When the umpire left home plate and returned behind the catcher, Manaka walked back to the batter's box and stood up, swung the bat and then raised it high, turning to look at the pitcher on the mound.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
The bat was about to hit a baseball thrown by the pitcher that was high in the outside corner, but unfortunately it was another foul ball.
The umpire first handed the new baseball to the catcher and then walked to home plate to clean the dust off it.
After Kaname Manaka walked back to the batting area, he held the bat in his left hand and swung it, again assuming a posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
Manaka originally thought that the pitcher was throwing a ball in the outside corner, but when he swung the bat over the plate, he realized that the ball thrown by Jinguji was a ball in the outside corner, even if he stopped it in time.
Continuing to swing still didn't help.
“retire.“
While raising his right hand, the referee also extended his left hand forward and pointed in the direction of the pitcher's mound, signaling the end of the first half of the eighth inning.
At the same time, Chris and Jinguji Kazuichi left the field amidst the cheers of the audience and ran back to the dugout on the third base side.
…
After the top three players in the city were ready on the court, Takashi Fujii, the Aido six-bat player, walked up to the batting box with his bat in hand under the watch of his teammates.
"In the bottom half of the seventh inning, Seido High School's attack, six-bat, left fielder, Fujii-kun."
After he stood still on the batting cage, he held the bat in both hands and swung it by his legs, then raised the bat upright and turned to look at Mauchikana on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Takashi Fujii took aim at the inside corner ball thrown by the pitcher, swung the bat in his hand and hit it hard towards the left field area.
"Crack!"
Left fielder Yusuke Murahashi rushed out from the deep left field and reached out to catch the falling baseball. Unfortunately, he failed to catch it properly, causing the baseball to fall out of the cover again, making it impossible for him to catch the hitter Taka Fujii.
Bureau.
When he picked up the baseball from the grass again, he could only throw it to the shortstop Ikuya Araki in front of him and let him pass it to the pitcher.
At the same time, after the hitter Takashi Fujii saw that the shortstop had received the pass from the left fielder, he could only stop and stay on the sand at first base. Even after seeing the shortstop preparing to pass the ball, he still
You should quickly retreat to the base to avoid being eliminated from the game.
Takashi Fujii stood on the base bag, taking off his leggings and batting gloves while looking at the situation at home plate.
"In the bottom half of the seventh inning, Seido High School's attack, seven bats, right fielder, Jun-kun Isashiki."
Jun Isashiki stepped into the batter's box, swung the bat, and got ready to bunt.
When he really wanted to hit it, he threw another ball to first base before returning his gaze to home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Faced with the baseball that Manaka was about to throw from the low outside corner with his arm, Jun Isashiki quickly took back his short-grip bat, not preparing to bunt.
“bad shot.“
Ikenaga Shuhei stood up, took out the baseball from his holster and passed it back to the pitcher. After squatting down again, he made gestures with his fingers under his body.
Manaka Kaname on the pitcher's mound nodded at the signal drawn by his senior, raised his leg, stepped forward, and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
"bite!"
Jun Isashiki squatted on the ground, placed the bat less than 10cm from the ground, and hit the ball thrown by the pitcher at a low position in the inside corner.
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound hit the batter's metal bat, bounced behind the catcher, and then fell to the side and rear of the right waiting area, that is, under the home plate side bleachers, and was caught by the running catcher.
Reach out and pick it up.
Manaka stretched out his hand to take the baseball passed to him by Ikenaga-senpai, then walked back to the pitcher's mound and stood there, waiting for the catcher's signal.
"call out!"
"Boom!"
Jun Isashiki squatted on the ground, placed the bat less than 20cm from the ground, and still allowed the pitcher's low inside corner ball to pass through the gap smoothly and hit the sand in front of the catcher's cover. It bounced up and was struck by Shuhei Ikenaga.
The ball sleeve is firmly grasped.
"Good shot." The referee raised his right hand to indicate that the pitcher threw a good ball.
Jun Isashiki stood on the batter's box, panting heavily and looking at the dugout on the third base side. Just when others thought he would still hold a short stick and compete with the city's top three pitchers, he picked up the bat with one hand.
He swung the bat, then held the bat with both hands and leaned it on his shoulders, turning his head to look at the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Facing the baseball that was outside the outside corner that Manaka was about to throw with his arm, Jun Isashiki did not swing the baseball that he held upright.
“bad shot.“
Shuhei Ikenaga raised his hand and threw the baseball he just caught back to the pitcher. The batter, Jun Isashiki, walked around in the batter's box for a while, then raised his bat and resumed his posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Jun Isashiki swung his bat and bounced the inside-corner ball thrown by the pitcher. It was a baseball that flew towards the home plate stands behind him.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
The pitch Ike Nagashu Ping originally intended for the pitcher to throw was a ball in the outside corner, but he didn't expect it to happen. Because there was a problem with the ball, he swung his arm and threw a ball in the outside corner that went up diagonally. The batter did not respond to such a ball.
The ball swings and strikes.
"The city's top three players have changed players. Left fielder Murahashi-kun has been replaced by left fielder Miyai-kun (player No. 7)..." Supervisor Tahara of the city's top three players applied to the referee for a substitution.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
After the change of players, Isashiki Jun swung the bat again and hit the ball in the outside corner that Manaka was about to throw with his arm. Unfortunately, it was a foul ball that flew out of the third base sideline.
After he saw that the baseball he hit was a foul ball, he could only stop preparing to run the base and walked back to the batting area. He waved the bat with one hand and then raised it high, turning to look at the pitcher.
The man on the hill looked at him more and more fiercely.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
Jun Isashiki swung the bat in his hand vigorously and knocked the pitcher's intended pitch high and center away.
"Ping!"
After the flying baseball was knocked away by his swing, Isashiki Jun stared at the baseball flying towards left field, dropped the bat in his hand, and rushed towards first base.
After the batter knocked the baseball thrown by the pitcher away, left fielder Ryu Miyai stared at the baseball flying quickly from home plate while diagonally heading toward center field near the third base line.
"Crack!".
Ryu Miyai was near the sideline on the track. He raised his left hand and opened his ball cover to catch the baseball falling from mid-air. After stopping running, he immediately took out the baseball from the ball cover and swung it to second base.
Although the batter Jun Isashiki had already been thrown out by him, it would be bad if the runner Takashi Fujii, who was still on the base at this time, was not stopped and he ran to third base in one breath. This chapter has been completed!