"I don't know if I can hit the ball thrown by Yagami?" Ryosuke Kominato had been thinking just now. Even if he could hit the ball thrown by Yagami, with his strength, he would only end up being blocked by the infield defense.
There's no way to get a hit.
"Why are you all thinking about hitting out my pitch?" Yagami was really fed up with these baseball idiots.
Koichiro Tanba, who was walking at the back of the crowd, looked at Iori Yagami and clenched his fists unwillingly.
Looking at Yagami's pitching, he once again felt the gap between the two sides. At least he couldn't strike out so many batters.
He couldn't help but think of his chat with Chris yesterday: "With Yagami here, after the seniors retire, you may not be able to become the team's ace until the third grade."
"But you are also an indispensable force in the team!"
"After the seniors retire, Iori will not be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Seido's pitching by himself. Now there are no outstanding successors among the pitchers in the same grade. The only person Iori can rely on is you. You can't let him give up all hope.
Among the incoming freshmen."
"Tamba, two and a half years is not a long time. Don't try to learn from Yagami. Your style is completely different from his. Your pitching is very delicate and can make it difficult for the batter to handle it. You just need to establish the confidence in yourself
, believe in our confidence, he can also become a very good pitcher."
Everyone is moving forward, and he cannot stop here.
…
After dinner, Director Kataoka summoned everyone from Seido to the Japanese room.
"Kansai is our strong opponent who we fought hard for 15 rounds today. Tomorrow our rematch with them will be in the fourth game. The game is expected to start after 16 o'clock in the afternoon." Director Kataoka said standing in front of everyone.
"Although the schedule is very tight, when the competition reaches this point, no weak school can stay. You must go all out in every game!"
"In addition, everyone must learn to give themselves as much rest and relaxation as possible within a limited time."
"Tomorrow's starting lineup is announced below. First base, shortstop, Fukuda; second base, second baseman, Tanaka; third base, third baseman, Toshima; fourth base, first baseman, East; fifth base, center fielder
, Murasuke; six-bat, left fielder, Fujii; seven-bat, right fielder, Ohta; eight-bat, catcher, Matsuda; nine-bat, pitcher, Iori.”
"Yes." Everyone whose name was called responded loudly.
After announcing the starting lineup, Director Kataoka said to Jinguji: "Jinguji, you must be ready to warm up after the game starts tomorrow. You may be allowed to play at any time."
"Good supervision." Jinguji nodded in response.
…
"3:4x, Akita Sho defeated Imaya Kita and advanced to the quarterfinals."
The commentator's voice came from the TV in the lounge. Dong Qingguo stood up first, picked up the backpack placed at his feet, "Let's go."
The others also stood up after Dong Qingguo, picked up their belongings, and left the lounge.
The players from Kansai also walked out of the lounge on the opposite side and met the Qingdao people in the passage.
The two sides looked at each other, and then each followed their captain and walked toward the entrance and exit of the arena.
After putting their things in the rest area, everyone in Qingdao took their bats or ball covers and walked to the edge of the field to start warming up.
"The starting list for Kansai is out."
On the display screen at the back of the field, the starting lineups of Aomichi and Kansai were listed together.
"Takeshi Ueda and Shota Kadoda are still the fourth and fifth players, Ippei Yasui is the third player, Naoya Yamamoto is the second player, and Masaki Nakamura is the sixth player."
"The pitcher is started by their ace Das."
Looking at the opponent's starting list, everyone in Qingdao started discussing in a low voice.
Supervisor Kataoka looked at the people around him who were talking about this, walked out of the rest area, clapped his hands, and motioned for everyone to come over.
After everyone in the first army gathered around, Supervisor Kataoka crossed his arms and said to them: "Don't worry about the opponent's arrangements, will you not be able to swing the bat just because there is a different player?"
"Koshien is the best stage for you to show your training results. Don't hesitate, don't be timid, swing out effectively, and use your swing to prove yourself... Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Everyone in Qingdao shouted in unison.
"Very good." Supervisor Kataoka nodded, very satisfied with the determination of everyone in the army.
Soon the staff came over to inform them that the game was about to start. Everyone in the army immediately lined up and rushed to the center of the field together.
"present!"
The players from Qingdao and Kansai lined up, bowed to each other, and then the players from Kansai exited the field. This game was the same as yesterday, with them attacking first and Qingdao attacking second.
Naoto Araki, the Kansai bat, walked up to the batter's box, moved his arms, and raised the bat.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"
"call out!"
Accompanied by the sound of the air raid siren, Yagami waved his arm and threw the first ball of the game.
"Whoa!"
Naoto Araki swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously, but unfortunately he swung it a little low, and the baseball passed over the bat and fell into Kentaro Matsuda's open ball sleeve.
The second ball is a fast straight ball with a low inside angle.
"call out!"
Naoto Araki swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously again.
"Whoa!"
Naoto Araki missed his swing again.
After swinging the bat, Naoto Araki glanced at the display screen at the back of the field. The ball speed of 149km/h was indeed quite fast.
"call out!"
Naoto Araki stared closely at the direction of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. It was obviously a bad ball.
With this thought in mind, Naoto Araki did not wave the bat in his hand and allowed the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound to speed past in front of him.
"Bad ball!"
Sure enough, it was a bad ball, and the number of balls came to two good balls and one bad ball.
After Seido catcher Kentaro Matsuda took out the baseball from his glove and passed it back to their pitcher, he made a downward movement towards Yagami Yagami on the pitcher, gave a signal, moved his body, opened and set up the glove.
"call out!"
The baseball came straight from the pitcher's mound again. Naoto Araki stared at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and swung the metal bat in his hand with all his strength.
"Whoa!"
When the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was about to fly into the home plate, it suddenly slid to the low area in the outside corner, avoiding the bat swung by Naoto Araki.
"Bang!"
Sinker? Only then did Naoto Araki react.
“strike out.“
After standing on the batting box, Kansai second baseman and second baseman Naoya Yamamoto grabbed the bat with both hands, twisted his waist, swung the bat hard, and raised the bat in a posture waiting for a hit.
On the pitcher's mound, Yagami looked at the signal that Matsuda-senpai gave him, nodded, and swung his arm to throw the baseball out of his palm.