Zhenzhong was about to swing his arm and throw a ball in the outside corner that looked a little outside. The batter Dong Qingguo was originally prepared to observe it first. In addition, the first ball he faced was such a ball that looked like a bad ball.
The ball is a ball, so naturally you don't want to swing the bat to hit it.
“good shot.“
Dong Qingguo turned sideways and moved his feet, gripped the bat with both hands and swung it hard twice, reassuring his posture of waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Zhenzhong continued to swing his arm and threw a ball in the outside corner, but Dongqingguo still did not swing the bat to hit.
"Bad shot." The chief referee spoke out and made his own judgment.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Dong Qingkuni swung the bat and hit the ball in the outside corner that was about to be thrown with his arm. The baseball that was hit by his swing bounced to the edge of the sand in front of the home plate side (right-handed batting), and then moved closer to second base and first base.
The side infield area flew past.
Shortstop Ikuya Araki bent down to catch the bouncing baseball in a crouching position, then immediately got up and stepped to pass the ball to first base.
"Crack!"
First baseman Yohei Tanaka stretched out his left hand and opened his glove to catch the baseball passed by the shortstop. At this time, hitter Higashi Kiyokuni ran to the sand in front of the base bag, and then stepped over the first base bag.
"Retire." The first base umpire raised his right hand and announced that the game in the second half of the fifth inning was over as the defense got the last out.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
After the fifth inning, there was a short intermission. Some of the stadium staff were marking the edges of home plate and the infield, while others were spraying water on various sandy areas.
"Let's go!"
After the staff left the field, everyone in Qingdao, led by Dong Qingguo, rushed onto the field and began preparations for the game.
"In the first half of the sixth inning, attacks from three major universities in the city, nine bats, pitcher, Manaka-kun."
After the defenders on the field were ready, Manaka stepped into the batter's box as the announcement sounded, swung the bat and then raised it high, waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Facing Jinguji's low and fast inside corner pitch with a swing of his arm, when Manaka was about to react and swing the bat a little distance, Chris's open sleeve had already knocked the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
Caught in it.
“good shot.“
After the catcher stood up and passed the baseball he had just caught to the pitcher, Manaka held the bat in both hands and waved it, holding the bat high in the air and again waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
Manaka tried to swing the bat vigorously, aiming at the pitch in the inside corner thrown by the pitcher, but the bat he swung past and the flying baseball missed each other by a hair's breadth, and while his swing missed, he was also thrown into trouble.
He used too much force and staggered in his steps.
“good shot.“
Jinguji caught the baseball passed back to him by Chris with a tee shot, bent down and pinched the powder bag behind him, stood up and panted heavily while looking at the situation at home plate, waiting for the catcher to give his call.
signal.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
In compliance with the catcher's request, Jinguji raised his legs, stepped forward, and swung his arms to throw a bad ball in the outside corner that was a little outside. Unfortunately, he didn't trick the batter into swinging the bat, and then struck him out.
After raising his hand to catch the baseball passed back by Chris, Jinguji looked at the catcher's signal, nodded, raised his leg, stepped forward, and threw the baseball in his hand toward home plate.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
The pitcher swung his arm and threw a ball that looked like it would cross the edge of the strike zone. The baseball that was about to fly suddenly accelerated and fell diagonally as it approached home plate (plate), and then hit it.
Landing on the sand caused the hitter to miss his swing.
“good shot.“
After the catcher put his hands together to catch the baseball that bounced off the sand, the referee immediately raised his right hand to indicate that the pitch thrown by the pitcher was a strike.
"killed."
After he was struck out by the opponent, Manaka walked past Chris with his head lowered, then trotted back to the dugout on the first base side with his bat in hand.
"In the first half of the sixth inning, the attack from the three major universities in the city, one bat, shortstop, Araki-kun."
Ikuya Araki stepped up to the left batter's box, held the bat with both hands and swung it, then raised the bat in his hand upright, as if waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Ikuya Araki took a step back with his right foot and quickly stopped his swing, allowing Jinguji's swinging arm to throw a low inside corner ball into the catcher's sleeve.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Facing the pitcher who continued swinging his arm to throw the low ball in the inside corner, Ikuya Araki still had no idea of swinging the bat to hit it.
"Good shot." The referee clenched his fist and raised his right hand, indicating loudly that the pitcher threw a good ball.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
The ball that Jinguji threw with a swing of his arm was still a low ball in the inside corner, but unfortunately it was a bad ball with a low path. In addition, the hitter Ikuya Araki stopped his swing in time, which also made the subsequent variables disappear.
.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Ikuya Araki swung and hit the outside corner ball thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm. It was a ground ball that flew into the infield area between second base and third base.
Shortstop Taro Fukuda quickly ran to the front of the ground ball route, spread his legs to both sides like an isosceles triangle, stretched his hands down to catch the rolling baseball in a squatting position, and then immediately stepped forward and passed the ball to first base.
"call out!"
"Crack!"
First baseman Tetsuya Yuki stepped out with his left foot, stretched out his arm, and opened his glove to catch the baseball passed by the shortstop. Then batter Iku Araki followed him and ran past the first base bag.
"out." The first base umpire raised his right hand to indicate that the batter was blocked by the defense.
Taro Fukuda stretched out his hand to take the baseball passed by his teammate, then raised his hand and threw it to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, while he made a two-out gesture to the people around him.
"In the first half of the sixth inning, attacks from the three major universities in the city, second baseman, third baseman, Ohmae-kun."
Ohmae Takahiro stepped into the batter's box, raised his hand to straighten his batting cap, held the bat with both hands and waved it, then raised it high, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Jinguji swung his arm and threw a ball that moved laterally from the inside corner to the middle of the outside corner. Since Takahiro Ohmae was not sure of hitting the ball well, he did not swing the bat except for observation.
“good shot.“.
After the referee raised his right hand to make the verdict, Chris knelt down on one knee, took out the baseball from the holster, raised his hand and threw it back to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
The batter next to him, Ohmae Takahiro, grabbed the bat with one hand and swung it in front of him, then held it tightly with both hands, raised the bat high, and once again made a posture waiting for a hit. This chapter has been completed!