Chapter 500: Quasi-Decisive Victory (10)
"Whew!"
The pitcher's fifth pitch to home plate was a straight ball from the inside corner that flew high to the right as it traveled in front of the hitter's knee and through the inside corner at a speed of 143 km/h.
"Smack!"
Takahiro Hiragawa, the second baseman who rushed from the infield to the right outfield, could only watch as Izuoshiki hit the flying baseball and hit the ground in front of him.
“safe.“
When Hiyama, the right fielder who ran out of the depths of the outfield, caught the ball in a crouching position, Jun Isashiki, who had already run past first base, walked back and took off the guard at his elbow... After he walked to the base bag and stood up, he directly handed over the protective gear to Kimura, who came to help.
"In the first half of the sixth inning, Seido High School's attack, four bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun, back number..."
When the batter is ready to raise his bat and keep an eye on himself, the pitcher is to swing his arm and throw a low outside corner straight ball to home plate.
"Bang!"
Tetsuya Yuuki watched and retracted his bat and let the catcher's glove catch the bad ball with a speed of 139 km/h.
In the second ball, due to the runner's stealing of the base, Manaka's straight ball to the home plate flew through the left corner at a speed of 139 km/h, and then was caught by a man above the left hitting area near the ground.
"Smack!"
Unfortunately, when Akito Takami got up after receiving the ball and raised his right hand to drop the ball to second base, Jun Izagiki, who flew to base, put his left hand on the second base bag at the same time that the shortstop Shimazu received the ball.
In this way, the third year of the city ushered in no one out, there was someone on second base, and the duel with Seido main gun Tetsuya Yuki was two bad and zero good, and the situation on the field suddenly became unfavorable... Once there is a mistake, it is possible to be overtaken by Qingdao!
"Whew!"
For the third ball, Manaka waits for Yuuki to stand in the batting area, raises the bat, turns his head to stare at him again, stretches his left foot, and waves his arm to throw a straight ball from the outside corner to the home plate.
"Ping!"
At a speed of 139 km/h, it flew through the corner to the outside corner and hit the inside with a batter, Tetsuya Yuuki, and wanted to fly out again.
"Smack!"
The boccia ball, which landed on the left side of the pitcher's mound, rolled in the direction of the second baseman, and was caught in a crouching position by Takahiro Hiragawa, who was waiting there.
"Out!"
After standing up, Takahiro Hirakawa waved his arm and passed the ball to Mamoru Hoshida, the first baseman who was ready to catch the ball, and eliminated the runner Tetsuya Yuuki, who had just run to the side of the running instructor area.
"The first half of the sixth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, five sticks, catcher, Takikawa-kun, back number..."
Chris spread his legs apart, took his feet on the batting area, raised his bat up in the air, turned his head to stare at Manaka in front of him, and waited for his delivery.
"Whew!"
Manaka, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, turned his head and glanced at runner Izashaki, then stepped forward with his left leg and waved his arm toward home plate to throw a curveball.
"Bang!"
A curved ball that moves diagonally down from the front of the player's left waist at a speed of 118 km/h is caught by a glove spread out by the captor above the corner of the hitting area.
“Ball.“
For the second ball, Manaka will continue to throw the curveball to home plate and move diagonally down from the high position in front of the hitter's left shoulder at a speed of 118km/h.
"Smack!" In front of the hitter's thigh, catcher Akito Takami reached out to catch the ball.
“Ball…“
In the third ball, Manaka has to wave his arm to throw a high-speed slide ball to home plate in order to avoid throwing bad balls again.
"Whew!"
The slider, which moves sideways down from the front of the hitter's belt at a speed of 137 km/h, is caught by the glove that the hitter is sticking out in front of the knee and behind the corner of the hitter's head under the gaze of the hitter.
"Bang!"
“Strike.“
In the fourth ball, Manaka wants to confirm the code with Takami's junior, and throws a high-speed slider to home plate again.
"Ping!"
When the high-speed slider with a speed of 132 km/h was displaced laterally in front of the hitter's abdomen, the batter Chris swung his bat to hit the bottom and flew high to the left.
"Smack!"
Left fielder Oshima, who was from right to left, raised his left hand upwards and caught Chris's flying high ball in the outfield, knocking him out.
"In the first half of the sixth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, six sticks, left fielder, Nagumo-kun, back number..."
After the batter is ready to raise the bat, Manaka, who is standing sideways on the pitcher's board, should raise his leg and stretch out, waving his right hand to throw a straight ball into the outside corner of the home plate.
"Smack!"
At a speed of 141 km/h, the ball flew through the corner of the good ball area and was caught by the glove reached by the hand at a low position next to the knee of the hitter's right leg.
“Strike.“
"Ping!"
The straight ball that flew in front of the beater's thigh at a speed of 138km/h was grazed by the beater's Nam Yunshi, smashed down on the heel of his left foot, and then bounced high forward.
"Out of bounds!"
After turning the batter into a second hit, Manaka should step on his left foot and wave his arm to throw a low straight ball into the outside corner of home plate when the batter raises the bat and gets ready again.
"Bang!"
A straight ball that galloped at a speed of 141 km/h from above the touchline of the left strike area, and was caught with the left hand that the victim stretched forward without deceiving the hitter.
“Ball.“
For the fourth ball, Manaka has to confirm the code with the catcher, and then waves his right hand to throw a straight ball from the inside corner of the home plate.
"Ping!"
The 142 km/h straight ball flew over the good ball area, and when it was about to be grabbed by the glove that the catcher was outstretching in front of the batter's chest, the batter Minami Yunshiichi swung outwards hit the top and swung forward on the ground in front of the pitcher's mound.
"Smack!"
After landing, the baseball that rolled next to the pitcher's right foot was rolled over by the pitcher Manaka, and before the second baseman and shortstop had time to intercept it, it rolled into the lawn of the middle field through second base, and was then picked up by the running middle fielder Teru Miyagawa.
"Whew!" As soon as he picked up the ball, he stepped forward and swung his right hand to pass it to home plate.
"Bang!"
The baseball that flew all the way forward and landed in front of the home plate was caught by catcher Akito Takami, who was crouching at the junction of the left hitting area and the preparation area, and then flew to the left, ready to touch the runner Jun Izashaki, who was returning to home plate.
"Porphyry!"
Akito Takami, who fell to the ground, placed the baseball-holding glove on runner Jun Usashiki's left arm, but Jun Izami, who also flew to the ground, slid his left arm over the home plate before the catcher's glove touched him.
“safe.“
As his arm slid over the home plate, Jun Izashaki broke free of the trapper's gloves on his arm, and when he got up from the ground, the chief judge walked up to him and raised his hands to give instructions to return to base to score.
"In the first half of the sixth inning, the attack of Qingdao High School, seven bats, third baseman, Zeng Zijun, back number..."
Masuko Toru who was standing in the batting area raised his bat high and turned his head to stare at the pitcher in front of him, Manaka, ready to strike.
"Smack!"
Stretch out your left foot, wave your right hand to home plate and throw the ball to the left side of the batter's buttocks, then bounce right to the outside of the preparation area.
"Touch the ball!"
When the referee raised his hands upwards, the batter who was touched to protect him threw his bat outside the right-hitting area and trotted to the first base in front.
"Pause!!"
Superintendent Toshihiko Tahara, a junior in the city, applied to the chief judge for a timeout, and then called Shimizu, the main catcher with a back number 2, and asked him to go to the pitcher's hill to give orders.