Xiao Gu waved the bat in his hand. Just now, Yin Yin swung the bat accurately. Why did it suddenly miss him at the end? Did the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound shift inward?
Do you choose to swing at the straight ball? Naoya Kuraza has already seen the path of the ball that Otani, the second bat of Lushengsha, is targeting. He gives a new signal to Yashigami, and then moves a little distance away.
Yagami nodded, took a deep breath, and threw a slider from the bad zone to the strike zone.
"call out!"
A bad ball? No. Xiao Gu looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and hesitated. By the time he realized something was wrong and wanted to swing the bat, it was already too late.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
"twoout."
Realizing that he was being targeted, Kotani was quite surprised and turned to look at the catcher behind him. Naoya Kuraza stood up, took out the baseball from his holster, and passed it back to Yashigami on the pitcher's mound.
When Kendai Doi, the third batsman of Luzhengsha, passed by Kotani, he asked him: "Why didn't you swing the bat in the end?"
"Because the last ball looked like a bad ball." Kotani gave his own answer.
After Kendai Doi walked into the batter's box and stood up, he immediately made his decision and swung at the first pitch thrown by Yagami Yagami.
"call out!"
So when he saw the baseball thrown by Iori Yagami rushing towards the pitcher's mound, he took a step forward and swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously.
"Ping!"
After the bat swung by the batter collided fiercely with the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, it was like a white light that rushed out at high speed, flying high and far, far away from the Qingdao defenders who were chasing it below.
It was left behind until it hit the blocker in mid-air and was bounced downwards to the ground, rolling continuously.
"Oooh, home run!"
"Imai, you did a great job!"
The players of Luzhengsha were all shouting happily. Kendai Doi smiled and raised his arms, ran around several bases, returned to home plate and joined the four-bat infield of Luzhengsha there, and clapped his hands to celebrate.
Naoya Kuraza asked the referee for a timeout, then ran to the pitcher's mound, covered his mouth with a ball cover and said: "Senior, the power of the ball you throw is not strong enough, so you can only give up part of the ball control to increase the power of your ball.
"
"Um……"
Yagami thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.
…
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
When Iori Yagami walked off the pitcher's mound, he looked at the scoreboard behind him. The score between the two sides was 7:3.
Yagami took off his ball cap and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face with his sleeve.
I'm so tired, I feel like I can barely move my left arm.
In the first inning, Rishōsha's third hitter Kendai Doi hit a home run, and then the next four infielders hit a double. However, Yagami readjusted and allowed Rushōsha's fifth hitter to hit.
He hit an infield fly ball and was thrown out, which barely ended the first inning.
In the second and third games, Yagami, with the cooperation of Naoya Kuraza and other defensive players, successfully defended his own score, maintaining the score between Qingdao and Luzhengsha at 0:1; but since the fourth
At the beginning of the inning, Yagami Yagami's pitches were constantly knocked out by the batters of Luzhengsha, and a total of six runs were lost from the fourth to the seventh inning.
At the beginning of the sixth inning, Naoya Kuraza had given up on letting Yagami throw some tricky-angle balls. Instead, he asked him to throw more balls and pitches that are popular in the United States but not so popular in Japan.
Lu Zhengshe can become a powerful force in a fierce battle zone like Osaka. Their strength should not be underestimated. Their defense is solid and there are few loopholes. They are also very active in offense. As long as someone is on base, they will find ways to send runners back.
Home run scored.
We have only lost seven points until now. I really have to thank the third-year seniors for their continuous efforts to save the ball. However, because the summer joint training has just ended, starting from these two or three games, everyone's physical strength has begun to fail to keep up.
In the last two games, how many points must be lost before the game ends?
As Director Kataoka said before the game, no matter how poorly Iori Yagami pitches, he has no intention of changing his pitches. This is not only true for pitchers, but also for players at other positions.
But it’s really painful. This kind of game where you can’t win... Although the United States pays more attention to the performance of individual players than the overall interests of the team (except for major games), unlike Japan, individual players do not matter where they are.
He should always try his best to sacrifice for the overall interests of the team. As a result, his desire to win or lose in team games is not as serious as other people in Qingdao, but...
No! If Yagami wants to win, why must he think that he will lose?
The score between the two sides was only four points apart, and they still had a chance in the last two games! Yagami clasped his hands and stared at the situation on the field.
Seido second batsman Tanaka Yuki moved his arms, then raised the bat and looked at the pitcher Kitayama of the Ryuzhengsha club on the pitcher's mound. A week of continuous high-intensity training made his whole body sore. He could usually jump to a very high height.
It took a lot of effort, and the speed of running the bases was also much slower than before.
But they don't want to just admit defeat. If such difficulties can deter them, then how can they dominate the country in Koshien in the next summer?
Yuuki Tanaka looked at the baseball flying rapidly from the pitcher's mound and swung the bat hard.
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
The metal bat collided with the speeding baseball. Unfortunately, Tanaka Yuki's swing only hit the bottom of the flying baseball. A high fly ball in the infield, and the catcher Kendai Doi of Luzhengsha immediately got up and chased it.
, and then successfully caught the falling fly ball.
“out.“
Tetsuya Yuki, the Aomichi three-bat who came on after Tanaka Yuki, missed two swings. He swung the bat for the third time and successfully hit the outside corner pitch thrown by Ryuushesha pitcher Kitayama and ran to first base.
When the fourth-base baseball team Dong Qingguo came onto the field, the situation in the first half of the eighth inning was favorable with one out and a man on first base.
"Captain, give me a big shot!" This is what Yagami Ye shouted.
"Dong, if you see it right, hit him immediately!" This is what Takashi Fujii shouted.
"Senior Dong, come on!" This was shouted by several sophomores from the first army.
…
Amidst the cheers and cheers of the Qingdao players, Dong Qingguo waved the bat in his hand without hesitation in the face of the first ball thrown by Kitayama, but unfortunately his swing failed.
"Tsk!"
Dong Qingguo stretched out his big belly, waved the bat in his hand, turned his head and stared at Beishan on the pitcher's mound, and made a gesture of waiting for a hit.
He would be beaten out by Seido's hitters! With this feeling, Kitayama, the pitcher of the Rokusho Club, rejected several signals given by the catcher Doi-senpai before reluctantly nodding in agreement.
"call out!"
"Ping!"
Despite this, the baseball that Kitayama threw toward the low inside corner was still hit hard by Dong Qingguo.
"Boom!"
The baseball flew backwards at a faster speed than when it came in, until it hit the edge of the fence and fell to the ground.
While Dong Qingguo shook his head in disappointment, he did not stop and was still running as fast as he could; at the same time, Tetsuya Yuki at the first base also took advantage of this and rushed to the third base in one breath.
Enter the scoring circle.
With one out and people on second and third base, this is a great situation that Qingdao has never had before. This chapter has been completed!