Nagai Fukuda stood up, took out the baseball from his holster and threw it back to the pitcher. He squatted down again and gave his signal to pitcher Ken Kawakaku.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
After a very rare swing that missed two consecutive balls, Dong Qingguo immediately changed his grip on the bat and took an extra step forward.
Naga Fukuda looked at Higashi Seikuni's actions, pondered for a moment, and then gave a signal to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound and opened his ball cover.
"call out!"
The baseball came rushing from the pitcher's mound again. Dong Qingguo waved his arms without any hesitation and swung the bat in his hand vigorously.
"Bang!"
Unfortunately, it was not until the bat swept across the home plate that the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound arrived late and fell into the open sleeve of Nagai Fukuda.
A changeup ball?!
Just as he and Murasuke knew Yokohama's shooting and catching team, Kawakaku Ken and Fukuda Nagasho also knew him and Mursuke, the two cores of Seido's line.
Dong Qingguo looked a little annoyed, waved the bat, then turned around and left the batting area, running back to Qingdao's rest area.
Aido's top five batsman, Takashi Fujii, walked up to the batter's box with his bat. He nodded calmly to the referee, then raised his bat and waited for a hit, then turned to look at Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Facing the first ball thrown by Ken Kawakaku, Takashi Fujii immediately swept it out of bounds.
He felt the power from the bat before, moved his wrist slightly, and raised the bat again in a posture waiting for a hit.
Ken Kawakaku's pitching is really powerful. He is worthy of being the ace of the winning team in Koshien in the spring. It's really challenging!
"call out!"
The baseball flew from the pitcher's mound again. Fujii Takashi stared at the direction of the baseball and swung the bat in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
A loud bang spread from the top of home plate. The bat that Takashi Fujii swung successfully hit the center of the ball, causing the baseball to fly backwards at a faster speed than when it came.
Takashi Fujii did not pay attention to where the flying baseball landed, and simply dropped the bat in his hand and started running the bases.
The baseball flew high and far away. Yokohama's right fielder Kenji Sato chased it all the way, but he could only watch the flying baseball hit the right field fence when it was about to hit the right field fence.
Takashi Fujii took advantage of this and ran directly to second base.
"An RBI double."
At the same time, Daiki Murasuke at first base ran up to third base with a smile, and Taro Fukuda at third base successfully ran back to home plate. After stepping on the home plate with his foot, he picked up what Fujii had just dropped.
He turned around and left the field with his bat, gave a celebratory high-five to Tetsuya Yuki who was about to hit the field, and then walked all the way back to Aomichi's rest area.
Tetsuya Yuuki's resolute look and unmoving figure made Yokohama catcher Taro Fukuda slightly stunned. Because Tetsuya Yuuki didn't play in the previous practice match, they didn't know that there was actually a second-year student in Seido.
Such a powerful hitter.
There is such a strong sense of oppression in the second grade. I am afraid it will not be worse than the Dongqing country in the third grade.
Compared to the pressure felt by players from other schools, it feels like a sense of security for everyone in Qingdao.
In fact, Director Kataoka is also considering whether to mention Yuki Tetsuya's sequencing in advance. Perhaps after the Kanto Conference in the spring, he can go back and give it a try.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
…
"call out!"
"Ping!"
Facing three pitches from Ken Kawakaku, Tetsuya Yuki swept all but the first ball out of bounds.
"call out!"
Tetsuya Yuuki stared closely at the baseball rushing from the pitcher's mound, and vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.
"Ping!"
The sound of a baseball being hit by a metal bat spread from home plate to the surroundings. Tetsuya Yuki accurately hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, sending it flying backwards toward center field.
Tetsuya Yuuki didn't pay too much attention to where the baseball flew, he dropped the bat and started running.
The flying baseball successfully evaded the interception of Yokohama's first-year shortstop Koichiro Matsumoto and second baseman Shirai Shiya, and bounced into the center field area before being caught by the rushing center fielder Shiliu Naka.
“safe.“
At this time, it was too late to wait for Shiliuang to pass the baseball in his hand to the first base. Not only Aomichi's batter Tetsuya Yuuki succeeded in sliding the base first, but also the runner Murasuke Daiki at the third base.
The run back to home base scored another point for Qingdao, bringing the score between the two sides to 2:3.
Under such circumstances, Yokohama pitcher Ken Kawakaku performed as an outstanding ace should, and successfully withstood the bad situation of first and third bases with two outs, without giving the seven batters behind any idea of a hit.
Not giving Aomichi a chance to continue to widen the score between the two sides, he struck out Kotaro Tojima, Aomichi's seventh bat, who has a fairly good batting level.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
…
"At the end of the eighth inning, Yokohama is currently trailing Seido 4:5. There is still one last inning to play. Can Yokohama's superior stick break through Seido's defense and score points? Can Seido defend the victory in the last inning?
?Let’s wait and see!”
On the field, Jinguji looked at the signal signal given by the catcher Matsuda and frowned. He turned his head and looked at the runner at first base, Yokohama Mitsuba and third baseman Takahama Takuya, and followed the signal given to him by the catcher.
As a signal, he shook his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"Steal a base!"
The moment Jinguji turned around to throw the ball, Takahama Takuya immediately sprinted towards second base. Upon seeing this, Aomichi first baseman Yuki Tetsuya immediately shouted.
Catcher Kentaro Matsuda, who had been observing the situation on the field, immediately changed his posture to catch the ball. He wanted to get up quickly and pass the caught baseball to second base as soon as he caught Jinguji's pitch, blocking Yokohama's runner Takahama.
Zhuo Ye.
"call out!"
Jinguji Kazuo also crouched down while swinging his arm to throw the baseball. It was a pity that the fourth baseman Sato Kenji, as the core of the batting line, could let Aomichi's pitching catch to cooperate with their second baseman, and put his own
Teammate Takahama Taku was also eliminated.
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
As soon as Jinguji squatted down, he felt as if a gust of wind flew over his head. He turned around and saw the baseball he threw towards home plate being swept away to the third base by the batter Kenji Sato and smashed.
Landed in the infield behind third base, then bounced and prepared to roll into left field.
"Boom!".
“safe.“
At this time, runner Takuya Takahama had already stepped on the second base bag, and the second base referee made a sound to indicate that the runner had successfully stolen the base.