Chapter 256: Entering the Finals

"Is two points really enough?"

"Don't worry about that, just rest in peace. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In the second half of the ninth inning, Yabe sat in the rest area.

Both offensively and defensively. His mission for this game has been completely accomplished.

There are freshmen in the first year who are better suited to outfield defense than him.

Instead of letting him stay on the court for another half of the game, it is better to come down early and wrap ice packs to cool down his elbows.

It's not just Akio Yabe. Tian Gu in the right field was also substituted.

The lineup under the ninth inning is a complete "guard group".

With the addition of first-year special enrollment. Peace School is not only about pitchers, but now even fielders can have a clear division of labor.

After two outs, Toyohara, the fifth-bat catcher of Fuso's third, hit a fly ball from deep in the right field.

The left fielder on the field is Kudo, a first-year player wearing the number 17 jersey.

His post is actually a pitcher. However, because the outfield guarding skills are good, the ball is also familiar. Since junior high school, he has often appeared as a guard in the second half of the game.

Kudo accurately predicted the landing point. Put the baseball in your hands.

If it is still the starting player Tian Gu who moves slowly, he is still standing in this position. That shot might turn into a hit.

The substitutes, who had already prepared to celebrate, rushed into the field. But it's not yet time to throw the overseer into the sky.

It's just the semi-final. There is still a final to play.

The opponent in the final is the private Komeito University.

……

"The final the day after tomorrow for Kudo to start?"

"yes, so you'd better go check with him and check the code or something. You haven't partnered with him a few times in official competitions. ”

Before the combat meeting, Superintendent Yagi called Li Yuanrang to the department in advance and told him the starting list for the game the day after tomorrow.

"The day after tomorrow is the final!"

"That's why you have to send a pitcher with plenty of strength to start. Besides, as you can see, Kudo's performance today is also good. ”

'Today he was just an outfielder.'

"It's enough to prove his form. Besides, you can't let Yabe continue to throw in streaks. Then Kudo is the most suitable person. ”

Li Yuanrang thought about it carefully, and he really couldn't find a better way.

In the semi-finals, Yabe was already the first in the middle one. In the second half of the game, ball speed and possession dropped.

Kudo, a special recruit, is an elite baseball player who played for a hardcore team in middle school. Although he is a year younger, the degree of completion is definitely not bad.

What's more, Li Yuanrang has also looked at the opponent's main list this year.

Of the nine starters at Komeito University, about six or seven of them are usually left-handed.

In this case, the left-hand rattan is clearly a suitable starter.

"There are too many left-hand hitters who are so high."

When studying the materials, it was not only Li Yuanrang. Quite a few team members have discovered this problem.

"It's basically artificial left-hand hitters. Let's get one step closer to first base. ”

Komeito Komeito has long been a powerhouse in Nishitokyo. Inspector Yagi also dealt with them when he was a student.

As an educational institution affiliated with a large national community. Komeito University does not engage in sports special admissions.

They have their own unique selection channels.

Komeito Komeito students come from all over Japan.

In Tokyo, the school has a wide range of educational institutions from kindergarten to university.

The same goes for the baseball club.

Many members of the Komeito High Baseball Club have been receiving baseball training from the middle and upper grades of elementary school.

The entire talent development program has been carried out since elementary school. The middle school has set up a hard baseball club in its own school.

Of course, it's all about sending talent to colleges and universities' baseball clubs.

After all, college baseball and college baseball are good publicity channels for both the school itself and the school's parent group.

For example, the large number of artificial left-hand hitters in the starting lineup is a target that the baseball club set three or five years ago.

But there are exceptions. Kurihara, the main player of this year's team, is not a student who has been promoted all the way up from Komeito Elementary School and Junior High School.

He simply because of the proximity of his home to Komeito University. I chose this school when I went on to higher education.

Kurihara was a member of the soft baseball club of a public school when he was in junior high school.

At that time, he was also the team's four baseman and ace player.

And in the elite Komeito High School baseball club. Kurihara's pitching skills didn't earn him a place in the mainstay.

In the second grade, Kuri originally relied on the softness of the garrison to get the back number. Then he was in the starting lineup for last year's Autumn Games.

This summer, Kurihara, who has been promoted to a third grade, is already the team's main shortstop and No. 1 baseman.

But because of the community culture. It is impossible for an outsider like Kurihara to get the title of the main general.

……

The final of the Nishi-Tokyo tournament began when Kurihara, the first batter of Komeito Taka, stepped into the strike zone.

Unlike a group of left-handed teammates. The trailblazer was a right-hand thrower.

Probably because of the hot weather. The starting pitcher of the Peace Academy is only about 135 kilometers away today.

Li Yuanrang had to rely on the slow and urgent combination of changing the ball and the straight ball to confuse the hitter.

The first few shots were pretty good.

But the fourth goal after two good and one bad. A large slow-curved ball was bitten by the beater.

The baseball flies in the direction of the middle field.

At the beginning of the game, the opponent went to second base.

"Isn't it a little underwarmed?"

Lee Won rang up to the pitcher's mound. He didn't work with Kudo much. There is still a lack of understanding of the characteristics of his partner.

"No, it's not insufficient, it's too hot."

Cast the rattan is from Kyushu. However, in the hot summer, Tokyo is even hotter with its high-rise buildings.

Even the Jingu Stadium, which is surrounded by the greenery of the outer garden, is not much better.

Fortunately, the effect of the heat on Kudo is only the speed of the ball.

The two pitches are as sharp as usual with different speeds and varying amplitudes.

In addition, the next few hitters of the opponent are all left-handed. This allowed Li Yuanrang to find a better way to deal with them.

The next three people, two strikeouts. A high fly ball from the outfield that is not considered a threat.

The game in the first game was finally thrilling.

But on the other hand, when it's the turn of the Peace School to attack in the next game, this side is also out of the wind.

The pitcher at Komeito High School is Kanzaki, a third-year student wearing the No. 1 jersey.

In terms of both name and reality, Kanzaki deserves to be the team's trump card.

Because I have been studying at Komeito school since kindergarten. Kanzaki can be described as a descendant of the lineage. He is now also the head of the baseball club.

The ball speed is one hundred and forty kilometers. Precise ball control.

If the pitcher had any weakness today, it was that he shot nine innings in almost every game in the summer. Now there may be a hidden danger in physical strength.

Of course, this was completely unnoticeable in the first game.

Komeito is much more than just this pitcher.

Kanzaki has been finishing the pitch and it is not a last resort. Purely because of his own request.

The pitcher had already been scheduled to go straight to Komeito University. And don't care about burning your arms completely.