high-fived Daimae senior standing in the preparation area, followed by five batter Hoshida standing next to the waiting area, and finally ran forward to the first-base side rest area to celebrate the home run with his teammates who were waiting for his return.
"In the bottom half of the third inning, the attack of the third college in the city, four bats, the third baseman, the big mae-kun, the back number..."
After the big front raised the bat and stood in the batting area, Koichiro Tanba followed the code given to him by Chris and threw a straight ball into the inside corner of the home plate.
"Bang!"
At 138km/h, he crossed a straight ball from the corner of the good ball zone and caught it low in front of the knee of Takahiro Ozen, who was caught by the glove that was outstretched downward by the attacker Chris.
“Strike.“
After making sure that Tamba's condition wasn't affected too much by the home run, Chris took the baseball out of his glove, raised his right hand, and threw the ball to Tamba, who was standing in front of the pitcher's board.
“Ball.“
Koichiro Tanba, who was affected by the home run, threw a straight ball into the home plate and flew through the home plate from the bottom of the middle of the good zone, changing the number of balls to one good and one bad.
"Whew!"
On the third pitch, after Koichiro Tanba and Chris agreed on the code, he raised his leg and stretched out his step, waving his right hand to throw a belted high curve ball to home plate.
"Ping!"
With a ball speed of 122 km/h, the ball moves diagonally downward from the front of the hitter's waist, and in a slightly low position behind the low position (corner) of the outside corner, the beater hits the top half of the ball with a swing and flies high to the left.
"Smack!"
Left fielder Minami Yunshiichi ran backwards, looked up at the baseball that was hit by the beater, and then turned around in the depths of the center left field, in front of the home run wall, and then raised his left hand while retreating, trying to catch the falling baseball, but he didn't expect the baseball flying from the home plate to land on the outside edge of the palm (glove) and was not caught by him at all.
"Poof!"
When Shiichi Minamigumo, who thought he had received the ball, put down his left hand that was raised upward, the baseball fell down with the glove and landed next to his left foot.
Nangumo Shiichi, who reacted, hurriedly stretched out his right hand to scoop up the ball, stepped forward and waved his arm to pass the ball to Senior Kominato, who was behind the second base.
"Bang!"
Unfortunately, when second baseman Ryosuke Kominato received a pass, runner Takahiro Ohmae happened to run past the base bag at second base, and then stopped next to the base bag to handle the protective gear he was wearing.
"In the second half of the third inning, the attack of the third college in the city, five bats, first baseman, Hoshida-kun, back number..."
When Hoshida Mamoru took his position in the left batting area and turned his head to look at the pitcher standing on the pitcher's board, pitcher Koichiro Tanba followed the code and threw a four-seam rising ball into home plate.
"Huh!"
The fast ball that drifted up from the beater's waist allowed the hitter to swing his bat and sweep it downward, and then near the front of the chest of Hoshida, he was caught by the glove that Chris stretched out upwards.
"Smack!"
“Strike.“
In the second ball, Koichiro Tanba followed the code from Chris and threw a straight ball with a knee in the outside corner of the home plate with a wave of his arm.
"Bang!"
A straight ball that flies in front of the hitter's thigh at 133km/h and catches it with the glove that the hand has opened forward in front of the knee of the right leg.
“Strike…“
"Ping!"
The pitcher's third pitch to home plate was a belt-high inward fastball that was hit by a batter from the middle high post and sent the ball flying high.
"Out of bounds!" The baseball that he swung off the ground fell into the audience on the left side of the field.
Fourth, after Chris made changes to the ball, Koichiro Tanba threw a belt-high curve ball to home plate according to the code he gave.
"Ping!"
The curveball, which moves diagonally downward from the front of the hitter's side, is hit by the batter behind the edge line of the hitter and in front of the hitter's thigh, and strikes the infield short to the left.
"Smack!"
The baseball that landed behind the pitcher's mound rolled through the infield sand between the three games, and then the lawn in the middle field was picked up by the left fielder Shiichi Mingumo, who came from right to left.
"Whew!" After receiving the ball, Nan Yunshi stepped and waved his arm to pass the ball straight to home plate.
"Smack!"
Chris crouched in front of home plate, spread his gloves to catch the baseball passed by Nagumo, and then aimed his gloves at the big front of the baseball facing his back... Of course, in order to avoid the baseball in the glove falling out during the collision, Chris put his right hand on the glove to prevent the accident from happening.
“out.“
After Chris got up in the collision with the runner, the referee raised his right hand into a fist and raised it over his shoulder, and runner Takahiro Ohmae immediately stood up in front of the left-hand zone and walked to the first-base side rest area.
"In the second half of the third inning, the attack of the third university of the city university, six sticks, guerrilla, Shimazu-kun, back number..."
As the batter prepares himself on the right hitting area and holds his bat up to keep an eye on him, Koichiro Tanba, who is standing on the pitcher's board, steps forward with his left foot and waves his right hand to throw a belt-high straight ball at home plate.
"Huh!"
The straight ball that passes through the inside corner at a speed of 140km/h allows the batter to sweep it very close from below, and then is caught by Chris's outstretched left hand.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“
In the second ball, Koichiro Tanami, who was persuaded by Chris, threw a belt-high straight ball to home plate again.
"Ping!"
At 136 km/h, the ball flew straight through the good ball zone along the edge line, and when it was about to be caught by the glove that was outstretched by the capsule, the batter Shimazu swung out hit the inside of the ball, near the edge of the bottom.
"Out of bounds!" The baseball, which was knocked off by Shimazu's bat, landed on the right side of the field on the right side.
"Whew!"
After Shimazu raised his bat and got ready again, Koichiro Tanba followed the catcher's code and threw a low ball into the outside corner of home plate.
"Bang!".
The straight ball that flew from the left side of the corner was caught by Chris's straight left hand at the junction of the batting zone and home plate.
“Ball.“