Stick Boy

Baseball is coming straight to the red position!

Throw the best ball at the most critical moment!

Yuki Takami thoroughly implements his beliefs.

Fight!

"Bang!" In response to Yuki Takami's voice, it was a crisp sound.

The bat was thrown out like a leather whip and hit the core of the ball fiercely!

However, the bat ...... But it cracked! Broken in two. One section flew out, and the other section was still in the hands of the substitute beater.

The baseball hit the ground, bringing a bit of sand and the ball bounced towards the pitcher's mound! Fly a little high!

Yuki Takami subconsciously moved forward a step and a half, and the baseball that bounced up flew over the pitcher's mound, and Yuki Takami was powerless.

The runner on second base took the opportunity to run to third base, and the shortstop second baseman ignored the runner, and the two of them rushed to the area where the baseball was about to fall, and they wanted to prevent the ball from crossing the junction of their defense zone - the ball ran over to the stalw, and it could be a tie!

The shortstop was one step ahead, and he was on the run...... Caught the ball empty-handed! Now the situation suddenly opens up! The shortstop was facing the direction of first base at this moment, and he threw the ball towards first base!

The first baseman left the first base, took the ball into the glove, and turned back...... Run to first base. In the race to first base, it was the closer first baseman who won the race, and he stepped on the base pack before the substitute hitter! It should be Out! That's the last number of outs! Win!

Win! Yuki Takami raised his hands and posed with a victory V!

The first team to reach the 99th Summer Koshien Final was ......

Well? What's going on? The referee has been waving his arms just now? That's right! Why didn't the referee shout "Game Set!" all the time. Could it be that the game is not over yet?

At this point, the referee walked to home plate and majestically pointed to a mark on the sand of the left-hand hitter's hitting area......

Throw-in! The referee ruled it was a throw-in!

Through the slow-motion replay of the high-speed camera, you can see that the batter hits the baseball, and the bat breaks in two, and the baseball falls to the sand in the left hitter's hitting area...... And then it flew into the field.

The referee's decision was very fair, the throw-in, the game was not over.

The Ersong School that escaped death is attached, and the East China Sea Dasuga, who is facing a basin of cold water.

It's still two bad balls, two good balls, two outs, and there are people on second base. It seems that nothing has changed, but in fact, the offensive and defensive sides on the field have undergone subtle changes in many ways.

The ups and downs of life - first up and then down, and first backward and then up, are completely different states. Is there any better understanding of the state of the great ups and downs than the people who have just escaped death?

The atmosphere at Koshien Stadium is now a little turbulent, and everyone is very excited that the bat will crack......

The scene of broken bats has not been seen in the Koshien tournament in the high school field ball league and in the Koshien tournament, where players generally use alloy metal bats.

Only wooden bats will break.

Today, when the Koshien tournament is becoming more and more utilitarian, no one expected that there would be wild ball boys who would use wooden bats to play in official competitions. It's not uncommon for Koshien to have some commotion about this – whether it's for the news media or for ordinary baseball fans, even if you don't talk about who wins and who loses this game, the gimmick of "Wooden Stick Boy recreating Koshien" is a great topic.

You can hit the ball so far with a wooden stick......

Yuki Takami knew that he needed to adjust his mood at this time.

This substitute beater is terrifying!

The broken bat has been cleaned up, and the substitute batter has replaced the bat, and is eyeing the left batter zone......

Such a hitter has never been encountered once in his high school baseball career, and he has never even heard of it. The name of the substitute beater, which was broadcast on the radio just now, was not remembered.

If you don't fight, you don't know each other, after this competition, this substitute fighter will never be a nobody again! It doesn't matter who wins or loses the game...... No! I had to win, and then I would ask for his name as a winner. The competitive spirit in Yuki Takami's heart is burning!

The final winner will definitely be me!

Squeezing the baseball on his fingers tightly, the familiar touch of the baseball stitches made Yuki Takami feel very relieved. By this time, the game was no longer just a contest of baseball skills. It is a comprehensive contest of momentum, luck, will, faith, tangible and intangible.

Not throwing a good ball to lure a strong opponent to chase a bad ball is also one of the strategies that can be considered when the ball is leading. However, Yuki Takami was reluctant to do this - because of the duel with the substitute fighter in front of him...... This is the first and last time...... As a three-year student, there will be no next duel in Koshien.

It's decided! This one...... I'm not going to deliberately throw a bad shot!

Yuki Takami nodded and handed over the code, stood up straight, and stepped onto the pitcher's board. At this time, he completely ignored the runners who were dangling near second base, and Yuki Takami only had the hitter in the left hitting area in his eyes.

I'm going to do my best for this one! Yuki Takami felt his breathing become soothed, and the secretion of sweat seemed to stop, as if he was in a state where the game had just begun...... No! It feels even better than it was at the beginning! Now I don't have the cramped and nervous feeling at the beginning of the game, but ...... It's a wonderful feeling, it's ...... Enjoy!

Let's go to the showdown!

Takami raised his arms and took steps, his spikes stepped on the sand, lifting the dots of gravel, his waist turned, his shoulders sank, his arms swung out, his fingers pinched the stitches of the baseball, and his fingertips turned the ball......

Stick Boy! This one...... If you can hit it, come and see!

Decisive Goal!

Straight to home plate!

The sound of the wooden bat hitting the ball, this time so soft and ethereal, that it makes people feel like the bat is empty!

But Koshien's scoreboard doesn't lie, because it's a witness, and the scoreboard was smashed hard by a baseball that flew out!

Home run!

Two-point gun!

Reversal points!

A reversal two-point shot that hits the scoreboard directly!

The score became 6:5.

The rest area on the third base side is boiling! Koshien is boiling! The whole of Japan is also boiling!

Yuki Takami stood on the pitcher's mound with his waist crossed, standing very straight. Yuki Takami waved his hand lightly, indicating that he didn't need anyone to come around and say something, and Yuki Takami wanted to stay by himself for a while.

The ball was knocked out! And it's the perfect one-hit reversal! Yuki Takami doesn't have any regrets and regrets in his heart!

There's still work to be done!

Three balls and three strikeouts! After being shot out of the comeback two-point shot in the ninth inning, Yuki Takami was unwavering.

Easily solved the next hitter.

The first half of the nine rounds worth the ticket price is over.

Yuki Takami returned to the first-base side rest area with his teammates, and no one complained, and Tokai Okagi was not frustrated.

"I'm sorry, Superintendent, I really want to fight this beater." Yuki Takami walked up to the overseer and took off his baseball cap, "I should make good use of the last bad ball count......"

"Takami...... "Gray-haired, glasses-wearing, like an old professor who doesn't look like an old baseball team overseer, interrupted Takami's words, "We came to Koshien just to play a good game." ”

"Winning the race is just an extra prize after the race."

"Takami! You've made the right choice! So now there's a wonderful first half of the nine-innings......"

The old superintendent clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the wild ball boys of his team, "Everyone! I hope you will always live up to your belief in the game......"

The old overseer's tone was sonorous and powerful, "Such a wonderful first half of the ninth inning, we still need an equally wonderful lower half of the ninth inning!" ”

"Oh!" "Oh!"