Chapter 30: The Sudden Appearance of the Magic Ball (Part 1)
"Ugh!"
Many of the fans in the stands looked stunned.
A new record for consecutive strikeouts?
The man who set this record is Zhang Han?
It's not that they can't figure it out, it's that things in this world are changing so fast that they all feel a little caught off guard.
How did it come to this?
Breaking a record, when has it become so easy!
"Regardless of whether the Qingdao High School baseball team wins or loses today, no one can stop Zhang Han's rise."
A media reporter expressed his heartfelt emotion.
Can a player become famous? To a large extent, it is directly related to the results of his team.
Take Zhang Han as an example, if the team he chose in high school was not Qingdao High School, it would be difficult for him to be so famous in the first grade.
However, when the player is really strong to a certain extent. The help the team gave him became the icing on the cake.
Take Dongqingguo, for example.
Even if last year's Seido High School baseball team did not make it to Koshien in the end, his performance on the court has already won the recognition of many professional teams.
Last year's Zhang Han, although his performance was also very dazzling, there is still a lot of distance from this level.
But now Zhang Han has no worries about this at all.
He was really good enough to make all the fans in the stadium feel jaw-dropping.
Anyone who watched him play will remember his performance.
As for the grades?
A person who can break records casually, does his achievements still need to be explained too much?
You must know that Zhang Han broke this record, but there was no moisture......
The Qingdao High School baseball team isn't playing a game of bullying the weak right now.
Their opponent is Inagi Industrial, who stood at the top of the country four months ago.
"It's amazing!"
"No wonder it can swoon those little girl fans, this lad is almost like he glows when he's on the pitch."
"And she's so good-looking!"
Although there are many people who play baseball, there are also many people who are very good-looking.
But to be able to be like Zhang Han, height, body type, and appearance......
A man with no dead ends at 360 degrees is still very rare, and it can even be said that it is the only one, and there is no semicolon.
"Qingdao High School, this is a complete fire!"
The cameras and camcorders in the stands kept pointing their lenses at Zhang Han, crackling and shooting.
Compared with last year when he was a newcomer, the shock that Zhang Han brought to everyone this year is undoubtedly several times stronger.
Last year, there were still many seniors in front of Zhang Han, even if he performed conspicuously, he was not the mainstay of the team.
But this year, he has not only become the most important core player in the team, but even a real ace in the team.
Relying on his own strength, he suppressed the entire line of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School.
In a series of strikeouts, teammates didn't even touch the ball, let alone cooperate with the guarding......
"Find us something to do, you make us feel useless like this......"
After the duel, the friends who returned to the rest area raised a big objection to Zhang Han's pitching.
"I can't help it, I can't restrain it at all!"
Zhang Han had a smile on his face.
When this comes out of someone else's mouth, no matter how tactful it is, it's hard not to give people the feeling of pretending.
But Zhang Han, when this kind of words came out of his mouth, everyone took it for granted.
"I don't know what kind of expressions those guys on the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team will have after hearing your statement?"
The guys are giggling.
As the opponents of the game, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are still very sensitive to the performance of the players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team.
They were very sensitive to the fact that those guys on the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School had a very bad face.
It's as black as the bottom of the pot!
"I can't find any flaws at all......"
"That guy, when did he become so powerful?"
"Damn, hateful, hateful, damnable!!"
Many of these players in the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School are old friends of Zhang Han, and they have a deep relationship when they were in middle school, and they have basically played against each other.
As the core of their respective teams, they are naturally clear about each other's strength when they play each other.
In the impression of the baseball team players of Daocheng Industrial High School, although Zhang Han's strength is strong, compared with them, it is only half a catty and eight taels at most.
Unexpectedly, after entering high school, this guy turned out to be like a hanger, and now they are almost unable to see each other's taillights.
"It's us who are leading now, don't be discouraged. As long as we don't lose points, we will never lose! ”
After Cheng Gongming saw the performance of his friends, he took the initiative to stand up and explain.
Although this guy is usually very unreliable, when it comes to the game, it is actually time to fight to the death with the opponent.
He is often able to stand up and bring strong faith to other friends.
It seems that as long as he's on the court, he's on the pitcher's mound, it's all right......
"Just keep the momentum going and move forward!"
The Guardian of Guoyou also gave a similar entrustment.
"Yes!"
On the side of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, it seems that they have not given up the game, and they are ready to give the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team a huge surprise on the court.
It's just that the fans in the stands don't seem to be very optimistic about them.
"You have to work hard, as soon as the baseball team of other people's Qingdao High School counterattacks, it will collapse."
"What nonsense, they're the champions of Koshien in spring."
