After Yagami Yagami and Chris simply threw a few balls to warm up, the referee signaled the start of the game.
Chris squatted behind home plate and gave Yagami his signal.
Yagami nodded in agreement, took out the baseball from his holster, turned it around, raised his left hand, stepped forward, twisted his waist, waved his arm, and threw the baseball out of his palm.
"call out!"
Before Hiroshi Fujikawa, the Red Sea Osuda left fielder and seventh-batter who was standing on the batter's box, could swing the bat, the baseball had already flown over the home plate and was about to enter Chris's open sleeve.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
…
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Soldiers!"
Fujikawa hit an infield fly ball that was caught by second baseman Tanaka Yuki.
“out.“
Fujikawa left the batting area with his bat.
Red Sea Osuda's catcher and eight-hitting batsman Kanamori walked out of the bullpen and walked toward the batter's box.
"The power of the ball is very powerful, so be careful." Fujikawa whispered as he passed by their catcher Kanamori.
Kanemori, the catcher of Red Sea Osugada, nodded, walked up to the batting area with his bat, and glanced at Chris squatting next to him, who smiled back at him.
Chris Yu Takigawa was the number one catcher in Tokyo when he was in junior high school. He became Aomichi's main catcher this summer and is still the most famous first-year catcher in Tokyo.
For such a catcher, let me, a fellow catcher, test your strength!
After swinging the bat vigorously a few times, Kanamori made a gesture of waiting for a hit and turned to look at Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound.
What will the first ball be?
Chris thought for a moment and gave Yagami a secret signal.
On the pitcher's mound, Yagami stepped forward, swinging his arm to throw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
Facing the first pitch thrown by Yagami Yagami, Red Sea Ohsuda's catcher Kanamori immediately swung the bat in his hand.
"Whoa!"
The metal bat preparing to sweep across the home plate collided with the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by Kanamori, and flew straight into the sky faster than before.
Chris stood up and yelled, "First baseman!"
First baseman Kotaro Tojima chased the baseball in the direction in which it flew, and Yagami ran toward first base to make up the base.
"Crack!"
The baseball hit the outside of the first base line and rolled a certain distance before coming to a stop.
Kotaro Tojima picked up the baseball, threw it to the ball boy, and then ran back to first base.
Chris took the baseball handed by the referee and threw it to Yagami Yagami. He crouched down again and gave a signal, placing the ball cover in the low inside corner.
Iori Yagami looked at the Red Sea Osugada catcher Kanamori who was standing on the batting box. Facing such a hitter, if the ball was slightly easier to hit, the opponent might fly away... However, this did not mean that he would be hit by the opponent.
Will be afraid of such a hitter.
Step out with your right foot, twist your waist and abdomen to tilt your center of gravity forward, swing your arm, concentrate your strength on the fingertips of your left hand, and project the baseball in your hand, heading straight for home plate.
"call out!"
Kanamori looked at the baseball rushing from the pitcher's mound and swung the metal bat in his hand with all his strength.
"Whoa!"
However, the moment he swung the bat, Red Sea Osuda's catcher Kanamori knew that his angle was too high.
This fast straight ball relies on its own ultra-high rotation speed, causing its ball path to be different from that of a baseball that will drop slightly after entering the base, or other fast straight balls that have a straighter ball path. The range of its drop will be greater, so that
When Kanamori anticipated the path of the ball, he swung it too high.
"Bang!"
The baseball passed under the metal bat that Jinson was about to swing across the home plate, and rushed into the ball sleeve that Chris had already opened and positioned.
“strike.“
Chris stood up and threw the baseball in his hand back to Yagami, squatted down, put the ball cover in its original position, and asked Yagami for a changeup ball.
"call out!"
Is it still a straight shot?
The catcher of Red Sea Osuda, Kanamori, looked at the path of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, aimed at the center of the ball, and swung the metal bat in his hand. Unfortunately, Kanamori's swing was too early, until the bat in his hand swept across the entire home plate.
area, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound just flew into the home plate area, and then got into Chris's open ball sleeve.
"Bang!"
"Three misses, out!"
Red Sea Osuda's catcher Kanamori could only look at Chris with a very reluctant look, and then walked out of the batting area with his bat. It seemed that he was indeed the core and soul of the Seido team.
…
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
“out.“
Yagami Yagami used a dropkick to kill Teito's ace and nine-stick Kazuya Kazuya.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
In the first half of the third inning, Aomichi, as always, made the Red Sea Ohsuda's batters come back without success.
The score displayed on the scoreboard was still 0:0.
When Qingdao's defensive players ran back to the rest area, the support group in the stands was cheering them loudly.
"Iori, well done!"
"Ota, come on next!"
"Chris, give me a nice hit!"
With the help of his teammates, Chris, who had changed into protective gear, walked out of the dugout with his bat, waved the bat in his hand, and walked towards home plate.
"In the second half of the third inning, Seido High School's attack, seven bats, catcher, Takigawa Chris Yu."
The radio announced the players who were going to bat, and the scouts and reporters in the stands who were interested in Chris became interested and looked forward to Chris' next performance.
Yin Xian, a player from Red Sea Osuda, could feel the change in the atmosphere and his expression became serious.
Red Sea Sugata's catcher Kanamori looked at Chris who was standing in the batter's box and gave a signal to their ace Kazuya Sugata.
The pitch must be clean and neat. Any ball with a slightly easier path may be knocked out by him.
Red Sea Osuda's ace Kazuya Seda looked at Chris standing in the batter's box, took a deep breath, followed the signal given to him by catcher Kanamori, waved his arms, and threw the baseball in his palm.
The baseball shot straight off the pitcher's mound and headed toward home plate.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
Chris's tentative swing failed to hit the baseball that was speeding past home plate.
Chris swung the bat and stood up again in the batter's box. The second pitch thrown by Kazuya Sada quickly flew over.
The baseball ball flying from the pitcher's mound was too high, almost grazing Chris's chest, causing Chris to instinctively take a step back to avoid the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
"Bad ball!"
On the pitcher's mound, Kazuya Sada took off his ball cap, nodded to Chris and apologized, then put his ball cap back on, and took the baseball passed back to him by Red Sea Osuda catcher Kanamori.
Seeing the signal from catcher Kanamori, Kazuya Sada raised his legs and stepped forward, tilting his body's center of gravity forward, swinging his arms and throwing the baseball in his palm.