Seido second baseman and seventh-baseman Tetsuya Yuki took his position in the batter's box and looked directly in the direction of second base. Seido runner Daiki Murasuke, who was some distance away from the bases, was also looking there.
Tetsuya Yuki withdrew his gaze and looked at Yokohama's ace Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound. He raised the metal bat in his hand high and made a posture waiting for a hit.
Kawakaku Ken first turned his head and looked at Murasuke Daiki at second base, then waved his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
Tetsuya Yuuki looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and waved the bat in his hand.
"Whoa!"
However, the baseball that came rushing from the pitcher's mound flew across the home plate area and fell into the cover of Yokohama catcher Nagamasa Fukuda behind him. His swing missed.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
After Tetsuya Yuki swung the bat and regained his stance, Ken Kawakaku's third pitch flew over from the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
Tetsuya Yuki looked at the path of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, waved his arms, and swung the metal bat in his hand away with all his strength.
"Whoa!"
Above home plate, a baseball flying from the pitcher's mound collided with a swinging metal bat.
"Ping!"
What a powerful ball!
Tetsuya Yuuki gritted his teeth, pushed the metal bat in his hand hard, swept the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound to the left field, then dropped the bat in his hand and started running the bases.
Murasuke Daiki watched as the baseball flew upside down from home plate, escaped the interception of Yokohama's shortstop and third baseman, flew into the left field area, bounced on the lawn, and immediately started running.
, sprinting toward third base.
It can only be said that Yuuki Tetsuya was indeed very lucky. The baseball flying from home plate happened to escape Yokohama shortstop Takuya Takahama's ball cover and flew into the left field area.
When Yokohama's left fielder Kazuki Echizen ran up to pick up the baseball from the ground, Aido runner Murasuke Daiki was about to run to third base, and hitter Yuki Tetsuya was about to run to first base; at this time,
, whether it is passing the baseball in his hand to third base or back to first base, it is already too late.
"There are people on the first and third bases, and Aomichi's seventh-base hit by Yuki-kun gives Aomichi a great opportunity to score. The current score between the two sides is 1:5, and Yokohama is temporarily in the lead."
Unfortunately, as soon as Kentaro Matsuda, the eighth batsman from Seido, came on the field, he struck out easily in front of Ken Kawakaku, who had already adjusted, leaving only two bases, ending the first half of the fourth inning.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
In the second half of the fourth inning, Seido's ace Jinguji Kaichi was changed from pitcher to third baseman by Seido's supervisor Kataoka, and second-year Yagami Yagami came on as the pitcher. Yagami Yagami faced Yokohama's lower line,
In good condition, Yokohama's eight-stick Kawakaku Ken, nine-stick Echizen Kazuki and one-stick Shiya Fumi went up and down three times, but returned without success.
The game came to the fifth inning of the middle set. Yokohama ace Ken Kawakaku once again stood on the pitcher's mound. He first bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag at his feet. After standing up straight, he wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
Looking at Aomichi hitter Yagami Yagami at home plate.
After three games, he has basically adapted to the atmosphere of Koshien, and even enjoys pitching in such a high-profile environment.
Sure enough, like most people, he is indispensable for his desire for expression.
He even had a hunch that he could go one step further on the Koshien field and become a pitcher as overwhelming as Wakoma Otomaki's ace Masahiro Tanaka.
With this thought in mind, Ken Kawakaku waved his arm and threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
Iori Yagami's swing failed.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Nagai Fukuda grabbed the loose baseball in his holster, stood up, took out the baseball from his holster and passed it back to Ken Kawakaku. After squatting down again, he gave him his signal.
Kawakaku Ken nodded and followed the signal given to him by Nagasaki Fukuda and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
The baseball flew out of the pitcher's mound, was hit by the bat swung by Yagami Yagami as it reached home plate, and was then swept out to the third base sideline.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
“strike out.“
Kawakaku Ken struck out Yagami neatly and got the first out of the game.
After that, Aomichi's first bat, Fukuda Taro, was struck out by Ken Kawakaku as usual without any suspense; behind Fukuda Taro, the second bat, Tetsuya Yuuki, and the third bat, Yuki Tanaka, successfully hit a hit from Ken Kawakaku and ran.
On second and first base, Higashiyokuni, the fourth hitter behind Tanaka Yuki, struggled with Ken Kawakaku for five pitches and then hit a fly ball to center field, which was thrown out by Yokohama's center fielder.
Ken Kawakaku ended the first half of the fifth game with a good rhythm.
In the second half of the fifth inning, Seido pitcher Yagami Yagami took the pitcher's glove and ran to the pitcher's mound. He and Matsuda-senpai simply threw a few pitches to warm up.
After walking into the batting area, Yokohama second batsman Takahama Takuya lowered his head and fiddled with the ground a few times with his feet. After smoothing the ground, he waved the bat in his hand and turned to look at Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound, waiting for a hit.
action.
"call out!"
Takahama Takuya looked at the baseball stuck on the edge of the strike zone and watched it speed past his eyes without swinging the metal bat in his hand.
"Bang!"
"Bad ball!"
Yagami caught the baseball that Matsuda-senpai passed back to him, put it behind his back and squeezed it. Following the code given to him by Matsuda-senpai, he swung his arm and threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
It should be a fast straight ball to the inside corner... After Takahama Taku also saw the path of the ball clearly, he took a small step forward, danced his arms and swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously.
"call out!"
It should be a fast straight ball to the inside corner... After Takahama Takuya saw the path of the ball clearly, he took a small step forward, waved his arms and swung the bat in his hand vigorously.
"Whoa!"
Just when the swinging bat was about to touch the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, it suddenly changed direction, moved slightly laterally and then began to fall diagonally, causing Takahama Takuya to miss the swing.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
A high-speed sinker? Takuya Takahama waved the bat in his hand and stood up again.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Second strike, Takahama Takuya thought as he looked at the baseball that he swept out of the first base line.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!".
not good!
The feel of the ball coming from the bat he swung after hitting the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, and the baseball flying high in front of Takahama Takuya's eyes, all indicate that he will be picked up by Aomichi's pitcher.