Smack!
"GO!" At the third-base coach's shout, Hakuryu's runners on second and third burst forward at once!!
Sendou leaped slightly forward off his right foot to catch the ball, his body tilted forward as he used the powerful strength of his core to twist his center of gravity in midair!!
Thud!
Sendou landed directly on his right foot. The momentum made him hop lightly on that foot once more, and he somehow steadied himself!!
Then his left foot stepped forward...
Thud!
"Are you serious?!" Miyuki got ready to receive the throw, laughing excitedly to himself.
"Piu!"
Thump!
The instant Miyuki caught the ball, the runner had already begun diving for the base, but...
Smack!
"Out!"
Miyuki made a light tag in midair, completing the tag-out!!
"Three outs, change of field!!"
"A personal showcase from center field!
A double play!!!"
"All right!!"
As Senior Kuramochi roared, the entire stadium erupted!!
"Are you serious?!
They got him out like that?!!"
"If Sendou hadn't managed to stop himself so directly, he definitely would've been safe no matter what!!"
"Hey, hey!
His body was tilted forward when he threw himself out there!!"
"What kind of core strength is that?!!"
"This is only the first inning, right?
Why does it feel like the Final Inning already? My heart's about to jump out of my chest!!"
"Yeah!
That core strength, that lower-body stability, and that throwing speed!!
I can barely even talk straight!!"
Having turned the double play, Sendou couldn't help clenching his fist and giving it a small pump, just like when Captain Tetsu had hit his first Home Run!!
"All right, all right, all right!
All right, all right, all right!" Sawamura celebrated wildly on the Pitcher's Mound twice before finally walking off.
"That scared the hell out of me!!" Miyuki lightly wiped at