"So tired!" After opening the door, Yagami threw his backpack on the ground and lay down on the bed, not wanting to move.
Thirty minutes later, Iori Yagami sat up from the bed, opened his backpack and took out his homework book, moved a bench to the floor, sat down on it, put the homework book on the bench, and started doing homework.
An hour later, Yagami put away his homework and went downstairs to have dinner.
After dinner and shower, it was time for the regular meeting again. Director Kataoka still came to the conference room a few minutes early. He won the practice match with Narita today, so Director Kataoka didn’t analyze the game too much.
A few words about the mistakes and shortcomings that occurred during the game, and then the lineup for the next day's game against Bailong.
As soon as Yagami heard that he was not on the starting list, he guessed that Director Kataoka wanted him to play in the practice match against Kendai Takasaki tomorrow afternoon.
As usual, after supervising Kataoka, Rei Takashima talked about the next day's itinerary.
We will gather outside the hotel at 8:30 tomorrow morning and set off for Hakuryu High School. After the game, we will take the bus to Kendai Takasaki, return here to rest in the evening, and then go to Osaka the next day.
After the meeting, Miyukiichi also sneaked out of the room, bought a can of drink from the vending machine on the first floor, and sat down in a less noticeable corner.
To be honest, Miyukiichi is not used to this kind of sudden and familiar concern.
The reason why I chose Qingdao in the first place was not only the main reason why Chris was here, but also the secondary reason because of Xiaoli’s repeated invitations. Finally, it was Daocheng Industrial and the city who joined with the hope of defeating Cheng Gongming.
Junior year to prove your mind.
As for his sense of belonging to Seido, at least in his opinion now, there is not much difference from the Edogawa Little League where he played in junior high school.
He can't completely ignore the goodwill released by his seniors like Kimura Takuya, but he can't exceed the limit in his heart. How to grasp this scale is also a difficult problem.
The fifteen-year-old boy, after sighing in confusion, stood up and threw the finished beverage bottle into the corresponding recycling bin, and then walked slowly back to his room.
At six o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock that Miyuki Kazuya had set rang on time.
Miyukiichi turned over with difficulty and fumbled for the alarm clock on the cabinet.
After pressing the alarm clock, I closed my eyes and lay on the bed for another ten minutes. Then I got up, lifted the quilt, picked up my glasses and put them on, and found that the bed next to me was already empty.
Miyukiichi also stood up and stretched, walked to the window and looked down, and sure enough he saw the second and third grade seniors warming up in the open space downstairs.
After the independent practice last night, Senior Dong took him and chatted until midnight. He was so energetic to be able to get up so early.
After entering the bathroom and washing up briefly, Miyukiichi also changed his clothes, put on his sneakers, opened the door and walked out.
Seniors Yagami, Masuko and Tanba were waiting for the elevator and said hello when they saw him coming.
"morning."
"Senior, good morning."
Soon they went down to the first floor through the elevator and headed to the open space behind the hotel to join the morning training team.
After exercising, eating, and sorting out their belongings, as it approached 8:30 in the morning, everyone was already gathering in the lobby on the first floor carrying their luggage and golf equipment.
Takashima Rei led everyone to the parking lot. Today's schedule was quite busy, so they would probably be very tired when they came back in the evening.
…
The practice match against Hakuryu High School started at ten in the morning, and Director Kataoka still handed over the job of scorekeeper to Miyuki Kazuya.
When he was filling out the lineup, he discovered that all the second-year students, including Senior Yashigami and Senior Yuuki, did not play in this practice match.
Miyukiichi also stared blankly at the scorebook for a while, then raised his head to watch the situation on the field and record the game.
The first three innings were relatively dull. Even if someone from both sides reached base, they could not return to home base and score smoothly.
In the fourth inning, Bailong took the lead in attacking, hitting the second and third bases consecutively. By the time the fourth base stepped into the batter's box, there were already people on first and second base and two outs.
Kentaro Matsuda asked the umpire for a timeout, ran onto the pitcher's mound to communicate with Jinguji, and then ran back to squat behind home plate.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Jinguji's bad pitch didn't fool Hakuryuu into swinging the bat.
Kentaro Matsuda had no choice but to ask Jinguji Ichi for a fast straight ball from a low position in the inside corner.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
This not very easy to hit ball was swept directly to the sideline of third base by Bailong's four bats.
If Hakuryuu gets a hit, he will lose at least one run. Kentaro Matsuda thought for a moment before giving a signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Another bad ball was passed by Bailong's four bats, causing the catcher to give up the idea of using a bad ball to deceive the batter into swinging the bat.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
…
After seven consecutive pitches with Hakuryuu's four bats, when the number of pitches had accumulated to two strikes and two strikes, Jinguji seemed to have made up his mind and gave catcher Matsuda several secret signals and shook his head one by one.
After denying it, he came over and gave him a secret signal.
Catcher Kentaro Matsuda hesitated for a moment before nodding his head in agreement with Jinguji Kazuichi's idea.
Standing on the pitcher's mound, Jinguji took a deep breath, then exhaled it slowly, raised his legs and arms forward, and threw the baseball in his palm.
Fingerball!
This pitch was thrown very well by Jinguji. The vertical displacement of the baseball before it flew from the pitcher's mound to the home plate, as well as the time it took for it to fall after flying into the home plate, all prove that Jinguji is a good pitcher.
The finish on the fork ball is very high.
At the same time, Baek Ryong's swing missed because he misjudged that the pitch thrown by the pitcher was a straight ball.
"Three outs, exchange of offense and defense." The referee signaled the end of the first half of the fourth inning.
"Jinguji, good shot!"
"Well done! You are indeed our trump card."
The third graders gave Jinguji a lot of encouragement and support.
Iori Yagami got up and poured a glass of water and handed it to Senior Jinguji who returned to the rest area.
"Senpai's shot just now was awesome!" Yagami praised it.
As soon as Jinguji took the water handed over by Iori Yagami, he nodded to him, drank it in one gulp, and turned to look at Supervisor Kataoka next to him: "Supervisor, I feel that I am in good condition today and can make a complete cast.
A practice match.”
Director Kataoka crossed his arms on his chest and said calmly to Jingujiichi: "Just talking is useless, prove it to me with actions!"
"Yes!" Jinguji replied loudly.
In the second half of the fourth inning, as if in response to Jinguji Kazuichi's pitch, the third graders actively swung the bat and ran the bases, scoring 2 points in one breath before ending the fourth inning.
In the first half of the fifth inning, Hakuryu scored 2 points from Jinguji Kaichi, tying the score; but in the second half of the sixth inning, Aomichi got another run from Hakuryu's pitcher Ou Ye.
Score one point.
In the next three games, except for the seventh game, when Bailong and Qingdao each scored one more point, in the following games, although Qingdao and Bailong were on base many times, neither of them ran back to home plate to score. The game ended.
At that time, the score between the two sides was fixed at 3:4, and Jinguji, as he wished, pitched the entire game. This chapter has been completed!