Chapter 28 The Meiji Gentleman's Palace Conference (2)
Even if Narita's hitters really can't keep up with the ball speed of Luzhengsha's ace, they will choose to hit all the balls that Luzhengsha's ace throws, regardless of whether they are good or bad, in order to consume the number of pitches made by Luzhengsha's ace.
After all, the further the game goes, the more tired the pitcher will be, and the ball thrown will be more likely to be hit by the batter.
After allowing two Narita batters to load, Lu Zhengshe's ace scored three outs at the cost of one run, ending the game in the top half of the seventh inning.
"Will Luzhengshe change its votes next?"
"I don't know, after all, Luzhengshe is still ahead in the score now."
Because of his trust and support for the ace, the supervisor of the official club still did not choose to replace the ace until the ninth game.
Luzhengshe’s ace did not live up to the trust and support of his supervisor and teammates, and successfully held the score in the eighth and ninth inning without allowing Narita to continue to score, winning the next round with a score of 4:8.
As the game ended, the players from the Qingdao Baseball Club immediately left the stands, went to the player tunnel below, and then walked all the way to the entrance of the stadium to enter the stadium.
The players from Luzhengshe were taking their belongings outside the rest area to sort them out, while the players from Qingdao were carrying their backpacks and carrying their golf equipment and putting them into the rest area.
The ace of Luzhengsha, who was relaxing after the game, saw Yagami Yagami in the Aido team, and then walked to the entrance of the rest area and shouted: "Iori."
Iori Yagami raised his head and looked at Lu Zhengshe's ace: "Hmm...oh, it turns out to be Brother Uotani! Long time no see, what's the matter?"
"Long time no see, I thought I had the wrong person." Uotani touched his head and continued: "Iori, when did you, a football idiot, start playing baseball? When I was in elementary school, I asked you to play with me.
Baseball, didn’t you say that baseball is something only idiots can play?”
"Well, how should I put it?" Yagami felt like a dark history was being revealed, "I started playing baseball in the sixth grade of elementary school because I went to junior high school in the United States. Due to this influence, I gave up.
Instead of football, concentrate on baseball.”
"Oh, that's it..." Uotani patted Iori Yagami on the shoulder and said, "See you in the finals. We look forward to our first duel."
After Uotani finished speaking, without waiting for Yagami's reply, he turned around to pick up the items he had packed and prepared to leave.
"Tell me, Yagami, what's your relationship?" Murasuke Daiki took out the bat, then found his batting gloves, and said while putting them on.
"It doesn't matter. Brother Uotani and I were just neighbors when we were kids." Yagami has been unable to stand these baseball idiots represented by Uotani since he was a child.
"Sakai, did you hear that? You can only lose two runs, and any more will make you look good!" Higashi Kiyokuni pointed at Yu Sakai who picked up the pitcher's glove with the bat and was about to go to the bullpen to pitch to warm up.
"I heard it, Captain." Yu Sakai replied.
"Higashi, don't create pressure on Ayu." Kentaro Matsuda said, and he and Yu Sakai walked out of the rest area: "Don't pay too much attention, Higashi just said it casually."
"I know." Yu Sakai walked to the pitcher's box and started pitching practice.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Kentaro Matsuda raised his ball cover slightly to catch the baseball flying from the pitcher's position. He took out the baseball from the ball cover and stood up and passed it to Yu Sakai: "The ball feels good, that's it. Lower the ball path a little bit."
"Okay." Yu Sakai caught the baseball passed by Kentaro Matsuda and threw it with a wave of his arm.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
“nice pitch.“
As soon as Matsuda and the others finished their pitching warm-up, a staff member came over to inform them that the game was about to start. They then left the bullpen and lined up at the edge of the field with the others.
After the referee signaled the start of the game, the players from Aomichi and Gifu Johoku rushed onto the field with shouts.
At 13:30 in the afternoon, today's third game, the second round of the Mingye Shrine Conference, the game between Qingdao High School and Qishan Chengbei High School officially started.
"call out!"
"Ping!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by the batter and flew straight into the sky, passing through the infield and into the outfield at extremely fast speeds.
"Center fielder!"
Kentaro Matsuda stood up and shouted in the direction of center field. Center fielder Daiki Murasuke had already backed away quickly when the baseball was hit by the batter.
The runner who was some distance away from second base immediately sprinted towards third base upon seeing this. At the same time, the batter from Gifu Castle North was also running towards first base.
Murasuke Dashu chased the flying baseball with all his strength, and soon rushed to the end of the center field. He watched the flying baseball hit the height of the center field fence, and then bounced and fell to the center field lawn.
superior.
"Crack!"
A baseball just shy of turning into a home run if it could just fly over the fence!
The runner at second base will take this opportunity to return to home base immediately, and the batter has already bypassed the first base bag and sprints towards second base.
Murasuke Daiki picked up the baseball on the ground, turned around and looked at the situation in the infield, then waved his arm and threw the baseball in his hand toward second base. The baseball flew out of Murasuke Daiki's palm and went straight to the direction of second base.
After rushing over, Yuuki Tetsuya stepped on the other side with one foot.
Then he stretched his arm to catch the pass from Murasuke-senpai. At the same time, the batter from Gifu Castle North slid towards the second base bag with his body close to the ground.
"Bang!"
The runner seemed to reach second base faster, and the second base umpire also spread his hands and made a judgment that the batter was safely on base.
The batter from the north of Gifu City stood up, patted the dirt on his body, took off the protective gear on his arms and legs and handed it to the team members who came up to get something.
After Kentaro Matsuda requested a timeout from the referee, he ran to the pitcher's mound.
"Ayu, I made a mistake in my ball distribution just now. There is no problem with your pitching; we are still ahead by three points and only have one out, so you just have to pitch with all your strength."
Yu Sakai wiped the sweat from his forehead. The pitching in the fourth and fifth inning made him sweat: "There is still one last out, I will work hard!"
Kentaro Matsuda put a hearty smile on his face, patted Yu Sakai's chest, turned around and left the pitcher's mound.
After Kentaro Matsuda crouched down behind home plate, he looked at the Gifu Johoku batters who were waiting for a hit on the batter's box. He gave a signal to Yuhi Sakai on the pitcher's mound, opened and set up his sleeve.
"call out!"
…
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
In the second half of the eighth inning, Yagami ran down the pitcher's mound to catch the infield fly ball, and knocked out the Gifu Johoku batter. He got the last out and ended the eighth inning with an effective score of 12:4.
Competition in Gifu Castle North.
"At the end of the game, Seido High School defeated Gifu Johoku High School with a score of 12:4 and entered the semi-finals."
Yagami Yagami and the other field players who came over high-fived each other, and then lined up in front of home plate.
"present!".
Players from Qingdao and Qishan City North bowed to each other and then stepped forward to shake hands one by one.
In the stands, the players from Luzhengsha and Komada Tomakomai all stood up and seemed to be preparing to leave. This chapter has been completed!