Not only Ken Yamaguchi and the Yamazaki brothers, but even other friends, most of them are not normal.

There are fewer Fengxiang Aoichi and Oda Honsheng who are from a small club, which are slightly better. They were the main players of their junior league and had a few major tournament experiences.

But even the two of them, their faces were very tight.

After all, a regular competition is different from a regular practice match, and there is a next game for winning or losing a practice match. Everyone is also more relaxed in mentality, happy to win, frustrated when losing, and much less psychologically burdened. But regular tournaments are different, especially in this kind of knockout tournament, lose one, and be eliminated immediately!

In the eyes of the audience, such a competition is naturally pleasing to the eye, and the players will do their best to win.

But on the parties involved in the game, I'm afraid it's not so easy.

Even in the first round of the competition, there were no spectators around, and everyone's nervousness could not be relaxed.

Seeing this scene, Sawamura was extremely glad for his previous wise decision. Let everyone feel the atmosphere of the competition in advance, and it is indeed right. It's still the very first stage of the tournament and there's much less pressure off the field. Otherwise, if you really encounter that kind of fierce competition, it is not good to say what accidents will occur at that time.

"Smack!"

Sawamura slapped his face twice, ready to enlighten everyone.

At this time, he saw Sano-sensei stand up and walk out in a panic.

"Sano-sensei, what's wrong?"

"I'm going to the bathroom."

Sano stammered, then turned around and ran.

Sawamura was stunned for a moment before he reacted. It seems that it's not just the players who are nervous, even Sano, the teacher who leads the team, is nervous. It looks like this, but it's himself, and it seems a little abnormal.

Sawamura recalled carefully, not to mention the present, even in his previous life, he didn't seem to be nervous before any big competition. Whether it is Koshien or professional baseball, in the face of tens of thousands of people and tsunamis, Sawamura is becoming more and more courageous.

He belongs to the typical person who is crazy, the bigger the scene, the better his performance, and the higher the fighting spirit.

I'm really suitable to be a star baseball player!

Sawamura smiled slightly, and left the scene of his past life that he had just recalled behind, then turned to his friends and said, "You see, Mr. Sano is so scared that he pees his pants." ”

"Haha!"

"Hahaha..."

Although the friends were still nervous and restless, they couldn't help but laugh when they heard Sawamura's ridicule. They were still very nervous, but at this time, they found that someone was more nervous than themselves, especially when that person was still their leading teacher, and their state was obviously much better.

"Actually, there's nothing to be nervous about, it's them who should be nervous. In any case, Shiron Middle School is also a well-known and strong school in Nagano. What are we? At best, we were just a fledgling grassroots, and compared to them, we were nothing before. For us, it's a matter of course to lose and to win. For them, it's not worth showing off if they win, but it's miserable if they lose, it's called capsizing in the gutter......"

Sawamura's words, although a little unpleasant to the friends of Akagi Middle School, are very resonant.

They should have been affected by the results of the previous practice competitions, and unconsciously put themselves in a very high position. But this position did not bring confidence to everyone, but became a resistance to everyone's progress.

But in fact, after all, a practice game is a practice game, and no one will take it seriously. In the final analysis, the current Akagi Middle School is still just a poor bastard with nothing.

For them, any gain is earned, and there is no need to attribute the pressure to their own side. Even if they lose, it's just a return to square one for them.

This is also known as barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes.

After Sawamura's guidance, everyone finally calmed down a little.

Then Sawamura, under the leadership of the referee, guessed with the captain of Shilun Middle School. Sawamura came out with scissors, and Shi Lun's captain came out with the baggage.

"Let's attack first!"

Sawamura said.

In baseball, there is a definite advantage to attacking first. Whether it's a pitcher or a hitter, there's a stat problem. Comparatively speaking, the state of the hitter is relatively easy to find. It's rare for a pitcher to get straight into the groove from the start.

Again, as the first attacker, even if there is a problem with one of the fighters, it is not in the way. Because they had at least three hitters in the first game, they couldn't have all three hitters out of the game, right?

In baseball, there are nine people on a team. When attacking, nine people go on the field in turn, and in the process, if three people are out, the attack is over, and the two sides are exchanged.

The competition for middle school students is different from that of high school students, and it is played in a seven-game system.

In response to these two points, Sawamura has made a big adjustment to the order of everyone's strikes.

"First baseman, third baseman, Ken Yamaguchi."

Because of the joining of Fengxiang Okuichi, Yamaguchi, who was originally Sawamura's partner, had to be transferred out of the position of catcher.

Sawamura placed him in the position of third baseman, which is a very important position in the infield guard. The reason why Sawamura arranged him here is not because his garrison skills are really superb enough to be worthy of a big responsibility. It's because he's big enough to bring a different sense of oppression to the beater.

For the current Akagi, garrisoning or something is just an empty word.

"Good ball, good ball, good ball, strikeout."

Tanaka, the ace pitcher of Tokorn Middle School, is also a little famous throughout Nagano, and his ball speed is very fast, almost a full 125 kilometers.

This kind of pitching is really a bit overwhelming for Yamaguchi.

After him, the second baseman Oda Honsheng was also quickly out. Unlike Yamaguchi, he hit the ball, albeit only as an infield roll.

Shi Lun's third baseman picked up the ball, sent him to first base, and blocked him out.

Sawamura's brows furrowed, to be honest, he didn't expect the garrison of Shilun Middle School to be so fast. With such a garrisoned team, it turned out to be only the top eight in Nagano, which really made Sawamura puzzled.

When did Nagano's team have such a standard?

Two outs, no one on base. The situation of Shilun Middle School is very good.

Pitcher Tanaka started off with a good pitch and went out two in a row.

"The third stick, catcher, Fengxiang Aoyi."

"Ping!"

Just when these players in Shilun Middle School looked down on Akagi a little. Akagi's first hit came out, and it was a tuba long hit.

Feng Xiangao swept the ball directly into the outfield, and then ran to second base in one go.

Two outs, two on second base.

At this point, the atmosphere of the live game was reversed at once.

And Akagi's next batter also stood in the strike zone.

"Fourth baseman, pitcher, Eijun Sawamura."