On the pitcher's mound, all the Seido players clenched their right fists and patted their chests, then lowered their right hands to face the clenched fists of others and ended the timeout. Player No. 15, who acted as the messenger, took off his hat to the referee and ran away from the field.
Return to the rest area.
"In the first half of the first inning, the attack from the three major universities in the city, eight bats, left fielder, Hoshida-kun."
After Mamoru Hoshida stood in the batter's box, he turned to look at the pitcher on the mound, leaned the bat on his left shoulder, and murmured to himself.
"call out!"
After the batter assumed a ready-to-hit posture, Jinguji followed the signal given to him by the catcher, raised his legs, took steps, and swung his arms to throw the baseball in his palm.
"Bang!"
Because the batter Mamoru Hoshida did not swing the bat to hit the inside corner ball thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm, Chris's open ball sleeve caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound without any obstruction.
into it.
“ball.“
Hoshida Mamoru grabbed the bat with his right hand and swung it vigorously a few times, then put his left hand on it and re-established a posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Facing Jinguji's pitch from the outside corner, Hoshida Mamoru still didn't swing the bat to attack.
While the umpire was cleaning home plate, Mamoru Hoshida walked around the left batting box and moved his hands and feet. After the umpire finished cleaning home plate, he walked back into the batting box and waved.
The bat is in the middle and repositions itself to wait for the strike.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Mamoru Hoshida hit the high-center ball that Jinguji threw with his arm, but unfortunately he didn't handle it well and it was a fly ball out of the field.
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball fell onto the lawn in front of the junction of the third-base and home-plate stands.
"call out!"
Jinguji swung his arm and threw a low ball in the center.
"Whoa!"
The ball in the center?! Mamoru Hoshida aimed directly at the path of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously.
not good!!
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound crossed the bat swung by the batter at a short distance, and fell into the catcher's open sleeve.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
"Jinguji's shot was really good! It seems that he is recovering quickly." The commentator was as surprised as the batter Mamoru Hoshida at the shot that Jinguji made with a wave of his arm.
"call out!"
Facing the inside corner pitch thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm, Hoshida Mamoru straightened his legs and pushed his butt back to avoid the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
"Bang!"
After catcher Chris's glove successfully caught the baseball thrown by the pitcher, Hoshida Mamoru reacted and looked up at the sky with a look of annoyance on his face.
“strike out.“
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
Hoshida Mamoru took the lead and ran back to the dugout on the first base side with his bat in hand. Behind him were Tanaka Yohei, Murahashi Yusuke and Ikenaga Shuhei who left the game.
With a smile on his face, Jinguji Kazuchi and his teammates trotted back to the dugout on the third base side. Director Kataoka, who was standing outside the dugout, stretched out his left hand and patted Jingujiji's hand after Jingujiji and his team returned.
His right shoulder expressed his affirmation to him.
"In the second half of the first inning, the fielding side is a junior high school student in the city. Pitcher, Yusuke Murahashi; catcher, Shuhei Ikenaga; first baseman, Yohei Tanaka; second baseman, Kenta Sato; third baseman, Takahiro Ohmae; shortstop
, Ikuya Araki; left fielder, Mamoru Hoshida; center fielder, Ittoku Tanaka; right fielder, Shinpei Ohara."
In the sound of the female broadcaster's announcement, the nine players who were to defend next from the three major cities in the city rushed onto the field together, each dispersed to their respective positions, and then made final preparations before the game restarted.
"In the second half of the first inning, Seido High School's attack, one-bat, shortstop, Fukuda-kun."
Yusuke Murahashi nodded at the signal given by the catcher, then raised his leg and took a step forward, swinging the baseball in his hand toward home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Yusuke Murahashi, a left-hand pitcher, swung his arm and threw a bad ball in the inside corner that moved laterally from behind the batter to home plate. Taro Fukuda, who was standing in the left batting box, lowered his body to avoid the baseball thrown by the pitcher.
“ball.“
Taro Fukuda held the bat tightly with both hands and shook it back and forth in front of his face, waiting for the pitcher to pitch again.
"call out!"
Yusuke Murahashi raised his leg and took a long step forward, swung his arm and threw a spiral ball from the middle of the inside corner to the low outside corner.
"Bang!"
Taro Fukuda reflexively straightened his right leg to avoid the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. Unexpectedly, the baseball flew past the junction of his abdomen and thigh, and then fell into the open ball sleeve of Shuhei Ikenaga.
“nice pitch.“
Grabbing the bat with his right hand and swinging it hard, Taro Fukuda resumed his posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Yusuke Murahashi swung his arm and threw a low outside corner ball with an obviously low ball path. Shuhei Ikenaga stretched out his arm and held the ball sleeve parallel to the sand, and quickly picked up the fallen baseball.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Shuhei Ikenaga opened his sleeve and quickly caught a straight ball in the outside corner thrown by Yusuke Murahashi, just as the batter reacted and was about to swing.
Taro Fukuda took a step back, then walked back to his previous position, stepped on the sand with his feet, and once again made a gesture of waiting for a blow.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Taro Fukuda swung the bat and hit the outside corner low ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi. Unfortunately, it was not aimed at the center of the ball. Only the top of the bat hit the baseball flying from the pitcher, and ejected it to the sand in the right batter's box.
"Crack!"
The baseball thrown by the pitcher was knocked down by the batter's bat and turned into a ground ball that rolled towards second base.
"Shortstop!"
Shortstop Ikuya Araki ran all the way to the (right) front area of the second base sand, bent down and stretched his left hand forward to pick up the bouncing baseball, then straightened his body while running, and stepped forward to pass the ball. The ball goes to first base.
"Crack!"
First baseman Yohei Tanaka put one foot on the first base bag, stepped forward with the other foot, raised his hand and opened his ball sleeve to catch the baseball flying from the shortstop.
“out.“
After the first baseman caught the shortstop's pass, the batter Taro Fukuda followed him and ran past the first base bag. The first base umpire raised his right hand directly, indicating that the batter was blocked by the city's three major defenses. .
First baseman Tanaka Yohei raised his hand and threw the ball back to Yusuke Murahashi on the pitcher's mound. Shortstop Ikuya Araki smiled and gave an out gesture to his teammates around him.
"In the second half of the first inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, Tanaka-kun."
Tanaka Yuki stepped onto the batting box, grabbed the bat with both hands and swung it, then raised his right hand to straighten the batting cap, and made a posture waiting for a hit.