Chapter 80: After Two Outs

In the first half of the ninth inning, one out. The score of Pen, Fun and Pavilion www.biquge.info was 1-3. Li Yuanrang stood on first base. And the blow was the turn of the four-stick Fukushima Ichihei.

Fukushima is now more hungry than anyone to play long fights. But the fight is originally such a thing, the more impatient the mentality, the more difficult it is to achieve results.

Two consecutive balls are not tricky good straight balls in the area.

Kazuhei Fukushima knocked them out of bounds one after another.

It's not a deliberate throw-in to get tangled with the opposing pitcher.

It is the result of aiming for a home run but not getting the timing right.

The third ball, a very obvious high bad ball from the outside corner.

Fukushima couldn't help but was ready to swing the bat, but finally calmed down and restrained his movements.

Akikawa's catcher Ando thinks the swing is more than halfway through. The referee on first base spread his arms evenly and ruled that it was not a strikeout.

The fourth ball is a slide thrown by the left pitcher from the outside corner to the inside corner.

Fukushima swung his bat, and the ball was still spinning and arcing into the outfield after it was struck.

After the ball was played, Issei Fukushima had no intention of running base, and he stood in the strike zone and watched the baseball fly away.

Unfortunately, the ball ended up in the glove of the left fielder who retreated to the wall and was caught out.

Now the situation on the field has become two outs. If you can't equalise, you'll only have one game left before the end of the game.

"Let's hit it."

On the way back to the rest area, Fukushima said to Akio Yabe, who was facing him.

"How can you say that you can fight it?"

"In the face of Jinsen's current state, you can do it, I have a hunch, as long as you don't focus on pursuing long fights."

"Then you didn't just swing the stick continuously."

"Me...... After all, I want to walk back to home plate. ”

Ichihei Fukushima walked back to the rest area. I took the initiative to pull up my trouser legs. I found an ice pack against the bruised part of my left leg. Then lean back in your chair and watch the situation happen.

Yabe, who heeded Fukushima's advice, gave up the moving center of gravity style of playing in pursuit of long plays. He began to keep his eyes on every ball.

The first three goals are one good and two bad.

Yabe didn't swing his bat at all.

Based on the observations, he felt that Hideyuki Kanamori's possession remained average. The evidence is that his ball path is still predictable by Yabe's guessing method.

But the power and speed of the ball have decreased. This is an opportunity for the attacking side.

Because of his knowledge of the speed at which he swung his bat, Yabe found it difficult to accurately hit an inside corner kick with a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour.

It was also for this reason that a straight ball in a sweet position was let go by him just now.

And the next fourth ball, Yabe waited for the change ball that he wanted to snipe.

The current curveball, I don't know if it's because of arm fatigue. The trajectory and the magnitude of the change are not sharp. The visual speed is more than 110 kilometers.

Akio Yabe tried his best to restrain the tension and excitement in his body. Do your best to keep the bat steady.

I only heard the sound of "bang". Baseball solid hits the bat.

Or rather than being hit by Akio Yabe, the force of the ball hitting the metal bat sent it to the outfield, and finally landed between the outfield and the right field.

Li Yuanrang, who was on first base, immediately started and stepped on second base to rush to third base. In the end, he was stopped by a teammate in the third-base running box with a gesture.

The situation on the field became two outs, and there were runners on second and third base.

Even now, Akikawa High School is still only one out of the game from victory.

But in the face of Tokuda, the sixth baton of the Peace Academy, Jinsen threw a big shot on the first ball.

Tokuda beckoned to Lee on third base, and Lee Won let him rush back to home plate.

The score became two to three.

Jinson's burst of pitching was the result of an over-the-top pursuit of all-out pitching. His physical strength is close to the limit, and his control of his wrists is no longer handy. Barely able to maintain possession at the expense of ball speed. The outcome of an all-out pitch is unknown.

In today's game, Li Yuanrang, Yabe, Fukushima, Miyagi, and Tokuda, who had a bat, all intentionally or unintentionally consumed a lot of the opponent's pitchers.

And because it was the left-hitter, the second baseman Masaoka, who was completely restrained by the opponent's left cross-shot, gave up the goal of hitting a hit at the beginning. It consumed more than 30 goals from the opponent.

After the violent throw appeared, the physically exhausted Kanemori Xiu turned his gaze to the rest area for a safe look.

The overseer sitting there had a stiff face, and he had no intention of changing votes at all.

Koike, the second player of Akikawa High School, is a first-year newcomer who has never seen a big scene. The team's original plan was to send him on when he had a big lead.

Delicate leadership in the face of a crisis, such as the present. Koike, a first-year grader, will definitely not be able to cope with it.

Confirming that he had to deal with the scene in front of him, Kaneson took a deep breath. Retreat behind the pitcher's board.

The hands are bent to soften the shoulders and elbows.

After dipping my hand in the magnesium powder packet. Kinson returns to the pitcher's board. Threw the second ball against Tokuda Ballo's blow.

Speedball in the outer corner. Throw the ball as fast as possible while maintaining possession. Because of this, the ball pressure is not low enough.

Tokuda, who was in the strike zone, leaned slightly forward and fished the ball towards the left field.

The ball's trajectory is a little high, and it seems to be able to go over the guardrail of the home run wall, but it doesn't seem to be able to go over it.

Akikawa's left fielder, Tanaka, chased the ball and ended up being a step too late.

Tokuda's baseball hit the guardrail of the left field home run wall and bounced back into the field.

Tanaka, who had already rushed to the guardrail, had to turn around and pick up the ball again.

Akio Yabe returned to home plate, and Tokuda, who was a hitter, also easily went to second base.

The score is three to three. The School of Peace equalized the score.

At this time, Akikawa's superintendent walked out of the rest area and unhurriedly asked for a change.

Shunichi Koike, who didn't warm up at all, needed some time to get ready for the game.

Taking advantage of the interruption of the game, Tokuda on the base also returned to the rest area to avoid the sun. His teammates rushed over to high-five him.

As it approached noon, the sun was getting hotter and hotter. The players on and off the pitch were sweating profusely.

"It would be nice to get a few more points in one go."

Kazuhei Fukushima stares at rookie pitcher Shunichi Koike, who is warming up on the court. I hope to finish the game in nine innings.

The bruise on the left leg appears to be progressive. Sticking to a half-inning pitch is not a big problem, and if it goes into overtime, it will definitely lose.

"What type of pitcher is this little pool?"

Kawasaki, the seventh batter who was wearing striking gear and helmet and carrying a bat to the court, asked Takoki, who was looking through the opponent's information.

"The ball is about 130 kilometers away, and it can bend and slide."

"It's not the same type as Fukushima's predecessors."

"No, Fukushima-senpai is much more powerful than him."

Akio Yabe spoke while staring at the opponent's pitching practice.

For every ball thrown by Koike, the catcher has to move his gloves to catch it.

Speaking of ball control alone, Koike, who is in the first year, has not yet reached the level of Fukushima.