Faced with Jinguji's pitch to the inside corner, batter Morigo Hoshida prepared to swing the bat, but the baseball that came rushing from the pitcher's mound flew over the home plate and fell into the catcher's open bag.
.
"Bang!"
“nice pitch.“
Chris raised his hand to pass the baseball back to the pitcher. After receiving the pass, Jinguji-senpai bent down and pinched the powder bag next to him; the batter Mamoru Hoshida next to him was holding the bat in his right hand.
After shaking it under his body, he raised it high again and made another action of waiting for a blow.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Faced with Jinguji's high pitch in the inside corner, Mamoru Hoshida still had no time to swing the bat, and the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound was successfully caught in the catcher's glove.
Hoshida Mamoru took a few steps back, moved his hands and feet, then walked back into the batting area, swung the bat, and once again assumed a posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Jinguji's low-center pitch was hit by Mamoru Hoshida's swing, and it was a high fly ball that flew toward right field.
"Crack!"
Right fielder Jun Isashiki raised his hand to catch the falling baseball as he ran, and hitter Mamoru Hoshida was thrown out.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
After the city's three defensemen were ready to take the field, the female announcer's voice sounded on time: "In the second half of the third inning, Seido High School's attack, eight sticks, catcher, Takikawa-kun."
Chris stopped outside the batting area and did two deep squats. He stood up and stretched his arms before walking into the batting area. He first measured the ground conditions in the batting area with his feet, then grabbed the bat with his left hand and swung it.
, making a posture waiting for a blow.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Faced with a low pitch in the inside corner thrown by Yusuke Murahashi, Chris did not swing the bat because he was not sure of a hit.
“nice pitch.“
Chris held the bat in his left hand and swung it, then put his right hand on it and raised it high, again waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Boom!"
The outside corner ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi's arm was too low and outside, so that the baseball passed by the catcher's sleeve and fell to the sand and bounced out.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
This time, Yusuke Murahashi threw a ball that was low and inside, but Chris, like the last ball, still didn't swing the bat to hit it.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Chris wanted to stretch his legs to avoid the pitcher's low pitch in the inside corner, but he didn't expect that Yusuke Murahashi threw a strike ball that flew from the edge of the strike zone and caught the catcher Shuhei Ikenaga's sleeve.
Capture it successfully.
Chris stepped back and left the batting area, moved his hands and feet, waved the bat in his hand, and then walked back into the batting area, waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Chris swung the bat and hit the inside corner ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi, sending it flying hard to left field.
"Left field!"
After Chris hit the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound with his swing, he immediately dropped the bat and ran to first base. Next to him was Shuhei Ikenaga, the city's top three catcher, who got up and shouted.
"Crack!"
Left fielder Mamoru Hoshida, who was originally staying in the deep left field, was running while keeping an eye on the landing point of the baseball flying from home plate. Finally, when he was about to run up the third base sideline, that is, the wall and the About two meters in front of the iron pole, he raised his hand to catch the falling baseball, then stepped out of the sideline and threw back the baseball in his hand.
“out.“
Chris, who was caught out, could only turn around and run back to the dugout on the first base side.
"In the second half of the third game, Seido High School's attack, nine sticks, on behalf of Tojima-kun."
Kotaro Tojima walked to the left batter's box and stood still amidst the sound of the broadcast. He first scratched the sand in front of home plate with the bat in his hand, then held the bat in both hands and waved forward, doing Take a stance waiting for a blow.
"call out!"
After discovering that the low pitch in the outside corner thrown by Yusuke Murahashi with his arm might be a bad ball, and that his current swing was not wide enough and he might not be able to hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, he quickly stopped swinging. action.
"Bang!"
Ikenaga Shuhei's ball sleeve successfully caught the baseball flying from the edge of the strike zone.
“nice pitch.“
The referee raised his right hand and made a fist, indicating that the pitch thrown by the pitcher was a strike.
Taking the bat carried by his left hand in his right hand, Tojima Kotaro swung the bat left and right in front of him, and then resumed the action of waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Yusuke Murahashi swung his arm and threw a ball that hit the sand. It bounced and was caught by the catcher's sleeve. The batter Kotaro Tojima naturally couldn't swing the bat when faced with such a ball. blow.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
Yusuke Murahashi threw another low ball in the outside corner that almost hit the sand, but he didn't expect that the batter Kotaro Tojima would choose to swing at this time. So because of his swing A miss, turning a pitcher's bad ball into a strike.
Kotaro Tojima retreated from the batting box, kicked the ground a few times, stretched his legs, and then re-entered the batting box and assumed a posture ready to hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
What Yusuke Murahashi threw with his arm was a low ball in the outside corner that almost hit the sand. Unfortunately, the batter was not fooled by such a ball this time.
Raising his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, Murahashi Yusuke looked at the sign drawn by Shuhei Ikenaga who was squatting behind the home plate. He nodded slightly, raised his leg and stepped forward, putting the baseball in his hand toward this plate. A fly throw passed the base.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Kotaro Tojima swung the ball to the outside corner of the ball thrown by Yusuke Nakamurahashi and swept it toward third base.
"call out!"
After confirming that the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound had been hit hard by him, he immediately released his right hand, dropped the bat, and ran towards third base.
"Crack!"
After left fielder Mamoru Hoshida saw the baseball flying over the sideline on the third base side, he still chose to cross the sideline and chase the falling baseball. Then he took off with a step and successfully caught the falling baseball, even at the cost of making himself unable to stop. It used its own inertia and then hit the wall in front of it.
“out.“
After Kotaro Tojima heard that he was declared out by the referee, he had no choice but to run back to home plate to pick up the bat he had just dropped, then turned and ran back to the first base dugout.
Taro Fukuda, who had been waiting in the waiting area for a long time, got up and walked out of the waiting area, and then walked to the batting area as the announcement sounded on time.
"In the second half of the third inning, Seido High School's attack, one bat, shortstop, Fukuda-kun." This chapter has been completed!