Chapter 3: The First Battle of Qingdao
"In the second round of the Nishi-Tokyo Competition, the third game, Seido High School vs. Musashino University High School, has officially begun!"
As soon as the commentary ended, the stands on the side of the third base resounded with huge cheers and cheers.
"Qingdao! Aodo!! ”
In addition to this neat cheering slogan, there is also an orchestra and cheerleaders specially sent by the school.
They all put on a hard show and cheered for the team.
The entire stands on the third base side included the players of the second team of the cheerleading team, as well as the students who came from Seongdo High School to watch the game.
And the alumni, the family and friends of the contestants.
There were hundreds of them.
These people gathered together and sat on the side of the third base stand, and the scene was very lively.
The players in the Qingdao rest area were also in high spirits.
Playing in such an environment, their strength can be increased by at least 30%.
In stark contrast to the stands on the Qingdao side, there are almost no people in the stands on the first base.
A sparrow flew overhead from the stands, leaving behind a bit of waste from digesting food in the process.
The waste fell unbiased on the head of one of the spectators.
"Damn, that's too accurate!"
"You are lucky enough to buy a lottery ticket today, there are so many seats, a total of about 10 people. The probability of falling on someone is smaller than winning the lottery, let alone hitting you on the head. ”
The audience member smiled wryly as he wiped the waste off his head with a wet wipe.
"I wonder if our team can hit the big luck today! Besides, aren't there a dozen more people coming to cheer us on? ”
"Staring at your titanium alloy dog eyes clearly, there may be four or five of us who come to cheer for Musashi, and the rest are scouted by other teams."
"That also shows that our Musashi is in the limelight."
"I admire your ability to open your eyes and tell nonsense, don't you really know that people are here to investigate Qingdao?"
"If you don't see through it, we're still good friends."
On Musashi's side, it seems that there are only a few people cheering for the players, but the atmosphere is quite enthusiastic.
On the other side, the atmosphere in the stands on the side of the Qingdao Road is really warm.
In particular, several first-year players, holding all kinds of cheering props in their hands, looked at the upcoming game on the court, and their eyes flashed with envy.
"I really envy Yu Xing and Zhang Sang, they have already represented our team in the clothes of the main back number to participate in the game!"
Aso said.
"Instead of envying them, it's better to work hard, and when the third-grade seniors graduate, we will also be promoted to the army."
The front garden said with a hum.
When I first entered the school, the front garden had little prestige among the new students.
But since Zhang Han, Yu Xing they were promoted to the first army. Gradually, the presence of the front garden emerged.
The most important thing is that this guy trains hard enough, out of all the sophomores. Except for the two guys who had already joined the First Army, he trained until the latest before returning to the dormitory every time.
Even after Chris's accident, it didn't affect the rhythm of this man's practice. Although there is no way for the freshman to ignore it like him.
But for his courage and courage, everyone still recognizes.
Faintly, he is already a leader-like figure in the freshmen who have not been promoted to the first army and the second army.
"That's right! Sooner or later, we'll be promoted to the first army. ”
Of the 4 players who were promoted, except for Ryosuke Kominato, whose position coincided with the team's captain Tanaka due to bad luck.
So I didn't get the back number of the main starter.
The other three people all took the odd number, which is the legendary main back number. This is the only time in the history of the Seido High School baseball team.
The game officially began, and Qingdao attacked first.
The first to stand in the strike zone was Kakuei Tanaka, the captain of the Seido High School baseball team.
He was the team's second baseman.
Unlike the average first striker, this person is very burly, and at first glance he is a typical power hitter.
Tanaka himself didn't hide it at all, and as he lifted the bat, the Musashi catcher, who was close, could clearly see the bulging muscles on his body.
That muscle, at a glance, contains, incomparably powerful power.
There is no need to think about the information that has been detected before, let alone look back at Tanaka's previous brilliant achievements.
Just by looking at his figure, you can guess what type of beater Tanaka is.
He's 100% a power hitter, and even among the power hitters, he's probably one of them.
"The Qingdao High School baseball team has a lot of strong hits! Against these guys, a straight ball is likely to be a target. We should focus on the change ball, and believe that your change ball, even if the Qingdao player wants to hit it, it is definitely not an easy thing. ”
The catcher typed a code.
Kuriyama, the No. 11 pitcher who came on the court, nodded imperceptibly, and then threw the ball very simply.
Tanaka, who was in the strike zone, looked at the flying baseball and was shocked.
This speed is not much faster than a turtle crawling.
Although the angle is a little tricky, Tanaka believes that he can definitely hit this ball.
With a decision in his heart, he faced the flying baseball, without any hesitation, and directly waved the bat in his hand.
"Ping!"
The moment the bat touched the baseball, Tanaka's face became ugly.
Before the baseball was in hand, the change suddenly increased, and although he tried to adjust, he still couldn't hit the center of the ball.
Not only that, because he adjusted the direction of the swing of the stick, the power that was originally condensed by the swing of the stick was not used.
As a result, the baseball that was played out was fluttering and landed directly in front of the second baseman.
The second baseman at Musashi High School was stupid in place.
I guess he didn't expect that the game would go so smoothly.
After all, no matter what, their opponents are also giants!
Coming to his senses, he hurriedly ran forward and picked up the ball and passed it to first base.
"Smack!"
"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 atmosphere suddenly became much more solemn.
The friends looked at each other, and they all had a bit of awe-inspiring looks in their eyes.
This Musashi pitcher, Kuriyama, is not the ace of their team, and I haven't heard of it before.
The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team originally thought that it would be an easy thing to beat him.
Now it looks as if they are underestimating the enemy.
In the stands, several first-year freshmen had disbelief in their eyes.
"My goodness, the extent of the bending of this ball is too foul!"
"Who's to say it's not, even from the stands, we can see the baseball sinking. I really don't know how Principal Tian caught up with the ball? ”
"I didn't expect the captain to be solved as soon as he came on the field, which is not a good sign."
"The other party was just taken by surprise, and then he was not so lucky!"
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