By observing the path of the ball and guessing at the ball played by Red Sea Osugada catcher Kanamori, Chris could confirm that there was a high probability that this was a fast straight ball in the low outside corner area.
"Whoosh!"
Chris stared at the angle of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the bat hard.
"Ping!"
The metal bat that Chris swung hit the ball of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, but missed the center of the ball, causing the baseball to fly backwards toward the side of first base and toward the infield.
It should be a foul ball... Chris stopped paying much attention to it and was ready to wait for the next pitch thrown by pitcher Kazuya Sada.
Unexpectedly, Red Sea Osuda first baseman Ishiguro Hayabusa rushed out immediately and chased the baseball flying from home plate. Before the baseball hit the ground, he stretched out his arm to catch the ball with his ball sleeve, which was originally out of bounds.
Ball of baseball.
“out.“
The referee signaled Chris, the greenfield batter, to be out.
Chris was stunned for a moment, then recovered and walked out of the batting area with the bat.
The eight-stick Ota Hiroshi and the nine-stick Yagami Yagami who came on the field after Chris failed in the face of Red Sea Osugada's defense, which was not much worse than the powerful teams such as City Sanda and Aomichi.
In the first half of the fourth inning, Aomichi's fielding players picked up their gloves and walked out of the dugout and trotted toward the field. Chris followed Yagami Yagami onto the pitcher's mound and took the lead in saying: "Today's game looks like it should be as smooth as possible.
Let the opponent get a hit and then get on base, and I will make the distribution based on that."
"Yeah, I know." After getting Yagami's reply, Chris immediately ran off the pitcher's mound and trotted toward the back of home plate.
After squatting behind home plate, Chris asked Yagami for a fastball to warm up.
Yagami put his left hand behind his back and turned the baseball in his hand. He raised his arm high, raised his leg and took a step. The center of gravity of his body moved forward and he threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew into the ball cover that Chris had set up, making a "bang" sound. The tail force of the ball was not small.
Chris took out the baseball from his holster, stood up and passed it back to Yagami: "Nice pitch."
After Yagami threw a few warm-up balls, the referee signaled the start of the game.
"call out!"
The baseball was like a white light that shot out from the pitcher's mound and flew straight towards home plate.
The baseball seemed to be rushing towards his knees... The Red Sea Oh Sugata Ichibada Fujii, driven by instinct, involuntarily took a step back.
"Bang!"
The baseball flew over home plate and into Chris's sleeve low in the inside corner.
“strike.“
The referee raised his arm to indicate that the ball thrown by Yagami Ye was a good ball.
Is this a good shot?
Fujii glanced at the referee in surprise, then stood up again, raised the bat high, and assumed a posture waiting for a hit, and turned to look at Aomichi pitcher on the pitcher's mound.
Chris looked at the stance of Sugata's bat in front of him, and gave a signal to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
What! Just like the previous ball, does it also fly towards my body?
Fujii could only take a step back driven by instinct again.
"Bang!"
It was a fast straight ball that flew high inside the batter's chest and abdomen, and was successfully caught by Chris's open and waiting ball sleeve.
“strike.“
The referee raised his arm again, indicating that the second ball thrown by Yagami Yagami was still a good ball.
The umpire did have a good eye. Although the two balls just now were close to the corners of the strike zone, the baseballs did fly past the strike zone before being caught by Chris's sleeve.
Yagami Yagami, as a pitcher with a big heart who is not afraid of hitting people, is a type of pitcher that their catcher likes very much.
Chris looked at the Red Sea Sugata who was standing inside and gave a signal to the pitcher.
"call out!"
The baseball flew off the pitcher's mound and flew toward home plate.
Could this ball be a bad ball? No, maybe it was a good ball that crossed the edge of the strike zone.
Fujii looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously.
"Bang!" Chris caught the wild ball flying from the pitcher's mound in the low outside corner.
“strike out.“
The referee signals the batter to be out.
"One out!" Chris stood up, took out the baseball from his bag and passed it back to Yagami Yagami, and then made an out signal to the other fielding players.
"Well done!"
"Strike out the next batter too!"
"Iori, come on!"
"Chris, come on!"
The support group in the stands cheered for the Qingdao players as always.
Under such circumstances, Yagami Yagami struck out two-hitters Yamamoto of Red Sea Ohsuda, and was hit by Red Sea Ohsuda's shortstop and third-stringer Michiohara with a single.
Ishiguro Hayabusa, the Red Sea Ohsuda four-bat, stepped into the batting box again, waved the bat in his hand, and made a gesture of waiting for a hit.
Chris looked at Hayabusa Ishiguro who was standing on the batter's box, and gave a signal to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound.
After Yagami saw the signal from Crisby, he nodded slightly, and then followed Chris' request, waving his arms and throwing the baseball in his palm.
Facing the first pitch thrown by Yagami Yagami, Ishiguro Hayabusa didn't hesitate at all. He directly swung the bat in his hand and successfully hit the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound to center field.
"Look at me!" Aido's center fielder Murasuke Daiki ran after the baseball flying from home plate. Seeing that the baseball flying from home plate was about to fall, he immediately kicked his legs hard and jumped.
He got up to catch the baseball falling from mid-air and knocked Ishiguro Hayabusa out.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense!"
"Good job, Murasuke!" Others at Seido praised the center fielder Daiki Murasuke for his outstanding performance before leaving the game and running to the dugout.
The people of Osugada in the Red Sea are also comforting their four-rod stone black falcon: "Don't worry, don't worry."
In the second half of the fourth inning, it was Red Sea Osuda's turn to defend, and the pitcher they sent out was their former second-year ace Kazuya Sada.
Taro Fukuda, Aomiichi's bat, walked to the batter's box, stood up, raised his bat and looked at the pitcher on the mound, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
The first ball thrown by Kazuya Sada was a fast straight ball from a low position in the inside corner.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“nice pitch.“
On the first pitch, Taro Fukuda's swing missed. After re-standing in the batter's box, he continued to hold the bat high and wait for the pitcher's pitch.
"call out!"
Taro Fukuda noticed that the ball flying from the pitcher's mound was a little far away from him, so he did not swing the baseball in his hand immediately.
"Whoosh!"
By the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late to swing the bat.
"Bang!"
This is a slider that slides laterally from the bad zone to the strike zone. This chapter has been completed!