Chapter 29: Two outs, the game officially begins

At the end of the first half of the 8th inning, the offense and defense were exchanged. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kazuma Mamiyaji, the catcher of the Kokushikan who exited: "If that ball just now didn't hit the runner, it might be a hit." ”

"Second base hit!" ACE Mito Hanghei mending knife who exited together.

Shinmiyaji: "Ahhh It seems that luck is ...... now On our side! ”

Diamond Course Scoreboard.

There is a position where the name of the player has changed along with the back number.

"Now broadcast the future hope that the high school players will be replaced, pitchers, and Izumida-kun will be replaced by Maeda-kun." - A sweet and clear voice is broadcasting.

"The first half of the 9th inning, the attacking side, the Guoshi Pavilion."

"1 bat, second baseman Inoue-kun, back number 4."

Live commentary seats.

Oshima: "In the 9th inning, the future hope high school changed the pitcher, and the second-year Maeda player came up as a closer? ”

Narrator Horiguchi: "Are these two players brothers?" It's all ...... Izumita."

Oshima ^_^|||:“…… It's Maeda, not Izumida......"

Horiguchi: "Whether it's Maeda or Izumita, this substitution is very important, and Horiguchi, who is despised, has a hunch that maybe something interesting will happen in the next game......"

Oshima: "...... Minasan just wait and see! ”

Diamond Course.

The new pitching partner also finished his pitching practice.

Catcher Saji Arimamura: "Maeda! It's time to get started! ”

Takuya Maeda: "George, let's go together!" ”

Maeda straightened up, the number "18" on the back of his jersey was clear and complete, and he stepped on the pitcher with his left foot.

Maeda raised his hand over the top, raised his right foot, and strode out!

Right-handed high-pressure pitching!

"Huh!"

The right hitter hits the ball and the hitter sees the ball.

"Bang!" The catcher catches the ball.

“Strike!” The referee decided.

The catcher, Arimura, glanced at the beater and issued a code.

"Huh!" The ball is coming.

"Bang!" The swing misses.

"Bang!" Ball into the glove.

“Strike,Two!”

Hitter Inoue: What a sharp inside corner!

The third goal came.

"Bang!" Inoue swings into the air in the face of the speedball.

"Bang!" With a hand, the ball goes into the glove.

“Strike,Three!”

“Batter,Out!”

Arimura passed the ball back and made a gesture and shouted: "One out!" ”

"2 sticks, shortstop Kato-kun, back number 6." - A sweet and clear voice is broadcasting.

Arimura glanced at the right-hand hitter who was about to hit the ball......

Guide Maeda to rush to throw.

"Huh!" Blitz pitch in the inside corner.

The beater, Kato, didn't react at all.

"Bang!" The catcher catches the ball with ease.

“Strike!”

Second ball.

There is a village to prompt pitchers to slow pitching......

Maeda throws a curveball.

Kato chased after him.

Swing the baton missed!

“Strike,Two!”

Away team lounge area.

Financial supervision: The opponent's catcher has "made" and used the mentality of our players to make a quick shot, which is not good!

Back to the Diamond Course.

Maeda threw the third ball.

Decisive Goal!

The right-hand hitter Kato swung his bat to chase the slider that jumped out of the corner, and Kato's body leaned back and slanted outward, and the swing was greatly deformed, and the ball did not hit.

“Strike,Three!”

“Batter,Out!”

Two outs, one more!

In the home team's rest area, the members of the Hope University Wild Ball Department in the future can no longer sit still:

"Maeda! The last number of outs! ”

"Maeda! Keep up the strikeouts! ”

"Maeda-senpai! The next goal ends the game! ”

"Maeda! So that they don't get a point! ”

"And one more! Maeda-senpai! ”

The audience was also full of people, all shouting:

"And one more!"

"And one more!"

……

Away team lounge area.

Some members of the Wild Ball Club of the Kokushikan have already started to pack up their things......

