In the second match of the summer Koshien quarterfinals, Nishitokyo Seido High School played against Kotaka High School in Nagano Prefecture.

This kind of competition is a dizzying sight for the audience.

Too fast! It's too intense! It's so exciting!

In the second half of the first game, Seido High School won three consecutive hits. And it was a very clean three-game after two outs.

This helped Seido High School to take a one-point lead.

On the contrary, Xinglong University did not suffer any losses. In the first half of the second inning, they launched a counterattack.

In terms of the level of counter-attacks alone, they are still very high.

It's just that in front of the genius catcher Chris, this high-level counterattack did not make any waves.

On the base, Matsumoto, who was about to steal the base, was directly killed.

Two outs, no one on base.

At this time, the beater of Xinglong University was Fengxiang Aoyi.

"Ping!"

He hit the ball beautifully into the outfield!

In the outfield, Sawamura opened his gloves leisurely and steadily caught the ball in his gloves.

"Smack!"

"Out!"

There is no suspense, three outs, and the offense and defense are exchanged.

Until the end of the game, Feng Xiang still couldn't help but recall the ball he had just hit in his mind.

Suddenly falling from the side of the hitter, a high-drop curveball drilled into the good ball belt.

The ball changes from top to bottom, very fast, and the angle is intimidating.

It's really not easy to play such a ball well, it's not easy to just touch it, and even if you touch the ball, it's easy to miss the center of the ball, either high or low.

"It's horrible!"

Encountering such an opponent is chilling enough in itself. Considering that the other party was just a substitute pitcher from Qingdao High School, Feng Xiangao suddenly had a feeling that the whole person was not good.

In the second half of the second game, Qingdao High School attacked.

The seventh stick at Qingdao High School is Chris.

Before going on the court, Superintendent Kataoka made a special statement that he must completely defeat the opponent's pitcher before he finds his form.

Judging from the information they have collected before, the more Nanami shakes the ball in the later stages of the game, the sharper the pitch, and the less likely it is to lose hits.

Taking advantage of the fact that he has not fully found his form, defeating him in one go is the most beneficial for Qingdao High School.

That's what Chris thinks when he walks into the strike zone.

He kept calculating in his mind the balls that Feng Xiang and Nanami might throw next.

In the end, I chose the first goal.

As a qualified ace pitcher, the first pitch is especially important if you want to stabilize the situation after the opponent has shown amazing strength.

So Chris guessed that Haruka Nanami might have shot his most proud curveball at the beginning.

"Whoosh!"

Chris guessed right, and it was the curveball that flew in front of him.

After guessing the way of the ball, Chris naturally did not hesitate to swing the bat.

"Ping!"

After the little white ball was hit, it flew high.

In the position of the catcher, Feng Xiang stood up and opened his gloves, and steadily picked up the high flying ball that fell from the sky in his gloves.

Home Plate Fly High!

"Out!"

When Chris returned to the rest area, he couldn't help but ask Sawamura next to him.

"Why is Haruka Nanami's curveball different from before?"

"That's what Haruka Nanami is all about!"

For this, Sawamura naturally has no reason to hide it. When he was in middle school, Sawamura Eijun fought against Nanami Yao and Tenryuji three times.

For Nanami Haruka, that's a clear understanding.

As the old saying goes, the people who know you best are not your relatives and friends, but your enemies.

For the Akagi High School baseball team at that time, Haruka Nanami and the Tenryuji Temple where he was located were their worst enemies.

As for the enemy, Sawamura naturally has to study it very clearly.

"For the average person, different pitchers, even if they throw the same variation, will have different variations. To put it mildly, there are a thousand pitchers, and there are a thousand different pitchers. And Nanami Haruka's feature is that even if you throw the same change ball, you can throw different changes. ”

This is the true face of Haruka Nanami, the son of Nagano!

can go hand in hand with Tokyo Prince Narimiya Naru, how can Haruka Nanami not have her own characteristics?

"That means that even if we guess the way the opponent is going to throw, we may not be able to play well, right?"

"If you think so, there's nothing wrong with that."

Sawamura did not deny this.

"Ping!"

"Out!"

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!"

"Strikeout!!

After Chris was out, Hakushu entangled with Nanami Haruka for a few rounds, and finally hit a flat fly ball and was blocked out.

Koichiro Tanami, who was the ninth batter, was directly struck.

As a pitcher, Koichiro Tanba is still very talented, but as a hitter, his strength is very average.

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

The game came to the first half of the third inning.

The pace of the game is scary, but it's not a simple pitcher battle. Strikes play an important role in this, but because the garrisons of both sides are too strong, strikes can't exert much power for a while.

The game continues.

In the first half of the third game, Xinglong High School attacked.

Even if it's the turn of the lower line, Xinglong High School is also a star player.

The beater of the seventh stick was the catcher Hattori of the original Tenryu Temple.

Scud Hattori, fast and scary.

It's just a pity that Chris and Tambo didn't give him a chance to perform scud kung fu.

As soon as he hit a short shot and touched the ball out, he was caught by Masuko, who was guarding in advance, and the ball passed to first base.

"Out!"

As soon as the game is out, no one is on base.

"Eighth bat, outfielder, Hirata."

At this time, it was Hirata's turn to strike, and Hirata was also a player from the original Tenryuji Temple, and his strength was very strong.

"Ping!"

After Hirata hit the ball, the white ball flew high.

At second base, Ryosuke Kominato opened his gloves and caught the ball steadily.

"Smack!"

"Out !!"

Two outs, no one on base.

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!"

"Ping!"

"Out !!"

There was no suspense, and when it came to the ninth bat, he also didn't play the ball well and was blocked out.

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

In the first three innings, Koichiro Tanba didn't let anyone from the super dark horse Xinglong High School, which was doing well, effectively get on base. (Actually, there were, and Matsumoto won the hit.) It's just that it was later blocked by Chris, and it can't be considered effective. ）

In the second half of the third inning, Qingdao High School attacked.

The matchup in this game was exciting and very intense.

For the time being, it doesn't take a lot.

Although there are not so many strikeouts, the pace is still fast and scary.

It was played until the second half of the third game, just over ten minutes into the game.

"It's so fast!"

In the stands, a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard muttered in a low voice.