Hachioji Stadium.

Maezono stood on the strike zone and felt as if he was standing at the center of the storm.

The person standing opposite him was not Cheng Gongming at all, but a giant beast that came out of nowhere.

It's horrible!

Not an opponent at all.

Since entering Seido High School, Maezono thinks that he has worked very hard, and he usually trains later than anyone else, and he is definitely the hardest training among his fellow players. Even in the entire Seido High School, that is, the previous third-year seniors and later Sawamura Eijun trained harder than him, and the others did not persist as long as Maezoen.

It's not that he doesn't want to insist.

It's that he has already trained to the limit of his body at that time, and at the end of every training session, he seems to be able to hear the wail of his body, and if he continues to train, it will only backfire.

With the experience of senior Chris, everyone will naturally not get into a dead end, and the training will stop at a certain level.

The third-grade seniors and Sawamura Eisumi persevered longer than Maezoen. One is that they train at a different pace, and the other is that in terms of physical endurance, they are indeed a little bit stronger than the front garden.

Today, Maezono was promoted to the main team by Superintendent Kataoka, took over the responsibility of first baseman, and also served as the team's core fifth baseman.

To be able to mix in the national championship team to this extent, I have almost reached the top of high school students. All his previous efforts seem to have paid off.

But all this is just because his school is Qingdao High School, and as far as he is concerned, he is definitely not the best first baseman in the country.

In order to be able to match the position he is in now, the front garden has not relaxed its requirements for himself for a day.

The hard work paid off, and his strength also rose a lot with the tide.

Originally, the front garden was already confident to face any challenges.

But really stand on the strike zone and face off against Cheng Gongming. He can still clearly feel the gap between himself and the other party.

This gap is like heaven and earth, and there is an insurmountable gulf in between.

So far, except for Sawamura and Miyuki, no one else has won any hits from Narumiya's hands.

This is the strength of the other side.

"Whew!"

At this moment, in the front garden, there are beads of sweat on his forehead.

He knows his duty, and in this situation, he had better be able to return Miyuki to home plate and help the team overtake the score. In this way, the game can be called nine out of ten, otherwise, the game is likely to go to overtime.

If that's the case, it's hard to say whether you'll win or lose.

It's a great opportunity, so take it.

Maezono knew what he was supposed to do now, but he couldn't.

It's not that he wants to get a hit, so he can get a hit.

These are two completely different things.

On the one hand, he urged himself to hit the ball, and on the other hand, Maeyuan couldn't find any opportunity to attack.

That's where the trouble comes in.

What to do?

I can only bite the bullet.

Maezono told herself. Playing steadily, the chances of hitting the ball out are almost zero, and in this case, he can only lock down one kind of ball.

He locked the straight ball.

It's not that he guessed that the opponent might throw a straight ball, it's just that he can only be sure that he can hit Cheng Gongming's straight ball, and other change balls can't be done at all.

When Qianyuan made up his mind, his end was already doomed.

Two months ago, Narumiya Naruto, who had just lost to Seido High School.

I learned a very important thing.

That is to know the current affairs.

Absolutely not use the opponent's best ball to play against the opponent. Winning such a duel can indeed be a great blow to the opponent's confidence. But the likelihood of losing also increases.

Naruto Gong, who has experienced failure, is no longer the little prince who was a little willful before.

In order to be able to win with the team, he abandoned some of his original and unnecessary obsessions.

It's like right now, in the face of the front garden, he uses all the change balls.

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!!"

"Strikeout!!

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

The score was 1-1, and after seven rounds, the two sides returned to the same starting line.

At this time, the game went to the first half of the eighth inning, and Daocheng Industrial High School attacked.

In the rest area of Seido High School.

Superintendent Kataoka has prepared everyone mentally that this game is likely to play an extra game.

Kawakami and Shibuyani have also started to warm up.

Although Sawamura's total pitching in this game is not particularly large, it has only been seventy or eighty goals so far.

In this case, it should be no problem for him to throw another thirty or forty balls and hold up three or four innings.

But just in case, Superintendent Kataoka specially ordered Kawakami and Akira Shibuyani to make preparations.

Maybe it's his own delusion, but in this game, Sawamura Eijun seems to be unexpectedly tired.

According to the physical strength that Sawamura Eijun showed before, as long as it is not a continuous game, there is no problem for Sawamura Eichun to finish nine rounds, and with his physical strength, he can even support two or three more rounds, and it should not be too much of a problem to throw 12 rounds of extra games.

