Chapter 27: Advance to the Round of 16 (Second Update)

The opponent of the second round of the Seido High School baseball team is Nanamori High School.

Before the game, the information of the overall opponent of the Seido High School baseball team. In the Tokyo competition, there are more than 200 schools in total, and those who can make it to the fourth round are already very strong!

Of the more than 200 schools in the first round, more than 100 will be eliminated, and more than 100 will be left.

The round of 64 will be decided in the second round.

Except for the unlucky ones who play one more round, the vast majority of participating teams basically play two rounds to become one of the top 64.

This is already 1/4 of the more than 200 schools in Tokyo.

The seeded teams, the teams that reached the quarterfinals last fall, only started in the round of 64. That's why there are so many schools that have to play one more round.

Because there are eight schools, they will not participate in the first two rounds of competition.

The last game of the Qingdao High School baseball team was a game of 64 into 32.

Not only them, but also several other top eight teams also defeated their opponents and successfully advanced.

And compared to the Qingdao High School baseball team, which only advanced to the seventh inning, the road to promotion is obviously much smoother.

Inagi and Shidai, who had just returned from the Koshien campaign, were both effective in five innings.

This fully shows that even the teams that have eliminated 3/4 of the teams and reached the round of 64 are also fully demonstrated.

Compared with Tokyo's top giants, the gap is still very large.

But moving on, it's not that simple. The advantage of seeding places is not so significant after the third round and when it comes to the fourth round.

The rest are the top 32 teams in Tokyo, and they all got here after eliminating nearly 90% of their competitors.

Basically, there is no one to mess with.

And the next 32-16 competitions also have a very special significance for all the participating teams.

Only those who can make it to the round of 16 will be eligible to be seeded in the Summer Tournament. The advantage of the seeded team has been made clear before.

So don't look at the summer competition is still three months away, but the fire of the competition has begun to burn now.

Finish in the round of 16 and get a place in the seeded team. It is a very important thing for the Seido High School baseball team.

So for today's game, Superintendent Kataoka and the friends of the Seido High School baseball team have made very adequate preparations before the game.

Not only did they adjust themselves to the best of form, but they also took a closer look at their opponents.

Today's opponents are extraordinary.

Qingdao High School baseball was dumbfounded when it was studying the data of the Seven Forests.

It was the first time they had seen this type of opponent, and the characteristics of the other party made them shudder.

"Can this be promoted? The other party is God's illegitimate son. ”

In the first few rounds of the competition, Qisen High School did not encounter strong opponents, and they even encountered famous colleges and universities with excellent strength.

There is a clear gap between the strength of Qisen High School and that famous school. At the beginning of the game, the famous side had the advantage.

Of course, Qisen's strength is not weak, and he has not been pulled away by the other party too many points.

The two sides were entangled until the ninth game, and Nanamori trailed the opponent by two points.

Seeing that the famous team is about to win.

Then when Nanamori High School attacked, that famous high school made a mistake inexplicably.

The Nanamori High School baseball team seized on that mistake and went on a frantic offensive run that turned the tables around in the final moments of the game.

Not only tied the score, but also surpassed it by one point. In this way, they successfully advanced to the round of 32 in Tokyo.

Baseball games, although everyone says seven points of strength, three points of luck. But when the difference in strength is obvious, luck can not play such a big role.

Especially the high schools that can get here are basically of a certain level. It's a bit unreliable to count on luck to get points out of them.

But that's what happened.

With the luck of the sky, Qisen successfully advanced here.

Seido High School baseball team as their opponents.

The friends also muttered in their hearts.

If the other party's strength is really strong, then that's it, they don't care about the hard fight.

Competing with the national hegemon before, they were not much worse than each other in terms of momentum.

But in this situation, the opponent's luck is against the sky, and no one can guess what the other party can do in the process of the game?

When the friends played, they were really a little apprehensive.

Superintendent Kataoka still said those few words.

"Don't pay attention to what people outside say, and don't care about the other person's luck, you just need to show your own state when you usually practice."

Having said that, Qingdao was so scolded by the media before, how could the friends not complain at all.

Now that they have a chance to get face back from the pitch, how can they give up?

The first to stand in the strike zone Kurachi put on a short shot.

"What are you kidding, now that there's no one on base, what is he doing with a short shot?"

The fans in the stands are unclear one by one.

The players from Nanamori High School coped well.

Their pitchers didn't panic and pitched steadily. It's just that their infielders are strange that they don't move forward.

"Ping!"

When Kuramochi touched the ball with a short hit, the players of Nanamori were stunned!

It's as if they didn't expect this to happen.

The friends in the Qingdao rest area looked at each other one by one.

