The score was 3:0, and the Seido High School baseball team trailed by three points.

The Seido High School baseball team called a timeout, and all the boys, including the outfielders, gathered at the Pitcher's Hill.

As he ran, Zhang Han looked at the numbers on the electronic scoreboard.

Three points!

In the course of the next game, they will score four more points from the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School.

It's not about getting four points, it's about getting four more points.

According to the strength of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School, they have a probability of not scoring a point in the next eight games......

Almost non-existent.

This also means that the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team still want to win this game, and they must at least score seven or eight points from Cheng Gong Ming's hands.

That's Narimiya Naruto, who has been at the top of his peers in Tokyo since he started playing baseball, and is now known as the No. 1 pitcher for high school students in the country.

Take seven or eight points from that man's hands, the garrison team or Daocheng Industry?

Any rational person, in the face of such a problem, I am afraid that he can't help but scratch his scalp.

It's so hard!

This is not alarmism, but truth-seeking.

As far as Zhang Han knows, not to mention this year, even if it is pushed up for two years, there has never been a team that has been able to score so many points from the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School.

The team in Tokyo couldn't do it, and even none of the opponents that Inagi faced in Koshien did it.

And this is the challenge that the players of the Seido High School baseball team are about to meet.

Even this is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is the mentality of the third-graders, especially Tanba, who is pitching right now.

His mentality will directly determine the victory or defeat of the Qingdao High School baseball team.

The three-point gap is already the limit that the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team can bear.

If the gap continues to widen......

Even Zhang Han has a strong confidence in his own strength and the strength of his companions.

He also had to admit that the Qingdao High School baseball team was probably about to raise the white flag and surrender in advance.

The strength of the opponent is there, unless they have something wrong with themselves, otherwise the number of points that the Qingdao High School baseball team can win from the opponent is absolutely limited.

"First of all, we must solve the mentality problem of senior Tamba."

Zhang Han ran towards the pitcher's mound, and such a thought flashed through his mind.

How should I tell him?

How to make him believe that there is actually no problem with his pitching, as long as he can maintain his condition, he can definitely solve the remaining hitters.

The point is, how could Koichiro Tanba believe it?

If there's nothing wrong with his pitching, why is he now only taking one out and dropping a full three.

Difficult!

It's so hard!

Since joining the Qingdao High School baseball team, Zhang Han has felt this sense of powerlessness for the first time. Even when they fought against Kiryu Osaka, known as Team Cosmos, last year, Zhang Han was not so desperate.

Although that game was lost, and the gap between the two sides was not small.

But from beginning to end, Zhang Han did not have the feeling that there was no way to fight like now.

This feeling is like playing a game, when fighting Kiryu Osaka, Seido loses the game in the end, just like losing the last wave of the game.

I played well on my side, and I don't have much regret if I lose.

But now, it's just the beginning of playing the game, and I'm still grabbing experience with others.

I've lost five or six heads on the lower road......

Maybe I didn't see anything at the time, but when the road had already collapsed, the next game was very difficult.

Koichiro Tanba is now the one who collapsed.

What Zhang Han and they need to do now is to help Tanba Koichiro build confidence, let him maintain a good attitude and condition, and at least hold the defense tower!

Otherwise, if even the tower is lost, the Qingdao High School baseball team will be completely out of play......

On the pitcher's mound, all the players had gathered in a huge circle.

Miyuki covered his mouth with his gloves, he wanted to say something, and even thought about taking all the blame on himself.

But does it work?

The last ball will be knocked out, and there is no other reason at all, it is because of a mistake by Koichiro Tanba.

Now Tamba, with his head bowed guiltily, his body trembling constantly.

Miyuki took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself at this time, isn't it equivalent to slapping Tanba in the face?

Zhang Han racked his brains and didn't come up with suitable language.

At this time, any language is pale.

"Hip Hop ......"

Kuramochi wanted to pretend that nothing had happened and laughed.

