Isashiki Jun's swing hit the outside corner ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi, and it was a ground ball that rolled into the infield between second base and third base.
"Crack!"
Shortstop Ikuya Araki immediately moved after the batter hit the ground ball. While keeping his center of gravity low, he anticipated the direction of the baseball and then rushed to the front of the route, crouching down and reaching down. Catch the baseball as it rolls over.
"call out!"
After Ikuya Araki caught the rolling baseball, he immediately passed the ball to first base.
"Bang!"
First baseman Yohei Tanaka stretched his glove as far forward as possible to catch the baseball passed by the shortstop, and hitter Isashiki Jun followed closely behind and ran past the first base bag.
"out." The first base umpire raised his right hand to indicate that the batter was out.
"It was really thrilling just now. Fortunately, we caught up."
Ikuya Araki stretched out his hand and patted his chest before making an out gesture to his teammates around him.
"The second half of the fifth inning, Seido High School's attack, eight sticks, catcher, Takikawa-kun."
Chris stepped up to the batting box and stood there, holding the bat in both hands and swinging it, then raised it high, as if waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Chris stretched out his legs to avoid the pitcher's low, inside-corner ball that headed straight for the batter's feet.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Chris ducked down to avoid the baseball flying toward the batter's head.
Because pitcher Yusuke Murahashi began to show signs of fatigue on the pitcher's mound, Shuhei Ikenaga asked the referee for a timeout and then ran straight to the pitcher's mound to talk to the pitcher.
"..." (The content of the conversation continues to be omitted.)
Shuhei Ikenaga nodded to Yusuke Murahashi in front of him, ended the conversation between the two parties, turned around, ran back to home plate and squatted down.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Chris faced the high-position ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi in the outside corner, but still did not swing the bat to hit it.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Facing Yusuke Kammurabashi's swinging arm, which was most likely a strike in the outside corner, Chris was not in a hurry to swing the bat because he wanted to first observe whether the pitcher's condition was recovering quickly?
“nice pitch.“
Ikenaga Shuhei stood up and passed the baseball back to Murahashi on the pitcher's mound. The batter next to him, Chris, was facing the pitcher, holding the bat in his left hand, swinging it left and right, and then turned around and stood up again on the batter's box.
"call out!"
Chris straightened his legs and jumped back, avoiding the baseball that seemed to be flying towards his calf.
"Bang!"
Ikenaga Shuhei raised his ball sleeve inward and successfully caught the pitcher's low pitch in the inside corner.
“good shot.“
Seeing this, the referee raised his right hand to indicate that the pitcher was throwing a good ball.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Chris swung the bat and hit a low-center ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi.
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by the batter's bat and flew high into the air. Unfortunately, it did not fly very far before it crossed the infield sideline and became a foul ball.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Chris continued to swing and hit Yusuke Murahashi, who threw a ball in the inside corner with his arm, sending it flying toward third base.
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball that was hit by the batter flew over third base and began to gradually deviate from the sideline on the side of third base. Even if left fielder Mamoru Hoshida ran out of the sideline to catch the falling baseball, he still failed because the baseball was flying. After passing the fence on the third base side, he fell onto the stands and then rolled down from the stands.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Yusuke Murahashi used a low ball in the inside corner to walk the batter.
After being walked by the pitcher, Chris dropped the bat in his hand on the sand and ran towards first base.
Catcher Ikenaga Shuhei stood up and threw the baseball he just caught back to the pitcher. At the same time, at first base, Chris was taking off the batting gloves on his hands and handed them to the players who came to get them along with the protective gear he had taken off before. .
"In the second half of the ninth inning, Seido High School's attack, nine sticks, substitute hit, Tojima-kun."
Kotaro Tojima stepped into the batter's box, held the bat in both hands and swung it. After turning his head to look at pitcher Yusuke Murahashi on the pitcher's mound, he raised the bat high and waited for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Facing the low ball thrown by Yusuke Murahashi in the outside corner, Kotaro Tojima turned his head so that his eyes were always following the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. He maintained his posture waiting for the hit without any change. There is no thought of swinging the bat to strike.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Almost like the previous ball, pitcher Yusuke Murahashi swung his arm and threw a low ball in the outside corner. The only difference was that its path was from the non-strike zone below the strike zone in the inside corner to a non-strike ball in the outside corner. district.
Kotaro Tojima took a few steps back and left the batting area, waving the bat in his hand vigorously beside him, waiting for the top three pitchers to end their conversation and pause.
After catcher Shuhei Ikenaga ran back to home plate, Kotaro Lushima walked back to the batter's box, swept the ground in the batter's box with his right foot, and raised the bat high to wait for a hit again.
"call out!"
"Crack!"
"..."
Yusuke Murahashi waved his hand and threw two diversionary balls to first base to prevent runner Chris from straying far away from the base, and then returned his attention to home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Faced with Yusuke Murahashi's high pitch in the outside corner, Chris didn't even move his eyes much. While maintaining his waiting posture, he watched the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and the catcher stretched upward. Caught by long arms.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Ikenaga Shuhei stood up and stretched his arms upward, and then caught the baseball that flew over the batter's head.
"base on balls."
Kotaro Tojima raised his head to avoid the falling baseball and the catcher's overstretched cover, then turned around and ran toward first base with the bat in hand.
After Ikenaga Shuhei threw the baseball in his hand to the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, he still ran towards the pitcher's mound. On the one hand, he wanted to appease the pitcher's uneasy mood, and on the other hand, he wanted to discuss the next tactics.
Aomichi Ichibo Fukuda Taro stood up and left the waiting area, walked to the side of the chief referee, and waited for the end of the suspension of the city's three major applications and the sound of the female broadcaster's voice.
What is a bit surprising is that not long after the conversation between Ikenaga Shuhei and Murahashi Yusuke, Tahara, the director of the city's third major, asked Manaka, who was number 10, to run to the pitcher's mound to replace his senior Yusuke Murahashi. Next, pitching in the game.
"The city's three major replacements: pitcher Murahashi-kun was replaced by pitcher Manaka-kun; left fielder Hoshida-kun was replaced by left fielder Murahashi-kun; eight-ball, left fielder Hoshida-kun was replaced by right fielder Ohara-kun; nine-ball, Right fielder Ohara-kun was replaced by pitcher Manaka-kun.” This chapter has been completed!