As the captain, Dong Qingguo went to the referee to guess the game with the captain of Hokane Gakuen. If he lost the guessing game, Hokane Gakuen would attack first.
Everyone in Qingdao warmed up and lined up. Following the referee's order, they rushed onto the field together, bowed to each other with the players from Hokane Academy on the opposite side, and then the nine players who served as the starting defense remained on the field.
, others retreated to the rest area.
"Isn't the pitcher sent by Seido Jinguji?"
"Look at the roster, he's a first-year student."
"The first-year catcher has performed well in the Hajia qualifiers. As for the first-year pitcher, it seems that he has never played in a major competition. I have to say that Director Aomi is so courageous!"
"Yes, he also played in the qualifiers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference in the previous autumn. I wonder if Aomichi will lose the first match because of this?"
The few spectators held the brochures they received when entering the venue, listened to the defensive list broadcast on the radio, and started talking about it.
In the dugout on the first base side, the players from Hokane Academy were watching the two first-year players pitching in warm-up pitches. While they were annoyed, they also felt unwilling to do so to themselves or others.
The supervisor of Hokanane Academy stood at the entrance and exit of the rest area of Hokanane Academy, looking at the situation on the field with a frown. He was so despised by Seido, and he dared to arrange for two first-year students to play. This was the most important arrest.
The location really made him very angry.
He stopped the bat who was about to hit the field, gave him a few words, and when the latter nodded in agreement, he let him trot towards the batting area on the field.
Iori Yagami lowered his head and stepped on the soil on the pitcher's mound with his feet, sorting it out slowly bit by bit, then walked a few more steps forward according to his own habits, stepping on the soil under his feet, and finally returned to stand on the pitcher's mound.
At 12:48 noon, as the air raid siren sounded, Yagami threw the first ball of the game.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
Hokanane Gakuen's swing missed the first pitch thrown by Yagami Yagami. Behind him, Chris opened his ball sleeve and steadily caught the baseball that flew quickly from the pitcher's mound.
The scoreboard shows the speed of the ball thrown by Yagami Yagami, 145km/h.
Iori Yagami's pitch caused some small commotion among the audience in the stands. For most of the audience, they would only think that this was a high-speed ball that was rarely seen from first-year students. For the rest,
They said that what they saw was Yagami Yagami's standard movements and the straight path of the ball when he pitched.
Yagami was in good condition today. Chris stood up and took out the baseball from his holster and threw it back to him. After squatting down again, he gave the signal and set up the holster.
Yagami nodded, raised his legs and stepped forward, swinging his arms down. The baseball in his hand was thrown out by him, and it flew away like a white light and shot into Chris's open ball sleeve.
“strike.“
Chris stood up, threw the baseball in his hand back to Yagami, gave him a signal, then moved his position and opened the ball sleeve.
Hokane Gakuen, who had missed consecutive swings, swung the bat in his hand vigorously, waiting for a hit, waiting for the Aomichi pitcher on the mound to throw the baseball, although he probably would still miss the next pitch.
.
He did not let Hokane Gakuen's bat wait. The baseball flying towards him made him lean back reflexively. He had no time to swing the bat in his hand. The baseball passed through the home plate smoothly and was caught by Chris's ball.
Captured successfully.
Yagami got the first out of the inning cleanly. After catching the baseball that Chris passed back to him, he bent down and pinched the powder bag at his feet before taking the baseball out of the ball cover.
The secret code given by Chris was to let him throw a two-seam fastball. This was decided before the game, and the fast ball was mainly fastball, and then added a changeup, a two-seam fastball and its variants.
Card the ball to enrich the changes on the ball path.
As for whether he can pitch the entire game, it all depends on Yagami's performance and Chris's coordination.
"Strikeout, another strikeout! The first-year pitcher from Aomichi allowed the Hokane Gakuen batter to hit three times and get three outs in the inning, which is really surprising."
As soon as the first half of the first game ended, the audience in the stands started talking again.
Compared with Yagami Yagami, Hokanane Gakuen pitcher Fujihira, who pitched in the second half of the first inning, had very poor pitching fluency. He gave away Aomichi's third and fourth at-bats with two four-balls at the beginning.
The gap in strength between the two is not small.
"call out"
"Ping!"
In the second half of the second inning, with the sound of a metal bat hitting a baseball, the fourth-bat Higashikata hit his first home run of the game, directly scoring three points for Seido.
"Dong, well done!"
"Captain, that's great!"
"Fujii, another home run!"
In the stands on the Qingdao side, the members of the second and third armies of the Qingdao Baseball Club were completely excited, and even the players in the rest area were cheering along.
In contrast, the atmosphere in the rest area of Hokane Academy was terrifyingly gloomy. The supervisor of Hokane Academy watched the situation on the field without saying a word.
Aomichi Takashi Fujii Takashi did not swing the bat when pitcher Fujihei of Hokane Gakuen threw the first and second pitches. Instead, he swung the bat in his hand and knocked out one after the third pitch.
After hitting second base, Fujii took off his protective gear and handed it to the player who came to get something. He stepped on the second base bag with his foot and walked away a few steps away, ready to steal the base at any time.
It's a pity that the ball hit by Hiroshi Ohta in the next six bats was caught by Hokanane Gakuen's defense, and he got the second out.
Tetsuya Yuki, the seventh at bat, hit a single from pitcher Fujihira, creating a situation with first and third bases occupied and two out.
As the seventh bat, Chris walked up to the batting area with the bat, swung the bat, and made a gesture of waiting for a hit. The first ball thrown by the pitcher came flying towards him. He looked at the low ball path and did not swing it.
The bat in his hand was the second ball thrown by the pitcher. The height and speed were just right and it was a fairly hitable ball. He then swung the metal bat in his hand.
"call out!"
"Ping!"
After the baseball was hit by Chris, it quickly flew backwards and turned into a white light that shot straight into the sky. He was deceived by Hokanane Gakuen's throw. It was a lob.
Although he immediately dropped the bat and started running the bases, unfortunately, just as he was about to reach first base, the outfielder from Hokanane Gakuen successfully caught the ball that fell from mid-air.
"Three outs, transition between offense and defense."
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"The ball was knocked out by Qingdao's batter again."
"Hokanane Academy's ace has been stunned by Seido."
"Yes, this is only the sixth game, and they have already lost eleven points. The point difference between the two sides has already reached ten points."
"It seems Qingdao is preparing to end the game in six rounds."
"Speaking of which, this first-year pitcher from Seido is very good. He struck out the batter in the first three innings to end the game."
"The opponent is relatively weak and has no reference." While the audience on the field was discussing this, students from other schools were videotaping and investigating Qingdao's intelligence.
"It looks like there will be a pitching battle with Seido in this autumn's Tokyo Metropolitan Games!" the city junior who came to investigate said in a low voice.
"Yes!" Another student who came with him also held the same opinion.
"Three outs, the game is over, Qingdao High School wins."
Is the gap between us and the powerful teams really that big?
Hokanane Academy pitcher Fujihira's face was full of confusion and confusion. Upon seeing this, the supervisor of Hokanane Academy explained: "Let's not talk about the first-year pitcher, just talk about the first-year catcher. His level is simply not like a first-year player.
He had a strong control over the field. He originally had a chance to score in the fourth inning, but the runner on base was locked on third base and was unable to return to home plate to score."
If Hokane Gakuen also had such a high-level catcher, maybe their game against Seido would not be as one-sided as it is now, but it is a pity that there is no such thing as reality. This chapter has been completed!