"The Kanto Conference, they are the losers of Qingdao's men. If you want me to say, when Koshien was in the spring, that is, the Shiren Seido High School baseball team did not participate, otherwise it is difficult to say who this national champion is......
Even the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team turned red when they heard this.
They're a bit of a catch.
After all, they are all face-saving people, and they will be embarrassed in the face of such a straightforward killing.
Not to mention the players of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School.
Cheng Gongming felt that his internal organs were protesting.
The other Daocheng industrial players also had gloomy and scary faces.
The reason why they were not able to show it, and even directly opened their mouths to refute it.
On the one hand, it is the tranquility before the storm, and the friends of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School hope to regain face on the court.
Instead of talking to those brainless supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team here.
On the other hand, it is because there are too many people who say such cool things.
They simply can't take care of it.
"We can't do anything about your supporters, so we can only credit this account to you."
The friends of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School, the eyes of the Qingdao High School baseball team have changed again.
The eyes in the past were actually very scary, just like the rivals.
But compared to the current looks, the old ones were nothing at all.
Now the players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, looking at the Qingdao High School baseball team is not much different from looking at the class enemy.
If it weren't for the different times, I'm afraid they would all have to tie up the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team and parade through the streets with a big sign behind them.
"It's scary!"
The Qingdao buddy who was about to go on the field to fight suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
The state of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School seems to be several times more terrifying than they imagined.
"The other party has already given up everything, if we can't defeat the other party here, we will be in big trouble......"
Chris said thoughtfully.
In fact, what his logic is, the vast majority of the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are not clear.
But they believed Chris's words very much, since Chris said that they couldn't score points in this round of attack.
The rest of the game is going to be extremely tough......
The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team realized that in the third round of offense, they had to score points no matter what.
"First bat, guerrilla, Yoichi Kuramochi."
In the first half of the sixth inning, the first player of the Seido High School baseball team to stand in the strike zone was also a player with high hopes from the team.
It's a position.
The young man had sharp eyes.
Although so far, except for Zhang Han and Captain Yuuki, no one else has performed.
But Kurachi is much more anxious than most people.
In this tournament, before playing against the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, the Qingdao High School baseball team did not encounter any too strong challenges.
Occasionally, some unexpected teams came forward, but in the end, the Seido High School baseball team also defeated them with relative ease.
The final victory still belongs to Qingdao.
Although they all won the match, not every player performed well in the game.
Kuramochi is not just this game, in the previous two games, the performance was just just qualified.
He's only played once in attack, and while he's been good in the build-up, his overall performance isn't remarkable.
This kind of performance may not be a problem in a normal team, but in a team like the Seongdo High School baseball team, the problem is quite serious.
There are a lot of reserve players in a big club like the Seido High School baseball team. You don't need to perform badly, as long as you don't perform well enough, it is a matter of time before you are eliminated.
Although Kuramochi has not yet been notified by the supervisors and coaches, he himself has felt the danger.
"Say whatever you want to get on the base!"
Not only for the sake of the team, but even for himself, Kuramochi also thinks that he should perform at this time.
His eyes were fixed on Narumiya, waiting for the baseball to fly over.
He knew in his heart that with Cheng Gongming's previous performance, it was unrealistic to expect a good-to-play baseball to fly over.
So as long as there is an opportunity to make a shot, he can't let it go, just like this ball.
"Whoosh!"
Like a sharp arrow, the small white ball crossed a distance of eighteen meters and appeared in front of Kurachi.
If you want to hit this ball, the position is not good, and Kuramochi is not good at it......
But Kuramochi still swung his bat.
It's not that he's willful, but he knows it very well in his heart.
"It's a good ball, it's not going to come at all, is it?"
Since there is no good ball to play, as long as he feels a certain certainty of the ball, he must not let it go.
"There's no choice to entangle!"
The performance of the Qingdao High School baseball team surprised the fans in the stands.
Next to him was a chubby fan with a smile on his face and a good explanation on his face.
"In the spring, when Koshien was in the spring, the baseball team of Inagi Industrial High School once had a pitching battle with the top giants in the country, and the two sides played until the fifteenth inning. Narumiya threw 174 balls and won the game with a hard time. Although the Qingdao High School baseball team tried to drain his physical strength, it was just to interfere with his state and make it impossible for him to keep his rhythm pitching. The Qingdao High School baseball team probably never had the luxury of relying on this move alone to defeat Narimiya in front of him. ”
So as long as you see a ball with a good chance, as long as you are friends from the Qingdao High School baseball team, you feel hopeful.
