Although he knew that the flying baseball would not hit him, the first-year hitter still shrank his neck and did not dare to swing the metal bat in his hand, allowing the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound to fly away in front of his eyes.
Pass.
"What's wrong, aren't you ready to swing?" Supervisor Kataoka looked at the first-year hitter standing in the batter's box and said, "If you don't want to swing, just go down."
"I...I will definitely swing the bat!" the first-year hitter said hurriedly to Supervisor Kataoka, and then mustered up the courage to stand in the batting area and wait for the hit.
Keisuke Miyauchi looked at the batter in front of him again, and then gave a signal to Koichiro Tanba. Koichiro Tanba followed the signal and threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
Looking at the direction in which the baseball was flying, the first-year hitter gritted his teeth and swung the bat in his hand with all his strength.
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
“strike out.“
The first-year hitter looked at the baseball that was successfully caught in Miyauchi-senpai's glove, and walked back to the freshmen's dugout with his bat in his head.
The second batter who came on the field, Yin Xian, was even less confident than the previous batter. He swung the bat three times indiscriminately and ran back to the dugout in despair.
The third batter on the field was left-handed hitter Naka Tanaka. He walked to the batter's box, swung the bat, and made a posture waiting for a hit.
In the first round, you can't aim to hit the ball. As long as you can keep up with Tanba-senpai's pitching, you will achieve your goal.
Keisuke Miyauchi looked at his junior student who was standing on the batting box with a calm expression, lowered his fingers, and then made a series of gestures to give a signal to Tanbo on the pitcher's mound.
Tanba Koichiro nodded, adjusted the grip of his right hand hidden in the ball sleeve, then raised his leg and swung his arm to throw the baseball in his palm. Isn't it a curveball?
Nakatanaka looked at the ball path that was completely different from before, and vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.
Unexpectedly, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound suddenly floated upward when it was about to reach home plate. As a result, the bat that Nakatanaka swung out could not touch the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound.
"Bang!"
“strike.“
Nakatanaka frowned. Will he suddenly hit a straight ball? It will be even more difficult for him to hit Tanba-senpai's ball.
In the end, Nakatanaka also failed with three swings, allowing Koichiro Tanba to hit the first-year batter three times and three times, ending the first half of the first inning.
"Oh! Oh - oh -"
Koichiro Tanba looked a little excited while standing on the pitcher's mound. After calming down, he ran back to the dugout with the others.
At the same time, the audience outside the venue was also talking a lot.
“That pitcher’s curveball is so good!”
"Haha, you didn't know, right? That curveball with an exaggerated arc was Damba's winning goal."
"Being able to throw a ball with such a large range of variation is rare in high fields."
The noisy audience, the hot pitchers, and the oppressive seniors all seemed to surge toward the new students like a tidal wave.
"Oh, let the freshmen come up and down three times."
"Damba's condition looks really good today."
"Haha, isn't this an overwhelming victory? I thought there would be something unexpected in this year's red and white battle, so I'm really looking forward to it!"
"Isn't it like this every year?"
In the second half of the first game, the freshmen defended.
The starting pitcher is first-year Kengo Kawashima. He chose Seido after being invited by Seido, although he was not invited in the name of a pitcher; the starting catcher is second only to Miyuki in terms of catcher talent.
Kazuya and Naoya Kuraza's Hiro Ono.
Kurosaki squinted his eyes and looked at the pale, stiff-mannered defensive players on the field. They were gathering on the pitcher's mound and chatting in low voices. He looked away from the noisy spectators outside the field and looked at the solemn seniors holding bats and waiting for hits.
It swept over the body one by one, and finally landed on the catcher Ono Hiroshi.
At this moment, Ono Hiro, like the freshmen gathered around him, frowned and remained silent. He seemed to have no idea how to lead this team of freshmen.
Is this so?
The complex emotions welling up in Kurosaki's heart under the high pressure, he withdrew his gaze from Ono Hiroshi, looked down at the dark brown pitcher's ball cover in his hand, and stroked the lines on the ball cover with his fingers. Ono Hiroshi, why did you choose Qingdao?
What about Tao?
"play ball."
With the voice of Director Kataoka, the second half of the first game began.
Unfortunately, compared to the first-year students' failure to gain anything in the first half of the game, the offense of the second- and third-year students in the second half of the game can be described as ferocious. The senior students' line play easily completed the round, taking nine points from the freshmen.
High score.
The atmosphere among the first-year students became even gloomier. Supervisor Kataoka made a brief observation without saying anything more and continued with the first half of the second game.
"Come on! Try to hit Tanba-senpai's pitch first." Kenta Maezono suddenly shouted to the classmate who was preparing to hit the ball on the field. Unfortunately, he only got a look back with no fighting spirit from the opponent, saying "You can do it, you go ahead."
"The appearance.
Kenta Maezono wanted to say something more, but Kenjiro Hakushu, standing next to him, patted his back and told him to stop talking.
Hakushu Kenjiro looked at the two Miyuki Kazuya and Kuraza Naoya who were sitting together to observe the situation on the court. He believed that they had noticed it just like him; most of the players selected by Director Kataoka in the first round were
The lower-level club members will probably be replaced after the second game, or at most the third game, and they will be replaced when the time comes to compete with the seniors. Try your best to perform well!
Although this look seems a bit unkind, what is more important now is how to get Director Kataoka to notice him.
"The seniors are really serious."
Kurosaki turned his head when he heard this, and found that the bald boy next to him who had been wiping the bat stopped what he was doing, looked over at him, smiled, and introduced himself: "My name is Hiragasa Shoji."
Kurosaki Kazuko nodded, showing a polite smile that looked gentle and friendly: "Hello, my name is Kurosaki Kazuko."
Hiragasa Shoji nodded in response with a smile on his face, "Wait a minute, let's work hard together."
Kurosaki Kazuko tried to gain Hikasa Shoji's trust with a bright smile, "Well, let's work hard together!"
As time went by, the attacks of the second and third grade seniors became more and more fierce, and the freshmen's defense was vulnerable. In the second half of the second game, when Kengo Kawashima scored the third out of the second game, the old student's score
Six more points were already on the board.
Hiragasa Shoji was watching the game on the court with all his concentration, when a chuckle suddenly came from his ears.
"Ah!"
He subconsciously turned his head and looked over, and found that the dark-skinned young man sitting next to him no longer gave him the same feeling as before. The sarcastic expression swept away the friendly smile that had appeared on his face not long ago.
Hiragasa Shoji was stunned for a moment, as if he was wondering if he had seen it wrong?
The dark-skinned boy on the side seemed to notice something strange about him. Kurosaki turned his head and looked at Hikasa Shoji in front of him, and showed a polite smile again, "Hikasa?" This chapter has been completed!