At 12:05 noon on July 26, Ippon Sugiba Stadium, Tama City.
"There are a lot more people today than before."
As soon as he walked into the rest area, Tanaka Yuki looked at Sakura Meilin's cheering group in the stands opposite and the packed auditorium behind, and sighed.
"After all, it's the quarterfinals, so the level of emphasis must be different." Takashi Fujii put down his backpack, moved his hands and feet, opened the zipper of his backpack, and took out his gloves and bat from inside.
After putting on his batting gloves, he picked up the bat and walked out of the dugout, came to the edge of the field, and began to swing the bat to warm up.
Others quickly walked out of the rest area and came to the edge of the field to do pre-game preparations.
"Huh? Why didn't Qingdao's ace pitch in the bullpen?"
"The one who is warming up now seems to be their former ace, the third-year relief pitcher."
"Why is Qingdao's ace practicing passing and catching with others?"
The spectators who came to watch this game suddenly discovered that Qingdao's preparations were different from those in the past, and they started talking about it.
The director of Oberlin held the Aomichi starting list that he had just received from the referee, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Are you not prepared to let the ace play? You are being underestimated!
But with such a big flaw, if they don't grasp it firmly, they will be regretting the opportunity Qingdao gave them.
Thinking of this, he asked the members of Yingmeilin to come over and gather to supplement the temporary plan.
"Try to hit the ball to the right field as much as possible. That first-year right fielder is our best target to break through Qingdao's defense this time."
(Note: After getting to know Oberlin, I suddenly felt that Qingdao is very similar to Oberlin. After Oberlin entered Hajia in 2002, it never entered Koshien in spring or summer again; in
Before that, I could reach Koshien from time to time, but after that, I suddenly seemed to lose the ability to continue to reach Koshien. I often stopped at the quarterfinals or semifinals of the Hajia qualifiers and the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, exactly the same as Aomichi.
.)
At the same time, Supervisor Kataoka also summoned everyone from Qingdao to do the final pre-game mobilization.
"Everything that needs to be said has been said. The next step is to look at your own performance. Don't be too arrogant, and don't belittle yourself. Show your strength and cooperate with Jinguji to get three outs in each game.
And then he knocked out hit after hit from the opposing pitcher."
"Yes!" Everyone in Qingdao responded loudly.
In the first half of the first inning, Taro Fukuda, the first bat, put on his protective gear, walked onto the field with his bat, saluted the referee, raised his bat, and turned to look at the pitcher Sakurai Lin on the mound.
Raise one leg slightly, waiting for a blow.
At 12:27, Oberlin pitcher Shimizu glanced at the signal given by catcher Yuichi Adachi and waved his arm to throw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
Taro Fukuda swung the bat in his hand, but failed to hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. The baseball fell rapidly when it was about to enter the home plate area and almost became a ground ball.
Fingerball? When I watched the video before, I didn't seem to see him throw it.
Is it an accident? Or is it a hidden ball? With such doubts, Taro Fukuda was very cautious and did not dare to swing the bat at will. Unfortunately, he was struck out by Oberlin pitcher Shimizu in the end.
"What's going on?" Kotaro Tojima, who was about to attack, asked.
"The first pitch he threw seemed to be a forkball, but I'm not sure if it was accidentally thrown." Taro Fukuda expressed his doubts.
"Then just think he can throw a forkball." Kotaro Tojima finished speaking and walked towards home plate.
"call out!"
The baseball was thrown by Shimizu and flew from the pitcher's mound toward home plate.
"Whoosh!"
Kotaro Tojima stared at the direction of the baseball and waved the bat in his hand.
"Ping!"
The baseball fell in front of home plate again. The bat that Kotaro Tojima swept away hit the falling baseball, causing it to bounce on the spot and fly to the back of home plate.
Kotaro Tojima waved the bat in his hand, and the ball thrown by Oberlin's pitcher really looked like a fork ball?! He had kept it hidden before, but now he was taking it out specifically to deal with them?
In the Qingdao rest area, Chris and Miyukiichi also looked at each other. It could be seen that the pitcher of Oberlin's handling of the fork ball was still very rough. He probably hadn't fully practiced it yet, but for the sake of the game, he decided to take it temporarily.
Come and use.
Chris ran out and said a few words to Tetsuya Yuki, who was about to wait in the waiting area. After hearing this, the other party nodded and walked into the waiting area carrying the bat.
Soon Kotaro Tojima, who was the second hitter, was struck out by pitcher Shimizu. Seeing this, Tetsuya Yuki walked towards the batter's box with his bat.
No matter what pitch the first pitch thrown by the Oberlin pitcher looks like, don't rush to swing the bat first.
Yuki Tetsuya directly followed what Chris told him, raised the bat in his hand and waited for a hit, and then controlled his desire to swing the bat when the baseball flew from the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
Sure enough, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound began to fall rapidly just as it was about to fly into the home plate area.
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Unfortunately, because Tetsuya Yuki did not swing the bat in his hand, the baseball that was caught by Yuichi Adachi after it bounced off the ground was directly recorded as a bad ball by the referee.
Looking at it this way, the crossball thrown by the opponent cannot be thrown into the strike zone very well.
After Yuichi Adachi saw that batters on the pitch were no longer fooled into swinging by pitchers, he stopped asking pitchers for pitches.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
Without the interference of the fork ball, Tetsuya Yuki quickly hit a hit to right field from pitcher Shimizu, allowing himself to advance to first base.
"Dong, let's fire a Yangchun Cannon!"
"Yes, Dong, we are very optimistic about you!"
"Captain, come on!"
When Dong Qingguo walked up to the batting area with his bat, the stands on Qingdao side suddenly became lively.
Adachi Yuichi looked at Dong Qingguo in front of him, and the huge figure made him frown.
How to deal with such a slugger? He hesitated for a moment before giving a signal to the pitcher on the mound.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Dong Qingguo looked at the low ball path and didn't even move. He watched the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound fly past his eyes. He actually wanted to hit the fork ball before, but
I guess the opponent no longer throws the crossbow, right?
"call out!"
Soon, the baseball thrown by Oberlin pitcher Shimizu flew over again.
Is it a straight ball? Or the cross ball from before? Dong Qingguo stepped forward, waving his hands and waving the metal bat in his hand to create an afterimage.
"Whoosh!"
"So fast!" Yuichi Adachi felt his eyes blur, and then...
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound had just entered the home plate area when Dong Qingguo used his powerful force to sweep it away and rushed towards the distant sky.
Whether it's a straight ball or a pitch ball, he just needs to hit it before the path of the ball changes! This is his belief when he swings the bat.
"Haha!" Dong Qingguo laughed and dropped the bat in his hand and started running the bases.
"Home run! Four-hitting Dongjun hit a two-run home run in the first inning of this game!" The excited voice of the commentator was heard in the TV broadcast. This chapter has been completed!