Chapter 44: The Despair Brought by the Lightspeed Ball! (1st Update)
After Sawamura came on the field, the atmosphere of the freshman team was much better.
With his gags, the players were not as nervous as before, and their performance naturally relaxed.
Once people relax, their previous efforts will naturally manifest themselves.
As a result, in the second game, the veteran team of the Qingdao High School baseball team only scored five points.
But even so, they managed to take out a substitute pitcher, and the pitcher who played no longer had the confidence to pitch.
Ochiai in the rest area, when he saw this scene, his brows were furrowed.
Knowing this, when he was selected, he should have chosen a few more substitutes.
The next three rookie pitchers, if this is still the case, they don't want to play the ninth inning!
It is estimated that by the fifth inning, there will be no replacement pitchers.
In the third game, the attack of the freshman team was still easily defused by Kawakami.
Before it was the turn of the difficult Kominato, Kawakami won three outs smoothly.
Superintendent Kataoka is satisfied with Kawakami's performance.
"You should be back in shape by now! The next goal is to keep it up. Don't worry too much about your opponent just because your opponent has changed. ”
Kawakami's personality is different from Tanba's. If the reprimand is too harsh, it may not end well.
Superintendent Kataoka adopted a different approach to education, which was based on encouragement and encouragement.
Kawakami was excited.
But Miyuki, who was beside Kawakami, looked at Kawakami's eyes, but showed a little regret.
Inspector Kataoka is indeed teaching students according to their aptitude, and this kind of education is indeed of great benefit to Kawakami.
But in the process, a very important piece of information was also inadvertently revealed.
That is, Kataoka's expectations for Kawakami are probably not high.
If the superintendent wants Kawakami to be the team's trump card, he would never be so lightly understated.
Even if you don't scold a dog's blood sprinkler, you have to count from head to foot.
This is Kataoka's style of cultivating trump cards.
Now that Superintendent Kataoka is not doing that, it means that his expectations of Kawakami are not to the extent of a trump card.
The young man is stupid and doesn't know anything.
Kawakami unknowingly lost the qualification to compete for the trump card.
In the third inning, the pitcher of the freshman team, whose name was Kaneda. is also a young baseman, but the achievements made in middle school are a little far worse than Tojo's.
Whether he is born or his performance in middle school, he is relatively ordinary.
Of the five pitchers selected by the freshman team, it can basically be regarded as the one with the lowest presence.
But when he came on the court, he threw very well.
Instead of going up, the old team's score was one point less than in the second game.
In this game, they only scored four points.
Kaneda, with the help of his teammates, took the third out.
Although he didn't concede many points, Kaneda pitched a lot.
And after this round of competition, his ball path and pitching habits have basically been figured out by the veteran team.
Even if he still retains some stamina, he can continue to pitch.
But the result of his continued play is nothing more than self-inflicted humiliation.
"This player is still good. If you cultivate it well, you may be able to make a difference. ”
The expression on Minister Ota's face obviously looked a lot better.
Although the old students have no mercy on their juniors, they are extremely strong in attacking.
But fortunately, the freshmen are not as fragile as he thought before, and there are still a few players who show good strength.
For example, Jinguji Temple and Kominato Harushi.
There are also those who have withstood the pressure of their seniors and steadily exerted their pitching ability.
For example, Kaneda.
"It's still a long way off. Although he has potential, in terms of his current strength, let alone being promoted to the first army, he may not even be able to enter the second army. ”
Takashima Rei is more strict in his evaluation.
At present, what the Qingdao High School baseball team lacks the most is the ability to play pitchers.
If a freshman doesn't reach this level, he won't be promoted before the summer.
Three rounds over.
The score on the field was 6:1.
Even if the seniors in the second and third grades had a negative score of 10 points at the beginning, they still abused the freshmen and couldn't find the north.
In the third game, they not only recovered the negative points at the beginning, but also led the freshmen by five points.
The morale of the freshmen team inevitably suffered a serious blow.
The only thing that gave them comfort was that they also scored a point.
And the next ones who are about to stand in the strike zone are the two heroes who created this point.
Kominato Harushi and Jinguji.
The first time they faced off against Kawakami, they were very successful in hitting the ball.
With previous experience, plus observations during this time. Thinking about the two of them, they have studied Kawakawa's pitching more thoroughly.
Then they get to the strike zone and maybe get another point.
At this time, the freshmen do not expect how good they are, as long as the final situation is not very embarrassing, they can accept it.
In this case, of course, they expect Jinguji and Kominato Haruichi to be able to score more points.
However, at this very time.
Kataoka, who served as the referee, suddenly announced a substitution for the veteran team.
Zhang Han, who was originally an outfielder, was replaced to a pitcher mound and was responsible for pitching.
The first-year freshmen who saw this scene were directly dumbfounded.
What the hell is this going on?
Senior Zhang Han, in today's game, not only as a hitter, but also on the court to pitch?
How else are they fighting?
The freshmen played Kawakami's ball, and they still had some confidence.
After all, they were in the stands before, and they didn't watch Kawakami's pitch less. This is because the more they see, the more they simulate in their minds.
As far as their own feelings are concerned, they still have a chance to hit and hit the ball.
But Zhang Han is different!
The man who can soar 157 kilometers of lightspeed is by no means something they can match.
No matter how arrogant these freshmen are, they don't think they can play against that kind of ball now.
Not to mention them ordinary people, even if they behave like monsters Jinguji Temple and Kominato Harushi, it is estimated that it is impossible to beat Senior Zhang Han's ball.
I saw Zhang Han on the pitcher hill.
Tetsuya Yuki of the First Army subconsciously raised his eyebrows and muttered in a low voice.
"Right hand!"
Other friends also quickly noticed this.
"Go get a speed gun!"
Jun Izaki immediately said to the second-grade student next to him.
"Okay, Jun-san."
Kuramochi trotted all the way to get a speed gun.
Kominato Haruichi in the strike zone, at this time, also focused his attention on the opponent in front of him.
"Right hand, huh?"
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