The two supervisors from Qingdao and the city's top three leaders both have a very clear understanding of the outcome of today's game.
Although Yusuke Murahashi's pitching level is the highest among the top three pitchers in the city, due to physical problems, he failed in the previous semi-finals (in this game, the top three teams in the city defeated Ichijo University 10:2). After pitching the entire game (a strong school in Nishi Tokyo), he only pitched less than five innings in today's finals, and his physical problems became obvious, and he was later moved to the outfield by Director Tahara.
Although the other two third-year pitchers Nobuyuki Hisamatsu and Kazuki Mori, as well as second-year pitcher Kazuma Murakami are not bad, they will have difficulty coping with their strength when facing a strong school. If the opponent is Daocheng It would be even worse for baseball powerhouses like Industrial or Teedong.
As a result, this has also led to the fact that the main pitchers of the three major teams in the city are only Yusuke Murahashi and Manaka. Once the two of them have problems and cannot be sustained, the possibility of losing the game will greatly increase.
In a sense, the city's top three universities and Qingdao are both lacking good pitchers among their third-year students. Due to physical problems, Yusuke Murahashi is unable to fight on the field for a long time. He must have enough strength. The pitcher came as a substitute; before Jinguji Kaichi was baptized in today's game, with his strength, if he was an ace in an ordinary strong school, it would definitely be more than enough. The problem is that in a baseball powerhouse like Aomichi, It's a little bit unsatisfactory.
The pitching problems faced by the Big Three in the city can only be solved after first-year pitcher Mitsusei Amahisa matures.
For Director Kataoka, what moved him even more than the victory in today’s game was the transformation and growth of Jinguji. In the ten games today, Jinguji had 10 hits and four runs. The number of walks was 7, 12 strikeouts, 4 runs allowed, and the number of balls was 202 (including pinned balls); if Jinguji had such strength before this, he probably would not let Yagami become a player so quickly. The team's ace.
In contrast, Yagami's performance in the previous semifinals was as follows: 14 hits, 3 walks, and only 4 strikeouts. The number of runs allowed was also 4, and the number of pitches was 4. Only 139 after nine rounds (including pin balls).
The reason why Yagami has such data is due to the difference between his thoughts or goals during the game and Jinguji Kazuichi. Yagami's idea is to preserve his physical strength as much as possible to avoid consuming too much in the semi-finals and causing him to suffer later. In the finals, he was unable to exert his strength well. Under the influence of this idea, Yagami chose to cooperate with the catcher Chris and the outfielders behind him to knock out the attacking batters one by one. Solution. In this way, the number of strikeouts will naturally be very low.
On the other side, Jingujiichi, after being baptized in the first few rounds of today's game, in order to perform better, he would give priority to striking out the batter even if he walked the batter due to four bad balls. This is also the reason why four bad balls and walks will reach 7 times. After that, in order to be able to pitch the whole game, Jinguji started to burn his arms and the number of pitches reached an astonishing 202. With one less pitch, Yagami's The number of balls is not even 140, a full 63 balls less.
The reason why Director Kataoka took Jinguji off the field after the first half of the tenth game was not only for stability in the subsequent games, but also to prevent Jinguji’s arms from burning out. In today’s game
In terms of game performance, Jinguji will definitely be named by a professional team in the professional baseball draft in late October. This is why Director Kataoka is excited, because his baseball career is starting from this.
And become brighter.
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While the Qingdao players were cheering and celebrating, some of the city's top three players who lost the game supported each other and walked towards home plate while wailing. Others fell to their knees and hid their faces under the ball.
There were players who cried bitterly in their hats; there were also players who squatted on the ground and cried silently until teammates who came from the dugout pulled and helped them up, wiping their tears and walking towards home plate.
"present!"
Players from Qingdao and the three major players in the city each stood on one side of the home plate sand, took off their hats together with the umpires, and then bowed.
"Since we have beaten us, we must keep winning." Ji Yong Shuhei said to Dong Qingguo, the captain of the same team.
"I will definitely do it!" Dong Qingguo nodded vigorously in response.
"Your ball control was not stable from the beginning today. Is it because you are under too much psychological pressure?" Yusuke Murahashi asked Jingujiichi during the handshake.
"...Hmm!" Jinguji thought for a moment, then nodded gently.
"Have a good rest and don't think so much." Yusuke Murahashi paused for a moment, and then continued: "For the sake of my future baseball career, I can't burn my arms like today."
"Thank you." Jingujiichi happily accepted the other party's kindness.
After the players from both sides shook hands with each other, they dispersed and went to the audience they wanted to thank to pay tribute.
On Qingdao's side, Yagami Ya and others bowed amidst the cheers of the audience, thanking them for their support. Then they dispersed and walked to the rest area on the third base side, while not forgetting to turn back to support them.
His own audience waved; the situation on the Third City University's side was completely different from that on Qingdao's side. After the City's Third University bowed in thanks, many people knelt on the ground and began to cry. Of course, there were also people squatting on the ground.
The athletes who cried silently, and even the cheerleaders and support groups in the stands, many people began to cry silently under their influence.
When the top three players in the city helped each other to leave and walked back to the third base dugout, reporters kept pouring into the field and frantically took pictures of them.
Before the award ceremony, a reporter from the TV station came over to interview the captain Dong Qingguo, and also conducted a special interview with Director Kataoka.
"Excuse me, after five years, you have once again received a qualifying spot to participate in the National High School Wildball Players Rights Conference. Director Kataoka, how do you feel now?" A female reporter from the TV station put the microphone in front of Director Kataoka's mouth.
"I am excited and excited right now. There are many strong teams in the West Tokyo division. For example, our opponent today, City Junior, is very strong. It is not easy to win all the way. It is the hard work and persistence of the players.
Only then could I get the final victory, and I am very grateful to them.”
After Supervisor Kataoka finished answering the reporter's questions with a smile, he ended the TV reporter's interview with him.
Not long after the interview on the TV station ended, the award ceremony began: the players from the city's three major universities lined up outside the dugout on the first base side, and the players from Qingdao lined up outside the dugout on the third base side, and then
As the music at the beginning of the award ceremony sounded, players from both teams walked uniformly from the dugout to first or third base.
After the lead player reaches first base or third base, he turns around and walks toward second base, then stops on both sides of the second base bag. Players from the two teams form a straight line with the base bag as the separation. This chapter has been completed!