Because he had to continue to rely on Kanamori in terms of strikes, Koike, the second pitcher to appear, replaced the original outfielder Tanaka. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was the first time Koike had appeared in an official tournament in the first year, and it was clear that he was nervous.

The first two balls were not thrown into the good zone.

However, Kawasaki, the seventh baton of the Peace Academy, was in a hurry, and both balls were empty.

Instead, the number of balls has become two good and not bad.

"Hit it when you see it!"

The Peace Academy players in the rest area shouted loudly at Kawasaki on the field.

On the third ball, Koike throws an outside corner ball to try to lure the hitter into swinging the bat. But the ball didn't make enough changes as expected.

Kawasaki couldn't believe it at first when faced with an unexpected sweet ball.

But I finally managed to make a move.

Fluttering and slow missed the ball, even Kawasaki, who had hit nothing in the first few hits today, could easily hit the ball into a hit.

The ball pierced the gap between first and second base and grazed the right fielder. Tokuda on second base had plenty of time to get back to home plate.

Four to three, the Peace School overtook the score.

Then, before pitcher Koike could recover his composure, the first shot of the eighth bat Yamaha hit next hit was another hit.

This time Kawasaki also returned to home plate.

Koike, who lost two points in a row, finally managed to finish the half-game on Honda, the third-place hitter he faced.

This exit was not so much due to his pitching as it was more due to the excellent defense of his teammates.

Shortstop Ichikawa intercepted Honda's powerful flat fly ball in an unbelievable stance. Pick up the opponent and knock them out.

The score in the first half of the ninth inning ended at 5-3.

Peace School is leading. In baseball, though, that's not much of an advantage. In the second half of the game, you must hold on to the two-point gap to win this game.

"Senpai, your legs...... How's it going. ”

Before going on the field, Lee asked Fukushima.

"You should be able to survive this half-game. So don't miss it! ”

"I haven't missed a ball in an official match."

Li Yuanrang only remembered a question after answering this sentence.

In the previous games, they did not concede points due to their own mistakes, and one of the big factors was the quality of possession of Ichihei Fukushima.

Otherwise, as a rookie catcher, he would not have received the ball so smoothly.

Now, Fukushima's sometimes painful bruises on his legs may make it more difficult to keep the ball in hand.

What's more, it's the second half of the ninth inning, and it's the case that there is not enough rest after the second day of middle school.

Fukushima, who relies on physical strength to maintain ball control, may really have a relatively high chance of missing shots or even bursting shots.

Li Yuanrang turned his head to look at Akio Yabe next to him.

Yabe had no intention of replacing him in this crucial half.

Now you can only rely on your own efforts.

In the attack of the second half of the ninth inning, Akikawa High School started from the fourth base.

This is the reason why Akikawa's supervisor refused to directly replace Jinsen in the last half of the game.

In the stands, the substitute players of the Akikawa baseball club who did not have a back number began to support their teammates on the field in unison.

"If I lose the first game of the summer, will it affect my participation in the draft?"

As soon as Jin Sen entered the strike zone, Li Yuanrang threw out this question.

"Then I have to really lose."

Back in sophomore years, there were scouts from several professional baseball teams who came to follow the development of Kingson. Before the start of this summer's qualifiers, it was even said that no matter what the results of the game, as long as he submitted the professional baseball volunteer form, he would definitely be named at the draft.

For the kind of veteran scout who has a voice in the formation department. It would be a good thing that a draft candidate like Jinson, who has already figured out the situation, would be eliminated from the local qualifiers earlier.

This means that when it's time for the draft, the player can be named with a comparison of the late spots.

The annual salary and signing fee can also be pressed at a relatively low level.

And Hideyuki Kanamori himself certainly does not want to be depressed in the future signing fee and annual salary. He hopes to use his strength to help his team turn the score around and win.

In the face of a straight ball thrown by Fukushima Issei with a visual speed of just over 130 kilometers per hour.

Jin Sen felt that it should not be difficult to fight.

But the first ball was empty.

It's a straight ball on the high side. Judging by the angle of the shot, it should be a good ball. When it actually came to the base, it was higher than expected.

In other words, this is a straight ball that is commonly known as "floating".

Of course, if you look at the trajectory of the ball from the side, you can see that the ball is not actually floating.

The reason why the hitter has this illusion is that the ball falls less than expected from the time it is shot to the time it falls into the catcher's glove.

Ichihei Fukushima didn't deliberately throw such a straight ball.

The ball just now was actually a benign "missed shot".

In order to combat the pain in his leg at the moment of the shot, Fukushima had to grit his teeth. By the way, the strength of the fingers is also used a little more.

The ball did not fall accurately into the position requested by Li Yuanrang, but the upward drift by mistake earned the opponent's air vibration.

The second ball followed, out of bounds.

The third ball was another missed pitch, and the baseball smashed on Li Yuanrang's body wearing protective gear, but it failed to leak after all.

And Jinson, who was in the hitting zone, swung the baton at the bad ball that missed the shot.

Li Yuanrang picked up the baseball that had fallen to the ground and touched Jin Sen's thigh with his glove.

“Out！”

It only took three goals for Fukushima to strike out the opponent's four-batter Hideyuki Kanemori.

Kanamori's strikeouts were, in a sense, self-defeating.

Whether it's pitching, defending, passion or enthusiasm can often achieve better results.

But the situation of the blow is different, and the blow often requires more calm.

Jinson's eagerness to turn the score around affected his performance. Sent this out for the School of Peace.。

The fifth bat, catcher Ando.

As a sophomore with "Next Year". Takuya Ando's mentality was a little more relaxed when he struck.

After two good and two bad, an outside corner ball was forced out of the ball and hit behind the first baseman to form a hit.

The School of Peace has finally been attacked by the center.

Next up is the sixth baseman outfielder, Inoue. The fighter wasn't a strong player, of course, but he was a bit of a threat on a couple of strikes today.

After two good balls, Li Yuanrang was equipped with an inside corner kick and planned to face it head-on.

At the same time, Takuya Ando, who was not slender and was a catcher in the guard position, started from first base and tried to steal the base.

Inoue's swing of the bat, I don't know if it's a tactic to cover the base or if he really sees the ball. In any case, he failed to hit anything after all, and the strikeouts were out.

After receiving the ball, Lee had to move a step to the outside corner to make a pass to second base to stop the stolen base.

Thankfully, the height and angle of the ball are just right. The shortstop Tokuda, who received the ball, was also sharp enough.

Ando was killed before second base. The difference may be less than 0.2 seconds.

Three outs. Akikawa Kodai was unable to recover the score in the end.