But as soon as he spoke, everyone's eyes turned to him, and the guy was dumb.

What can he say?

He couldn't say anything. Telling jokes at this time is not the same as watching Tanba Koichiro's jokes.

The game was suspended, everyone gathered at the pitcher's mound, but there was silence.

The three second-year players were anxious and wanted to help their teammates through the difficult time in front of them, but they didn't know what they should say.

They themselves don't believe that if they say something at this time, they can get through the crisis in front of them.

"The mistake just now was an accident..."

Just when everyone was silent, Yuuki, as the captain, took the initiative to speak.

He seemed to be asking Tambo a question, and it was as if he was summarizing the pitch he had just made.

No one spoke at the scene, and everyone seemed to have acquiesced to Tetsuya Yuuki's summary results.

Tanba, who had been keeping his head down, raised his head after hearing this.

The trembling of his body stopped.

A few second-grade friends may feel inexplicable.

But Tanba understood the meaning of Yuuki's unfinished words.

"It was an accident!"

The ball just now is an accident and must be an accident.

This is their bottom line, the bottom line that is not allowed to be touched.

Yuuki means that what happened just now was just an accident, and then Koichiro Tanba can wholeheartedly face off against the remaining hitters of the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team.

Regardless of the end result? The third-year contestants are willing to stand with Tamba and take on the responsibility.

"There's no senior here to escort us, this is our own era, give me some fighting spirit, Koichiro!"

Izaki slapped Tanba on the shoulder.

"If it's an accident, one time is enough, you won't show up a second time, will you, Tamba?"

Ryosuke Kominato asked with a smile.

"Uh-huh!!"

"When we first joined the team, what did people think of us?"

Tetsuya Yuuki said a few words very rarely.

Several of the main players in the third grade coincidentally fell into the memories of two years ago.

At that time, they had just joined the Qingdao High School baseball team, and they were still a group of very immature fifteen-year-olds.

Yuuki, who had just joined the team, was not as beautiful as it is now.

At that time, the most common thing they heard from their seniors was that you bunch of waste!

"You bunch of trash, what's going on?"

"What can you do with this bunch of shit?"

"With your strength, how can you be embarrassed to join the Qingdao High School baseball team."

In the arena, the weak is the original sin.

The reason why the seniors said that was not because the seniors of the previous two batches were particularly bad, but because they felt disappointed in these juniors from the bottom of their hearts.

Seido, which has not been able to enter Koshien for several years, seems to be even more hopeless with the addition of such a group of newcomers......

"Last year, it was Senior Dong who led the team forward. We are also good, whether it is the two first-grade students, they all play the role of Cui Jin and assistant. This year is our time. Do you want to use this kind of performance to face our former seniors? That's what we've learned in three years at Qingdao High School? They're all watching from the stands. ”

In today's game, Senior Dong promised to come over to watch the scene.

Although the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team didn't know where the seniors were hiding, they firmly believed that those seniors must have come over.

In front of these seniors, it was embarrassing.

At the thought of such a possibility, the faces of the third-graders all changed.

Harvest year!

Compared with their seniors in the previous session, compared to Zhang Han and Yu Xing's current ......

Their current batch of third-year players does seem to be a little under-sighted.

But these are all opinions from the outside world, and it does not mean that they themselves think so.

"If you feel unwilling, then show this dissatisfaction and unwillingness on this court."

Jingu Stadium, one of the largest stadiums in the country.

If there is any unwillingness, or there is any dissatisfaction in your heart, you will squander all this emotion on the biggest stadium.

In front of more than 20,000 fans at the scene.

In front of the TV, in front of millions of fans.

Not to mention the third-grade seniors, even Zhang Han, Yu Xing, and Kuramochi......

The three second-year contestants also felt their blood boiling.

They can't wait to get back to their positions and continue to fight these guys on the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School.

Tetsuya Yuuki, the captain of the Qingdao Road who is usually taciturn and not good at words.

When the team was in danger, he stood up and said a problem that all the friends had never thought about before.

