Jinguji threw a ball to first base, then raised his hand to receive the baseball that Yuuki passed back to him, and returned his attention to home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Chris held the ball upright to catch the low outside corner ball thrown by Jinguji-senpai. The hitter Yusuke Murahashi not only moved his eyes following the movement of the baseball in flight, but also maintained the posture of holding the bat high and waiting for the hit. constant.
"Good shot." The referee made a fist with his right hand and raised it to indicate that the shot was a good shot.
Yusuke Murahashi turned sideways to face the pitcher's mound, twisted his waist, and showed his arms again before standing back up in the batter's box, raising the bat as if waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Jinguji threw an inside-corner ball that hit the batter's feet with a swing of his arm. Chris squatted on the ground with both legs on his knees, and put his hands together to catch the baseball thrown by the pitcher, but unfortunately he failed to let it go. Bounce outward (corner).
“bad shot.“
After Chris failed to catch the ball, he quickly stood up to pick up the bouncing baseball, then raised his hand and threw it back to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
After the referee cleared home plate and the surrounding area, catcher Chris picked up his face protector from the ground and put it back on. He made a two-out gesture to the support group behind him and the surrounding players, and then squatted on the home plate to say The pitcher gave a signal.
At the same time, the batter, Yusuke Murahashi, also walked up to the batter's box and stood still at this time, swung the bat and raised it high, in a posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Jinguji's pitch to the inside corner was hit by Yusuke Murahashi, and it flew towards first base.
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball thrown by the pitcher was hit by the batter's bat, flew out of the infield sideline and fell on the lawn next to the first base sandbox. It was a foul ball.
Upon seeing this, Yusuke Murahashi could only turn around and walk back to the batter's box to stand again. After holding the bat with both hands and spinning it twice, he raised the bat high and turned to look at the pitcher's mound, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
On the pitcher's mound, Jinguji held the baseball in his right hand and put it behind his back. After seeing the catcher's signal, he turned his right hand back to his chest and hid it in the glove. Then he raised his leg and stepped forward, placing the baseball in his hand according to the direction. The catcher's call came out.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Yusuke Murahashi twisted his waist and abdomen, rotated his right leg and swung the bat in his hand hard, hitting the outside corner ball thrown by the pitcher with his arm.
"Boom!" Another foul ball flew out of the infield (first base) sideline and landed on the outfield lawn.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Yusuke Murahashi continued his swing and hit the baseball thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm, and was about to move laterally from the inside corner to the outside corner.
"Crack!"
The flying baseball was hit by the batter's swinging bat, bounced onto the sand in front of home plate, and then flew toward second base.
Second baseman Tanaka Yuki hurriedly ran back to second base to defend, then raised his hand behind the second base sand (left, side near first base) to catch the baseball flying from home base, and then put the baseball that had just been caught Throw to shortstop Taro Fukuda who is about to run to second base.
“retire.“
When shortstop Taro Fukuda reached out to catch the pass from his teammate, runner Itoku Tanaka had just run into the second base sand. The second base judge next to him saw this and raised his right hand to signal that the runner was eliminated.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
After Jinguji left the field, he reached out and gave high-fives to the players waiting outside the rest area, and did not stop until he ran in front of Director Kataoka.
"Supervisor, I'm okay..." Jinguji once calmed down his breathing and said in a cautious tone: "Please let me continue to pitch!"
…
Taro Fukuda, Aomichi's bat, stepped outside the batting area and waited for the three major pitchers to end their pitching warm-up.
"In the second half of the seventh inning, Seido High School's attack, one bat, shortstop, Fukuda-kun."
When Shuhei Ikenaga turned around to pick up the baseball that rolled behind him, the voice of the female announcer rang, and Taro Fukuda, a first-bat hitter, immediately walked into the batter's box.
He first swept the ground in the batting area with his left foot, waved the bat in his right hand, then raised it high, turned his head and looked at the pitcher's mound, waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Boom!"
The low-center ball that Manaka was about to throw with his arm hit the sand directly, and then bounced high and flew behind the catcher.
Ikenaga Shuhei turned around and took the baseball handed to him by the referee, then raised his hand and threw the baseball to Manaka Kaname on the pitcher's mound, and squatted down to give him a signal.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
If the pitcher really hits, he swings his arm and throws a high ball in the outside corner. Naturally, the batter Taro Fukuda will not swing his bat at such a ball.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“good shot.“
When Taro Fukuda was about to hit a fast ball to the outside corner that pitcher Manaka was about to throw, catcher Shuhei Ikenaga had already opened his glove to catch the flying baseball.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Another high-pitched ball in the outside corner, the number of balls has reached 3, and the batter who is only one ball away from the last ball will be walked.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
"Shua..."
When Taro Fukuda just started swinging the bat, Shuhei Ikenaga's ball sleeve had already caught the inside corner ball thrown by the pitcher.
“good shot.“
After the referee raised his right hand to make the decision, Taiyo Fukuda took two steps back, swung the bat, walked back to the batting area and stood still, holding the bat high as if waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Taro Fukuda swung the bat in his hand vigorously and hit the ball in the inside corner that Manaka was about to throw away.
"Porphyrin!"
The baseball flying from home plate flew over second base, began to lower its height, passed through the infield area and was about to fall on the center field lawn, but was stopped by center fielder Ittoku Tanaka. He stretched out his arms and flew completely
He rushed over and grabbed the baseball that was about to hit the ground. Of course, he fell to the ground as a result.
"out." When the second base umpire saw the center fielder getting up from the ground while holding the baseball in his glove, he raised his right hand and made the decision.
Unwilling to accept this, Taro Fukuda could only turn around and run back to the sandy ground of home base, picked up the bat he had just thrown on the ground, turned around and trotted back to the dugout on the first base side.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Faced with the ball that Manaka was about to throw with his arm, the ball path looked a little outside the corner. Unable to accurately judge whether the ball was good or bad, Yuki Tanaka decided to observe first and was not prepared to swing the bat.
To strike.
“good shot.“.
Ikenaga Shuhei knelt down on one knee, raised his hand and threw the baseball he just caught back to the pitcher.
Next to him, the batter Yuki Tanaka lowered his hands, waved the bat in his hand, and leaned it on his right shoulder, waiting for the pitcher's pitch. This chapter has been completed!