The financial superintendent, the starting catcher Yoshito, the starting pitcher Ichiro Caizen, the ACE Mito Kohei, and the substitute catcher Kazuma Mamiji, are still silently paying attention to the Diamond Stadium.

There was also a person who was silently wielding his bat in the batting preparation area - the main gun, Soichiro Arima.

Live commentary seats.

Oshima pretended to be worried: "Two out!" The Kunshikan is in full swing! ”

Horiguchi remained calm: "The general trend is gone, and it's not a big deal!" Baseball games only officially started when they were two outs! Please don't forget that! ”

Oshima: "Sikashi, Maeda's ability to win strikeouts is obvious to all...... In such a situation, Kokushikan still wants to create a miracle...... And it's a miracle to catch up with the five-point difference...... Isn't that too difficult? ”

Horiguchi: "Koshien used to have a five-point deficit, but now it's just an ordinary game, so will it be more difficult to catch up with the score than to create a miracle in Koshien?" As long as the odds aren't zero, there's hope! ”

Oshima (ˇ^ˇ): "Alright, Mina-san, let the game tell us the answer!" Let's see if we will witness a miracle race with our own eyes! ”

"3 bats, first baseman Uchikawa-kun, back number 3." - A sweet and clear voice is broadcasting.

Catcher Arimura: "Don't think about anything' and there is one more!" 'Maeda! The game is not over yet, so throw the ball one by one. ”

Right fielder Wei Youdou shouted from afar: "Maeda! Show off your 'strikeouts'! ”

Maeda didn't look back, only raised his gloves: "Wow quack!" ”

Maeda throws the first shot.

A slow curveball that goes into base from the good zone, and finally deflects off the good zone and lands low in the outside corner.

The beater, Uchikawa, almost chased after him, but he held back at the last moment.

“Ball!”

The second ball is a straight ball from the outside corner - using the speed difference created by the slow curve to increase the speed of the straight ball, and using the position difference to cover the base point of the straight ball.

Uchikawa hesitated for a moment, but finally did not hit the ball - the timing of the shot was fleeting.

“Strike!”

The third ball is Maeda's best weapon - the slider!

Maeda straightened up and stepped back on the pitcher's board with his left foot.

Maeda raised his hand over the top, raised his right leg, and strode out!

Throw the ball with your right hand!

"Poof!" The sound of the ball biting meat......

At this moment, the Diamond Course suddenly became a little quiet, and a crow passed by ∑^)/......

It turned out that the pitcher Takuya Maeda threw the ball on the hitter Uchikawa, which was the upper part of the hip below the belt......

"Touch the ball!" The referee finally reacted and made a decision, loudly announcing and signaling "hitter safe to go to base." ”

The beater Uchikawa grinned, touching his ass indecently, well, no matter how you look at it, it's obscene + evil, while walking step by step on the first base bag.

Away team lounge area.

The pre-treasurer seems to have discovered something (★_★): the missed pitch just now, what a familiar feeling...... To be exact, it was a slippery ball that was missed! Hum (+▽+)!

Live commentary seats.

Oshima Surprise (⊙_⊙; "Oh! Multi-perched butterflies? Multi-perched butterflies? Maeda suddenly misses his shot, and he throws the ball at the hitter. ”

Horiguchi calmly: "That's it...... There was no one on the base of the two outs, and it became someone on the first base of the two outs, and the next dozen seats hit the ball with the 4 main guns of the Kokushikan, will this be the strength of the Kokushikan (Chance)? ”

Oshima: "...... (﹁﹁)”

"4 bats, third baseman Arima-kun, back number 5." - A sweet and clear voice is broadcasting.

The main gun of the Kokushikan, Soichiro Arima, stepped into the left-hand hitter hitting area, and as soon as he looked up, he saw that in the rest area of his side, the superintendent issued a code instruction - the first time in this game.

