Chapter 503: Quasi-Decisive Victory (13)
"Smack!"
A baseball that lands in front of the right-hit area bounces to the left in front of the side of the base-running instructor's area, and then rolls forward before being caught by the third-baseman Masuko Toto, who is driven to the left of the base-running area, in a squat position and outstretching his hands.
"Out of bounds!"
On the sixth ball, when Manaka returned to the batting area to regain his feet and raised his bat to keep an eye on him, Koichiro Tanba stepped on his left foot and waved his right hand to throw a longitudinal curve ball at home plate.
"Ping!"
A curveball that moves from the front of the player's left arm to the left at a speed of 119 km/h is swept by the player's swing behind the inside corner and in front of the player's knee and lands to the left on the ground in front of the hitting area.
"Smack!"
The baseball, which had re-landed outside the infield sideline, was caught in a squat position by third baseman Masukoto, who ran to the right outside the field, as it rolled to the front of the baserun instructor's area.
"Whew!"
On the seventh pitch, at Chris's request, Koichiro Tanba waved his arm and threw a straight ball into the home plate.
"Ping!"
With a ball speed of 137 km/h, the pitcher's mound flies to the straight ball in front of the hitter's thigh, and when it is about to be caught by the glove that the catcher extends forward, the hitter strikes the bottom with a swing and flies high to the right.
"Porphyry!"
was hit by a high fly ball from above the right field by Manaka, and was closely watched by second baseman Ryosuke Kominato and first baseman Tetsuya Yuuki who ran from the infield; Tetsuya Yuuki also reminded him next to him, and Ryosuke Kominato followed closely to the landing point to move... Unfortunately, just as Kenjiro Hakushu, the right fielder, ran over to prevent an accident, Ryosuke Kominato's feet slipped and fell to the left, and the high flying ball that could have been caught fell down on the lawn in front of him.
"Bang!"
Kenjiro Hakushu, who ran over, opened his gloves and wanted to catch the baseball that bounced off after hitting the ground, but he didn't expect it to bounce directly under his crotch.
"Smack!"
The baseball that bounced forward from the crotch of the right fielder landed on the lawn of the right fieldfield and rolled deep into the field, but was picked up by Kenjiro Hakushu, the right fielder who turned and ran.
"Second baseman... Blunder... It's up to third base! ”
Kenjiro Hakushu, who waved his arm after receiving the ball, passed the ball to second base... Correspondingly, after the shortstop receives the pass, the batter Manaka has to rush forward to third base.
"In the second half of the sixth inning, the attack of the third year of the city university, the first bat, the second baseman, Hirakawa-kun, the back number..."
Takahiro Hirakawa, the hitter, prepares, raises his bat, makes a gesture of waiting for the blow, and keeps an eye on Tanba on the pitcher's mound.
"Whew!"
"Bang!"
Chris sticks his glove down and catches a straight ball with an out-of-the-box low velocity of 130 km/h above the right-hand zone.
"Whew!"
In the second ball, according to the code given to him by Crispie, Koichiro Tanba waved his arm and threw a straight ball into the outside corner of home plate.
"Ding!"
At a speed of 137 km/h, he rushed through the good ball area close to the edge line, as if he was about to go straight to the thigh of the referee, and Takahiro Hirakawa, who had been changed to a short bat, flew out to the back point.
"Smack!"
The baseball that landed in front of home plate was caught with a glove by Koichiro Tanami, a pitcher who ran down the pitcher's mound, but the nervous pitcher did not grasp the glove tightly, causing the baseball to roll out again.
"Third base runner rushes back to home plate!"
By the time he picked up the baseball that had rolled out some distance again, got up and raised his hand to pass to first base, not only did the third-base runner Manaka slide sideways onto the home plate to score, but even the runner Takahiro Hirakawa ran past the middle of the infield sideline... Seeing this, he could only reluctantly put down his raised right hand, and when it was too late to pass the ball, he walked towards the pitcher's mound while watching Hirakawa run past first base.