Did they overestimate their opponents before? These guys can't be fools, right?

Kuramochi put on a short shot, they were unprepared, and when Kuramochi touched the ball out, they had a look of great grievance.

What the hell is this?

Zhang Hanle's no.

He's actually not very good at guessing people's minds, but he's experienced the current performance of the Nanamori High School baseball team once before, so he guessed it all at once.

These guys, they're so cute!

"What the hell is going on?"

Usashiki Jun asked as he stared at Zhang Han angrily.

Why didn't they understand, but Zhang Han himself understood?

In this way, doesn't it seem that these guys are very brainless.

Usually said by others, the limbs are developed and the mind is simple, and they don't really take it to heart.

Now that Zhang Han is acting so obviously, even if they want to pretend, they can't pretend.

"The reason why those guys didn't move forward is that they have determined that the purpose of the short-term fight is to cheat and fight."

No one is out, no one is on base.

Of course, such a situation is not suitable for short plays, and even if ordinary people touch the ball out of the short game, it is difficult for them to get on base.

In addition, the Qingdao High School baseball team is also a well-known family no matter what, and it won't be too bad to play against Qisen.

Just like in the last game, although the Qingdao High School baseball team was tricked by Yutian Animal Husbandry a few times. But they were above board from start to finish, and they didn't use much tactics.

It is based on these two considerations that all the players at Nanamori High School firmly believe that Kuramochi's short play is just for pretense.

As a wealthy family, where are they embarrassed to really do that?

But it is clear that the players of the Nanamori High School baseball team underestimated the thickness of Kuramochi's face.

He doesn't have any obsession with face, as long as he can get on base, not to mention short-term and more humiliating things, he can do it.

So there was this strange scene in front of me.

As soon as Zhang Han started, the friends figured it out, and they all laughed one by one.

It is said that the Nanamori High School baseball team is unlucky, but now it seems that it is the luck of their Seido High School baseball team, which is better.

No one is out, there is someone on first base.

As soon as the game began, the mentality of the Nanatsumori High School baseball team collapsed.

Today's game, they had thought about it many times before, and they came up with all sorts of countermeasures.

Although they are not sure of winning against the Seido High School baseball team, they think they can still wrestle their wrists with the Seido High School baseball team.

If you're lucky, or if the Seido High School baseball team makes a mistake on their side, they're not hopeless.

But that's just their imagination, as soon as the two sides actually play, the gap will come out immediately.

To put it bluntly, the two teams are not at the same level at all. As soon as they fought, the gap was clearly placed in front of everyone.

"Ping!"

Immediately after, Ryosuke Kominato's blow was successful.

The situation became that no one was out, and there were people on first and third base.

And the third baton of Qingdao High School in today's game fell on Zhang Han's shoulders again.

He watched as the baseball flew in front of his eyes, and then stepped out and shot straight away.

"Ping!"

The moment the white ball flew up, all the fans who came to cheer for the Qingdao High School baseball team were already cheering excitedly.

Zhang Han did not disappoint them either, and the white ball hit the stands in the outfield hard.

The third home run of the Spring Tournament.

The Seido High School baseball team took a three-point lead in one fell swoop.

Basically, the winning game has been laid.

Superintendent Kataoka was in the rest area, nodding slightly.

It's really progressive!

In the previous game, it was not their illusion, it seemed that Zhang Han's blow had indeed improved a lot.

At this time, as long as he is willing to get rid of his little problems, then he has a chance to hit the first throne.

In the first game, not only Zhang Han's home run, but also the remaining hitters of Qingdao did not spare Qisen.

They tried everything they could to attack and kept creating chances.

As a result, in this inning, the Seido High School baseball team scored a full two more points.

The first game is five points.

In the second game, Zhang Han and Yuki were escorted continuously.

The other party has obviously given up on the duel with them.

But even so, they couldn't prevent the loss of points, and they still dropped a full three points in this game.

That's 5 points in the 1st game, 3 points in the 2nd game, 2 points in the 3rd game, and 3 points in the 4th game.

In the first half of the fourth game, the Qingdao High School baseball team had a fourteen-point lead over their opponents.

Today's pitcher Kawakami, although he also conceded two hits, did not lose any points.

It's not that Nanamori High School's blow is weak, it's that they've completely collapsed, and they don't have the heart to continue the game at all.

So it ended up like this.

"In the 4th round of the Tokyo Spring Tournament, the Seido High School baseball team played against Nanamori High School, and it was Seido High School who won the victory!"

In today's game, the Qingdao High School baseball team scored a full 17 points in 5 games, with an average of 4 points per game.

They vividly showed, what is the strongest line in the country?

They gave the media who had hacked them before, a resounding slap in the face.

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