"So, I've memorized all the information I gave you yesterday?"

Before the semi-finals of the West Tokyo Games began, Tako, who was in charge of the documentation, once again confirmed this with Li Yuanrang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Reading is how many times I read it, and I can't guarantee how much I can remember."

Although it can be known from the end of the draw that Fuso is the strongest team in this half. But before reaching the semifinals, Li Yuanrang did not devote much energy to studying this opponent.

Because he didn't expect his team to get to this point.

Despite being a weekday, the inner stands at Jingu Stadium were almost full.

Fuso is the third traditional powerhouse. The audience that came to support him was not only the students of their own school and the OB. There are also many people who are related to sister schools.

"How many affiliated schools does this Fuso University have?"

At the beginning of seeing this year's matchup, Li Yuanrang had this question in his heart.

Fuso No. 2, Fuso No. 3, Fuso University Sakuragaoka, etc., there are four or five schools participating in the Nishi-Tokyo Games alone.

"I'm afraid it's more than you think."

Tian Gu replied.

In fact, in Japan, the relationship between universities and colleges is not just a form similar to that of China's "attached middle school".

There are also forms such as series schools and departmental schools.

As a prestigious private school, Fuso University has a variety of affiliated schools. It's not just Tokyo. Outside of Tokyo, Fuso University's affiliated schools are also located throughout the country.

Many of the people who came to Jingu Stadium to help each other today were people related to these schools.

As for the stands on this side of the Peace Academy. Except for the students who were recruited by the principal to help. There are a lot of new faces that I haven't seen before.

Many of them are female high school students wearing a variety of summer uniforms.

"The sign in the hands of this group ......"

Li Yuanrang noticed that some of the girls in the stands were holding signs made of colored cardboard in their hands. It reads the word "justice".

But what does the game of college baseball have to do with justice?

"It's probably Kawasaki's FAN that came out of nowhere."

Yabe, who was standing next to Li Yuanrang and swung his bat to warm up, said.

Kawasaki, the third baseman of the Peace Academy, whose full name is Masayoshi Kawasaki. In the last game, there was a key guard and a tiebreaker hit.

These images were captured and distributed on the Internet as the essence of the entire game.

"It's amazing how many people can support a single game."

"Probably because a lot of people don't like the relationship between Fukuman Ochiai."

As the number one newcomer in the first grade hand-picked by the media. All news related to Ochiai Fukuman will be widely reported.

Although it has also attracted everyone's attention. But many of the college baseball enthusiasts have been inspired to rebel.

In addition, the strong and strong Ochiai looks that are not pleasing to girls. On the other hand, Kawasaki has a thin bamboo pole-shaped body. The face also looks kinder than Ochiai.

"But I didn't think Kawasaki was a look that would attract girls......"

Until the start of the game, Li Yuanrang still didn't understand this point.

……

The first semi-final of the West Tokyo Games was the first attack of the School of Peace.

In the support seats in the stands, the performance of the wind band was much more neat than the previous one. I don't even know if it's an illusion, but the voice is nearly twice as loud.

Fuso's third winning pitcher Kuwabara was on the bench in the last game with nine innings.

Now on the pitcher's mound is Hiroyuki Chiba, a third-year student wearing the No. 1 jersey.

"Benge sent a left shot, and the decisive ball was a curved ball."

Li Yuanrang sat on the bench in the rest area, silently reciting the materials he had read before the game.

The first ball Chiba threw in this game was a curved ball. Miyagi, the first baton of the Peace Academy, probably didn't swing the batter with the idea of wanting to observe a ball. A good ball.

From the semi-finals onwards, the scoreboard at Jingu Stadium shows the speed of each ball. The ball in Chiba just now showed a speed of ninety-two kilometers per hour.

Even if it's a change ball, it's slow.

The second ball is a straight ball. Miyagi hadn't yet come out of the rhythm of the previous goal, facing this straight ball with a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour. Miyagi waved his empty stick.

Two good balls.

The difference in ball speed between the two balls is nearly 50 kilometers. In addition, there is a large variation unique to slow curveballs.

Whether it's a slow or a drop, Chiba Hiroyuki's pitching is a great contrast.

This is a powerful weapon for him to seize the strikeouts.

According to previous statistics, Chiba can get an average of 13 strikeouts for every nine games of the main pitch.

So when Miyagi, the pioneer of the Peace Academy, swung the empty stick again in the face of the inside corner curl of the third ball, no one on or off the field was surprised.

"Grind a few more balls."

Before Masaoka, who was the second baseman, came on the pitch, the captain of Fukushima made such a deployment.

Because of this, Masaoka swung with the goal of hitting out of bounds from the first ball.

However, the reciprocating changes of speed difference and drop make sticking difficult.

After only five balls, Masaoka was interrupted by a slow curved ball because of his hand, and he hit a weak rolling ball in the guerrilla direction.

Now it's Li Yuanrang's turn.

As a bystander, Li Yuanrang has been observing the opponent's ball path from the sidelines.

The pitcher's ball speed can be seen on the big screen in today's game.

For this kind of slow curveball with a speed of only about 90 kilometers. Although the performance of the first two teammates is not ideal. But Li Yuanrang felt that he should be easy to hit.

After all, at this speed, Li Yuanrang can not worry about the speed of his swing not being able to keep up with the visual reaction.

"Anyway, just stare at the end and then fight."

With this mentality, Lee Won rang prepared to meet the opponent's pitch.

The first goal was an inside corner fastball that came straight into his line of sight.

Li Yuanrang shrank back and let the ball into the catcher's glove.

It's a bad ball, too high. And because it was the left pitcher who threw the ball. The trajectory of a baseball flight looks like a difference between a normal right-hand pitcher.

The momentum is particularly noticeable from the outside to the inside corners.

Li Yuanrang's rational side had long told him that there would be no risk of touching the ball. But instinctively, he still made a dodge move.

"It's supposed to be a curveball down there."

Li Yuanrang is now a catcher himself, and he thinks from the perspective of a catcher. If the bad ball just now was thrown on purpose, it must have been for the next ball.

It turned out to be a curved ball, as expected. Go straight to the direction where the outer corners are low.

Lee had plenty of time to track the trajectory of the ball. But when I actually hit the ball, I didn't get the timing right.

The baseball was pulled from the outside corner toward third base. Out of bounds became a throw-in.

At least in this case, ample time becomes a burden.

Li Yuan let his body's clock send out the signal of swinging the bat, and the premature swing formed this throw-in.