"They can't lose! I can't admit defeat even more! ”

When Zhang Han returned to the field, he was still thinking about it in his mind.

Captain Yuki is worthy of being the proud disciple of Kataoka's supervision, don't look at the usually taciturn, it is still very reliable to stir up people's emotions at a critical moment.

Damba, the pitcher, thought of all the hard work he had put in in over the past three years.

I thought of the phone call he received last night.

The call was from Manaka, a good friend from his junior high school days.

That guy and Tanba had almost the same fate.

Before the start of this competition, he lost his trump card position and gave it to his second-year junior.

"Don't lose tomorrow's game!"

This is the true word.

He's not just telling Tamba, he's encouraging himself.

It's not just Tanbo who can't lose, he can't lose himself.

That way, the two of them will be able to meet on the stage of the final.

It can be regarded as a dream fulfilled in their middle school days.

"Don't worry, you can wash your neck and wait."

Tanba, who has been a substitute in junior high school, has never been so aggressive when speaking in private.

It was his first and only time.

No matter what he gives, he must meet with Manaka in the game the day after tomorrow.

What if I conceded three points at the beginning, I still have to ......

"Whoosh!"

Facing Narumi Narumiya, Tanba used his best high-drop curveball for the first ball.

The white baseball, as if it was flying towards Narumiya, was about to smash on him.

Faced with such a ball, Narumiya seemed to be frightened, and took a step back with his feet.

It's done!

In the position of the catcher, Miyuki raised his eyebrows slightly.

Then, he saw Cheng Gong Ming, who was so frightened that he took a step back, and actually swung his stick.

"I already knew you were going to use this kind of ball!"

Koichiro Tanba, who is in desperate need of confidence, what ball will he use for the first ball?

Narumi Narumiya stood in the perspective of Koichiro Tanba and put himself in his shoes, if he faced this situation himself, how would Senior Harada match him with the ball?

Straight ball!

Compared with the effect, compared to solving the opponent, their most important task at this time is to regain their self-confidence.

Senior Harada can imagine it, and this guy Yuyuki must also want to think about it.

Therefore, Cheng Gongming is very sure that the ball that flew over must be a curved ball with a high drop.

He was right!

"Ping!"

The white baseball was knocked off and landed in the gap between the guards.

"Safety!"

Narumi Cheng took the opportunity to get to first base.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team were all shocked in their hearts.

At this time, they really need to be out of the game, and they need to solve this game as soon as possible.

As long as this game is resolved, even if the Qingdao High School baseball team encounters any danger in the future, they can change the pitcher to adjust the game.

But not in the first game.

If the starting pitcher has no accidents, he must pitch until the end of the game.

But at this time, when I was on the Qingdao High School baseball team, my friends were looking forward to winning two outs as soon as possible.

They dropped another hit.

One out, one on first base.

The offense of the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team, at least until now, has no intention of stopping.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are very uncomfortable in the face of such an unexpected situation.

The die-hard supporters of the Seongdo High School baseball team in the stands have been completely suppressed at this time.

Although their numbers are no less than those of the cheerleaders in Inagi, the momentum of the cheerleaders is largely directly related to the performance of the players on the teams they support.

As for the current performance of the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team, those cheerleaders shouted without any confidence.

The game continued, and the next player to stand in the strike zone was the sixth baseman of the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team, Riku Yamaoka.

Don't look at the opponent as the sixth batter, but the strength of this batter should not be underestimated.

He is the same as Naruto Narumiya, Carl Ross, and Katsuyuki Shirakawa.

They are all star players of the junior high school era in the Tokyo area, Zhang Han, one of the fighters at the top of the pyramid this time.

What this beater is best at is power!

This guy's striking power is not even inferior to Aomichi's sixth stick Masuko Toru.

"Another star player!"

As a star player who has been famous since his junior high school days, he has always played an important role in the giant team, and his popularity is also very high.

