Toru Masuko at first base began to move away from the first base bag, as if he was ready to steal a base at any time.
The current situation on the field is that one is out and there are people on first and third base.
Taro Fukuda was thinking that he could use a bunt to send Chris back to home plate at third base, but he did not change the way he held the bat, and still raised the bat to wait for the opponent's pitcher to pitch.
"call out!"
The moment the baseball was thrown by the opponent's pitcher, Taro Fukuda quickly changed the way he held the bat, from holding the long bat to swinging the short bat. He used the bat in his hand to gently hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
He clicked the direction of the base, then immediately dropped the bat and started running the base.
"Ping!"
The pitcher of Kouga Gakuin Kugayama immediately ran down the pitcher's mound and chased the baseball that was hit by Taro Fukuda. After chasing for a short distance, he picked up the baseball on the ground, turned around and passed it towards first base.
After catching the flying baseball, Kouga Gakuin's first baseman ran back two steps and stepped on the base bag. Then he looked in the direction of second base and found that Toru Masuko, the runner on Aomichi, had not yet reached base.
Move your arms and pass the baseball in your hand to second base.
“out.“
The first base umpire sounds to indicate that the batter is out.
“safe.“
The second base umpire sounds to indicate that the runner is safely on base.
Taro Fukuda ran back to Aomichi's dugout. Chris, who successfully ran back to home plate and scored, ran over and said, "Senior, you did a great job. You got another point."
Chris and Senior Fukuda walked into the rest area together and looked back at the scoreboard, 3:0.
They scored two runs in the first half of the eighth inning, and as long as they didn't score in the bottom half of the eighth inning and the bottom half of the ninth inning, the game was over.
In the second half of the ninth inning, Koichiro Tanba, who had pitched three innings, picked up his ball cap and put it on. Just as he was about to go outside to warm up, Director Kataoka suddenly said, "Sakai, you come in for the last inning. Tanba, performance
That's good, let's go do some exercises."
"Yes!" Yu Sakai picked up his pitcher's glove and went to the bullpen outside with Kentaro Matsuda to continue warming up.
Tanba Koichiro put down the ball cover in his hand, took off his ball cap, took the water glass Yagami handed him, sat on the chair, and drank slowly.
Although Tanba did not express his dissatisfaction due to personality reasons, as long as he is a pitcher, there are few people who can think of giving up his position after getting on the mound... Yagami Yagami and Tanba Koichiro are the former.
Kurosaki Kazaka, who has transferred to another school, is the latter.
The result of the game was as Chris had predicted, Qingdao won the fourth round with a score of 3:0.
…
The match against Sakura Meilin was two days later on Wednesday. After everyone in Qingdao returned to school for a brief rest, they started training again today.
After finishing today's pitching practice, Yagami saw several seniors practicing their swings, so he volunteered to run over and help them pitch.
It was agreed that everyone would be replaced by the next person after five balls. Yagami threw twenty fast straight balls in a row to complete the first round of rotation. Dong Qingguo, who walked back to the batting area, suddenly said: "Iori, you are now
You can throw whatever you want, don’t limit yourself to straight shots.”
Yagami, who was taking out the baseball from the hoop, heard this, threw the baseball in his hand, raised his legs, took steps, waved his arms, and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
"Ping!"
Dong Qingguo looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. He immediately swung the bat in his hand and swept the flying baseball out with all his strength. The baseball he hit flew up high and was an outfield ball.
A fly ball is a ball that will be caught by the opponent's defense.
Dong Qingguo moved his neck first, then moved his right wrist, raised the bat and shouted to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's position: "Continue."
Yagami threw the remaining four balls in one breath. Except for a fast sliding ball that Dong Qingguo missed, the remaining three balls were all hit by Dong Qingguo. One foul ball and one base
One hit and one double.
"This is more interesting. During the game, our opponents will not limit the path for us to hit." Dong Qingguo put the bat on his shoulders and stood there laughing.
"Give way, it's my turn to hit." Fujii Takashi, who was behind Dong Qingguo, pushed him as soon as he came up, and then also said to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher's position: "You throw whatever you want, and I'll hit whatever you want."
In this way, more and more seniors came to practice hitting, and at the same time, they also asked Yagami to throw the ball at will according to his own wishes.
As a result, everyone's batting average and even batting average dropped immediately, but it also made it easier for hitters to discover their own shortcomings.
"Xiao Ye!" When everyone was getting excited about practicing, Chris ran over and called Yagami Ye: "You have exceeded the number of pitches today, go for a run."
"……yes!"
I was pitching on a whim just now, and I forgot to keep track of my pitch count!
Yagami immediately dropped the baseball in his hand, moved his shoulders, and started running around the field.
After running around the stadium twenty times, he began to pack his belongings and prepare to go home.
…
"Tomorrow's opponent, Sakura Meilin, is not a famous school, but it is also a relatively strong team in the Nishi-Tokyo area." Supervisor Kataoka said, his eyes swept across the bodies of everyone in Seido, and finally fell on Naoya Kuraza: "
In tomorrow's game, Zangzao, you go to right field."
Kuraza Naoya was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Does he still have a chance to play as an outfielder at this time?
"Okay." Zangzao Naoya came back to his senses and nodded.
"Jinguji, you will be the starting pitcher tomorrow." Director Kataoka continued the arrangements.
"Yes!" Jinguji responded as he stood up.
"Sakai, remember to warm up well. I will arrange for you to play based on the situation." Director Kataoka continued.
"Yes!" Yu Sakai was a little excited. He originally thought that the later games he played, the less likely he would be able to play, but he didn't expect that he would still be able to play in the quarterfinals.
After hearing this, Chris already understood the intention of Director Kataoka.
Considering that the opponents in the semi-finals and finals will be very strong, Yagami Yagami, as the ace, will definitely play in both games, and may even have to vote for the entire game. The semi-finals are on July 28th.
The final is on July 30, and there is only one day to rest in between. The fatigue accumulated in the past will definitely affect the pitcher's condition.
As a result, we can only try to let Yagami rest as much as possible in the previous games to reduce the pressure on him later. This chapter has been completed!