This match is a bit special because there is no hand left in the middle, so relatively speaking, Sawamura's physical exertion is much greater than the normal rhythm.

But even if that's the case, Sawamura Eijun should have no problem throwing nine rounds.

Why is it that he has only been able to throw seven rounds now, and he looks so tired.

It's not that he's out of breath, it's not that he's listless, it's just the sweat on his forehead, which hasn't evaporated until the end of the break.

He was sweating more than he had imagined.

Superintendent Kataoka, who is very concerned about the state of his players, is very keenly aware of this.

So he had to prepare with both hands.

"Here we go!"

Before going on the field, Miyuki specially called Sawamura.

Sawamura, who was originally sitting on a rest chair with his eyes closed, opened his eyes suddenly.

He used that time to recover. But because of the base run just now, he had too little time to recover, and he didn't rest at all.

Not even the rhythm of the breathing, let alone the sweat on the face.

Odd!

Sawamura frowned secretly in his heart, how could his physical exertion be so great in today's game?

It's that magical state.

Originally, when he played against Ukumori High School, Sawamura Eijun actually had a similar feeling, but at that time, it was close to the end of the game, and Sawamura Eijun did not pitch.

So the feeling is not particularly obvious.

It's just that in such a state of full concentration, there is a great drain on his mental and physical strength.

Now it seems that the consumption may be much greater than Sawamura Einari himself imagined.

It felt as if the whole person had been drained.

Glancing up at the situation of the game. It has now reached the first half of the eighth inning.

It's almost the end of the game.

With a long breath, Sawamura got up from his lounge chair.

He wasn't fragile enough to be crushed by such physical exertion.

The game is still going to be competitive, and I hope there will be no play-offs in the end.

With his current physical strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive until the end of the three games of the extra round.

Sawamura thought to himself.

In the first half of the eighth inning, Daocheng Industrial High School attacked.

The first to stand in the strike zone was Yabe, who was also the player who was favored by Narumiya Narumiya.

In fact, it's not just him, all the beaters in the entire Daocheng High School are not easy people, even if they reach the lower position, it can't be easy, because once you relax, the other party may give you a bite at any time.

That would be even more than worth the cost.

In fact, the situation is similar, Cheng Gongming didn't dare to relax too much about the lower line of Qingdao High School.

Hakushu, Tojo, Aso!

Compared with the top four sticks of Qingdao High School, their strength is indeed slightly inferior.

But in terms of their own strength, they are definitely outstanding, even if it is Cheng Gong Ming, if they don't deal with it carefully with all their heart, it is very likely that there will be mistakes.

Sawamura Eijun, who is serious, is still very scary.

Even if Yabe is now playing against him for the third time, he still hasn't fully figured out Sawamura's pitching rhythm.

The white balls kept appearing in the inside and outside corners, and the final blow was a clean knuckle that solved the opponent's position.

"Good shot!"

"Strikeout!!

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

This sometimes Miyuki suddenly gave Sawamura Eijun a quirk ball code.

Regardless of the flower cat or white cat, it is a good cat if it catches a mouse.

At this point, Miyuki and Guoyou's superintendent have similar ideas.

Almost all of Sawamura's previous pitches were based on the change ball.

The impression of the change ball must be deeply imprinted in the minds of all the beaters of Inagi Industrial High School.

In such a situation, what should they do in the face of the sudden appearance of the quirk ball?

Miyuki thought with a bad taste.

His strategy was still very effective, and in the face of the sudden appearance of the quirk ball, the seventh stick of Inagi High School, showed a very obvious maladaptation.

Because the pitching position is sweeter, he swings the bat on the first ball.

"Ping!"

After the white ball was hit, it rolled into Sawamura's gloves.

Sawamura didn't hesitate to send the ball to first base.

"Smack!"

"Out!!"

Two outs, no one on base.

Such a clean and neat solution, the shocking effect caused by it, is no worse than the three strikes.

There are more and more people in the stands who support Seido High School.

Standing on the eighth stick of Inagi Industry in the strike zone, it feels as if you are the enemy of the whole world.

I was almost scared to pee my pants.

It's a bit of an exaggeration, but he did show great nervousness and didn't react at all to Sawamura's sharp pitching.

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!!"

"Strikeout!!

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

And just like that, the game came to the bottom half of the eighth inning.

Seido High School Attack!

I thought there would be no more twists and turns, but I didn't expect that at this time, the lower beaters of Qingdao High School showed extraordinary fighting spirit.

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