In the eighth game, Yui was replaced by Okumura.

Prior to today's game, the status of the three freshmen catchers in front of Superintendent Kataoka and the coaching staff of Seido High School was very different.

People have a scale in their hearts, just like these three catchers, everyone will also have a weight in their hearts.

The catcher with the highest status in the past is, of course, by Jing Fumi, there is no doubt about this.

Whether it's your personal achievements in middle school or the performance of the players after joining the team.

Yui smoke is a well-deserved first place.

Although the performances of Okumura and Matsumoto are not outstanding, compared to Yui Fumi, the gap between them can still be clearly seen.

Next is Okumura, and then Matsumoto.

Of course, this is just everyone's first impression. Whether it's Supervisor Kataoka or the coaches on the coaching staff.

They are not shallow enough to rely on this to judge a player's true ability.

It's just that because of the limited resources for training, only the key and secondary points can be taken.

After that, every other period of time is tested once.

Qingdao's test was extremely simple and crude.

It is to see the performance of the players in the practice match, as well as the performance in the red and white battles.

The coaching staff will give you a score based on your performance, the player with the highest score, needless to say.

Naturally, you will get the opportunity to be promoted.

Today's Okumura is like that.

In the test of other players, the strength shown by each player is not particularly different from the positioning given to him by the coaching staff of Qingdao High School.

The coaches on the coaching staff of Qingdao High School are still very vicious. They barely looked away.

What can be done is what can be done, and what can't is not worked.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Take Okumura, for example.

In the previous test, he was not far from Yui Fumi.

But in today's game, what he showed was more dazzling than Yui's.

So much so that both Director Kataoka and Coach Ochiai were attracted.

Originally, Yui was supposed to play to the end in today's game, but now they changed their minds.

In the last two games, Okumura and Wang Xi were partnered.

As a result, Wang Xi doesn't care.

Although in terms of personal feelings, he prefers to partner with Yui Kami. It's not that he has any opinions about Okumura, it's just that he and Yui are more familiar with each other.

With this, it is naturally more tacit.

In contrast, if you partner with Okumura, you don't have this benefit.

"Please take care of me!"

The Okumura boy stubbornly raised his head.

He is a person who does not admit defeat, and he is very unyielding.

Since You Jing Xun can form a partner with Wang Xi, then he must be able to do it too.

"Please take care of me!"

Wang Xi also smiled and responded.

At least on the surface, the cooperation between the two is still very tacit.

What is the real effect? We'll find out until the game.

In the first half of the eighth inning, the freshman team attacked first.

With Okumura on the court, the new players' playing line has been adjusted to a certain extent. Although Okumura's striking strength is not weak, compared with the previous ones, there is still a gap.

So he came off the bench to the fifth bat.

The other beaters followed.

The first batter has not changed, it is still Tuoma.

Although the young man had experience on base before, he was ruthlessly blocked by Sawamura Eijun. So up to now, the freshman equivalent has not been effectively put on the base.

Not being able to get on base means they have to start over.

"Be sure to get out!"

Tuoma's usual personality seems to be very easy-going, but the real personality is not like that.

He is a very strong person in his bones, otherwise he would not be able to become inseparable friends with Okumura.

The parents of the human family, these relatives are not chosen.

Whether you like them or not, always be with them.

But friends are definitely their own picks.

Since it's a friend of your choice, then this also means.

You must have something in common with each other.

Okumura and Takuma seem to have completely different personalities, but they are the same kind of people in their bones.

They are the kind of people who don't admit defeat.

So he was determined to hit Sawamura's ball out.

That is, as soon as he made up his mind, Sawamura's pitch flew over.

It's good to come!

Seeing the flying baseball, the position is not very tricky.

Topa realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So he ruthlessly swung the bat in his hand and hit the ball out of the way.

"Ping!"

It wasn't until the bat touched the white ball that Takuma came to his senses.

Just now, he was like falling into an evil spirit, why did he become obsessed?

Senior Eisun Sawamura is not a good person? How could it be possible to throw such a good ball to him.

The only plausible explanation is that the ball was a trap.

"Smack!"

The white ball bounces off the ground directly in front of the pitcher.

Eijun Sawamura effortlessly picked the ball into his glove and passed it to first base.

"Out!"

There was no doubt that Takuma was out cleanly.

