Jinguji raised his hand to catch the baseball that Chris passed back to him, bent down and pinched the powder bag behind him, then turned around and returned his attention to home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Tanaka Yohei pushed his butt back and bent down to avoid the bad ball in the inside corner thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm.
After the batter stood up again in the batter's box, Jinguji was breathing heavily while watching Chris nod to the signal he drew, raised his legs, stepped forward, and swung the baseball in his hand toward home plate.
Fly over.
"call out!"
Faced with Jinguji's swung pitch, which hit the low inside corner directly behind home plate, hitter Yohei Tanaka actually swung his bat in an attempt to strike, but his swing missed.
"Bang!" Chris opened his ball sleeve to catch the baseball bouncing off the ground.
“strike out.“
After his swing failed, the batter Yohei Tanaka swung the bat in his hand in frustration; the referee next to him raised his right hand and shook it with a fist, indicating that the batter was struck out.
Tanaka Yohei turned around and ran back to the dugout on the first base side with the bat in his hand. Chris threw the baseball he just received back to Jinguji Kazuichi, and then waited for the next batter to come on.
"In the first half of the fourth inning, the attack from the three major universities in the city, five bats, center fielder, Tanaka (I)-kun."
Itoku Tanaka stepped up to the batter's box and stood, swung the bat and raised it high, shaking it while waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Jinguji swung his arm and threw a low ball in the outside corner that hit the sand directly. It bounced and was caught in the glove of catcher Chris.
Chris stood up and took out the baseball from his sleeve, then raised his hand and threw the ball back to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
The batter next to him, Itoku Tanaka, grabbed the bat with his left hand and swung it, then raised the bat in his hand high again, waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Ittoku Tanaka hit a low pitch in the inside corner thrown by Jinguji with his swing, sending it flying into the infield between second and third base.
"Crack!"
The baseball flying from home plate landed in the infield and was about to roll all the way into the area where left field and center field meet. Unfortunately, shortstop Taro Fukuda caught it with his hand in a crouching position (lower) on the edge of the infield.
"call out!"
After Taro Fukuda caught the rolling baseball, he threw the ball to second base without even thinking.
"Bang!"
Second baseman Yuuki Tanaka put one foot on the base bag, stretched out his hand and opened his glove to catch the baseball thrown by Fukuda, and blocked out the runner Kenta Sato who followed him and slid sideways to second base.
"out." The second base umpire raised his right hand to indicate that the runner was out.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
After the first half of the fourth inning, Jinguji Kazuo reached out and gave high-fives to his teammates around him, then left the field and jogged back to the dugout on the third base side.
"The offensive and defensive duel between the two sides was quite fierce!" the live broadcaster said in a very excited tone.
"Yes!" The guest commentator next to him continued, "Who would have thought that in such a situation, Qingdao catcher Takikawa-kun could actually suppress the opponent's pursuit of victory with his own command..."
"Their game is simply a life and death struggle..." the voice of the live broadcaster continued: "The fierceness on the field has also infected us..."
"I'm really looking forward to what wonderful performance they will bring to us next."
…
"In the second half of the fourth inning, Seido High School's attack, three bats, first baseman, Yuuki-kun."
After the defensive players on the field were roughly ready, Yuuki stepped outside the batting area amid the sound of the broadcast, swung the bat in his hand vigorously, and stopped swinging the bat after four or five seconds, and stepped into the batting area. district.
Tetsuya Yuuki first leveled the ground in the batting area with his left foot, then raised the bat high and kept shaking it, in a posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
Faced with pitcher Yusuke Murahashi's low pitch in the outside corner, Tetsuya Yuuki chose to actively swing the bat to hit the baseball thrown by the pitcher, but unfortunately his swing failed.
"Bang!" Catcher Shuhei Ikenaga put his ball sleeve on the ground and barely caught the low-profile baseball thrown by Murahashi.
“nice pitch.“
Ikenaga Shuhei stood up and passed the baseball back to the pitcher Yusuke Murahashi. Tetsuya Yuuki stepped back a few steps, waved the bat in his hand, stepped back to the batting area, and re-assumed the posture of waiting for a hit. .
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Faced with Yusuke Murahashi's swinging arm, which was a low ball in the outside corner that was similar to the previous pitch, Tetsuya Yuuki would naturally not let such a ball fool him a second time, and then swung the bat to hit it again.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Faced with Yusuke Murahashi's low inside-corner pitch, Tetsuya Yuki remained in the same posture waiting for the hit, and did not think about swinging the bat before striking.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
Faced with a low ball from the outside corner thrown by Yusuke Murahashi, Tetsuya Yuuki missed again.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Tetsuya Yuuki hit a low ball in the outside corner thrown by Yusuke Murahashi with his swing, but unfortunately it was a ball that shot straight into the sky.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Tetsuya Yuki continued to swing and hit the low ball in the outer corner that was slightly higher than the one thrown by Yusuke Murahashi with his arm, and knocked it hard into the outfield area outside the third base line.
"Out of bounds."
Tetsuya Yuki stepped back three or four meters, shook the bat in his hand vigorously, and then walked back to the batting area and stood up, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Tetsuya Yuki once again swung the bat and hit the outside corner ball thrown by Yusuke Nakamurahashi with his arm, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew hard into the center field area.
"Crack!"
After the baseball thrown by the pitcher was hit by the batter's swing, center fielder Daiki Murasuke ran while staring at the baseball flying from home plate, observing the possible landing point of the flying baseball in the center field area. Then he ran over and reached out to catch the baseball falling from mid-air.
“out.“
After being caught by the opponent's defender, Tetsuya Yuki turned around and ran back to the dugout on the third base side.
On the pitcher's mound, Yusuke Murahashi opened his sleeve to catch the baseball passed back by his teammate, and then made an out gesture to the surrounding players.
"In the second half of the fourth inning, Seido High School's attack, four bats, third baseman, Tojun.".
Dong Qingguo stood up and left the waiting area amid the cheers of his teammates and the audience, and stepped onto the batting box.
After Dong Qingguo leveled the ground in the batting area with his feet, he held the bat in his left hand and swung it by his side. Then he raised his hand to straighten the brim of his hat and raised the bat upright in a posture waiting for a hit.