In the first half of the ninth inning, Aomichi changed pitchers again, with ace Jinguji Kaichi pitching.
Standing on the pitcher's mound, Jinguji bent down and pinched the magnesium powder packet at his feet, then straightened up, raised his hand to blow off the excess powder on his fingertips, and looked at the catcher Miyuki Kazuya at home plate.
Miyukiichi also looked at Kazuki Takashima, the second slugger at Kuroshikan, who was standing on the batter's box, gave a signal to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound, and opened his sleeve.
Jinguji nodded, twirled the baseball with his right hand behind his back, raised his arm, stepped forward with his left leg, and swung his arm to throw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
"nice shot!"
Kazuki Takashima swung the bat, stood back up and waited for the pitcher to throw the next ball.
Miyukiichi also stood up and passed the ball back to Jinguji-senpai, then squatted down and gave the senior a new code.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Kazuki Takashima, the second hitter at Kuroshikan, missed again with his swing. He gritted his teeth and swept the metal bat in his hand across the home plate area. Then he regained his posture of waiting for a hit and looked at the pitcher's mound, waiting for pitcher Jinguji Kazuki.
of pitching.
Following the signal given to him by the catcher, Jinguji raised his arm, stepped forward with his left leg, leaned forward, and threw the baseball out of the palm of his right hand.
"call out!"
The white baseball flew towards home plate like a white line. Takashima Kazuki vigorously swung the bat, preparing to hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound with all his strength.
"Whoa!"
However, the metal bat that swept past the home plate and the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound once again passed by each other and entered the open cover of catcher Kazuya Miyuki.
"Bang!"
“strike out.“
Kazuki Takashima walked out of the batting area with his bat in hand, and walked back to the rest area at the Kuroshie Hall with his head lowered.
“safe.“
Kuroshidan slugger Yusuke Nomura got a hit from Jinguji Kaichi after struggling with him for five pitches and then ran to first base.
"Two out, two out."
"Only one out left!"
The defensive players of Qingdao gestured to each other to prevent their ace from being affected by the three hits of Kuroshikan. Because Qingdao was the back-offensive team, as long as they got the last out, the practice game would be over.
It's over, not to mention that the current point difference between the two sides has directly expanded to 3 points because of Maruyama Shoji.
Kuroshikan four-bat Ryo Suzuki took the bat and walked towards home plate. He stood outside the batting box, which had been trampled by them and Seido's batters for a long time and could not see the sideline. He saluted the referee and then walked away.
Enter the batting cage.
Jingujiichi turned the baseball in his hand while looking at Ryo Suzuki who was standing in the batter's box waving the bat.
Soon Suzuki Ryo stopped swinging, raised the bat, and waited for a hit, then turned to look at Jinguji Kazuo on the pitcher's mound.
That aggressive and ferocious look was something he had never seen in previous training sessions. Those who saw it could understand Suzuki Ryo's determination. He wanted to use his personal power to restore the results of this practice match.
Pulled into suspense.
Jingujiichi took a deep breath and was not satisfied with the code given by the catcher Miyuki Kazuya.
Facing the current Ryo Suzuki, any ball that is slightly easier to hit will be knocked away by him.
Miyukiichi also agreed with the senior's idea and changed another code. Senior Jinguji then nodded in agreement and swung his arm to throw the baseball in his palm.
The white baseball drew like a white line in Jinguji Kazuichi's hand and flew from the pitcher's mound toward home plate.
"call out!"
Suzuki Ryo stared closely at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. When it approached home plate, he quickly opened his legs and swung the metal bat with both arms.
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
When the crisp sound came, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound had already been swept out of the first base sideline by Ryo Suzuki.
Miyukiichi also took the new baseball from the referee, waved it to Jinguji-senpai and gave the secret signal.
Jinguji's catcher Kazuya Miyuki opened his glove and swung his hip to throw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
Suzuki Ryo looked at the baseball that almost flew straight towards his calf, took a quick step back, and vigorously swung the bat in his hand.
"Whoa!"
Ryo Suzuki's deformed posture was unable to allow the bat to hit the center of the ball accurately, and it missed the oncoming baseball.
"Bang!"
"Missed!"
Suzuki Ryo moved his arms and glanced at the Qingdao catcher behind him: "What a powerful kid. No wonder he was personally invited by Supervisor (Sekiguchi) before."
"Thank you for the compliment, senior. I still have a lot to learn." Miyuki Kazuya said as he passed the baseball back to Senior Jinguji.
"No matter what ball you match, I will hit it!" Suzuki Ryo said, then stood up again, raised the bat and waited for the pitcher's throw.
Miyukiichi was also wary of Suzuki Ryo's determination. After thinking about it for a moment, he gave the signal to Jinguji-senpai and placed the ball sleeve close to the opponent's chest, which is the ball in the high inside corner area.
After receiving the signal from the catcher, Jinguji raised his leg and threw his arm, and the white baseball came out of his hand.
"call out!"
Suzuki Ryo smiled, stepped out with his right foot, and swung the metal ball with all his strength, sweeping away an afterimage in the home plate area.
"Whoa!"
Miyukiichi also found that the baseball that was flying towards him from the pitcher's mound was accurately hit in the center of the ball by the batter's sudden swing of the bat, making a violent sound, "Ping!"
The baseball flew upside down into the sky after colliding with the metal bat, attracting everyone's attention.
Miyukiichi also opened the shield and stood up, shouting: "Center field!"
When Murasuke Daiki saw the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound being hit by the batter, he ran back quickly. However, until he chased him all the way to the center field fence, the baseball flying in the sky was still there.
There was no intention of falling, and it didn't start falling until it flew over the fence.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!!"
"home run!"
"Yeah! It's a two-run home run. The score between us and Qingdao is now 7:6, with only one point missing."
Amid the cheers of those around him, Ryo Suzuki raised his right hand and trotted around the bases from first to third base, then ran back to home plate, stepped on the plate, picked up the bat, and headed to the dugout of Kuroshitsukan.
Walked over.
"There's still one point left, let's attack together!"
"Attack! Attack! Kuroshikan must win!" Kuroshikan's morale was completely boosted by Ryo Suzuki's home run.
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"Jinguji-senpai, it's me..." Miyuki Kazuya ran to the pitcher's mound, preparing to comfort the pitcher after he was hit by a home run.
"We lost to Suzuki's determination." Jinguji retracted his gaze towards the Kuroshikan rest area and said calmly.
This was a powerful blow delivered by Suzuki Ryo in a desperate counterattack for victory. Neither he nor Miyukiichi, who did not have the same sense of urgency and awareness, had a clear understanding of this, and then allowed him to complete the desperate counterattack. This chapter has been completed!