"So, the result is that the three major players in the city attack first, and Qingdao attacks later. There is no doubt about it, right?" After confirming the winning hand, the chief referee said.
"Yes." Dong Qingguo and Chi Yong Zhouping nodded together, expressing their approval of the presiding judge's statement.
"Hopefully we can see a good game today."
"Yes." After Dong Qingguo and Ji Yong Shuhei replied in unison, they walked back to their teammates, then led them out of the player tunnel and walked to their respective rest areas.
"Qingdao, come on! You must win this year!"
"Third year in the city, winning streak! Winning streak!"
"Dong, you must hit a home run today!"
"Yangping, let's see how you perform!"
In the stands, supporters of Qingdao and the three major cities in the city were shouting loudly, cheering for their favorite school or team members, pushing the atmosphere on the field to a climax.
Some reporters even came to the area where the support group was located early to conduct interviews before the game.
Jinguji raised his hand to catch the ball passed back to him by Chris, moved his shoulders and neck, and then threw the ball away.
"Bang!"
The power and tail power of the ball are very good. Jinguji-senpai is in good condition today! After receiving more than a dozen balls thrown by Jinguji-senpai, Chris felt that the senior's condition was good, so he put down the worries in his heart.
After the warm-up, Director Kataoka gathered the nine starting players and formed a circle.
"The game is about to start. It's already here, so I can't say anything more... I just hope that everyone will show up and play a game that they won't regret!"
"Yes!" the nine of them replied in unison.
"Come on! Our goal is Koshien." Dong Qingguo, as the captain, took the lead in extending his right hand with his palm facing up.
Others folded their hands together one after another and waved them up and down!
"Come on! Our goal is Koshien."
After doing the above, Dong Qingguo called out to others to line up: "We are about to go, everyone is ready."
After both teams lined up, following the referee's order, Qingdao and the players from the top three teams in the city rushed to home plate.
"Oh oh oh——"
"Ceremony!" The players from Qingdao and City Sanda took off their hats and bowed to each other. Then the players from City Sanda were the first to leave the field, while the Qingdao players dispersed according to the positions they wanted to guard.
"The finals of the National High School Wildball Players Nishi Tokyo Conference are about to begin. On the first base side, there are three major universities in the city; on the third base side, Aomichi High School; the game is about to begin. The three major universities in the city will attack first, and Aomichi will attack second!"
"In the first half of the first inning, fielding side Seido High School. Pitcher, Jinguji Kazuichi; catcher, Chris Yu Takigawa; first baseman, Tetsuya Yuki; second baseman, Yuuki Tanaka; third baseman, Higashi Kiyoshi
"Shortstop, Taro Fukuda; left fielder, Takashi Fujii; center fielder, Daiki Murasuke; right fielder, Jun Isashiki." The female broadcaster's voice echoed over the stadium.
"The attack from the three major universities in the city, one bat, shortstop, Araki-kun."
Ikuya Araki held the bat and walked to the left batting box next to home plate amidst the cheers of the support group and teammates. He first lowered his head and stepped on the ground in the batting box with his foot, then lowered his right hand and waved.
The bat inside is in a posture waiting to be struck.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"
At 13:02 in the afternoon, as the loud air defense siren sounded, the final battle of the Hajia qualifiers began.
"call out!"
After the referee stretched out his right hand to signal the official start of the game, Jinguji raised his leg, stepped forward, and swung his arm to throw a ball in the outside corner.
"Bang!"
When the batter did not swing the bat to strike, but chose to observe first, Chris opened the bat and successfully caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
“nice pitch.“
Jinguji raised his hand and opened his sleeve to catch the baseball passed back by Chris. The batter, Ikuya Araki, dropped his hands, shook the bat in his hand, and regained his posture waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Faced with a low ball from the outside corner thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm, Araki Ikuya still did not swing the bat and struck.
The batter held the bat with one hand and rotated it twice, then put his left hand on it and continued to wait for the strike.
"call out!"
Jinguji raised his legs and took a step forward. Following the signal given to him by the catcher, he waved his arms and threw the baseball in his hand.
"Bang!"
Faced with a low ball in the outside corner thrown by the pitcher, batter Ikuya Araki still did not swing the bat to hit.
Jinguji raised his hand to catch the baseball passed back to him by the catcher, then bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag next to him. After calming his breathing, he raised his legs and stepped forward, swinging the baseball in his hand toward home plate.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
Ikuya Araki twisted his body clockwise, swung the bat in his hand vigorously, and hit the pitcher's pitch in the outside corner hard.
"Second base!"
After the baseball is hit by the batter's swing, it flies toward the area between second base and first base.
"Boom!"
The baseball that flew over from home plate flew into the center field area, hit hard on the grass near the right field, and then rolled deep into the outfield.
"go!go!go!"
The batter, Ikuya Araki, was running towards second base or even third base as the running instructor shouted.
"Third base!"
Center fielder Daiki Murasuke ran deep to the right until he reached the outfield sideline, then bent down to pick up the baseball that had rolled there, and then passed the ball to third base.
" safe."
When third baseman Higashi Kiyokuni opened his sleeve to catch the pass from center fielder Daiki Murasuke, hitter Ikuya Araki just happened to slide onto the third base bag.
This is a rare triple hit!
Araki Ikuya took off his batting gloves while breathing heavily and handed them to the players who came to get something.
"In the first half of the first inning, the attack from the three major universities in the city, second baseman, third baseman, Ohmae-kun."
The batter, Takahiro Ohmae, stepped into the batter's box amidst the sound of the broadcast. The runner at third base, Ikuya Araki, put his hands on his knees, twisting his abdomen while watching the situation at home plate, ready to run back to home base at any time.
Base runs scored.
Chris looked at the batter standing in front of him on the batter's box, and gave his signal to Jinguji-senpai on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“ball.“
Under the influence of the previous hitter's three-base hit by Ikuya Araki, Jinguji Kazuichi had some problems with the ball control, and threw a low ball in the outside corner with a swing of his arm.
"call out!"
On the second ball, Jinguji Kazuichi's condition seemed to have recovered. He raised his legs, stepped forward, and swung his arms to throw a low-center ball toward home plate.
"Bang!".
Because of the impact of the previous pitch, the hitter Takahiro thought that the second pitch thrown by the pitcher would probably be a bad ball, so he did not swing the bat to hit. By the time he discovered something was wrong, it was already too late. Let the catcher Chris Zhang
The open ball sleeve catches the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound without any hindrance.