Catcher Kentaro Matsuda, who was squatting behind home plate, turned to look at the dugout. In Aomichi's dugout, Director Kataoka was giving him a code signal with a serious expression.
After receiving the instructions from Director Kataoka, Matsuda moved his body inward, then gestured to pitcher Jinguji to wait for his pitch.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Yuuki Saito swung the bat, stood up again on the batting cage, and then raised the bat, waiting for a hit.
"call out!"
"Snapped!"
“ball.“
Two good balls and one bad ball.
Kentaro Matsuda gave a signal to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, trying to get a pitch at the edge of the strike zone to trick the batter into swinging.
"call out!"
"Snapped!"
“ball.“
Damn it, he didn't swing the bat at all when faced with a bad ball. After Kentaro Matsuda caught the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, he looked at Saito Yuuki who was standing motionless, got up and passed the ball back to Jinguji.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
"The outside world!"
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
"The outside world!"
Daocheng Industrial six-bat Yuki Saito will never take a shot when faced with a bad ball, and will always hit the sweet pitch. If this continues, it will be difficult to get the last number of good balls.
Seido's catcher turned to look at the rest area again. Seido's supervisor Kataoka gave him a signal calmly. Upon seeing this, Matsuda immediately withdrew his sight and gave a signal to the other defenders, asking them to retreat and expand the scope of the defense.
Then he asked Jinguji on the mound for a fast ball in the inside corner.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
"Ping!"
"The outside world!"
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was swept away by Yuki Saito as usual. Kentaro Matsuda could feel that the opponent was deliberately using up Jinguji's pitch count, so he hesitated for a moment before making a decision.
Yuuki Saito is a player who has the ability to hit long hits. In order to avoid being blown away by him, Kentaro Matsuda took a step outside and asked Jinguji for a ball close to the edge of the strike zone.
"call out!"
not good!
By the time Yuuki Saito realized that this was a ball that had a high probability of being a strike, it was already too late to swing the bat.
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
The baseball flew smoothly from the edge of the strike zone past the home plate area and fell into Kentaro Matsuda's open sleeve.
“strike out.“
Saito Yuki could only hold the bat with a face full of reluctance and trotted all the way back to the rest area of Daocheng Industrial.
The next seven batsmen are second baseman Hideaki Yoshizawa. As the only third sophomore among the nine starters, he is very keen on the timing of his swing and is a hitter with good hitting talent.
Unfortunately, Hideaki Yoshizawa, who has not yet fully grown up, faced Jinguji Kaichi who had fully adjusted, and it was difficult to get a hit from him, so he was struck out by Jinguji Kaichi.
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense."
In the first half of the first inning, Qingdao lost 2 points, leaving Daocheng Industrial with two remaining bases, and ended the half of the inning with difficulty.
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In the first half of the second inning, Jingujiichi could only lose one more point under the strong line pressure from Daocheng Industrial before getting three outs in the first half of the second inning, trailing Daocheng Industrial 0:3.
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In the second half of the second game, Qingdao's strong offensive attack allowed them to score three points in one fell swoop and even the score between the two sides.
After that, the game between the two sides began to become stalemate again. It was not until the first half of the sixth inning that Daocheng Industrial broke through Qingdao's defense again and scored another point.
Kentaro Matsuda looked at the Daocheng Industrial runner running back from third base to home plate, asked the referee for a timeout, and ran onto the pitcher's mound.
"There is one last out. Here are Daocheng Industrial's nine bats. When there is someone on third base, in order to prevent them from hitting a hit and sending the runner back to home plate to score, if possible, I will ask for some more changes later.
Ball."
Yagami nodded. He was not arrogant enough to think that he would not lose points after this and could help Qingdao secure the victory in advance.
After the end of the sixth game, and the last three games, he will encounter Daocheng Industrial's center bat again, so the key is to lose less points or even no points next time.
After calming down, Yagami put the baseball in his left hand, turned it around, confirmed the signal that Matsuda-senpai pointed out to him, and looked at the right fielder and nine-base hitter of Inagi Hashiba who was standing in the batter's box.
Ze Xiuzhi raised his hands high.
At the same time, Daocheng Industrial nine-bat Hidehi Ozawa also raised the metal bat in his hand, staring closely at Yagami Yagami's movements on the pitcher's mound, ready to knock the baseball he threw away at any time.
"play ball."
Following the umpire's order, Iori Yagami's left hand on the pitcher's mound waved forward as he stepped forward, and the baseball in his palm flashed out like a white light in an instant, flying straight to the home plate in front of him.
"call out!"
"Buzz!"
The metal bat danced by Hidetoshi Ozawa brought up a gust of wind pressure, disturbing the flow of air, and in an instant it met the baseball flying rapidly from the pitcher's mound above the home plate.
"Bang!"
In the end, the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound successfully passed over the metal bat that was swept away by Hidetoshi Ozawa, got into the open ball sleeve of the Aomichi catcher, and was then firmly held by him.
150km/h.
Ozawa Hideshi glanced at the speed of Yagami's pitching, and could only reluctantly wave the metal bat in his hand, making a "whooshing" sound, and then turned to look at the rest area. After receiving the instructions from Kunitomo Supervisor,
He raised the bat in his hand again and waited for a hit.
The runner at third base, Yuki Saito, also increased the distance between himself and the third base bag at this time, and stepped heavily on the ground to make a sound, trying to confuse and affect the pitcher's attention.
Iori Yagami turned his head and looked at the runner Saito Yuki at third base, then directly withdrew his gaze, no longer paying attention to the various small movements of the runner behind him, and concentrated on preparing to throw the ball.
As long as he scores the number of outs in front of him, even if Yuuki Saito successfully runs back to home plate, he still won't be able to score.
"call out!"
"Whoosh!"
As the wind blew again on the pitcher's mound, the baseball was about to arrive at the home plate. Hidehi Ozawa waved the metal bat in his hand again, but he still could only watch the flying baseball pass through the home plate first.
It fell into the open pocket of catcher Kentaro Matsuda.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Ozawa Hidehi was quite annoyed and tapped his ball cap with the bat in his hand.
"Come on! Azhi, hit the ball with all your strength."
"Don't think too much, just swing hard."
"Please, please send Saito back to home base!".
"Ozawa, come on!"
The audience and cheering group supporting Daocheng Industrial came to cheer for them. The game had already entered the sixth inning, but Daocheng Industrial's score was only one point more than Qingdao, and they began to get anxious. This chapter has been completed!