Chapter 51: The Great Counteroffensive Begins! (2nd Update)
In the first half of the third game, Osaka Kiryu High School attacked.
Seido High School, under the leadership of Miyuki and Hidezawa, successfully won three outs, although losing a home run, allowing the score gap to widen back to three points.
But judging from the overall situation, the Qingdao High School baseball team did not suffer a loss. Even compared to their first and second games, Qingdao showed a more tenacious side.
Takahiro Matsumoto, who originally had a slightly ugly face, was about to converge his facial features at this time. He tried to keep smiling, but he couldn't laugh at all.
If his eyes can kill, if he can't do it, he will surprise his disciples.
These unsuccessful guys can't seize such a good opportunity. Next, if you want to kill Qingdao in one go, I'm afraid I won't have a chance.
In this game, even if Kiryu Osaka wins in the end, the rest of the game will not be easy to play.
Matsumoto already had a hunch that this match would be a tough one, and it would be quite a tragic one.
Kill 100 enemies and lose 80 yourself.
After such a game, their subsequent actions are bound to be greatly affected.
It's disgusting!
Under Matsumoto's gaze, the players of Osaka Kiryu drooped their heads one by one, and they were a little embarrassed.
They also felt ashamed, they thought it was an easy task, but they didn't expect to be slapped in the face.
Even if they won a home run, they felt dull. After all, compared to their previous expectations, the current result really makes them feel unreasonable.
The game continued, and in the second half of the third inning, Qingdao High School attacked.
Kiryu High School Osaka's line has advanced to their fifth batter in the second round.
On the Qingdao High School baseball team, except for Zhang Han's home run, he couldn't even score a hit.
They started with the 8th bat, which means that until now, they haven't even rounded down.
No matter how good the outside media touted, Qingdao's own players have realized the gap at this time.
Originally, they also felt that their strength was extraordinary. But if you really want to compare with the top players in the country, you can still see the gap.
I am really confident that it can be compared to other players. Probably there are only the three of Dongqingguo, Yuki and Zhang Han.
Even Zhang Han may still take advantage of the newcomer, and his real strength may be even weaker.
Since Xiuze's strength has improved by leaps and bounds, many friends in the Qingdao High School baseball team have confidence in him, almost to the point of blindness.
They believe that Xiuzawa is already a first-class pitcher who can take on any strong team.
But now it seems that that inference is a little early, after all, there is still the ability of the team, and it is necessary to obviously suppress him.
For example, they have now come across this team, the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, known as Team Cosmos.
The strength of this team, not to mention the comprehensive suppression of Qingdao, is indeed above the strength of Qingdao.
With such a cognition, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are also really aware that today's game may not be easy to play!
If they want to win this game, if they want to come back from defeat to win, they have to work harder.
Before attacking, Superintendent Kataoka deliberately called the players together for a meeting.
In the rest area opposite. Takahiro Matsumoto, known as the old fox, knows very well what the players of the Seido High School baseball team want to do.
Clearly, he didn't mean to stop it, but instead let his players do whatever they wanted.
In the second half of the third game, the players on the Qingdao side were their lower hitters.
At most, it's the turn of the first baton at the beginning.
Although Kakuei Tanaka's strength is good, he is a typical slow-burning player.
Takahiro Matsumoto didn't think he would do anything after striking the zone.
Even if he is lucky enough to get a hit, it will be difficult for Hidesawa and Yamada to return him to home plate in the future.
Overall, Qingdao's attack in the second half of the third game was not dangerous.
In the fourth inning, they switched pitchers.
In Matsumoto Takahiro's view, although there were a few twists and turns in the middle, the overall script was not beyond his control.
Everything was expected by him!
So he doesn't need to be in a hurry, as long as they firmly grasp the initiative on the field, no matter how much Qingdao High School tosses, it will be useless.
Takahiro Matsumoto understood early in the day that it would not be a pitcher fight, but a fierce strike fight.
For strikes, all he needs to do is help his team score more points while trying to limit the points they concede.
That's why he wanted to use the strategy of pitcher wheel warfare.
It's not terrible to lose points, but it's terrible to lose points uncontrollably.
The only thing that exceeded Matsumoto's expectations was the home run that Zhang Han won at the beginning, which not only helped the Seido High School baseball team score, but also advanced a line.
Maybe he's too greedy, and it would have been nice if he hadn't hit that home run. The third game will be foolproof, and the gap in the score will widen to 4 points.
A giant club like the Qingdao High School baseball team that suddenly sprang up actually has a lot of problems of its own. The game went well, and they had a smooth ride and morale.
But if the game doesn't go well, their willpower is likely to collapse in an instant.
Now that opportunity is gone, not only did the score not really open, but there was still a bit of risk in the third game.
And this risk, not only in the third game, but also in the subsequent games, can occur at any time.
"Ping!"
Yukiichi also barely touched the ball, and the white ball bounced off the ground, was stopped, and passed to first base.
Nakata Shou's demeanor is still the same, and he looks particularly strong. He didn't get devastated just because Zhang Han hit a home run, on the contrary, he looked very confident and even a little inflated.
Xiao Wu! The ace of the team will never be easily given to you.
"Ping!"
Immediately afterwards, Gao Junming was also out.
Just like Takahiro Matsumoto thought, the little friends of Qingdao High School were completely toyed with by him between applause.
Two outs, no one on base.
The scene on the court was exactly the same as the old fox Takahiro Matsumoto had predicted.
At this time, it was their turn to play the line at Seido High School, and it was also their captain, Kakuei Tanaka.
Matsumoto is very much looking forward to Tanaka being solved.
But the next development caught him off guard.
"Ping!"
After two outs, it is said that the hitter who goes on the court will be very cautious.
Tanaka didn't do that, and he didn't hesitate to swing the bat when Nakata Shou threw the first shot.
Through the first round of fighting, Qingdao's friends have basically figured out the foundation of Nakata Shou, so they don't need any hesitation, they can do it directly.
"Smack!"
The baseball that was knocked out fell behind the first baseman.
Even if it doesn't fly far, this position is too ingenious, and Kakuei Tanaka took this opportunity to run directly to second base.
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