"The 99th National High School Wild Ball Tournament."

The above characters and numbers are clearly written on the protective wall of the spectator stand behind the home plate circle of Koshien Stadium.

At this moment, the wild ball player on the Koshien pitcher's mound didn't have the heart to observe those characters. The only thing the junior pitcher had in his eyes was the guy standing in the batting area with the bat. As long as you solve this fighter, all the crises will disappear, and you can win the game and advance to the final Koshien finals!

However, the current situation can be described as full of crises and great pressure! Because the base is not empty, there are people on the base, and there is more than one person on the base—one runner on first base and one on third base. It was a nine-game top half, with the back-attacking team leading by two points and the first-attacking team having two outs and a third-base player.

There is still a chance to defend the ball in the infield, and there is also a chance to catch the high fly ball in the outfield, and if the opponent hits a hit, the game will become a one-point difference. If it's a long game, there's a good chance it will turn into a draw. If it's a home run...... Only home runs are absolutely not allowed!

Hitting a home run at this point would not only mean that there would be a ninth inning, but it would also turn the game into a ninth inning from leading all the way to falling behind. This must not happen!

At this moment, the opponent's rest area on the third base side moved, and a teenager walked out with a bat.

Could it be...... Generational play?

Yes, that's right! Saw...... The two opponents handed over one after another, and it was determined that they were undoubtedly going to replace the substitutes.

The broadcast on the Koshien scene is also explaining this change on the field, "Nisho Gakusha has replaced the beater, and No. 13 Natsumoto Eikokun replaces No. 1 Tatsuya Abe." ”

At this time, he actually chose to replace Ace, the starting ace pitcher, and the supervisor of Ersong Academy was already desperate and focused on recovering the score......

I didn't think about replacing Ace at all, and what if I really grabbed the points, what would I do in the second half of the ninth inning......

As for the play-offs? Inexistent!

However, since at this time, even if it is a huge price to replace Ace, it is necessary to replace this batter for a last stand...... This shows that the batting ability of this hitter should not be underestimated.

Here it comes! Right hit against right throw.

On Koshien's iconic bell tower-style scoreboard, the hands of the clock are already pointing to 12 o'clock at noon. The sun that is gradually centering in the sky is exuding a scorching power. Just as hot as the temperature was the atmosphere of the game. Fueled by the cheering songs played by the live orchestra, Koshien is about to reach its climax.

The score was 3:5.

The score is behind, and the team that is attacking first is naturally the Nisho Gakusha Daifu that I heard on the radio just now - the full name is "Nimatsu Gakusha University Affiliated High School", from the East Tokyo Division.

With a two-point lead in the score, the team that is defending the field at full strength is Tokai University Suga, whose full name is Tokai University Sugo High School, from the West Tokyo Division.

Yes! This is a summer battle between East and West, which is rare in the 100-year history of Koshien!

The defender Tokai Okan, the slender young pitcher with clear eyebrows and slender figures, and the No. 1 back, is a three-year student Yuki Takami, and his name is thunderous to baseball fans all over Japan. Yuki Takami was the winning pitcher who won this year's Spring Koshien Championship, and when he was in his second grade, he had already won the winning pennant in the summer Koshien (98 times).

In other words, if this substitute fighter is solved and this game is won, Yuki Takami will be able to make his school enter the 99th Koshien finals - challenge the Koshien greatness of "Summer, Spring, Summer"!

Yuki Takami's technical characteristics as a star pitcher in Koshien are already familiar to baseball fans, and they will come as soon as they open their mouths: the speedball with a top speed of 156 kilometers per hour is one of Yuki Takami's signatures, and the other signboard is, according to experts, an original ball with a high rotational speed.

Oh!

It's the ball that Yuki Takami throws now......

Approach from a low outside corner.

If it's a ball thrown by another pitcher, flying to such a low position, it's a bad ball if nothing else.

“Strike！” The referee clenched his right hand into a fist and waved his forearm upwards – it was a good shot.

Well, the prediction was wrong, it was a good shot.

The substitute missed the outside corner and didn't swing the bat. The surrogate glanced at the Catcher's Glove. I don't know what the spurter is thinking.

It felt like a bad ball, but the referee awarded a good ball, and the substitute hitter may be a little confused......

Take advantage of his illness to kill him! Yuki Takami catches the baseball from the catcher and quickly throws the second ball.

The path of the ball is exactly the same as the previous one!

Another low ball from the outside corner.

If Yuki Takami really threw the ball to the same position in a row...... Then this ball, even if the hitter does not swing the bat, it is very likely to be a good ball.

"Bang!" The baseball enters the catcher's glove steadily.

“Ball！” The referee ruled, then added, "One Ball, One Strike." ”

Although the facts are again contrary to the predicted results, judging from all the good and bad decisions before this game, the referee's decision can be relied on - there must be some reason for the referee to make a bad ball decision.

It's just that the substitute didn't swing the bat...... Ordinary people can't help but shoot when they face the same ball path that appears again.

Well...... Why is there a serene color between the eyebrows of the substitute? What did the substitute see?

Could it be that the substitute beater saw through everything? Although the first and second balls have the same path and are both of the speedball system, they are actually two different types of speedballs - the biggest difference is that the baseball rotates at different speeds when flying.

It is a well-known fact that the line on which a speedball goes into base is actually a curve, so a "straight ball" in Japanese is actually a curveball with a less curved line. According to the research statistics of industry authorities, the speed ball with high rotation speed will fall less before entering base. Therefore, from the player's point of view, the position of the high-speed fastball into the base is actually more floating up than the ordinary speedball, if the player does not see through the different rotation speed of the ball, it is impossible to hit the core of the ball and hit the ball far away. Even a hitter with superhuman adjustment skills in his hands can adapt to the situation, and he can probably only barely touch the bottom half of the ball with his bat, because the speed of Yuki Takami's throw is a huge threat in itself.

Back in the game, Yuki Takami was about to reach out to the catcher to ask for the ball, but saw the catcher stand up and say a few words to the referee, and the referee replaced it with a new ball. At this point, the batter exited the batting zone and swung an empty club next to him, as if adjusting his tempo......

The catcher passes the ball up the pitcher's mound, Yuki Takami exchanges a code with the catcher, and the hitter enters the batting zone and takes position.

The spikes on Yuki Takami's feet stepped steadily on the sand...... The third ball went straight into the inside corner!

Yuki Takami's signature speedball!

The ball flies fast and unabated. The beater swings the bat, and the speed is like thunder! The ball comes fast, the bat is faster.

"Bang!" There was a crunch.

The baseball was hit in the direction of third base, and the third baseman did not react, and the baseball flashed over the third base bag.

Looking at the trend of this ball, if the ball lands in bounds, it is at least a hit that can go to second base. Because the outfield is skewed to the right field, the left fielder is more central to deal with the right-hand hitter, and there is nothing the left fielder can do about the ball that flies over the third base sideline.

The sand is flying, and the ball is on the ground!