"In the second half of the sixth inning, the attack of the third college of the city university, the second stick, the left fielder, Oshima-kun, the back number..."
In the case that the score was equalized by the third city university, one out, and there were people on the first base, Tanba Koichiro still had to face the strong attack launched by the third upper line of the city university.
"Whew!"
As the hitter gets ready and raises his bat and turns his head to stare at him, Koichiro Tanba steps up his leg and throws a straight ball into the outside corner of the book with his arm flicker.
"Smack!"
A straight ball that sped forward at a speed of 138km/h was caught by a glove stretched out by Chris above the junction between home plate and hitting area, in front of hitter Oshima's belt.
“Ball.“
After receiving the ball, Chris, who was squatting high in the crotch, immediately got up, reached out and took out the baseball from his glove, making a look of preparing to pass the ball, forcing runner Takahiro Hirakawa to return to the first base and stand.
"Whew!"
"Smack!"
Koichiro Tanba, who was standing on the pitcher's board, looked at the runner who had left the base again, and waved his right hand to throw the ball to first base, causing Hirakawa to pounce on the base bag and re-establish himself next to him to reduce the pressure on the rear when pitching.
"Whew!"
On the second ball, looking at Chris and nodding his head at the code he gave, Koichiro Tanba stepped on his left foot and waved his right hand to shoot a straight ball into the outside corner of home plate.
"Bang!"
A straight ball flying through the good ball area at a speed of 138 km/h is caught in front of the hitter's belt by a glove extended upwards by the capsule.
“Strike.“
The third goal... Koichiro Tanba, who was standing on the pitcher's board and was about to pitch, immediately threw a containment ball to first base when he realized that the runner was trying to steal the base, but Takahiro Hirakawa ignored it and sprinted to second base.
"Smack!"
First baseman Tetsuya Yuuki received the pitcher's containment ball on the right side of first base, took a step forward, raised his right hand, and passed the baseball that had just been taken out of his glove to second base.
"Bang!"
"Porphyry!"
With his right foot on the edge of the base, shortstop Kuramochi catches the captain's pass with his glove under his crotch, then moves the glove to the right to touch the runner who is sliding forward.
"Bump!"
Although Kuramochi didn't have time to grasp the baseball in his glove, he made the baseball roll forward in the collision after touching the right calf of base runner Takahiro Hirakawa with his glove.
“safe… out.“
The second baseman, who had originally raised his hands to indicate the runner's success in stealing the base, walked forward to the runner after realizing this, raised his right hand into a fist over his shoulder and pulled the bow downwards to signal that he had been touched by the shortstop.
"Whew!"
The number of balls is good and bad, and the fourth ball that Koichiro Tanba throws at home plate with a swing is a longitudinal curved ball with a speed of 120km/h.
"Ping!"
The curveball that moves from the front of the batter's belt to the left, low and outside behind the inside corner, and the bounce ball that the batter Oshima swings to the top of the position, is a bouncing ball in the direction of the third baseman.
"Smack!"
The baseball, which bounced forward after landing, was caught by the third baseman Masuko, who was kneeling on the ground with his left leg, and caught it with a glove in front of his abdomen.
"Mistake!"
As he got up and stepped forward, Masuko Toru took out the baseball from his glove and waved his right hand to pass the ball to first baseman Tetsuya Yuuki, but unfortunately he didn't pass it well and let the ball fall behind the first base.
"Smack!"
"Porphyry!"
Tetsuya Yuki realizes that something is wrong, and flies forward, intercepts the ball, and makes it roll slowly forward along the sideline, otherwise it will definitely bounce off the boundary, allowing the runner Oshima to take the opportunity to run to second or even third base.
"Safety!"
When Tetsuya Yuuki fell forward, Oshima, who had just run to the base instructor area behind him, took the opportunity to run past the first base bag, and when Tetsuya Yuki got up to pick up the ball, the Hakushu junior, who ran from the right field to the infield, reached out and picked up the ball, not giving Oshima behind him a chance to continue to run the base.