As soon as he came on the field, he was recognized by many fans. After these fans recognized the identity of Yamaoka Lu, they were also amazed.

Although the lineup of the Seido High School baseball team is also luxurious, there are at least three or four famous star players in it.

There are two top players who are among the best even in Tokyo, but also in the whole country.

But compared with the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School, they are still a little worse.

Of the 9 starters of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School, one is counted as one, and all of them are star players who have been famous since their junior high school days.

After these guys entered high school, they were not idle, and their presence was scary.

A few months ago, he even passed the competition in Koshien and dominated the country.

"If you want to say that the lineup is luxurious, the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School is definitely the number one in the country!"

Such a team, such an opponent......

It's no wonder that the Qingdao High School baseball team, which was invincible and imposing before, suffered losses one after another after meeting them.

"With that guy's terrifying strike power, as long as he touches it a little, it is estimated that the baseball will fly far away......"

The fans in the stands were talking, and the pressure was like a tsunami, and it kept pouring towards the Seido High School baseball team.

"Let them call! We'll stop it..."

"One out! One out!! ”

"Hip-hop, it's not a big deal."

"Uh-huh......"

In the position of the fielders, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team almost unanimously began to support the pitcher.

As a pitcher, Tamba, to say that his heart is not touched at all must be a lie.

Seeing your own pitches being hit one after another, seeing your opponent score and hits one after another.

I obviously performed okay, but the situation was so embarrassing......

Tanba also felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

It's just that now he has no way out.

Seido can't change pitchers, and all hope is pinned on him.

Not only for himself, but also for his peers who practiced with him every day, those juniors who were worried about him, and those seniors who were actually very concerned about him despite their fierce mouths......

Those seniors must be somewhere on the pitch now, watching him fight hard.

"Even if it is broken bones, even if it is the last trace of strength in the body that is squeezed clean, I will solve the opponent."

"Whoosh!"

The white baseball flew straight out.

The speed of this ball is fast, and among all the straight balls of Koichiro Tanba, it should be able to rank in the top five.

It seems that Tamba did not seem to be affected by the disadvantage of the game.

It's just that Miyuki, who was about to catch the ball, couldn't laugh at this time.

The speed is OK, the straight ball is pure.

It's just that this position is a little sweeter.

If a hitter wants to swing a bat, he will be able to touch the ball almost 100 percent.

"Buzz!"

Yamaoka Lu, who carried the bat behind him, looked at the white baseball flying over, and swung the bat in his hand with all his might.

"Ping!"

The baseball was hit...

"Well played!"

Narumiya ran straight to second base.

It was at this time, just when everyone thought baseball was going to fly out.

A figure flew over and stopped the baseball that was about to fly out.

"Smack!"

"Catch!"

Cheng Gongming, who was halfway through, hurriedly turned his head and ran back.

But before he could run over, the figure who pounced on the ball had already passed the baseball in his hand.

"Hip hop!"

Kuramochi ran over, received the ball, and passed it directly to first base.

"Smack!"

Tetsuya Yuki received the ball, looked at Narumiya who came back, and put the gloves directly on him.

"Out!"

Double Kill !!

In today's game, the change was so unexpected. The first inning alone was enough to dazzle the fans in the stands.

Just when all of them thought that Qingdao might continue to lose points.

Seeing that the baseball that flew out was intercepted by someone, and the opponent was able to cooperate to win the double kill.

"It's worthy of being an ironclad second room!"

In the stands, those die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team came to life.

In the game just now, they were so aggrieved, and now they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the score on the field made people feel very desperate, these supporters obviously prefer to believe that the team they support will eventually survive this difficulty.

"Qingdao, keep it up!"

"Optimistic about your !!"

In the first half of the second inning, the Seido High School baseball team attacked.

The beaters in the rest area were gearing up one by one, wanting to come on the court to save the situation.

With three points behind, considering that today's opponent is Inajo, it will undoubtedly be a big challenge for the Seido High School baseball team.

It's time for them to do it.

The tide is coming.

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