The third baseman Higashikata who was chasing after him immediately picked up the baseball and immediately ignored Takahama Takuya who was ready to continue stealing (running) bases at any time. He threw the ball to first base in an attempt to block the running Yokohama fourth baseman Sato Ken.
ye.
"Bang!"
Tetsuya Yuuki stepped on the first base bag, stretched out his right hand glove to catch the baseball passed by Higashi-senpai, and looked at the first base judge next to him.
“out.“
After the first base umpire raised his right hand to indicate that Yokohama's batter was out, Yuki Tetsuya immediately passed the baseball in his hand back to Higashi-senpai at third base, intending to hit Yokohama runner Takahama Takuya who was stealing the base, but unfortunately it was too late.
After a little while, he was allowed to steal (run) a base successfully.
"Two out, two out."
"Jinguji, it's two out now."
"There's one final out."
Even if Takahama Takuya ran to third base, Yokohama might score again at any time. Aido's fielders were still showing each other the "two outs" gesture, because as long as they got the last out, they and Yokohama would be able to score again.
This game can be over.
The Yokohama five-ball player waved the bat in his hand, and then walked into the batting area and stood up. He first glanced at his own rest area, and after receiving instructions from the supervisor, he held the bat tightly and made a gesture of waiting for a hit.
action, turning his head to look at Jinguji Kazuichi on the pitcher's mound.
The score between the two sides is 4:5. The situation of this game is two outs and there is someone on third base. The situation of this game is not ready to give up yet.
The first thing is to hit the ball first, and then successfully get on base.
On the pitcher's mound, Jinguji raised his hand to straighten his ball cap, put his right hand behind his back and looked at the Yokohama batter at home plate. After receiving the signal from catcher Kentaro Matsuda, he nodded seriously.
"call out!"
As the baseball flew out of Jinguji Kazuichi's palm, Sei Shuiuang waved his arms at the same time and hit the metal bat out.
"Ping!"
The bat swept by the stream of water successfully hit the flying baseball and swept it to the direction of third base. Third baseman Dong Qingguo stared at the flying baseball and chased it. After running a few steps, he found
The baseball hit the sideline and he ran back to third base.
"call out!"
Watching the baseball rushing from the pitcher's mound, he stepped to the side and violently threw out the metal bat in his hand.
"Ping!"
The baseball thrown by Jinguji was swept out of first base by the stream of water.
Kentaro Matsuda looked at the baseball that flew backwards after being hit by the batter and landed outside the sideline. Then he turned to the referee and asked for a new ball. He passed it to Jinguji and then squatted down again. He could feel the water flowing down his throat.
With the determination and will to knock Jinguji's pitch away, no matter what pitch he and Jinguji want to play with, Shiryu Ryuuang will definitely swing with all his strength.
Kentaro Matsuda observed the situation on the court again. The defensive players were standing far away to guard against possible long hits from the opponent.
An idea gradually took shape. Kentaro Matsuda finally looked at the batter standing in the batter's box and his fingers were gesticulating under his body, giving a signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound.
For a fast straight ball in the outside corner, the catcher's body moved a small step outward and placed the ball sleeve in the middle area of the outside corner.
Jingujiichi nodded after seeing the code signal given by Matsuda, waved his arm in accordance with the agreed code signal, and swung the baseball in his palm toward home plate.
"call out!"
Xiu Shuangang looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, and swung the bat vigorously in the face of the fast ball that missed the outside corner.
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was once again swept towards first base by the water flow. First baseman Tetsuya Yuki followed the baseball closely, watching the landing spot. Jinguji ran off the pitcher's mound and ran towards first base.
past.
"Out of bounds!"
Unfortunately, it was another foul ball. Yuki Tetsuya bent down to pick up the baseball and threw it to the Jinguji senior who ran over, and then the two of them retreated to their defensive positions.
Xiu Shuangliang, who had dropped his bat and started running the bases, could only turn around and run back to home plate, pick up his bat from the ground and wipe off the dirt on it.
Xiu Shuiliu waved the bat proudly, took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled it, and once again made a posture waiting for a hit.
After Kentaro Matsuda squatted down again, he signaled to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
Is it still a straight ball?! Xi Liuliu stared at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, his eyes became sharp, and he swung his arm to sweep away the metal ball.
"Whoa!"
By the time the bat was swinging like water and sweeping across the home plate, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound had just flown into the home plate and then fell into the open pocket of the catcher Kentaro Matsuda.
"Bang!"
Changeup ball? Xiu Shuangliang looked at the baseball that had been caught in the ball sleeve by Matsuda, and was very annoyed.
“strike out.“
“game over.“
The referee announced that the quarterfinal match between Yokohama and Seido was over.
Yagami Yagami, who was replaced by Director Kataoka after pitching the first six innings, ran out of the dugout with other players and rushed onto the field cheering!
The people from Qingdao lined up in two teams with the people from Yokohama in front of home plate, then bowed to each other and shook hands one by one.
When Yokohama ace Ken Kawakaku came over to shake hands with Yagami, he said to him: "Your pitching is getting better and better. I hope there will be a chance to play against each other in the future."
"Thank you, Kawakaku-senpai. We will definitely have a chance to show off." After Yagami said, he let go of Kawakaku Ken's hand and went to shake hands with others. "Senior, see you at Koshien." He waved his hand.
At the same time, after watching the game in the stands, the Tokai Daikofu players stood up and put on their backpacks, preparing to leave the stands and enter the stadium.
…
May 17, Utsunomiya Kiyohara Stadium.
At 9:35 in the morning, as soon as everyone in Qingdao walked into the rest area, they found that there were many more students in the audience organized by the school to support them.
"You must win the championship, otherwise I will be sorry for the students who came to cheer me up." Dong Qingguo said with his hands on his hips and his unusually prominent belly.
"Then wait a minute, if you don't hit a home run, we won't let you go easily." Tanaka Yuki put on his ball cap and waved the bat.
In this game, Qingdao's side attacked first, and the leading players were all warming up and making final preparations.
The referee looked at the time and saw that it was 9:55, then he raised his hand to signal that the game between Qingdao and Tokai Daikofu was about to begin.
Players from both sides immediately lined up at the edge of the field, rushed onto the field with shouts, then stood at home plate and bowed to each other at the referee's signal.
After the Seido players saluted each other, everyone except the first-bat Taro Fukuda left the field one after another. The Tokai Daikofu starters each ran to their respective positions for the final warm-up.