"Next is tomorrow's starting list!" Kataoka Tetsushin said lightly, "One stick, shortstop, Kurachi." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info. Seven sticks, left fielder, Liu Yong!"

"Yes!" Liu Yong, who had been mentally prepared, responded loudly, Liu Yong was not surprised at all that he was on the first list, even if Inspector Kataoka said that the schools in the capital would go all out, but it was obvious that even if the strength of the schools in the capital was high, the upper limit was obvious, so it was not much of a problem for Liu Yong to appear.

It can be said that before meeting the junior of the city university in the quarterfinals, depending on the situation, it is also possible that the Kataoka supervisor will greatly hone the four first-year players.

"Nine bats, starting pitcher, Xiaogu Xiao!"

"Huh?" Akira was a little stunned, looking at Kataoka Tetsushin who was standing not far away, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

Not only is this the case, all the members of the first army present are looking at the back row of the valley with shocked eyes, and at the moment when Tanba is injured, on the basis of not being able to play in the first two games, it is inevitable to increase the appearance rate of first-year pitchers, but in the eyes of these people, the starter must be Kawakami, who is a second-year player, no matter what, he is a first-team player with a year of high school baseball experience, and he was selected as a first-team substitute pitcher in the summer of his first year.

In such a rigorous and important event, how can the starter be a more reliable second-year, the pitcher is a very critical position, so easily handing over the first starting situation to a first-year freshman who has been enrolled for less than four months?

Among the people present, except for Miyukiichi, who could understand Kataoka's thoughts, and Chris, and Liu Yong, who had known it for a long time, there was no surprise on the face, and everyone else looked at Akira with a slightly surprised look.

Sawamura Eijun is not to mention, with an indignant look, a look of why he can start, but he can't.

"In addition, Kawakami and Sawamura also need to be prepared, I will implement the strategy of following the pitch in this tournament, as long as whoever is in good shape, who can play, even if it is a first-year, I will continue to let him play, understand!?" Supervisor Kataoka lowered his gaze slightly, glanced at everyone, and said in a slightly stern tone.

"Yes. ”

The next day, the Civic Stadium, the temperature is slightly higher today, but it is a sunny and good weather, cloudless, and the second round of the Nishi-Tokyo match Seido High School vs. Mimenxi High School is about to start here.

Even if it's only the second round of the event, but because one side is a veteran famous Seongdo in West Tokyo, there are not a few spectators who come to watch the game, and almost most of the spectators are watching Seido's performance, as for the opponent? Well, a metropolitan high school, in the eyes of those spectators, Seido is probably a crushing victory.

What they want to see is how the lineup and pitcher lineup of Qingdao are this year, because they are all loyal supporters of Qingdao, and what they hope most is to see Qingdao enter Koshien and restore the glory of the king of the year.

"Hey, isn't it really a famous family? The audience is basically watching their games, we are like clowns, and there are even bands and cheerleaders, huh. ”

"That's it, what the Big Three, Qingdao hasn't entered Koshien for several years, let's defeat them today. ”

On the first base side, the players of Mimensi High School were talking about the Qingdao Road.

"Even if the famous family is a famous family, it is not impossible to defeat, your wielding of the baton, your efforts, not false, go and defeat Qingdao and take them down!" the superintendent of Mimenxi High School shouted loudly.

"Yes. ”

"Salute. ”

"Please advise!" the two team members lined up, bowed slightly, and said loudly.

In the second round of the West Tokyo event, Seido High School played against Mimenxi High School, kicking off.

Qingdao attacked first, and the first to defend was Mimenxi High School, when the pitcher of Mimenxi High School stood on the pitcher's mound, Kuramochi, who was the first to shoot, was slightly stunned, and his face showed a playful look.

"Ho ho, back number 10, it's not that trump card, and it's a low-handed pitch, it's really funny. Kuramochi thought for a moment and stood on the left mat, so that it would be easy to observe the pitcher's path, and for pitchers who were not recorded in the information, it was best to let the pitcher reveal as much information as possible in addition to actively playing base.

This is also very important.

"Hmph, seeing those Qingdao faces, it's just a sense of surprise about the situation outside the intelligence, even if it's clear in the mind, but subconsciously it's still underestimating us, but it's precisely because of this that there is a possibility of our weak win" In the bench of the first base, the superintendent of Mimenxi High School smiled and said coldly.

"Kurachi, you must go to the base. ”

"Use your foot speed to disrupt their garrison. ”

"I'll leave it to you, Kurachi. ”

The cheers from the sidelines came one after another, and they all held an extremely optimistic view of Kuramori's base, which was a metropolitan high school that they had never heard of before, and no matter how much it was, it would be like that.

"The game is on. Under the referee's order, Kuramochi took a striking position, and Mimenxi's catcher's right hand swung slightly.

"Phew. With a bang, the ball sped from the pitcher's mound, and Kuramori's eyes froze slightly.

"Smack. ”

"Good shot. ”

Kuramochi watched such a first ball, and his face showed a trace of unhappiness,, so slow, and the posture of the service point was even lower than that of Kawakami.

The ball road is still a track that floats up first and then sinks, in this way, with this posture and this ball speed, it is quite difficult to do, Kuramoto's brows furrowed slightly, revealing a trace of difficulty, this is so used to playing fastball, this kind of ball is really a little tricky.

Mimensi's high school didn't seem to give Kuramochi extra time to think about it, and almost the next moment he was ready to strike, he quickly put on the code and threw the ball.

It's low, but it should be on the edge of a good ball, and this ball can't be missed, and in an instant, Kuramochi immediately made up his mind and quickly swung the bat, because the ball was too low, and it was still at an angle to the inside corner, and Kuramochi couldn't swing the stick in his usual posture and angle.

The bat must be swung in a posture similar to that of a provocation, with the ball facing upwards from the bottom.

"Smack. ”

"Two good balls!"

Kuramoto's footsteps stumbled slightly, and his face showed an unswerving look, isn't it, it's actually lower than the imaginary ball path? This ball is also empty, originally planned to hit the rolling earth, according to his own foot to be able to get on base, now it's really a bit tricky.

, these are a little troublesome, this has been chased and forced, and the warehouse is babbling at the corner of his mouth.

"Kurachi, this doesn't look like you. ”

"Be aggressive. ”

The audience outside the arena seemed to be dissatisfied with Kuramochi's performance, and shouted loudly, and Kuramochi, who was standing on the strike zone, exhaled slightly, okay, well, I plan to say a few more tosses, so let's choose the most direct way.

Let's talk about it first, Kuramochi thought silently.