They will never remain silent, and will definitely swing the bat in their hands fiercely, as they do now.
"Ping!"
The bat hits the baseball sturdy.
Kurachi's face showed a hint of surprise at first, and then there was astonishment.
How so?
The ball that was hit by him bounced directly into Narumiya's gloves.
"You've worked hard enough, shouldn't I send you a certificate?"
Although Cheng Gongming muttered quietly, he did not hesitate in his movements.
He turned straight and passed the ball to first base.
"Smack!"
Kuramochi, who is known as Scud, was blocked out of the game after running half of it at this time.
"Out!"
As soon as the game is out, no one is on base.
In the rest area of the Qingdao High School baseball team, the Qingdao players, who had regained their momentum because of Zhang Han's leadership, were once again beaten with a solid stick.
So much so that they were completely caught off guard.
As ugly as their faces are, they are as ugly as they are.
In their hearts, a very bad premonition invariably rose.
The three points they lost at the beginning, they thought they had imagined those three points terrible.
They are mentally prepared enough to take the three-point burden to compete with the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team.
It's just that what they didn't expect was that the burden of those three points was much heavier than they imagined.
So much so that in the course of the game, they could no longer even see any hope of victory.
"How so?"
The Seido High School baseball team is just 11 outs away from finishing the blow.
Daocheng Industry, which once had the experience of dominating the country, has no one to match its concentration at this time.
The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team suddenly felt like this in their hearts.
Several smart players, such as Zhang Han and Yu Xing, including Chris.
have realized how big the predicament they are facing now?
"If you want to change that, you have to get hits as soon as possible and score points......
Otherwise, no matter how many high-sounding words are said, it will be impossible for the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team to recover their previous morale.
Three to one!
The difference in score on the field was only a small two points.
For the Seido High School baseball team, such a team that is very good at offense and has very strong offensive strength.
The two-point gap doesn't seem to be a big deal, and as long as they are given a chance to attack, they seem to be able to catch up with or even overtake the gap.
But today, the difference between these two points is like a moat, in front of the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team.
So that they don't see the way to go beyond it at all!
Next to the game, it was Ryosuke Kominato, who played the second bat.
Superintendent Kataoka's code to Ryosuke Kominato is, there is no need to be in a hurry, just play steadily.
To put it bluntly, it is to let him entangle the number of balls.
Before it was Zhang Han's turn and Yuuki to play, Kataoka Supervisor obviously wanted to use this method to consume Narumiya's physical strength as much as possible.
There is no way for him to fight against Zhang Han and Yuki in a 100% state.
As much as possible, the possibility of the Seido High School baseball team scoring in the next offense is expanded.
At this time, Kataoka didn't even expect the team to tie the score in this game, or even overtake it.
As long as you can catch up with one point!
As long as you catch up with one point, you can continue the line, and you can let the Qingdao High School baseball team occupy a certain degree of advantage in the final showdown.
"I believe in you!"
Superintendent Kataoka looked at this Han and Yuuki respectively with this trusting look.
Compared to the other players in the team, his expectations for these two disciples were obviously different.
Sawamura, who is hiding in the corner, is it the first time to see Kataoka, who is selfless and selfless, with such an expression?
"Is that what to expect?"
I don't know when he will get such a gaze from his own overseer.
The match continued, and in the face of Ryosuke Kominato, who had already fully lit up his striking skills, Narumi Narumiya had no intention of entanglement with him at all.
He hit the red with the first ball!
The intent is very obvious, either you hit this ball out or this ball will solve you.
"This determination is going crazy!"
Seeing this duel, the Qingdao friends were all very nervous.
The players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team have obviously realized the key point of this game.
So they said that they would not say anything, and they just gave up the victory to Qingdao so easily.
They will act, and they will not hesitate.
originally planned to consume the other party's Qingdao Dao, but at this time, there was no way to maintain his original thoughts.
The other party has forced them into a corner, and they have no other way to go except to fight each other head-on.
"Ping!"
Ryosuke Kominato is also a ruthless person.
When he found out what the opponent was trying to do, it was difficult for him to put the ball out of bounds.
He immediately aimed at the red ball in the middle and made a decisive shot.
The baseball, which had been hit, flew high and landed in the gap of the garrison.
"Good!!"
In the rest area of the Qingdao High School baseball team, there was a sudden cheer.
is worthy of Ryosuke Kominato, even if strength is not his specialty, he still swept out Narumiya's pitch hard.
Not only that, but it also accurately aimed at the gap of the opponent's guard.
"In addition to the two star players, this player called Ryosuke Kominato is also very set."
Even those reporters in the stands had to give a thumbs up after seeing Ryosuke Kominato's blow.
