Chapter VII The Second Battle and the Third Battle
Although Yagami has had the opportunity to play in the previous autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference qualifiers, this is the first time that he has thrown a six-inning effective game with a score difference of ten points like this, although Yagami has played in three rounds of qualifiers before.
In that game, the game ended in seven innings with an effective score of 7:0. As a result, he was finally noticed and taken seriously by many schools in Tokyo.
"Iori, you are in the newspaper!"
During his lunch break, Fujii Takashi saw the manager of the club sorting out newspaper clippings, so he went over and flipped through it. There was a piece of content on it about the announcement of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games, and on the side were written the hot spots and topics in each day's competition.
What to watch.
Among them is the wonderful appearance of Qingdao's first-year shooting team.
"If we reach the semi-finals, there should be a press conference coming over for an exclusive interview." Yuki Tanaka also came over.
"I remember that after reaching the finals of last year's Hajia qualifiers, a reporter came to interview Azuma, the super rookie hitter Kiyokuni Azuma!" Daiki Murasuke put down the newspaper in his hand and asked, "Will the Supervisor of the Top 16 Tournament still be there?
Let Yagami play?"
"Who knows? No matter who plays, he must keep winning." Dong Qingguo finished his lunch and was about to come over for a nap.
"You messed up the newspaper and didn't tidy it up!" The manager was very angry when he saw that several of them came over and rummaged through her place without even thinking about tidying it up.
"Sorry!" Dong Qingguo, who was about to take a nap, had to get up and help the manager tidy up.
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"For tomorrow's game, the starting pitcher will be Jinguji Kazuichi; the catcher will be Kentaro Matsuda, and other positions remain unchanged."
On the afternoon of October 14, after watching the video and information of the next round of opponents, Director Kataoka immediately announced tomorrow's starting list.
"Sakai, be prepared to make the next pitch tomorrow." He was not prepared to let Jinguji make the entire pitch tomorrow.
"Yes!" Sakai immediately stood up and responded loudly.
"Everyone should have a good rest tonight and don't overtrain." After Supervisor Kataoka finished speaking, everyone in Qingdao was dismissed.
The next day, October 15th, Yagami watched the six effective rounds of the second round on the bench, with a huge score difference of 10:0. He had to admit that he and Jinguji-senpai were different from others.
It was definitely different! After all, that was their partner who had been working together for more than a year, and he was just an outstanding junior who had just joined the team.
Even though they know that Jinguji-senpai will sometimes be defeated by his opponents, they still believe that Jinguji-senpai will recover and continue to vote. If it is Yagami Ya, even if they believe in Yagami Ya's strength, they will still be afraid
Because he was nervous or panicked, it affected the outcome of the game.
After the second round of the match between Aomichi and Nisatsu Gakusha Daisuke, there was another match for city juniors at Tsunomiya Komazawa Stadium. Director Kataoka was not in a hurry to let them return to school, and asked everyone in the first army to stay and watch what happened next.
opponent's game.
The City junior only scored one point in the first inning. Unexpectedly, he scored four points in the second inning. After that, he continued to score from the opponent steadily. In the fifth inning, he replaced the original sophomore substitute pitcher.
Hisamatsu asked first-year relief pitcher Manaka to pitch.
"Mainaka Kaname's style is quite different from Yagami." After Manaka Kaname pitched the fifth and sixth games, Daiki Murasuke, another strong player in the team, expressed his opinion.
"The ball control is a little better than Iori, but the ball speed is a little worse than Iori." Kentaro Matsuda also gave his own observation. In his opinion, Manaka Kaname's pitching should be more cautious. In terms of skills, he and Iori are better.
The goals and directions of efforts are not the same. If the two match up, Yagami will have a greater chance of winning.
When Zhenzhong was about to finish the seventh inning, City Junior ended the game early with an effective score of 14:2 in seven innings.
