Kougakuin Kugayama looked at the referee in surprise, and then quickly looked away.
Chris glanced at Kouga Gakuin's bat in front of him, who had repositioned himself in a waiting posture, and gave a signal to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound.
Yagami nodded, turned the baseball in his left hand behind his back, and threw the baseball according to the signal given to him by Chris.
"call out!"
What?! Guoxue Jiuwoshan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he took a step back driven by instinct.
"Bang!"
The ball's original path was almost like a bad ball that would fly past the batter's chest. However, as the ball path continued to shift, the ball turned into a good ball and smoothly passed through the edge of the strike zone. Chris Zhang
Open ball catch.
The ball speed is 145km/h. This is a two-seam fastball with a high inside corner.
“strike.“
After careful observation, the referee raised his arm again.
Kugayama of Kogakuin took a step back before hitting the ball due to instinct. As a result, he was unable to see clearly the subsequent changes of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. It also made him confused about the referee's decision and looked at the referee.
The action is more obvious than before.
"Is there any problem?" The referee noticed the batter's dissatisfied look and looked over.
"No, it's nothing." Kugayama of Kogakuin shook his head, swung the bat in his hand a few times, and assumed a posture waiting for a hit, then turned to look at Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound.
The referee's vision was really good. The first ball flew close to the corner of the strike zone, and the second ball flew from the original ball zone into the strike zone through displacement and crossed the edge.
After a long period of training, he was indeed much more aggressive when he returned to the field than before. He watched Kugayama of Kogakuin, who had obviously taken a step back in the batter's box, hit a bat, and hit Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound again.
Want the ball.
"call out!"
The baseball flew off the pitcher's mound and headed straight for home plate.
Is the path of this ball too far away from the outside corner? It must be a bad ball? No, it may be another good ball flying from the edge of the strike zone.
Kougakuin Kugayama looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and waved the bat in his hand hesitantly. Unfortunately, the timing of his swing was too late. As soon as he swung the bat, the baseball had already passed by.
"Bang!"
Chris moved the ball glove in his hand and reached out to catch the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
“strike out.“
This originally bad ball succeeded in tricking Kouga Gakuin into swinging the bat.
"One out, one out." Chris stood up, took out the baseball from the ball sleeve and passed it back to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's mound, and then made an out signal to the other fielding teams.
"Iori, well done!"
"Go on, let them go up and down three times!"
"come on!"
The support group is cheering for the players on the field.
Kougakuin Kugayama's first bat waved his bat in frustration before turning around and leaving the field. When he met the second bat who was about to come in to bat, he whispered: "I'm sorry, as a first bat, I didn't try anything from the opponent's pitcher.
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"It doesn't matter, this is the first round, just get familiar with their golf courses." The second bat said comfortingly.
After finishing speaking, Kugayama Nibatsu of Kogakuin walked to the left batter's box, stood up, held the bat in a circle, then held it in place, and assumed a posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
As Iori Yagami's arm swung down, the white baseball headed toward home plate like a streak of white light.
"Whoosh!"
Kugayama Niji of Kogakuin swung the metal bat in his hand without any hesitation, and the bat he swung away quickly left an afterimage above the home plate.
"Bang!"
Unfortunately, his swing failed, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew smoothly over the home plate area and fell into the ball cover set by Green Road catcher Chris.
“nice pitch.“
Whether it was the second or third bat of Kugayama Kougakuin, Yagami, with the cooperation of Chris, threw several hard-to-hit balls, causing them to be caught out by his own players, and won the third half of the first inning.
Number of outs.
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In the fourth game, after Aomichi took the lead to break the deadlock and score, Director Kataoka decided to let Koichiro Tanba come on as a follow-up pitcher depending on the situation. Even Toru Masuko, Hiroshi Ohta and others who often sat on the bench in games, he deliberately let them
The opponent comes on to play for you.
In the top 16, the teams that can stay are basically some quite powerful teams. It is very difficult to win the game as easily as before, and the subsequent games will become more and more difficult. There are not many at this time.
Arrange some substitutes to come on and experience actual combat. There is basically no chance of playing in future games.
Therefore, in this four-round match against Kouga Gakuin Kugayama, Director Kataoka would not mind letting a few substitutes have a try in the last two or three games, if possible.
It was under such circumstances that Yagami Yagami was replaced by Director Kataoka on the pitcher's mound, and Koichiro Tanba, who was in the same grade, took the pitch instead.
As a catcher, after Koichiro Tanba was replaced by Director Kataoka, Chris ran to the pitcher's mound and chatted with him for a few words, allowing him to pitch easily before returning to the back of home plate and squatting down again.
Tanba, throw a straight ball first. After Chris finished the signal and straightened the ball cover, let Koichiro Tanba throw a few practice balls to get a feel for it.
Koichiro Tanba nodded vigorously and looked quite excited. This was of course true. After all, he had dreamed of forming a shooting partner with Chris for a long time. In this way, after his dream came true,
How could you not be excited?
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“nice pitch.“
Chris stood up and took out a baseball from the ball cover and passed it back to Koichiro Tanba. Although his straight ball speed was less than 140km/h and the ball path was sweet, Danba was not a pitcher who was good at throwing straight balls and fast balls.
Curveballs and risers are the types of balls that satisfy people.
After throwing a few balls back and forth like this, Chris signaled to the referee that the game could start again. After the batter from Kugayama of Kogakuin walked into the batting area and stood up, he gave a signal to Danbobi on the pitcher's mound and opened his ball cover.
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"Ah, the flying baseball was hit! Qingdao replaced it with a first-year student and successfully scored a hit."
"The runner at third base was returned to home plate to score, and the batting level was really good!".
"He has a bat behind him. Fukuda's batting level is pretty good, and he might be able to continue scoring."
Taro Fukuda gently swung the metal bat in his hand and turned to look at Kugayama pitcher of Kogakuin Academy on the pitcher's mound. This chapter has been completed!