In the second half of the sixth inning, Shi Lun attacked.

Before Shi Lun's hitters came on the court to strike, Coach Ishikawa mobilized them.

"First of all, I want to apologize to you!"

Such an opening remark directly confused Shi Lun's players.

Why did the coach apologize?

"Originally, I thought that I was already taking Akagi Middle School very seriously. Only now did I realize that I was taking my opponent lightly. Akagi is far more powerful than we thought. ”

As he spoke, Ishikawa glanced at Akagi's team.

In addition to Sawamura, there are Okuichi Toyosho and Honyu Oda. Akagi is not a one-man team from Sawamura!

That alone is fatal enough.

With a sigh of annoyance in his heart, Coach Ishikawa regained his spirit and said, "Whether you are unwilling or careless, the situation of the game is already like this." If we want to come back, we have to score. ”

Ishikawa's words turned too fast, so that Shi Lun's players were a little unable to catch up. Fortunately, what he said is also what everyone cares about.

"Akagi's garrison is not suddenly strengthened, and it's not Akagi's garrison that is really powerful, but their pitchers."

In the stands.

Tu Feiyuan looked at his partner incredulously, combing his braided little white face: "What the hell is a pitcher?" Although there are also two balls that are caught by pitchers, but don't they rely more on first basemen and catchers? ”

The little white-faced classmate shook his head: "What you see is only on the surface, there are actually only three people in Akagi who really have experience and strength." ”

In the cowshed of Shilun Middle School.

Coach Ishikawa's voice was a little low: "Catcher Okuichi Hosho, first baseman Honyu Oda, and pitcher Eisan Sawamura. Only the three of them really had the strength to participate in the garrison. The reason why their guard looks so tough is because the pitchers deliberately focus the ball in the outside corner and in the center. In this way, after the ball is hit, it usually falls to the middle of first base and the pitcher. That is, the area where pitcher Sawamura and first baseman Oda are the core guards......"

After the coach finished speaking, Shi Lun's players looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.

Pitchers for middle school students are good at throwing the ball into a good belt. Precise ball control to the outside corner and in the centre is not something that ordinary people can do.

Sawamura Eijun, who is sacred?

"In the face of this situation, my advice is to hold the stick, swing it with all your might, and try to get the ball flying into the outfield."

Coach Ishikawa said categorically.

"Yes!"

In the stands.

"Shi Lun's coach should have noticed it, and if my guess is correct, Shi Lun should use a big stick to greet the pitcher in Akagi."

The little white-faced classmate with twisted pigtails said with interest.

Tu Feiyuan hesitated: "That Akagi is not very dangerous. ”

"Dangerous?"

The little white-faced classmate sneered, noncommittal.

In the first half of the sixth inning, the first hit on the court was the first batter of Shilun Middle School.

His hands were on the handlebars of his bat, and his readiness for the blow was wide open.

In the position of the catcher, Feng Xiang's eyes flashed, and then he decisively gave Sawamura a code.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura nodded slightly.

The other party has clearly noticed their strategy. Since Sawamura can shoot like this, of course he also knows how to break this kind of pitch.

If you want to crack this pitching, there are nothing more than three ways. The first is to break through the guard with brute force, the second is to fly the ball to the outfield, and the third is to pull the ball to the side of third base.

This kind of skill is not a skill that Shi Lun's players can master. It is impossible for brute force to penetrate his and Xiao Tian's garrison. For Shi Lun, the most likely measure to adopt is to use a big stick and try to hit the ball into the field.

It has to be said that this is also a good strategy.

It's just that Shi Lun found out a little late, and now it's not the beginning or middle of the game, but the later stage of the game.

There is also a probability of hitting Nakazawamura's pitch with a big stick.

"What are your probabilities? Twenty percent, thirty, or fifty? ”

Before the end of the game, can Shi Lun really have a chance?

"Good ball, good ball, good ball, strikeout!"

"Ping!"

After using a big stick for the first time, he couldn't aim at Sawamura's ball for a while and was knocked out by strikeouts. Although the second batter hit the ball, the ball did not fly to the outfield as he wished, and the ball hit high, but it was not far away, and landed firmly on first base.

Oda Honsen effortlessly took the ball into his hands.

"Out!"

Two outs, no one on base.

Akagi is getting closer and closer to victory.

"Ping!"

Just when Shi Lun was about to fall into despair, their core third batter swept the ball into the outfield.

"Koyamazaki!"

Sawamura frowned and reminded his teammates to guard.

Koyamazaki did not judge the landing point of the quasi-baseball and missed the connection.

"Oh Woo !!!"

Shi Lun's contestant roared wildly.

Their hitter ran up to second base in one go.

Two outs, two on second base.

Coming back to life, Shi Lun once again created a good opportunity to score.

Koyamazaki was full of shame, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"It's okay! It's okay!!! ”

Sawamura first appeased Koyamazaki, and then shouted loudly: "Two out!" ”

"Two out!"

There are already two outs, and they have one more outs to hold this game. As long as he holds on to this game, Akagi has at least eighty percent hope of winning.

"Let him fight, we'll stop it."

"Two out!"

At first, when Akagi's friends shouted like this, they were still very bluffing. It seems that Akagi's team is intimidating with high cohesion. But to hear them say that now it feels weird.

At this time, it was Shi Lun's turn to hit the fourth stick.

All in all, this is the third time Sawamura has fought him.

Facing his old rival, Sawamura kept throwing the ball into the outside corner.

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Out of bounds!"

Two consecutive balls out of bounds, the momentum on the hitter is getting stronger and stronger. Sawamura even had a hunch that if he threw the ball into the outside corner again, there was a good chance that he would be knocked out.

That being the case, what about ......

"Whoosh!"

On the last ball, Sawamura threw the ball into the inside corner. Shi Lun, who has been aiming at the outer corner and the center, has a four-stick swing, and of course his swing misses.

"Good shot, strikeout!"

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

In the first half of the seventh inning, Feng Xiang and Sawamura hit consecutive hits and scored another point.

National competition Nagano Division Qualifiers, Shiron Junior High School VS Akagi Junior High School.

In the end, Akagi defeated the opponent 3:0 and advanced to the top 16 of Nagano Prefecture.

After the game, both sides saluted.

Tanaka's eyes were red from crying, and he grabbed Sawamura's hand and said, "Don't lose!" ”

Sawamura nodded solemnly.

"We won't."

Regardless of the final result, Sawamura never played without giving his best.

Going all out to fight for victory has been carved into his soul with the experience of his previous life.