Chapter 48: The End of the Second Battle and the Beginning of the Third Battle
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Dong Qingguo stared closely at the low-flying baseball from behind, used the bat in his hand to pick up the bad ball, and swept it out of bounds.
"call out"
This was a ball that crossed the edge of the strike zone with a slightly outside corner. If Dong Qingguo did not swing the bat and allowed it to fly past his eyes, the ball would definitely be ruled a bad ball by the referee.
"Whoa!"
Dong Qingguo waved the metal bat with both hands and knocked away the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
"Ping!"
The baseball hit by Higashi Kiyokuni's swing first flew through the infield, then escaped the interception of second baseman Naoya Yamamoto and shortstop Naoto Araki, and rushed from the infield into center field.
"Crack!"
Center fielder Takeshi Toda caught up with the baseball flying towards him, kicked off his legs and jumped up, just in time to catch the baseball that was about to fly deep into center field.
"out." The referee raised his arm to indicate that the batter was out.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
…
"Ping!"
The metal bat swung by Shota Kadoda directly hit the baseball thrown by Seido ace Jinguji Kazuichi on the pitcher's mound, then flew far out of the outfield area and landed in the stands behind the left field.
Shota Kadoda immediately dropped the bat in his hand, raised his right hand and started running the bases. The Kansai support group in the stands gave a huge cheer.
"A two-run home run! This is the twelfth home run in the 78th tournament. It is also Kadoda-kun's first home run in this tournament, successfully helping Kansai reverse the score!" the commentator
He said excitedly: "The current score is 2:3, Kansai is temporarily in the lead."
"Damn it, you took all the limelight by yourself!"
Shota Kadoda, who ran back to the rest area, received envious comments from the other Kansai team members.
I thought that the next step would be a great opportunity for their Kansai team to continue scoring, but unfortunately Seido ace Jinguji and Kansai five-bat Nakamura Masaki struggled for eight balls and successfully struck him out, ending the eighth inning.
In the first half of the ninth inning, Kansai also welcomed Aomichi's center hitter. After many batting rotations, Aomichi's batters have adapted to Kansai pitcher Das's pitching and catcher Obara's distribution and play.
The conductor gave up a double and a single successively, allowing Aomichi's five-hitters Murasuke Daiki and six-hitters Takashi Fujii to get on base successfully. Then, with the help of subsequent hitters, they successfully returned to home base to level the score.
Reversed again.
In the second half of the ninth inning, Kansai's line broke out again, catching Aido's ace Jinguji Kaichi a little off guard, but at this time he showed the mental quality that a team ace should have.
Sugiyama Nao Satoshi successfully reached base in all seven bats, and he withstood the pressure to hold on to the score. He got the final three outs from Kansai's lower line to end the tie rematch.
"Seido defeated Kansai 4:3 and successfully entered the third round. Their opponent was Kamiko Academy."
After the game, Director Kataoka was left to be interviewed by reporters, while the others took the school bus back to the B&B early to enjoy the delicious dinner carefully prepared by the B&B.
After dinner, Director Kataoka convened another meeting as usual. After commenting on some of today's matches, he began to arrange the starting lineup for the cloudy match.
To everyone's surprise, Director Katagane decided to let Yu Sakai pitch as the starting pitcher when facing a weak team like Kamiko Academy. If he performed well, he could even let Yu Sakai pitch the entire game.
, if something goes wrong, he will let Iori Yagami come on as a follow-up shot.
After listening to the arrangements of Director Kataoka, Ace Jinguji looked at him with wide eyes. Unfortunately, Director Kataoka was unmoved and told Yagami to remember to warm up. Yu Sakai's performance showed
After the question is raised, he will be immediately put on the court to change shots.
It seems that Director Kataoka is determined not to let Jinguji Kaichi play in the cloudy game, so that he can have time to take a good rest.
The next day's game, Qingdao's match against Kamiko Academy was in the first game, and the game started at 11 a.m., so everyone in Qingdao didn't have to get up early to wash up.
After finishing morning training and having breakfast, everyone at Seido picked up their golf equipment, put on their backpacks, and took the school bus to Hanshin Koshien.
The match between Seido and Kamiko Academy started on time at 11:01 am.
After the captains of Seido and Kamiko Academy passed the guessing game, Kamiko Academy attacked first and Seido followed.
After Kamiko Gakuen's bat stood in the batter's box, he stared at the pitcher's mound, waiting for Aomichi's pitcher to pitch.
He's not an ace, does Aido look down on our Kamiko Academy like that?
On the pitcher's mound, Yu Sakai, who carries the number eleven, looked at the signal signal given by catcher Kentaro Matsuda behind home plate, swung his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
Facing the baseball thrown by Yu Sakai, Kamiko Gakuen's Ichiba waved the bat in his hand without hesitation.
"Ping!"
The baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound was hit by the metal bat, and then flew directly backwards, flew across the infield and rushed into the right field area. As soon as the baseball landed on the right field lawn, it was hit by Aomichi who ran over to the right field.
Fielder Hiroshi Ohta caught the ball and passed it to first base.
Seido first baseman Higashi Kiyokuni caught a baseball from right fielder Hiroshi Ohta and blocked the bases of Kamiko Gakuen who was running on base.
Kamiko Academy's second bat trotted into the batting area with his bat in hand, moved his shoulders and thighs, and assumed a posture waiting for a hit.
Kentaro Matsuda looked at the Kamiko Gakuen bats in front of him and gave a signal to Yuhi Sakai on the pitcher's mound.
Yu Sakai nodded, raised his legs, took steps, and waved his arms to throw the second ball of the game.
"call out!"
…
“out.“
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
"Another three points. Qingdao's rhythm is very good. At the end of three games, the score is now 0:5. Qingdao's situation is very good." The commentator's voice was gushing, as if he had already seen Qingdao.
Just like winning this game.
Under such circumstances, Kamiko Academy began to change pitchers, and Yamaguchi came on to replace the previous pitcher Hayashi.
In the first half of the fourth inning, Yamaguchi, the new pitcher of Kamiko Gakuen, took advantage of Aido's batters who had not yet adapted to his pitching, and scored three outs in a row without conceding a run.
In the second half of the fourth inning, Yu Sakai stepped onto the mound again.
"Sakai, let go!"
"Don't be afraid, let them beat you!"
The seniors were all encouraging Sakai-senpai. Standing on the pitcher's mound, Sakai-senpai turned his head and glanced at the dugout, took a deep breath, and waited for Matsuda-senpai to give him the signal.
Looking at the signal given to him by Matsuda squatting behind home plate, Yu Sakai nodded, waved his arm and threw the baseball in his palm.
"call out!".
…
In the second half of the sixth inning, the catcher of Kamiko Academy glanced at Aomichi Gobi Murasuke Daiki standing in front of him, thought for a moment, and gave a signal to Yamaguchi on the pitcher's mound. This chapter has been completed!