Chapter 30 The Meiji Gentleman's Palace Conference (4)
In the hotel where Komada Tomakomai was staying, the team members of Komada Tomakomai were also discussing information about Seido High School.
What was shown on the TV was the match between Aomichi and Teito in the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference finals.
"Their ace did not play in the last round. There is a high probability that he will start the game on a cloudy day, and the catcher is most likely the No. 2 first-year catcher."
"About Qingdao's wiring..."
The supervision of Koma Dai Tomakomai analyzed the information about Aomichi High School collected by the team members. Aomichi High School's batting line was more important to them than the pitchers. As long as they could suppress Aomichi High School's batting line, win the semi-finals and win the semi-finals.
Not difficult.
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On the morning of November 14th, players from Aomichi and Komada Tomakomai arrived at the Jingu Stadium one after another. After signing in at the staff, Oikawa Masaya, the captain of Tokiyokuni and Komakomai, guessed in front of the referee to decide which team would win.
Attack first.
"We attack first." Dong Qingguo said after finishing the guessing game and returning to Qingdao's team.
"I got it." Everyone in the first army walked out of the player tunnel carrying their satchels and walked to the rest area on the third base side of the field.
"There are not many spectators today." Yuki Tanaka looked at the slightly larger number of spectators than the day before, and said while moving his body.
"The advantage of having fewer people is that at least you won't be disturbed by the messy environment." Jinguji Kazu was doing stretching exercises beside him. The cheers from the audience sometimes affected the performance of the players on the field.
, for example, in this year's Hajia qualifiers, he was once affected by the surrounding environment, causing their summer journey to stop in the quarterfinals of the Hajia qualifiers.
After the warm-up was almost done, Jinguji picked up the pitcher's glove and went to the bullpen with Chris to start pitching.
On the other side, Director Kataoka looked at the starting list that was announced one after another on the scoreboard at the back of the field, and discovered that the starting pitcher for Komaki Tomakomai was not their ace Masahiro Tanaka, but another sophomore pitcher Masahiro Okada.
"Beat Komada Tomakomai's starting pitcher as quickly as possible and score as many points as possible from him." Director Kataoka said to Taro Fukuda, Yuki Tanaka, Kotaro Tojima and other players who were about to hit the pitch.
"yes!"
At 10:27, the referee signaled that the game was about to begin.
The players of Aomichi and Komagai Tomakomai lined up to bow at home plate, and then the players of Aomichi exited the field and returned to the dugout, leaving only the players of Komagai Tomakomai.
Komada Tomakomai's pitcher Masahiro Okada walked up to the pitcher's mound, stepped on the dirt bag under his feet, walked back and forth a few times according to his own habits, squeezed the magnesium powder bag, and then took out the baseball from the ball cover to start pitching warm-up.
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"call out!"
"Bang!"
"call out!"
"Bang!"
Kobayashi Komaki's catcher Hide Kobayashi caught a few balls, and after learning that the pitcher was in pretty good shape, he stood up and threw the baseball back to the pitcher.
“nice pitch.“
The referee signaled the official start of the semi-final match between Aomichi and Koma Otomakomai of the Inji Shrine Tournament.
"play ball."
Kobayashi's fingers were gesticulating under his body, and Okada Masahiro nodded after seeing the catcher's signal, and threw out the first pitch of the game amidst the sound of the air defense siren.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Kobayashi Hide caught the baseball thrown by Masahiro Okada on the pitcher's mound. He stood up and threw the baseball back to the pitcher. He looked at Aomichi Ichibat Fukuda Taro who was standing in front of him. The opponent's information flashed in his mind, and he re-
After squatting down, he gave the secret signal to Masahiro Okada.
Okada Masahiro nodded slightly after looking at the signal given by the catcher. He turned his left hand behind his back and turned the baseball in his hand. He raised his leg and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Kobayashi Hide, the catcher of Komada Tomakomai, stood up, looked at the baseball that was hit by Taro Fukuda and hit the first base sideline. He asked the referee for a new ball, and then threw it to Masahiro Okada. After squatting down, he put his fingers on his body.
After making a few gestures, he opened and placed the ball cover.
"call out!"
…
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“strike out.“
Komada Tomakomai's pitcher Okada Masahiro, with the cooperation of catcher Hide Kobayashi, successfully eliminated Aomichi's first pitcher Taro Fukuda and second pitcher Kotaro Tojima, and only missed the last out to end the first half of the first inning.
Catcher Hide Kobayashi of Komada Tomakomai threw the baseball in his hand back to pitcher Masahiro Okada, squatted down again, and gave him a new signal.
After Okada Masahiro nodded in agreement, he raised his leg and stepped forward, swinging his arm to throw the baseball.
"call out!"
Seido's third bat Yuki Tanaka looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
The baseball hit by Tanaka Yuki's swing passed through the infield area between first base and second base and flew towards the outfield area.
Komada Tomakomai's center fielder Honma Atsushi quickly caught up with the baseball that fell in the center field area. After putting the baseball on the ground into his glove, he quickly turned around and reached out to take out the baseball from the glove and put it toward first base.
The direction was passed.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
First baseman Zelong also stretched out his arm, used his ball sleeve to catch the baseball thrown by center fielder Atsushi Honma, and then looked at the first base umpire... Unfortunately, the first base umpire signaled to Aido hitter Yuuki Tanaka to start.
A successful slide.
Tanaka Yuki stood up from the ground, patted the dirt on his body, took off his protective gear and handed it to the team members who came up to get things.
Aomichi's four-bat Higashi Kiyokuni, who came in behind Tanaka Yuki, directly moved himself to second base with a double, and also sent runner Tanaka Yuki to third base.
Daiki Murasuke, who came in behind Higashi Seikuni, sent Tanaka Yuki back to home plate with an infield hit. He not only scored the first score of the game, but also allowed himself to get on base safely. Fujii, the sixth bat,
Gui also had a hit, allowing Dong Qingguo to return to home plate and score the second run, and at the same time, he allowed himself to successfully run to first base.
Chris, the No. 7 pitcher of Seido, was struck out by fellow pitcher Otomakomai Okada Masahiro after a few pitches, and the first half of the first inning ended.
In the second half of the first inning, Jinguji Kachi was stimulated by his teammates scoring two runs, and directly let the batter of Komada Tomakomai play three times and three times to end the first inning.
In the first half of the second inning, Komadai Tomakomai's pitcher Okada Masahiro quickly adjusted and hit Aomichi's lower line three times up and down, ending the first half of the game; in the second half of the inning, Jinguji Kazuichi held on very well.
Finished this game without losing any points.
In the third game, both Okada and Jinguji Kazu held on to the game without losing any points.
In the fourth game, Masahiro Okada still lost one point against Aomichi's center line; Jingujiichi firmly held the score on Aomichi's side and did not lose any points to Komadai Tomakomai.
In the fifth inning, Komada Tomakomai changed pitchers, and ace Tanaka Shoda stepped on the plate to pitch; although Komada Tomakomai's batters knocked out a few hits from Jinguji Kazuichi, with the cooperation of other fielding players, they still kept the two sides in the game.
The difference in score did not allow Komaki Tomakomai to score.
In the sixth inning, Jinguji hit a home run by Komaki Tomakomai's center fielder and four-hitter Atsushi Honma, and lost two runs before ending the sixth inning. This chapter has been completed!