They have to admit that the excellence of this player has exceeded their imagination.
It's just that it's not that if the Qingdao High School baseball team performs well, it will definitely be able to get a good result.
It's like this goal, obviously falling in the gap of the guard, but when it rebounds, it doesn't go all the way back.
Instead, there was a shift!
Originally, this was not a big problem, but the problem was that the players of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School reacted too quickly.
Shirakawa arrived at the baseball landing spot early in the morning.
It's just that he couldn't touch this ball originally, and baseball was delayed like this, which just gave him a chance.
The guy rushed over first, didn't get the bounced baseball, put it in his own glove, and then passed the ball to first base without pause.
Ryosuke Kominato is not a holder, and although his speed is not slow, he still can't solve all the problems by speed.
As a result, the baseball reached first base and fell into the glove.
"Smack!"
Ryosuke Minato was one step short before stepping on the first base.
Even the linesman on first base, when he saw this scene, felt extremely sorry.
He raised his hand high.
"Out !!"
Two outs, no one on base.
The offense painstakingly planned by the Seido High School baseball team ended like this......
Although the next beaters on the court made the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team look forward to it, their morale was still inevitable, and there was a slight decline.
Even when he shouted Zhang Han's name, he was not as imposing as he was at the beginning.
"Third baseman, pitcher, Zhang Han."
As far as today's game is concerned, Zhang Han's significance to the Qingdao High School baseball team is absolutely crucial.
His performance has a direct impact on the team's victory or defeat.
Not to mention that this matchup is the third round of the Seongdo High School baseball team's victory over the strike zone.
If they don't show anything in this round, then in the next game, even many players will not be able to play again.
"Although Narumiya was already strong at the time of the Kanto Conference, he wasn't as strong as he is now, right?"
In the rest area of the Seido High School baseball team.
Minister Ota nervously walked around, muttering as he went.
Before he knew it, he had brought his nervousness to the other players on the Seido High School baseball team.
Ota was right, although Narumu Narumiya was already very strong before, but in the finals of the Kanto Conference, the Seido High School baseball team finally won more than a dozen hits from him.
In terms of the head-to-head between them, the hitters of the Seido High School baseball team are clearly superior.
But today, so far, there are only three effective bases on the Seido High School baseball team.
Compared with two months ago, it is obvious that Cheng Gongming's progress is greater.
"Now I can only pin my hope on Zhang Han."
Minister Ota's words greatly represent the will of all the current players of the Seido High School baseball team.
It was at this time that they saw a scene that made them feel very incredible.
Narumi Cheng actually used the straight ball in the middle again.
Crazy?
"Is this guy looking for his own death?"
"Does he know who his opponent is?"
Zhang Han is a well-known home run maniac.
He's not just the high school kid who scored the most home runs in this era. He has even started to aim for the top 10 results in history.
Even some corner balls, as long as they are caught by Zhang Han, or the pitch is not strong enough.
He has a high probability of hitting a home run.
This kind of unscrupulous provocation is directly in the center.
In the eyes of fans watching the game, Narumiya has gone completely crazy.
If it weren't for his pitching errors, he must have been looking for death.
Of course, Zhang Han will not let go of this kind of pie-in-the-sky good thing.
His eyes were fixed on the baseball, and after making sure that there were no other changes attached to the baseball, Zhang Han's two hands tightly grasped the bat and hit the flying baseball hard.
At this moment, he starts from the lower body and goes all the way to the waist, then to the shoulders, then to the two arms.
Gather the strength of your whole body and burst out with all the potential that can explode in this body.
"Ping!"
The baseball that was hit, like a kite with a broken string, flew to the rear of the field.
"Home !!"
The fans in the stands couldn't help but open their arms and cheer.
Fans who are familiar with the Qingdao High School baseball team and Zhang Han know very well in their hearts what such a scene represents?
Then what everyone didn't expect was that when the white baseball was still more than ten meters away from the wall, it seemed to use all its strength and began to fall......
Carl Rose, the little black man, waited at the back of the stadium early in the morning, saw the baseball falling, and hurriedly ran forward.
When the baseball fell, he just arrived at the baseball landing spot and caught the ball with his gloves.
"Smack!"
"Out!!"
"Three outs, offensive and defensive exchanges!"
With just three goals, Narimiya solved the top three of the Seido High School baseball team.
This even includes Zhang Han, who just won a home run......
The supporters of the Seido High School baseball team seemed to have been drained of all the strength in their bodies at once and sat down in their seats.
The players of the Seido High School baseball team also felt a dark cloud overhead, and they pressed over.
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