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In the quarter-finals match on October 22, Director Kataoka decided to let Yu Sakai play as the starting pitcher and Yagami Yagami as the reliever depending on the situation. Even Tanba Koichiro, who had been sitting on the bench, would find opportunities to let the opponent play.
Pitch.
After all, Qingdao's opponent, Yasuda Gakuen, is the weakest of the eight teams. It can be used to arrange newcomers to experience the feeling of actual combat. In the subsequent semi-finals and finals, substitute players will not have any chance to play.
of.
Therefore, if the scores of the three rounds can be advantageous, Director Kataoka does not mind letting Tanba have a try in the last two rounds.
Yagami was replaced on the mound by Director Kataoka in the fifth inning of the three-game series. As a catcher, Matsuda-senpai went to the pitcher and chatted with Yagami for a few words, and told him to release the code.
After throwing the ball easily, he returned to his squatting position behind home plate.
After giving the pitcher a signal, Kentaro Matsuda opened his ball sleeve and asked him to throw a few practice balls to get a feel for it.
Yagami nodded, put his left hand behind his back and turned the baseball in his hand, then raised his legs and stepped forward, waving his arms to throw his first ball of the game.
"call out!"
"Crack!"
"nice shot."
Kentaro Matsuda stood up and threw the baseball back. He was very satisfied with the power and tail power of Yagami Yagami's pitch.
After throwing a few balls like this, Matsuda-senpai signaled to the referee that the game could start again. After the batter stood in the batter's box and assumed a posture waiting for a hit, he gave Yagami the signal he had given before.
And open the ball sleeve and place it.
Yagami followed Matsuda-senpai's request and threw a four-seam fastball that landed in the low inside corner.
The baseball that flew out of the pitcher's mound whizzed away like a white light, passed through the home plate area without any hindrance, and flew into the ball cover set by Matsuda-senpai. The batters at Yasuda Academy didn't even have time to swing the bat in their hands.
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"147km/h..."
"He is only in the first grade. Maybe by the second grade, his ball speed may reach or even exceed 150km/h."
"Another strikeout!"
"It seems that Qingdao is expected to win the final victory in this year's autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games."
As the match schedule progresses, more and more spectators appear on both sides of the stands. As supporters of Seido, many people are optimistic about Yagami Yagami.
"The ball was hit! The first-year student Qingdao replaced him hit a double."
"Successfully returned the runner on second base to score, and got an RBI in the first at-bat. It's awesome!"
"There are nine bats behind him. The first-year pitcher can hit pretty well, and maybe he can continue to score!"
After pitching three innings, Yagami stood in the batter's box for the last time as a batter, waving the bat in his hand, waiting for a hit, and turned to look at the Yasuda Gakuen pitcher on the mound.
Tetsuya Yuki at second base was a few steps away from the base, ready to steal the base at any time.
One out and there's someone on second base.
Yagami prepared to use a bunt to force the bases. Of course, he did not change the posture of holding the bat because of this. He still held the bat high and waited for the pitcher of Yasuda Gakuen.
The moment the baseball was thrown by the opponent's pitcher, Yagami quickly changed his grip, from holding the long bat to swinging the short bat. Looking at the speeding baseball, he aimed at the center of the ball and pointed the bat in the direction of first base.
, then dropped the bat and started running the bases.
The pitcher from Yasuda Gakuen immediately rushed off the pitcher's mound and chased the baseball that was hit by Yagami Yagami. He picked up the baseball on the ground and immediately threw it towards first base.
After Yasuda Gakuen's first baseman caught the flying baseball, he ran back two steps and stepped on the first base bag. Then he looked in the direction of third base and found that Aomichi's runner had successfully run up.
Third base can only throw the baseball in his hand back to the pitcher.
“out.“.
When Iori Yagami ran towards Aomichi's rest area, he happened to meet Fukuda-senpai who was about to hit the field. The other party patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will help you score this point."
Aomichi has so far scored six points from Yasuda Gakuen, which is four points more than his opponent. As long as Tanba Koichiro, who comes next, does not lose too many points in the next two games, the three-round game can end smoothly.