In the dugout on the first base side, the players on Qingdao's side who were about to take the field stood up and walked out.
"Jinguji Temple." Director Kataoka suddenly shouted.
"Yes." Jinguji stopped and looked back at Director Kataoka.
"In the next two to three games, throw out the ball steadily one after another." This seemingly simple instruction shows the greatest trust that Director Kataoka gives to the players.
"Yes!" Jinguji nodded vigorously, and then stepped onto the pitcher's mound.
"In the second half of the tenth inning, Daocheng Industrial High School's attack, seven bats, catcher, Shirakawa-kun."
Chris looked at the batter who was walking to the batter's box, and after thinking carefully, he gave his signal to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
Faced with Jinguji's low inside corner pitch, Shirakawa Eisei missed with his swing, moved his shoulders, and waited for the hit again.
What pitch will Jinguji throw next? Shirakawa Eisei raises the bat high while guessing the pitcher's next pitch; as a catcher, he will also guess the pitching of the pitcher and catcher during the at-bat.
Jinguji looked at the signal given to him by Chris, raised his legs, stepped forward, and waved his arms to throw the ball the opponent wanted.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Shirakawa Eisei looked at the baseball that was swept out of bounds by his swing, and he hit two fast straight balls to the inside corner. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have thrown an outside corner kick. After making his own guess, Shirakawa Eisei swung.
Swing the bat and wait for the hit.
"call out!"
Why is it still a straight ball?! Shirakawa Eisei aimed at the ball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the bat vigorously.
"Whoa!"
When the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was about to reach home plate, it suddenly fell diagonally toward the inside corner.
"Bang!"
It turned out to be a sinker in the low inside corner! This was a pitch he had never thought of before.
“strike out.“
Shirakawa Hidei, who was struck out by Jinguji Kaichi, looked solemn as he walked back to the dugout on the third base side.
Player No. 14 Hayabusa Linkou, who stepped in to relieve the pitcher, also struggled with pitcher Jinguji Kazuichi for three pitches. He hit the fourth ball thrown by Jinguji with his bat and then ran to first base.
Seeing someone hitting the bases, the stands on the third base side started cheering again. As long as the next nine bats can continue to hit the bases, this inning can at least score one more point and end the overtime game with Qingdao.
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However, Jinguji Kazuichi did not give Daocheng Industrial's players any chance to score: No. 10 player Harada Masako, who came in to bat, also hit the bases with a hit, and then sacrificed on Kawanishi Keisuke's first bat.
Unfortunately, Ryuumi Koyanagi, who came in behind, hit an infield fly ball near left field and was thrown out by Aomichi's shortstop Taro Fukuda.
At this point, Qingdao successfully scored three outs in the inning, ending the second half of the tenth inning.
In the first half of the 11th inning, Daocheng Industrial also faced Seido's bases clearing line. However, Narimiya Ming, who had adjusted his mentality, did not hesitate at all when pitching, and Seodao's nine-bat Toru Masuko (player) hit a hit.
After getting on base, Taro Fukuda and Yuki Tanaka were struck out. Although Tetsuya Yuki and Kiyokuni Higashi hit the bases, the fifth-batted Murasuke Daiki was on base.
He hit an infield grounder and was thrown out by the field before it reached first base.
Pitcher Narumi Narimiya's strong strength left Seido's proud batting line unable to exert any force.
"I'm afraid that Daocheng Industrial boy will become an even more formidable opponent next year." Dong Qingkuni, who took off his batting cap, said to Yuki Tetsuya, who left the field with him and returned to the rest area.
"Next year, Yagami and Chris will become even more powerful." Tetsuya Yuuki's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly answered the senior's words: "I will also become more powerful!"
Dong Qingguo frowned after hearing this. If he hadn't known Yuuki's character, he would have definitely thought that he was mocking their seniors.
"That's it. Come on, then." After patting Tetsuya Yuki's chest and putting his batting cap on, Tokiyoshi took his own ball cover and cap and walked out of the rest area.
In the second half of the 11th inning, Jinguji, who was in better shape, still held on to the score even when facing Daocheng Industrial's core offensive line. He first allowed Hinoki Higaki to hit a baseball at second base.
A nearby low fly ball was blocked by first baseman Yuuki Tetsuya; then after the fourth hitter Takashi Goto and the fifth hitter Yu Funabashi hit the bases, six hitters Hirai Tsubasa hit a center field direction
The fly ball was thrown out by center fielder Daiki Murasuke; the seventh pitcher Hidesei Shirakawa, who came in later, was struck out by Jinguji Kaichi.
In the first half of the twelfth inning, after Takashi Fujii of Aomichi's sixth base hit a hit, Chris of the seventh base was caught by Narimiya Naru with a lob; Naoya Kuraza of the eighth base just guessed Shirakawa Hide
Sei's match ball, and then hit the bases; nine-bat Masuko Toru and one-bat Taro Fukuda came in behind Naoya Kuraza, one was struck out by Narimiya Naru, and the other was caught out by third baseman Koyanagi Ryuumi
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In the second half of the twelfth game, Jinguji Ichi, who was still online, firmly locked up the scores of both sides. He let the eight-stick Hayabusa Linkou first (ps: I mentioned it here because I forgot to change the name when I wrote it earlier. From the second
At the beginning of the rotation, Hayabusa Linkuchi came up to help Naito Hirosaki.) After being caught by the defense, even if Harada Masako hit another hit in the next nine bats, it still had no impact on him, and he was beaten without much disturbance.
Keisuke Okawanishi struck out.
After Ryuji Koyanagi of the second baseball bat hit the bases with a hit, the third batsman Hinoki Hōjiro swung the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound to the infield area between third base and second base.
"Crack!"
Shortstop Taro Fukuda bent down and stretched out his glove to pick up the baseball, which was hit by the batter's swing and bounced onto the home plate sand, where it then rolled over.
“out.“
Taro Fukuda threw the baseball out of his glove, then reached out to hold the thrown baseball and threw it to third base, knocking out the runner Masaru Harada who was sliding towards third base.
In the first half of the 13th inning, Daocheng Industrial pitcher Narimiya Akira struck out Aomichi's second batsman Tanaka Yuki, allowing the third batsman Tetsuya Yuki to swing and throw him to the outside corner with a low ball to the right.
Sweep outfield.
"Crack!"
After the baseball thrown by the pitcher was hit by the batter's swing, second baseman Naito Hirosaki ran away from the edge of the infield near center field to the right. He put his hands together to catch the baseball that bounced after it landed in the infield. If
Any later and the baseball would have bounced into right field.
"call out!"
Naito Hirosaki raised his hand and waved his arm, passing the ball to the first base.
"Porphyrin!".
First baseman Hinoki Kojiro bent sideways and stretched out his arm to catch the second baseman's pass. At the same time, batter Tetsuya Yuki stepped forward and ran past the first base bag.
"out." After a while, the first base umpire announced that the batter, Tetsuya Yuki, was out. This chapter has been completed!