The game continues.
Two outs, a runner on first base, Konan High School leads 5-1.
Using a highly deceptive breaking ball, the Konan pitcher-catcher duo successfully tricked Lin Guanglai into swinging, bringing the count to 0 balls, 1 strike.
In the first round of the pitching duel, Shimabukuro Hiroshi had a slight edge; but Lin Guanglai wasn't upset. After a brief adjustment, he once again raised his silver and black bat high, staring intently at the pitcher not far away.
After confirming the pitch through signals with his catcher, Shimabukuro lifted his front leg high, pressed his body forward, and threw the ball with a swinging motion of his arm.
Just as the baseball reached in front of home plate, Lin Guanglai's bat swung up to meet it.
"Clang—"
With the immense counterforce, the baseball flew flatly along the first-base line towards right field; Lin Guanglai's swing was very full.
