"Snapped!"

Second baseman Oishi Reitama, who was stepping on the base bag, caught the incoming baseball firmly and jumped to avoid junior high school runner Kei Sakaguchi, who was sliding towards the base.

Throw a hand!

The ball is faster than people!

Before Makuki Okada, who was desperately throwing the bases, could touch the first base bag.

"Snapped!"

The baseball flew steadily into the glove. Secondary first baseman Shogo Konda, who was fully stretched out and almost in a split position, raised his glove and signaled to the referee.

The two base umpires made the same gesture one after another, with their right hands clenched and raised in front of their chests.

"out!!!"

Junior high school runners Masuki Okada and Kei Sakaguchi had no choice but to be eliminated.

"Beautiful defense!"

"beautiful!"

"Well done!"

"Two out!"

"Two out!"

A wonderful combination of infield and field defense.

Shortstop.

Second baseman.

First baseman.

Wonderful double play!

The infielders made two-out gestures to Tetsu Nishino, who was also surprised by the infielder's fielding just now.

Although Tetsu Nishino quietly gave a signal before the pitch to make the infield move forward slightly, he did not expect that shortstop Naohiko Tamura would cross a few steps in advance. He fully believed that Tetsu Nishino and the others could make the hitter hit the ground ball in that direction. So that ball

The ground ball was so fast that shortstop Naohiko Tamura was still able to arrive in time to intercept it.

From here we can see the gap between defensive capabilities.

If you are a beginner, you will often encounter problems such as late response to interceptions, loss of position, confusion in filling positions, leaking the ball, and being unable to catch the ball and bounce it back to you.

The defensive tacit understanding depends on the tempering of each game and hard training again and again. There are no shortcuts.

"Two out!" Tetsuya Nishino smiled and returned the two-out gesture.

From no one out and one base with someone on base, to two outs with no one on base.

moment.

The situation has completely changed.

Tetsu Nishino's pressure to match the ball was suddenly removed, and he could concentrate on dealing with the next batter. This was the sense of security that his fellow first-year fielders gave him.

Nishino Tetsu sighed in his heart.
Chapter completed!