Seido catcher Kentaro Matsuda saw Naoto Araki standing forward and guessed that the opponent wanted to prevent Yagami's change ball and targeted his fast straight ball.
With this thought in mind, he gave a signal to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound, took a small step outside, opened and positioned the ball sleeve.
Iori Yagami nodded, turned the baseball in his hand with his left hand behind his back, raised his legs and waved his arms, tilted his body's center of gravity forward, and threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
Naoto Araki looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Although the bat swung by Naoto Araki hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, it missed the center of the ball. As a result, the flying baseball was hit by him and flew backwards towards the third base sideline.
"Crack!"
Yagami caught the baseball thrown by the referee, put it into the ball cover in his right hand, bent down and pinched the powder bag at his feet, then took out the baseball from the ball cover and turned it around in his hand.
After getting ready, Yagami looked at the signal given to him by Matsuda-senpai, and after taking a few deep breaths, he swung his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
Naoto Araki danced his arms vigorously, and the metal bat swept out a wave of wind pressure above home plate.
"Whoa!"
The metal bat swung by Naoto Araki and the baseball that was speeding towards home plate on the pitcher's mound collided violently above the plate.
"Ping!"
At the same time as the explosion sounded, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by Naoto Araki and flew directly backwards toward left field.
Kentaro Matsuda immediately stood up and shouted: "Left field!"
By the time Aomichi's left fielder Takashi Fujii picked up the baseball that fell deep in the left field and turned around to pass it back, Naoto Araki had already taken this opportunity to run up to second base.
Double hit!
Catcher Kentaro Matsuda immediately asked the referee for a timeout and ran to the pitcher's mound. He carefully examined Yagami's current mood and seemed to be quite calm.
"Iori, they haven't scored yet, and we are still in the lead."
"Don't worry, Matsuda-senpai, I'm fine."
Kentaro Matsuda saw that Yagami showed no reluctance at all, so he nodded, turned around and returned to squatting behind home plate again.
Although Iori Yagami said that he was not affected by the double hit, he was still hit by Kansai Futa Sakaki, who came in behind, with a single. When he reached first base, he also hit Naoto Araki.
Send to third base.
Kansai Sanshin's Sugiyama Nao Satoshi, who came on next, used a high fly sacrifice fly to send runner Naoto Araki back to home plate to score, and he ended up being out.
After that, Iori Yagami adjusted his condition, and after Kansai's fourth bat Takeshi Ueda hit an outfield fly ball, he caught it and was out.
"The score has been tied! The Kansai batters took advantage of Seido's pitcher's condition to tie the score. The current score between the two sides is 2:2."
After the fifth game ended, Yagami ran back to Aomichi's rest area with the others.
Supervisor Kataoka glanced at him and said, "I'll reflect on my mistake just now when I go home tonight. I won't make such a mistake again in the future."
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In the first half of the seventh inning, Kansai four-bat Takeshi Ueda stood up in the batter's box, moved his wrists, waved the metal bat in his hand, and assumed a posture waiting for a hit.
Seido catcher Kentaro Matsuda looked at the Kansai batter Takeshi Ueda in front of him, signaled his signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, and set out his ball cover.
Jinguji nodded in response, turned the baseball in his hand, raised his leg, took a step, swung his arm, and threw the baseball out of his palm.
"call out!"
Takeshi Ueda looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, and without any hesitation, he vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by Takeshi Ueda and flew toward third base.
"Out of bounds!"
Jingujiichi took the baseball thrown by the referee, followed the signal given by the catcher Kentaro Matsuda, swung his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
A fast straight ball from an inside angle!
Takeshi Ueda remembered what the supervisor told him: if you see a fast and straight pitch in the inside corner, swing the bat a little early.
Takeshi Ueda waved his arms and swung the metal bat in his hand across the top of home plate.
"Whoa!"
The bat vigorously swung by Takeshi Ueda and the baseball speeding toward the pitcher's mound collided at the top of home plate.
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit high by the bat swung by Ueda Tsuyoshi, and flew backwards toward the right field with an explosion after a fierce collision.
"Right field!"
Hiroshi Ohta looked at the baseball flying high in the air after being hit by Takeshi Ueda, and ran straight towards the outfield fence, but when he was about to hit him, the baseball still didn't make any move.
Signs of landing.
"Home run! Kansai's four bats, Ueda-kun also hit their home run! This is the tenth home run in this tournament! The score is 6:3, Kansai recovered one point." The commentator
I also started to get excited.
After asking the referee for a timeout, Kentaro Matsuda ran to the pitcher's mound to comfort the pitcher.
"Jinguji, there was something wrong with my ball matching just now. The current score is still in our lead." Kentaro Matsuda consoled him.
As soon as Jinguji looked back, he smiled at Kentaro Matsuda in front of him and said: "I can now understand the mood of Kansai's pitcher after he was hit by our home run..."
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Kentaro Matsuda nodded upon hearing this, ran off the pitcher's mound, returned to the back of home plate, and squatted down again.
Like Iori Yagami before, Jinguji Kazuya said that he was not affected by the home run, but he was still hit by Kansai's third baseman and five-hit player Shota Kadoda with a double; he came on after
Six batsman Obara, who is also their catcher, got another hit off Jinguji Kazuichi and advanced to first base.
Kansai Seventh Baseball player Masaki Nakamura started as a pitcher in the first five innings. After their supervisor changed the pitcher in the sixth inning, his fielding position was changed from pitcher to right fielder.
Kansai players are different from Seido players in some cases. Seido players will only be fixed at a certain defensive position most of the time. At most, they are outfielders or infielders in the outfield or infield.
Among the Kansai players, most of them are similar to Seido players, but there are also several players who play several defensive positions. For example: Nakamura Masaki is the right fielder and relief pitcher.
In addition, his batting level is pretty good, and he sometimes comes on the pitch; Nakamura Masaki's classmate Kawabe is a substitute catcher and substitute pitcher, and sometimes competes with sophomore Yasui Ippei for first base.