On the field, pitcher Du Xiaopingnan struggled to get the last out in the second half of the seventh inning, ending the game with Qingdao.
Qingdao ended the second match with Xiaopingnan in the seventh game with an effective score of 2:9x, winning the first match.
As the air raid siren sounded again, players from Seido and Tokohira Minami once again lined up in two rows at home plate.
Everyone in Qingdao looked at the young men across from them who started to cry, feeling somewhat unbearable in their hearts.
After bowing to each other, the players from Qingdao and Du Xiaopingnan began to come forward one by one to shake hands.
Dong Qingguo held the hand of captain Du Xiaopingnan and said sincerely: "We will keep winning, and we will take your share with us."
"Well, please." Captain Du Xiaopingnan wiped the tears on his face, nodded, let go of Dong Qingguo's hand and went to hold the next person.
"That home run you hit in the fifth inning was so beautiful!" Murasuke Daiki said seriously when shaking hands with Minami Minami Takahashi.
After hearing this, the boy with red eyes looked up at the Murasuke tree in front of him, then let go of his hand and left without saying a word.
…
"The starters for the three games are: pitcher Sakai, catcher Kurama, first baseman Yuki; second baseman Tanaka, third baseman Azuma, shortstop Fukuda, left fielder Fujii, center fielder Murasuke, and right fielder Ohta."
After everyone in the First Army watched the videos and information about the opponents in the next round, Director Kataoka immediately announced the list for the next battle.
"Jinguji Temple, be prepared for succession."
"Yes!" Jinguji immediately stood up and responded loudly.
"Everyone have a good rest tonight, and be careful not to overtrain." After the instructions, Supervisor Kataoka ordered the Qingdao people to disperse...
At 9:56 a.m. on July 22, Hachioji Citizen Stadium, the third round of the 88th National High School Wildball Players Rights Conference Nishi-Tokyo Tournament, Aomichi vs. Otsurunoshima.
Seido's opponent was Otsurunoshima, a well-known strong school in Nishitokyo (the prototype selected here was Hiotsurugaoka), because Yagami Yagami, the ace, did not play, and Yu Sakai was on the board as the starting pitcher.
As a result, both Seido and Ichiotsunoshima were unable to get rid of each other, widening the gap in scores between the two sides.
Even if Director Kataoka subbed Yu Sakai in the sixth inning and let Jinguji hit the field to pitch, the score between the two sides was still tied by the end of the ninth inning.
It wasn't until the two sides reached overtime that Qingdao successfully broke the score stalemate and won the three rounds with a score of 8:9.
After this match against Otsurunoshima City, there will be four rounds of matches, that is, the top 16 matches. There are still three games before they reach the finals of the Xia Liga qualifiers, and they still have three games before they reach Koshien.
There are still four final games.
So far, the weaker teams have basically been eliminated. The teams in the top 16 are all teams with good strength. How to face these powerful opponents is a matter for Teshin Kataoka and everyone from Qingdao.
Next is the key point to attack.
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After announcing the starting lineup for the four rounds, Director Kataoka immediately disbanded the team and allowed everyone in Seido to train on their own.
Because the fourth round of the battle was on Monday, two days later, most of the members of the First Army returned to their dormitories to put away their luggage, changed their clothes, and went to the training ground to continue their daily necessary exercises.
All the pitchers of the first army went to the bullpen to practice pitching, even Yu Sakai and Kazu Jinguji who played today did the same.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
"call out!"
"Bang!"
"call out!"
"Bang!"
There were constant sounds of pitching and catching in the bullpen. Yagami Ya and Chris were in a group, Jinguji Kazu and Matsuda Kentaro were in a group, Tanba Koichiro was in a group with Kuraza Naoya, and Sakai Yu and Miyuki Kazuya were in a group.
Doing fishing exercises.
"You guys are in pretty good shape." A somewhat familiar voice sounded outside the bullpen.
Jinguji looked in the direction where the sound came from, showing an expression of surprise.
"Senior Saito!" The previous ob was also the former Seido ace Saito Masaru (this was the name of a junior at Shutoku High School in 2005, who was the ace of the Shutoku Baseball Club), standing outside the bullpen.
Look at them.
"Why are you here, Saito-senpai?"
Several second- and third-year students gathered around, and two first-year students, Miyuki Kazuya and Kuraza Naoya, thought for a moment and followed the others.
"There is no class this afternoon, so Maeda, Kiryu and I made an appointment to come over and take a look." Saito Masaru smiled and said, "We also heard about the competition this morning. We did a good job, Jinguji Temple and Sakai."
"Where are we now? There are countless powerful enemies behind us..." Jinguji looked a little embarrassed and immediately changed the subject: "Where are Kiryu-senpai and the others?"
"Going to find Donghe Murasuke and the others." Chi Chunma said and looked at Chris on the side: "Chris, how is your recovery from your injury?"
"TOEFL, I have recovered." Chris replied with a smile.
"Watching you guys pitching, I feel my hands are itchy. Can you let me come in and pitch a few pitches?" Saito Masaru moved his shoulders and said.
"Of course you're welcome!" Everyone asked Chi Haruma to come in, and Yu Sakai lent his pitcher's cover to the senior.
"Matsuda catches the ball for me, you guys continue to practice, Yagami, you have to work hard in the next game too." Saito Masaru saw Chris catching Yagami, and guessed that the starting pitcher who will play in the next game should be
Yagami night.
"Yes, Saito-senpai."
At the same time, on the other side, Shoji Maeda and Hiroshi Kiryu were holding the latest version of "Baseball Kingdom" to find Tokiyokuni who was practicing swinging with Murasuke Daiki.
"The powerful captain of Qingdao, the 'Monster Beater' Dong Qingguo."
"I will lead everyone to Koshien together."
Shoji Maeda took the "Baseball Kingdom" magazine, turned to the page where Higashikata was interviewed by a reporter, and read the title and introduction of the article.
"Don, you look very handsome in this photo." Kiryu Hongdai pointed at the photo in the magazine of Tou Qingguo vigorously swinging the bat in his hand.
"Senior Kiryu!" Faced with the teasing of his former captain, Dong Qingguo shouted with a very rare blushing expression.
"Haha, no kidding! Come on, play two goals and let us see how much you have improved?" Hiroshi Kiryu asked Maedanaka to put away the magazine in his hand, then turned to Murasuke Daiki next to him and said: "Murasuke
"Jie, the same goes for you."
"yes!"
After Tokiyokuni and Murasuke Daiki each stood up, they raised their bats and got into position, and asked the team members next to them to help them throw the ball. Then they swung the bats in their hands and knocked the baseball away hard.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
The baseballs that were knocked away by Tokiyokuni and Murasuke Taiki hit the barriers at the training ground one after another.
"It seems that you have made great progress." Kiryu Hongda made a pertinent comment...
"Murasuke, I'm not too worried..." Kiryu Hongdai said seriously: "However, Azuma, because your personality is quite impatient, you must remember not to mess up your rhythm just because of your opponent's provocation.
stand up."
"Yes!" Dong Qingguo nodded, and he would definitely remember it. This chapter has been completed!