The code message issued by the pre-financial superintendent is very clear - "In addition to the good ball, aim for the slider with all your might!" ”

Arima raised his hand and tapped the bat to signal receipt.

"To aim at the slide, you must first distinguish which one is straight and which one is the slider, right?" Despite the doubts, Arima struck a batting ready-to-hit pose.

Come on, slideball!

Catcher Arimura passes the new ball up the pitcher's mound: "Don't, mind! Arteries! Maeda! Keep throwing the balls one after the other! I'll take it all! ”

Pitcher Maeda: "......"

Arimamura: Although Maeda has a problem with slow heat and occasional stalls when pitching, the quality of his pitches is the most consistent when he gets two good shots, and he is very sure of winning strikeouts at this time...... You have to find a way to get two good shots!

The right pitcher is theoretically at a disadvantage against the left hitter, because the right pitcher's forward longitudinal change of the ball ← ↙ the change path of the ball is towards the inside corner of the left hitter (in the same way, the left pitcher's forward longitudinal change ball ↓ ↘ → is towards the inside corner of the right hitter, so the pitcher has a reverse change of the ball←→ which will make the reverse hitter very uncomfortable), and the use of the change ball is limited by the space of the inside corner.

The catcher has a village.

Signal the code.

Maeda pedals.

Throw the ball with a boom.

"Huh!"

"Ding!" The hitter has a horse, and he pushes the ball out with a simple and powerful swing......

A powerful flat ball that flew to third base.

“Fouled!” The referee on third base opened his arms and stretched out his hands to rule that the ball was out of bounds.

Arimura passes the new ball to the pitcher: it's a good thing that the batter is positive......

The next pitch is like this......

"Huh!"

"Bang!" The catcher catches the ball.

“Ball!” The referee decided.

Arimura: The outside corner of this ball is low, and the lure has no effect...... Well.

One more goal!

"Huh!"

"Bang!" The ball goes into the glove.

“Ball,Two!”

Arimura: The ball in the outer corner is also filtered out by the hitter...... Well, there's a good chance the hitter is waiting for some ball.

"Huh!" The ball spun down from top to bottom and flew out.

"Bang!" Gloves move to catch the ball.

“Ball,Three!”

Arimura: Curveball doesn't attract hitters either...... So what the beaters are waiting for......

Pass the ball to the pitcher's mound: "Maeda, every ball below is a decisive goal!" Let's go together! ”

Maeda: "Wow! ”

"Cast your handiwork! Maeda! ”

"Huh!"

Arima: Straight ball? It's a little sweet...... Will the opponent vote like this??

The ball is getting closer......

It should be a slider! Arima の decided!

Swing the bat!

"Bang!" The ball is received by the handler with a fine-tuning glove.

“Strike!”

Arima: This slide ball goes from the outside corner to the inside corner, and the quality is quite high, and I swung the bat just to get the penalty...... What was the purpose of the overseer telling me to keep an eye on the slide?

Arimura: Sure enough, I'm waiting for a slide...... But Maeda's slider is not bad, and even Maeda's weapon ball, what is the purpose of this waiting ball tactic?

Away team lounge area.

Pre-financial overseer (★_★): Finally waited for the slider, if the next ball is still a slide...... Then there's a chance!

Back to the Diamond Course.

Arimura issued a code: "Skateball wins!" ”

Maeda throws the ball!

The ball is as fast as thunder and lightning and flies straight to home plate!

The ball went into the base quite nicely......

Smashed to the ground!

Σ (⊙▽⊙ "Catcher Arimura reacts quickly!" Quickly lower your hands and feet and block the ball with it!

“Ball,Four!”

"Hitter safe on base!"

Two outs, one or two bases.

"Baseball, two outs, the game has officially begun!" ( ̄) ̄) With the palms facing down, the fingers crossed, and his chin resting on the back of his hand, the narrator Horiguchi said pleasantly.