At 7:30 in the morning on May 4th, after having breakfast, everyone in the first army carried their luggage and went to the place where the school bus stopped.
Takashima Rei came over with the itinerary for the next few days and asked captain Dong Qingguo to distribute it.
"Yokohama, Tokai O Sagami, Narita, Hakuryuu, Kendai Takasaki, Osaka Kiryu..." Everyone in Aidoo took a look at the itinerary, and when they saw the last name, many people were surprised.
Not only the Kanto region, but also Osaka?
"Osaka Kiryu's line play is at the top level in the country. Whether we can perform against such an opponent and what step we can take will represent how far we can go this summer! Everyone, please work hard."
After speaking, Takashima Rei pushed up his glasses and sat in the front row.
Yokohama?
Yagami looked at the opponents who had stopped them in the top four of Koshien in the spring. He didn't know if he could meet them again in this year's Kanto Tournament.
Yesterday, Kimura and Sakai-senpai mainly pitched, and today Jinguji-senpai and Tanba will probably pitch. In tomorrow's two games, Sakai-senpai and I will be the starting pitchers.
Yagami was thinking about it when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He put away his schedule and took out his phone from his pocket. He opened it and saw that it was a message from Uotani.
【We started our four-day expedition yesterday and will stay in Tokyo for one day. Yagami, are you free today?】
Iori Yagami quickly pressed the phone and clicked send.
[What a coincidence, our school’s four-day expedition starts today, and we are going to Kanagawa today]
Soon the phone vibrated again, and another message from Yu Gu was sent.
[Haha, it seems we can only see you again in the future... Good luck in the competition! 】
After reading the message sent by Uotani, Yagami replied again, then turned off the phone and put it back in his pocket.
【You too, come on and compete!】
Aomichi's school bus departed on time at 8 a.m., and arrived in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, smoothly over two hours later, and then quickly drove into the location of the Yokohama High School Baseball Club.
Director Kataoka took the lead in announcing today's starting lineup before getting off the bus. Just as Yagamiya expected, Jinguji-senpai will be the starting pitcher for the practice match with Yokohama, and he and Tanba will come on as substitutes depending on the situation.
Director Watanabe of the Yokohama Baseball Club and captain Nagasho Fukuda came to the parking lot to greet everyone in Aomichi.
"This time we came here to cause trouble for you." Kataoka Teshin said, holding Supervisor Watanabe's hand.
"No, it's our honor for you to come. I hope we can have a wonderful game today." Director Watanabe was also very polite.
"I'm very much looking forward to today's game." After Supervisor Kataoka said this, he asked Higashikata and everyone to follow Fukuda Nagasho and go to the competition venue to do some exercises and warm up.
Although Yokohama and Aomichi rarely meet in official games, after all, apart from the Kanto Tournament, the only two teams that want to meet in games are spring Koshien and summer Koshien, but due to the differences between the two schools
Practice matches are organized from time to time, so many people know each other. As a result, many Yokohama team members came to say hello after seeing the Qingdao people again.
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"Jinguji, did you hear that? Don't let that guy Sato hit the ball easily when the time comes." Fujii Takashi said to Jinguji who was doing pitching practice next to him.
"You don't need to say anything." Jinguji raised his hand to catch the baseball passed by Miyuki Kazuya, and then threw it with his arm.
Director Kataoka still chose Kazuya Miyuki as the starting catcher for this practice game. The two sides are working together and trying to get to know each other better before the game starts.
Soon the game started. Dong Qingguo's usual bad luck once again made him fail in guessing, and Yokohama attacked first.
Jinguji stood behind the pitcher's mound, stepped on the dirt under his feet, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly.
As long as you're a pitcher, who wouldn't want to stand on a pitcher's mound that has never been stepped on?
Although there were excellent juniors in the team, he never thought that he would be inferior to Iori Yagami because of this.
With this thought in mind, Jinguji Kazuo waved his arm and threw the first ball of this practice match at the signal given by Miyuki Kazuya.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
First-bat hitter Fumi Shirai did not swing the bat when Jinguji threw the first pitch with a wave of his arm. Instead, he watched the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound fly past his eyes, and then moved his grip on the bat.
His hands continued to make a posture waiting for a blow.
Miyukiichi also glanced at the Yokohama hitter Shirai Fumi in front of him, and asked Jinguji-senpai for a fast straight ball that was close to the opponent's knee and low in the inside corner.
As soon as Jinguji saw the catcher's signal, he nodded, raised his legs, stepped forward, waved his arms, and the baseball shot out of his palm and flew toward home plate.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
After Shirai Fumi's swing failed, he moved his hands again, swung the bat, and continued to wait for a hit.
After tasting the sweetness, Miyukiichi also continued to place the ball cover in the low inside corner and gave the secret signal to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
Jingujiichi hesitated for a moment, thinking that there was something wrong with the catcher's distribution. Just now, Shirai Shiya's bat almost hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, but when he thought about it, the catcher Miyukiichi was only a first-year freshman.
, was inexperienced and needed to grow in actual combat, so he agreed to the catcher's instructions, and according to the code he gave, he swung his arms and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Miyuki Kazuya looked at the baseball that flew backwards after being hit by the batter, and immediately stood up and shouted: "First baseman, right fielder!"
First baseman Kotaro Tojima and right fielder Naoya Kuraza immediately started running to catch up with the baseball that flew upside down from home plate. Naoya Kuraza immediately waved his arm after successfully intercepting the baseball that bounced over.
It goes to first base.
“out.“
The first base umpire raised his right hand to indicate that the batter was out, and Qingdao successfully got the first out of the game.
Under the command of Kazuya Miyuki, Seido's side got three outs in the first half of the first inning without much trouble. The two sides exchanged offense and defense.
Isashiki Jun, who had just been promoted to the first team, walked into the batting box as the team's first bat. He first bowed to the referee seriously, then saluted the Yokohama catcher on the side, and finally waved the bat, his whole person was fierce.
He stared at Yokohama pitcher Nishijima on the pitcher's mound and yelled: "Come on!"
Yokohama's Supervisor Watanabe stood at the entrance to the dugout and noticed that Aomichi's one-hitter was very good, but he was still only a sophomore. There were two sophomores on Aomichi's side during this practice match (
Jun Isashiki and Tetsuya Yuki) and two first-year students appeared on the stage, and it seemed that they were training with them.