Wang Xi, who then hit on the field, after Jing Xun went off the field, he made up for the second bat, and he felt that he was under a lot of pressure.

Sawamura, who originally used strikeouts as the rhythm, changed his own pitching rhythm in this game.

Originally, it was mainly strikeouts.

Now it's mainly based on fishing balls.

These two styles also mean that Sawamura probably won't let him throw the ball the way he imagined.

First of all, you need to determine the rhythm of the other party.

What kind of rhythm does Sawamura-senpai want to pitch at?

What kind of balls are most likely to fly over at this pace?

It's like doing a math problem, you have to get the information you need and how to solve it. He was able to deduce the ball that Sawamura was about to throw.

It's too difficult.

Ask a middle school student who has just learned a 2-dimensional equation to solve calculus.

It's a bit hard for him.

Although Wang Xi's talent is good, he is not the kind of top catcher. The brain is not good enough to fully speculate on Sawamura's thoughts.

So it's impossible for him to know, what kind of rhythm Eijun Sawamura will throw next? It's even more impossible to know what kind of ball Sawamura Eijun is going to throw next?

"Whoosh!"

Wait until the little white ball flies like a laser.

Wang Xi gritted his teeth to confirm.

Overdrive straight ball!

But by the time he confirmed it was too late, he had missed the best time to strike.

If you miss the opportunity to strike, when he swings the bat, it will naturally be too late.

The ball was barely hit, but it was impossible to play well.

"Ping!"

The white ball bounced high after it was touched.

"First baseman!"

Sawamura Eijun on the pitcher's mound hurriedly beckoned his companions to guard it.

"Smack!"

"Out!!"

Although Sawamura took the ball, there was no smile on his face.

After all, the hunting field is not Miyuki Kazuya, and if Sawamura Eijun partners with him, the balls he can shoot are greatly limited.

Even the speeding straight ball did not dare to shoot with all his might.

You know, the speeding straight ball is one of Sawamura's killer features.

If he can go all out, Sawamura Eijun is actually confident.

can make Wang Xi's swing of the stick miss.

But he can't go all out, and naturally there is no way to guarantee that Wang Xi won't be able to touch the ball.

Fortunately......

Finally got rid of him.

Entangled with a little kid to such an extent, Sawamura Eijun himself felt ashamed.

So much so that when he faced off against the general, he couldn't help but show part of his true strength.

Directly put the knot into the division strikeout out.

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!!"

"Good Ball !!"

"Strikeout!!

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

The game came to the bottom half of the eighth inning.

Sawamura Eisan drew a scoop according to the gourd, and once again came a home run.

completely dealt a blow to Wang Xi's arrogance.

Wang Xi on the pitcher's mound felt like he was about to cry.

This feeling occurred twice.

One time was the previous battle against Yakushi High School's Thunder City, and the other time was against Sawamura at this time.

This feels so fucked up!

Not an opponent at all.

If you're an average player, it's not surprising that you feel this way.

After all, there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky.

In this world, there are always some people that you can't compare.

But Wang Xi is different.

He was a champion pitcher in the World Series.

Before coming to Qingdao High School, he always considered himself to be one of the most powerful people in the world in his age group.

He is not arrogant enough to think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world.

But he also thinks that his strength is definitely at the top level.

As a result, after entering high school, I found out that it was not like that at all.

Among the players who are one or two years older than him, there are many people who are better than her.

In a small Tokyo, he met two completely invincible opponents.

Thunder City, Zecun !!

What about the entire island nation?

What about the whole world?

How many more such players are there?

For the first time, the boy realized the vastness of the world.

Fortunately, his strong psychological quality supported him to complete the garrison.

No more points were conceded.

Since the star rookies came on the court, the total score on the court has been 3:0.

Under the leadership of Eijun Sawamura, the old student has a certain advantage.

But this advantage is not obvious to any extent.

If you run into a slightly more rational pitcher, you will completely give up the duel with Sawamura Eijun.

The current scene is also likely to be 0:0.

Baseball is not a one-man sport after all, and there is a limit to what Sawamura can do alone.

Everyone thought that this should be the end of today's game.

Even the ending has been made up in their minds.

In this case, a situation that everyone did not expect happened.

This has even changed to a certain extent the current main structure of Qingdao High School.

The cause of this incident also started with Sawamura Rongjun's precious apprentice Hirota.

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