Ohmae Takahiro held the bat in both hands and swung it forward, turned to look at the pitcher's mound, and raised the bat in his hand.
"call out!"
"Boom!"
The inside corner ball thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm hit the sand directly. Chris couldn't catch the bat flying from the pitcher's mound even with his hands down, and it landed and rolled towards the outside corner.
“bad shot.“
Chris stood up and walked over, bent down to pick up the baseball on the sand, then held the baseball in his right hand and wiped it on his trouser leg before throwing it back to Senior Jinguji.
Jinguji took the baseball that Chris passed back to him with a tee shot, turned around and walked to the powder bag to pinch it. Then when he faced home plate again, he happened to see the batter holding the bat with one hand.
Turning in circles forward.
Ohmae Takahiro turned to look at the pitcher's mound and raised the bat in his hand. Jinguji on the pitcher's mound was looking at the catcher's signal and nodded.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Ohmae Takahiro quickly turned back to avoid the baseball flying towards his chest. Of course, even if he turned around in time, he was still passed by the flying baseball, and was later caught by the baseball glove stretched out by the catcher.
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When the referee saw this, he raised his hands to indicate that the ball was a contact ball and asked the batter to go to first base.
After Chris received the baseball thrown by Jinguji-senpai, he immediately took off the glove of his left hand and kept rubbing the baseball with both hands. He waited until Jinguji-senpai came over from the pitcher's mound and then threw the baseball.
Give it back to him.
"In the first half of the tenth inning, attacks from the three major universities in the city, three bats, second baseman, Sato-kun."
After Kenta Sato walked to the home plate, he held the bat with both hands and waved it wildly above his head. After three or four seconds, he felt that he was enjoying himself before he stopped swinging wildly, and walked into the batter in front of him with the bat in his left hand.
ball area.
Kenta Sato held the tail end of the bat with his left hand and placed his right hand in the upper middle of the bat. He lowered his head and used his feet to clean up the ground in the batting area. After doing all this, he held the bat in his left hand and simply shook it.
He paused twice, turned to look at the pitcher's mound, then held the bat tightly with both hands and held it upright.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Kenta Sato swung the bat and hit the base of the outside corner ball thrown by the pitcher, causing it to fly high after being hit by him, and then flew behind the catcher.
"The outside world!"
Kenta Sato walked to the edge of the sand and waited for the umpire to clear home plate before walking back to his original position and standing.
After the batter stood on the batting cage, he knocked the bat on the ground, then held it upright with both hands clasped, and turned his head to look in the direction of the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Kenta Sato looked at the baseball moving laterally from the non-strike zone to the low outside corner, and without any thought of swinging the bat to strike, the catcher's sleeve smoothly caught the flying baseball.
"Nice pitch." Chris stood up, took out the baseball from the holster, reached out and threw it back to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
Jinguji stretched out his hand to take the baseball passed by his junior, bent down and pinched the powder bag at his feet, then took out the baseball from the holster of his left hand with his right hand, carried it behind his back, and looked up towards home plate.
The batter next to home plate, Kenta Sato, raised his bat with both hands, smiled, and turned to look at the pitcher on the mound, waiting for his pitch.
"call out!"
"Boom!"
Perhaps influenced by this, Jinguji swung his arm and threw an outside corner ball that had completely deviated from home plate, and the ball path was still very low. Before Chris could move the ball cover to catch it, it was
Dropped directly onto the sand.
“bad shot.“
Chris picked up the baseball on the ground and wiped it on his trouser legs before throwing it to Senior Jinguji who came over.
After Jinguji hit the baseball thrown to him by the catcher, he turned around and walked back to the pitcher's mound. He bent down and pinched the powder bag in front of him. He raised his head and took a few deep breaths before looking at the man holding the bat high next to the home plate and making preparations.
Sato stood in posture, waiting for the catcher's signal.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Kenta Sato's swing hit the bottom of the baseball in the middle and high area, causing it to fly high into the sky.
"The outside world!"
Chris quickly stood up, took off his face shield, and looked up at the baseball that was hit by the batter. After noticing that the baseball in mid-air was flying behind him, he turned around and continued to stare at the baseball in mid-air until it began to lose height.
There was a high probability that it would fall into the stands on the side of home plate, so I chose to take the new baseball from the referee.
Jinguji stretched out his ball sleeve to catch the catcher's pass, turned around and walked back to the pitcher's mound and pinched the powder bag in front of him. The batter behind him, Kenta Sato, tapped the ground with his bat and held the bat in front of him with his left hand.
After spinning twice, he turned to look at the pitcher on the mound, and raised the metal bat in his hand upright again.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Jinguji swung his arm and threw a low ball in the outside corner that did not fly over the strike zone because the ball was too low. However, it was hit by the metal bat swung by the batter Sato Kenta and landed on the sand just after the home plate.
on the field turf (in front of the right side of home plate), and then flew all the way to the infield turf.
"Snapped!"
The baseball that was knocked out by the batter hit the infield, and as soon as it rolled, shortstop Taro Fukuda, who was waiting in front with his feet spread out to form an equilateral triangle, reached down and caught it firmly with his arms.
Taro Fukuda immediately ran after catching the baseball, reached out and threw the baseball in his hand to second baseman Tanaka Yuki who was rushing back to second base to defend.
After Yuki Tanaka received a pass from the shortstop, he immediately put out his left foot and stepped on the second base bag, followed by runner Takahiro Ohmae who slid up to second base on his back.
"Retire." Seeing this, the second base umpire raised his right hand to signal that the runner was out, and the first half of the tenth inning ended.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
After the first half of the tenth inning, Jinguji ran off the pitcher's mound as if he was relieved, and led his teammates back to the third base dugout.
Director Kataoka moved his neck and asked someone to notify Yagami who was warming up: "Go and call Yagami over. It's his turn to play next."
"Yes!" The team members who received the supervisory order immediately stood up and called Yagami Yagami who was warming up with Miyuki Kazuya.
"Is it my turn to play?" Yagami walked over from the open-air bullpen where the pitchers could warm up and looked at Director Kataoka in front of him and asked.
"Ace, it's your turn." After returning to the rest area, Jinguji Kaichi, who was drinking from a water cup, was the first to agree to Supervisor Kataoka's substitution. In his current state, although he has not reached his limit, there is no guarantee that he will not be replaced later.
If there is a big mistake, let Yagami perform the rest of the game! After all, this game is very important to them!!
Director Kataoka nodded to Yagami Yagami as an answer, then stepped out and raised his hand to the chief referee to signal that Aomichi wanted to change players.
"Aomichi changed players. For nine bats, pitcher Jinguji-kun was replaced by pitcher Yagami-kun; for nine bats, pitcher Jinguji-kun was replaced by pitcher Yagami-kun." This chapter has been completed!