When the game reached the fourth inning, the situation on the court changed dramatically.

The seniors who had been lagging behind gradually began to catch up.

The score went from 0:3 to 1:3, and then to 2:3.

For the second and third grade seniors, as they score more points, their morale becomes stronger and stronger.

The morale of the rookie players on the Yakushi High School baseball team is gradually declining...

Even Mishima, who has always been lively, spoke and yelled in a much lower voice.

Li Lei relies on his precise ball control, but his pitching position makes it difficult for batters to hit the ball.

In this way, even if the batter sweeps the ball out, it shouldn't pose much of a threat.

But here's the problem.

Those balls that seemed to pose no threat penetrated their defense one after another.

The defensive line formed by Yakushi High School's freshman players was essentially useless.

They are not much different from scarecrows.

Hongleishi, who excelled in attack, made two mistakes in one defensive game.

In addition, Mihashi appeared once and Yonehara appeared once.

Only Mishima successfully stopped the ball.

However, because their teammates did not make up for the loss in time, Mishima's successful fielding failed to help them get out of the game.

In the first half of the fourth inning, the freshman team only scored one out.

This elimination was won by Li Lei's strikeout.

Then they gave up two full runs and five hits.

It's like a vicious cycle.

Because there were more defensive mistakes, the players on the freshman team began to run out of energy.

It's not that they didn't work hard, they worked very hard during the game, but they just couldn't get the number of eliminations.

"whee!"

Todoroki Raizo, who serves as the referee, has the mentality of just watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.

On the surface, this situation occurred because the problems of the freshman team began to gradually come to light.

For example, their defense is actually useless.

But the real cause did not start with defense.

It was Sanada Junpei's pitching after he came on the field that made the first-year rookies on the Yakushima High School baseball team feel despair.

Li Lei, Qiuye, Mishima...

These are the core and representative figures of the freshmen team. The three of them were solved by Sanada Junpei one after another, and were easily eliminated by Sanada Junpei.

Not only did the morale of the second and third grade seniors get shaken, it also shocked the hearts of the little guys in the first grade.

In the end, this shock was reflected in their defense.

Both Yonehara and Mihashi have basic foundations.

Logically speaking, their performance on the court should not be so passive.

But just now during the defensive process, the two of them acted like puppets.

Stiff as hell.

As for Thunder City!

It's not because he's nervous, he just doesn't know how to do it.

Todoroki has been practicing with Todoroki, but Todoroki only taught him the basics and bat swing.

In other aspects, there is no teaching at all.

Because of his part-time job, Hongleishi never joined any team throughout his junior high school career.

Let alone youth baseball, he has never even played softball in school.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously unrealistic to expect him to perform amazingly on defense.

There are various reasons, but the final result is this.

In the first half of the fourth game, the second and third grade seniors attacked.

The score on the field was 2:3, and the freshman team's lead was down to the last point.

The situation is, one out, bases loaded.

This situation is undoubtedly a huge challenge for Li Lei, who is accustomed to relying on the defense of his teammates to score outs.

Todoroki Raizo was very interested.

He wanted to know what Li Lei would do next?

"call!"

On the pitcher's mound, Li Lei breathed a long sigh of relief.

He originally thought that he had entered a high school in Tokyo, and it was a high school targeting Koshien.

The teammates around him, even if they are not better than before, are definitely outstanding players.

Unexpectedly, the reality is so cruel.

With five consecutive defensive mistakes, Li Lei has never had such poor teammates. This can be regarded as breaking the limit of his imagination.

Li Lei looked around.

The kid from Honglei City is 100% untrustworthy. Mihashi's movements were stiff and he looked very nervous.

It would be difficult to expect him to perform well today...

Although Mihara's movements were equally stiff, they were still barely noticeable.

50%, right.

The one who performed the most normally was Mishima. He was a star player in junior high school, and there was little gap in strength between him and his seniors.

It can even be said that even though Mishima has just graduated from junior high school to high school, his ability to play baseball is probably better than that of the second and third grade seniors on the Yakushima High School baseball team.

"Only first base?"

After testing, Li Lei finally determined.

Among his current teammates, the only one who is reliable and can score outs is Yuta Mishima at first base.

The seventh batsman of the Yakushi High School baseball team stood firmly in the batter's box.

"Those guys are broken!"

"Go hard and hit the ball..."

The second- and third-year seniors with high morale took the initiative to cheer for their teammates, or put pressure on the freshmen.

In short, the momentum they displayed was very strong.

"Wow, I have already kept up with his ball speed. The next step is to hit the ball."

Except for one of his previous teammates who struck out, everyone else knocked the ball away.

Although the ball they touched was weak, they still successfully won the game due to their opponent's continuous mistakes.

This made the seventh batter of the Yakushima High School baseball team very excited.

The special training given to them by Todoroki Raizo's supervision seemed to be very effective.

The performance of his teammates on the court is enough to speak for itself.

Next, it's up to him.

Just when the seventh batter of the Yakushima High School baseball team had this thought in his mind.

Li Lei, who was standing in front of him, shot the ball with an expressionless face.

It was an ordinary-looking goal.

"That's it?"

The seventh batter of the Yakushima High School baseball team suddenly understood why his teammates were able to sweep the ball away one after another.

It turns out that Li Lei's pitching level dropped so much all of a sudden.

Originally, he wanted to wait, but now the batter didn't hesitate at all, and he directly swept the outside corner ball away.

"Ping!"

The baseball that was hit flew flat in front of first baseman Mishima.

Mishima effortlessly caught the ball in his glove.
To be continued...