After Chris ran to the left waiting area in one breath, the flying ball, which was not very fast, showed signs of falling. Then he continued to run forward two or three more steps, stretched his arms upward and opened his ball sleeve to catch it.
A baseball falling from mid-air.
“out.“
After the catcher caught the baseball that he hit, he turned around and ran back to home plate. Tanaka Yohei could only lower his head and trot back to the first base dugout with his bat in hand.
"In the first half of the ninth inning, the attack from the three major universities in the city, five bats, center fielder, Tanaka (I)-kun."
Jinguji stepped onto the pitcher's mound amidst the sound of the broadcast, gestured to the teammates around him to sign for two out, then bent down and pinched the powder packet in front of him, then looked up at the sky, panting.
After Tanaka walked to the batting box, he swept the sand on the ground with his left foot, waved the bat in front of him with his left hand, and adjusted the belt around his waist with his right hand.
When the batter raised his bat and turned to look at the pitcher's mound, Jinguji raised his leg and stepped forward, swinging his right hand forward, and the baseball in his hand flew away on the pitcher's mound toward home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
As soon as the batter reacted, Chris's open glove had already caught Jinguji-senpai's high pitch in the inside corner.
"Good shot." The presiding judge raised his right hand and made a verdict.
The catcher stood up and threw the baseball back to the pitcher. After Tanaka took a few steps back and left the batting area, he grabbed the bat with his left hand and waved it vigorously at his side. Then he walked back while waving the bat and started again.
Stand tall in the batter's box.
When Jinguji-senpai was preparing to pitch, Chris stood up and placed the ball glove in a high inside corner but outside, waiting for the baseball to fly from the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
When Jinguji raised his leg and stepped forward, swinging the baseball in his palm, Tanaka Ittoku also swung the bat out of his hand, trying to hit the flying baseball away hard, but unfortunately it missed the pitcher.
Qiu's flying baseball flew over the bat, perfectly avoiding the fate of being hit by the bat, and was then tightly caught by Chris's upward-moving sleeve.
"Good shot." The referee raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist, deciding that the ball became a strike because the batter missed the swing.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
The third ball thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm was a low ball in the outside corner that almost hit the sand. Fortunately, Chris flipped his left hand after discovering that there was something wrong with the ball thrown by his senior.
The ball cover was placed on the sand to successfully catch the flying baseball.
Tanaka Itoku grabbed the bat with his left hand and swung it, then raised the bat upright again, turned to look at the pitcher's mound, and waited for the pitcher's pitch.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
For the fourth ball, Chris originally wanted Jinguji-senpai to throw a low ball in the inside corner, but he never thought that because there was a problem with the ball control, the baseball thrown by Jinguji-senpai fell too early, causing the ball to fall too early.
The baseball has already fallen out of the strike zone as it flies over home plate.
Seeing this, Chris could only move the ball sleeve and quickly grabbed the baseball that was about to fall to the ground.
After Jingujiichi received the baseball passed back to him by the catcher, he bent down and pinched the powder bag at his feet, then raised his right hand to sign a two-strike count to his teammates around him, and finally turned around to face
At home plate, he looked at the catcher's signal and nodded slightly.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“bad shot.“
Jingujiichi followed the catcher's instructions and swung his arm to throw a bad ball at a low position in the outside corner in front of the catcher's right leg, and was firmly caught by the catcher's glove who had been waiting for him.
Chris stood up and passed the baseball back to Jinguji-senpai. The batter next to him, Tanaka Itoku, walked outside the batting area, gripped the bat with both hands and swung it hard. After a few seconds, he walked again.
Return to the hitting zone and stand still.
He held the bat in his left hand, shook it, and then raised it high. Tanaka turned his head and looked at the pitcher's mound, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
"call out!"
Jinguji raised his legs and took a step forward, waving his arms and throwing the baseball out of his palm.
"Whoosh!"
The bat that Tanaka Ittoku was swinging passed under the flying baseball and missed.
"Crack!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound hit the catcher's sleeve extending from the inside out. Then, because the catcher was unable to grasp the hitting baseball under such circumstances, it fell to the ground, and was then stretched out by Chris.
He picked it up with his right hand.
After seeing this situation, the referee raised his hands and shook them to indicate that the result of the ball was invalid, and asked the pitcher to continue throwing.
Jinguji took off his ball cap, wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve, then walked forward, reached out and took the baseball passed back by the catcher, and carried it behind his back.
Tanaka Ittoku held the bat in his left hand and swung it under his body, then straightened the bat and turned to look at the pitcher on the mound.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
After feeling that the pitcher was throwing a ball in the outside corner, Tanaka Ittoku swung the metal bat in his hand. Unfortunately, the ball thrown by Jinguji was diagonally downward from the center area of the non-strike zone to the outside corner.
The ball in the low area directly caused his swing to miss.
"Retire." The referee immediately raised his right hand, signaling that the first half of the ninth inning was over.
Jinguji ran off the pitcher's mound with a smile on his face and left the field with his teammates.
Outside the dugout on the first base side, other people were standing there waiting for their return, and one after another, they stretched out their right hands and prepared to give Jinguji a high-five as he jogged back.
After Jinguji hit his teammates who were waiting for their return one by one, he left the others behind and ran into the rest area.
…
“Next comes the second half of the ninth inning, which is the charm of baseball. Can Aomichi continue to hit the top line? Then he will win the game with a decisive point and advance to the National High School Wildball Players Championship again after five years.
Woolen cloth?"
"Let's wait and see!"
Just as the commentators and on-site broadcasters were commenting on the next game, the voice of the female broadcaster also rang above the stadium: "In the second half of the ninth inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, Tanaka
Jun."
After Yuki Tanaka stood still on the batting cage, his hands dropped, waving the metal bat in his hand, and turned to look at the pitcher's mound.
“pitch.“
After everything was ready, the referee raised his right hand and pointed in the direction of the pitcher's mound, signaling the official start of the game in the second half of the ninth inning.
After hearing the referee's instruction to start the game, Tanaka Yuki stopped swinging the bat and raised the bat high, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
"call out!"
"Bang!".
“bad shot.“
Manaka was about to swing his arm and throw a ball that was wide and low in the outside corner. Yuki Tanaka was just about to swing the bat he had raised vertically, but found that the first pitch thrown by the pitcher was a ball.
When the ball hits the ball, he stops preparing to swing. This chapter has been completed!