Chapter 70 Spring Tokyo Metropolitan Conference Semifinals
At 9:50 a.m. on April 29th, although it was only the semi-finals of the spring Tokyo High School Field Football Conference, the match between Seido and Daocheng Industrial attracted many interested spectators, including reporters.
Got quite a few people.
On the first base side of the field, Director Kataoka crossed his arms in front of his chest and gave final instructions to everyone in Qingdao: "Daocheng Industrial is our old opponent. Whether it is offensive or defensive, they rarely have their shortcomings exposed.
.Play with your heart and think of it as a preview of the National High School Wildball Players Kwon Nishi Tokyo Tournament. Don’t just take a chance and try your best to win them!”
"Yes!" Everyone in Qingdao responded loudly, and then walked to the edge of the field to line up. At the referee's signal, the players from Qingdao and Daocheng Industrial rushed to the field together. After bowing to each other, the players from Daocheng Industrial
They all retreated, leaving only one bat who was ready to hit, waving the metal bat in his hand outside the batting area, waiting for the official start of the game.
At 9:57 a.m., after Senior Jinguji finished his warm-up, Daocheng Industrial's bat was swung in the batter's box; a minute later, as the air raid siren sounded, Seido pitcher Jinguji Ichi
Swing your arm and throw the first ball of the game.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"
"call out!"
Keisuke Kawanishi, a second-year bat of Daocheng Industrial, actively swung the bat in his hand, but it was a little too high and missed the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Keisuke Kawanishi swung the bat and once again assumed a posture waiting for a hit.
Seido catcher Kentaro Matsuda, who was squatting behind home plate, glanced at the Inari Industrial hitter in front of him, gave a signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, and moved his whole body outward a little bit before opening his ball cover.
Waiting for the pitcher's pitch.
Standing on the pitcher's mound, Jinguji nodded, raised his hand, twisted his waist, stepped forward, and swung his arm to throw the baseball out of his hand.
"call out!"
Keisuke Kawanishi stared closely at Jinguji Kazuichi's movements on the pitcher's mound, watching the baseball rushing straight from the pitcher's mound, and vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.
"Pong!"
In addition to the crisp sound of the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound hitting the metal bat, the powerful impact from the palm of his hand made Keisuke Kawanishi grit his teeth and clenched the handle of the bat with both hands as he hit it.
The baseball in the ball swept outward.
"call out!"
"Crack!"
The baseball flew backwards toward first base, flew a certain distance, and landed outside the first base sideline.
"Out of bounds!"
Keisuke Kawanishi moved his hands, took a few deep breaths, exhaled slowly, and waved the metal bat in his hand. As a bat of the team, his responsibility is to test the depth of the opponent's pitcher, and he must hit more.
A ball can simply consume Jinguji Kazu's number of goals, which can be regarded as achieving his goal of playing.
Kentaro Matsuda looked at Keisuke Kawanishi in front of him again, then placed the ball cover in the low inside corner near the batter's knee, and gave a signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound.
"call out!"
Looking at the path of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, Keisuke Kawanishi took a step back to avoid Jinguji's bad pitch.
"call out!"
It was another fast straight ball from a low position in the inside corner. The tough ball path made Keisuke Kawanishi take a step back again driven by instinct.
"Bang!"
"Bad ball!"
Two good balls and two bad balls.
"call out!"
This time, the baseball that came from the pitcher's mound was an outside corner ball. Keisuke Kawanishi could only take a step forward and swing the metal bat in his hand vigorously.
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Looking at the baseball that was swept away by him, Keisuke Kawanishi turned his wrist, grasped the bat again, and made a gesture waiting for a hit.
He was just the first batter, but he was tangled in seven balls by himself. No wonder Director Kataoka emphasized to them before the game that Daocheng Industrial should not be taken lightly.
After Kentaro Matsuda thought for a while, he gave a signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, and then placed the ball sleeve in the outside corner near the edge of the strike zone.
Jinguji stood on the pitcher's mound and bent down to pinch the powder packet at his feet. Then he stood up straight and followed the catcher's request, which was a fast straight ball to the outside corner, and swung his arm to throw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
Keisuke Kawanishi looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound. The ball path seemed to deviate a little from the strike zone. Was it another bad ball? No!
"Whoa!"
Keisuke Kawanishi hurriedly swung the bat out of his hand, but unfortunately it was a step too late. The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew smoothly past the home plate area and entered the open ball cover of Kentaro Matsuda.
"Bang!"
“strike out.“
Keisuke Kawanishi glanced back and saw the ball cover that was placed on the edge of the strike zone and was judged good or bad by the referee. He could only leave the batter's box in anger and unwillingness and walked to Daocheng Industrial's dugout.
"Jinguji's pitching?" Daocheng Industrial second-stringer Ryuumi Koyanagi, who was walking towards Keisuke Kawanishi, asked him.
"The ball is very powerful, but it's not impossible to hit." Keisuke Kawanishi replied to Koyanagi-senpai who was passing by.
"I got it." Koyanagi Ryuumi nodded and walked towards the batting box at home plate.
After Koyanagi Ryuumi came on to bat, he used his excellent batting skills to hit several foul balls from Jinguji Kazuichi's hands. Finally, he hit a relatively easy-to-hit ball in the outside corner and started to run the bases.
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The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by the batter and rushed towards the area between second and third base. Koyanagi Ryuumi ran towards first base as quickly as possible, catching up with Aomichi's shortstop Taro Fukuda.
Before passing the ball back to first base, take the lead to pounce on the first base bag.
"Safe." The first base umpire puts his hands flat to indicate that the batter has successfully reached base.
"yes!"
Koyanagi Ryuuji, who got up from the ground, smiled and took off his protective gear, handed it to a teammate who came to get something, then patted the dirt on his body, walked a few steps towards second base, and then bent down with both hands.
He propped himself up on his thighs and looked toward home plate, looking like he might steal a base at any time.
"Three bats, first baseman, Higaki-kun."
Walking into the batter's box at the sound of the announcement was Daocheng Sanji's third-year batsman Hinojiro Higaki.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!".
"Ping!"
As a power hitter, Higaki Kojiro swept away the baseball thrown by Jinguji with a swing of his arm. Unfortunately, the timing of his swing was wrong and he did not hit the center of the ball, sending the baseball flying to the sideline of third base. This chapter has been completed!