At 11 o'clock in the morning, Taro Fukuda, Aomichi Ichibat, waved the bat in his hand, stood on the batting box, and made a posture waiting for a hit.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"
Ken Kawakaku caught the baseball thrown by Nagai Fukuda, stood up, and when the air raid siren sounded, he raised his legs and stepped forward, twisting his waist and abdomen. When the center of gravity of his body tilted forward, he swung his arms to release the ball in his hand.
The baseball was thrown.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the first game of the semi-finals, with Ken Kawakaku's pitch, the game between Aomichi and Yokohama officially began.
…
“strike out.“
"Strikeout! Yokohama's ace Kawakaku-kun struck out three pitches from Aomichi's one-hitter Fukuda-kun."
In the Yokohama dugout on the third base side, Yokohama's supervisor watched Kawakaku Ken's pitch and put his hands behind his back, obviously very satisfied with the ace's performance.
"You should be able to adapt to Qingdao's ace's pitching quickly. From now on, you just need to follow our usual tactics."
"Use your blows to tell everyone that we are the strongest line in the country!"
"Yes!" Yokohama's team members responded loudly.
On the field, Yokohama's catcher Nagasho Fukuda gave a signal to Yokohama's ace Ken Kawakaku.
After Ken Kawakaku nodded in agreement, he raised his arms high, swung his arms as his body's center of gravity changed, and concentrated all his strength on his fingertips to throw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
The white baseball rushed straight to home plate like a white light.
"Whoa!"
Kotaro Tojima, the second bat of Aomichi, looked at the baseball coming from the pitcher's mound and quickly swung the metal bat in his hand.
"Bang!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and the bat swung by Kotaro Tojima crossed over the home plate and fell into the cover of Yokohama catcher Nagasho Fukuda.
“strike.“
Nagashima Fukuda stood up, took out the baseball from his sleeve, swung his arm, and passed it back to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.
The second ball is a sliding ball from the outside corner.
Ken Kawakaku looked at the code given to him by Nagasaki Fukuda, nodded, and followed the code to throw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
Outside corner? It should be a bad ball from this distance. Tojima hesitated for a moment and let the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound fly past his eyes without swinging the bat in his hand.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Naga Fukuda caught the outside slider from the pitcher's mound on the edge of the strike zone, and the umpire raised his hand to indicate that it was a strike.
Accurate ball control?
Kotaro Tojima glanced at Kawakaku Ken rather fearfully, then turned to look towards the rest area. After receiving the new code given to him by Director Kataoka, he raised the bat again and put it in a posture waiting for a hit.
posture.
"call out!"
Don't hesitate, swing the bat with all your strength, and use powerful blows to shock Yokohama's ace! Kotaro Tojima followed the code given to him by Director Photooka and swung the bat in his hand vigorously without any hesitation. The bat he swung hit home plate.
There was a gust of wind pressure above the board.
"Whoa!"
The baseball that came rushing from the pitcher's mound was hit by the metal bat that was swept towards it, and flew backwards quickly.
"Ping!"
Nagasho Fukuda stood up immediately after the flying baseball was hit by Kotashiro Tojima.
"The outside world!"
Fortunately, it was a foul ball. Nagai Fukuda turned around and asked the referee for a new ball and passed it to Ken Kawakaku. After squatting down again, he gave the signal to Ken Kawakaku.
"call out!"
The baseball flew off the pitcher's mound and headed toward home plate.
This is?
Kotaro Tojima looked at the baseball that was rapidly moving toward the outside corner and waved the metal bat in his hand.
However, the baseball suddenly dropped before entering home plate, causing the baseball to successfully brush against the swinging bat and fall into the ball cover set by Nagashima Fukuda.
“out.“
It turned out to be a Carter ball, but it turned out to be a slider from the outside corner! Tanaka Yuki could only reluctantly carry the bat out of the batting area and walked towards the dugout.
When Seido's third-stringers Tanaka Yuki and second-stringer Kotaro Tojima passed by each other, they asked: "Is the last pitch a slider?"
"It's not so much a slider as it is a Carter ball that's very close to a slider. The control of the landing point is really good! It's very tricky."
"Only defeating an opponent like this makes sense!" Tanaka Yuuki didn't take seriously Kotaro Tojima's complaints and ran toward the batting area with his bat.
After saluting the referee, Tanaka Yuki walked into the batter's box, moved his shoulders, swung the bat, and made a posture waiting for a hit. He turned to look at Yokohama's ace Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.
Naga Sho Fukuda glanced at the batter standing in front of him, and the opponent's information flashed in his mind. After thinking about the countermeasures, Naga Sho Fukuda gave a signal to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
Ken Kawakaku shook his arm, and the baseball went straight to home plate in a blink of an eye.
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"The outside world!"
It's a pity that it didn't hit the center of the ball, it was a foul ball. Yuki Tanaka couldn't help but think after he hit the baseball that was coming at speed.
Nagashou Fukuda first looked at Yuuki Tanaka who was back on the batter's box, and then gave the signal to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
The ball seemed to fly towards the batter's knee. When it reached the home plate, it fell diagonally at a more inward angle. Tanaka Yuki took a step back due to his instinctive tendency.
"Bang!"
“ball.“
After finding out that he couldn't deceive Yuki Tanaka's swing, Nagasho Fukuda began to change his ball distribution strategy and asked Ken Kawakaku for some balls that were off-center but difficult to hit.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"The outside world!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was swept away by Yuuki Tanaka to the sideline of first base. He waved the bat in his hand and stood up again in the batter's box.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"The outside world!"
Another foul ball.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Unable to let Yuki Tanaka consume the ball like this, Naga Fukuda gave a new signal to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
The baseball bounced off the pitcher's mound and headed straight for home plate.
Tanaka Yuuki looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the bat in his hand vigorously.
"Whoa!"
Tanaka Yuki's bat was swept over the home plate early, and then the baseball slowly flew into the home plate area and got into the open cover of Yokohama catcher Nagasho Fukuda behind him.
"Bang!"
Changeup ball?!
Tanaka Yuki didn't have much reaction to this. After all, he already knew Kawakaku Ken's pitching. With the rotation of the batter, he believed that he would be able to knock Kawakaku Ken's pitching away.
“strike out.“
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense.".
Returning to the Yokohama dugout, Yokohama Ichibat Shirai Shiya had already changed into protective gear, swung the bat, and then walked to the side of the batting area.
Seido's ace Jinguji Ichi stood on the pitcher's mound, warming up with their catcher Kentaro Matsuda. This chapter has been completed!