Chapter 272

I have to say that Asada Haofumi's special curveball won a little respite for the freshmen. They are like facing Rong Chun's pitching, and it takes some time to get used to the process.

"Good shot!"

"I actually let that senior team member vacate the air!"

"That's a good ball! The ball was also very good....."

"This kind of ball can also lure the opponent to miss, not bad!"

After two curveballs, Mitsushu Okumura called a straight ball to the outside of Asada Hirofumi, so that the overly wary player of the changing ball could not play this ball well.

"Nice ---, ball flies to the front of third base! The runner on third base couldn't move, and two were out! ”

"Great...."

"Asada, cast beautifully."

"Two out, two out!"

Not only the freshmen in the first year were boiling, but the first army who came to watch the game could only admit that these shots were beautiful.

"After that curveball, the straight ball also looks faster.... Because the ball is accurately shot to the corner, even if it is hit, the position that flies out is easy to defend. ”

"One more to hold this round!"

"The infielder stays put."

The excited voices of the freshmen were clearly heard outside,

"That number of outs just now means a lot!"

"Well, the first grade is more imposing."

Kanemaru and Tojo looked at the scene on the field and said calmly, but then both of them smiled,

"But from the perspective of seniors, I really want to suppress their momentum!"

"Take advantage of their excitement to strike a powerful blow!"

I don't know if it's a matter of the eyes or the curvature of the corners of the smile's mouth, Tojo's smile is still warm, but Kanemaru looks a little bad.

"Shinji, you know how evil it is!"

"You started talking about it!"

After winning the number of outs, Mitsushu Okumura didn't look very happy, and even calmly gestured to everyone, indicating that there were still people on third base.

'Grab the last outs in one go, if you get hit at this time, it doesn't make sense!' ’

At this moment, it was the turn of Makoto Ishikawa, the second third baseman, and this was his last seat, and by the fourth inning, the third baseman was about to be replaced.

If he doesn't show his quality, there are many people waiting to play behind him.

He took a breath and saw the baseball flying, swinging the bat, and the first ball was empty!

"The height difference is so large, and the trajectory of the whole ball does not look like a line, but is composed of different points, which is a difficult type of ball to play even for a right-handed player."

Even on the sidelines, Yui still relied on his rich experience as a catcher to discover the characteristics of Aada's pitching.

But even if there was no way to play accurately, the baseball still flew far away, and with the cooperation of the guards, Asada Hirofumi played the first game and won the first no-loss score of the freshmen.

"Oh~~, the first-grader held it, and the last ball was beaten into a bocce ball on second base, and three people were out! The third inning did not allow the senior to score. ”

Asada couldn't control his expression after winning such a good result.

"That kid is very clever at pitching."

The man who returned to the rest area said,

"That first-year catcher shouldn't be underestimated."

The contestants of the Second Army never underestimate and ignore any of the first-year students, because they know that this group of juniors is not the kind of companions in the literary club who obediently hand in a note and exchange ideas, but the beasts who may drag them down at any time.

Supervisor Ochiai and Supervisor Kataoka have some understanding of the strength of the two players, and Ochiai Supervisor, who is indoors with Minister Ota, analyzed,

"I'm slim and I haven't had a ball speed..., but... That drop ball isn't bad. ”

"Because he played softball in middle school, he seemed to have been a bench pitcher for three years..."

"I didn't expect the juniors in our dormitory to let the players of the second army not score, what a good job!"

The juniors in his dormitory can have such results, and Kuramochi is still very happy.

"That guy looks soft and weak, but I didn't expect that he was quite insistent on pitching."

"That's it!"

"He's the guy who wants to come to Qingdao to play baseball, and that guy is a real pitcher....."

Kuramochi looked at Hirofumi Asada who was shining with himself on the pitcher's mound, and felt as if he had seen Eijun a year ago.

"The pitcher has created a good game situation, and this time it's our batter's turn to come out...., find a way to get on base and break down the opponent's defense."

After two and a half innings, the freshman finally had a bit of a team feeling, and then with Kawashima's efforts, he first won an out, and then when Seto Takuma was stubbornly entangled, he successfully selected four bad balls and was sent to base.

"That first-base runner is also a player selected by the Ochiai Supervisor, right?"

"Well, his speed is a special A level, but speed and base stealing skills are two different things, the timing of the start, the pace of the base, and the movement of the center of gravity are all keys."

Takuma Seto himself observed the pitcher's state, and when the pitcher's posture was just set up, Takuma Seto kicked the ground hard, leaving first base and rushing to the base bag at second base.

"The first goal was the start of the race! This is too much to underestimate the hunting grounds! ”

After receiving the pitch, Karima simply got up and passed the ball, stabbing from home plate like a sword to second base.

But Takuma Seto, who was very prepared at the right time, kicked a high-speed slider on the base bag of second base, and adjusted his center of gravity with the palm of his hand so that it would not deviate from it.

"Safe base!"

"Uh-oh-oh, it worked!"

"That guy is so fast!"

'I just barely got to base, and although I stole the base on the first ball, should I have put more pressure on him on first base?' ’

Takuma Seto looked at the man crouching at home base through the pitcher, as a man who had practiced running bases for a long time, he was quite confident in his speed and stealing bases, but he was almost out of the game just now.

"The crooked player is in a higher position than the fixed position!"

"Oh~~~, it's so exciting! They're determined to kill the runner at home plate! ”

"Is it a confrontational mentality in the first grade? The senior class is not going to give the opponent a point. ”

Just when the senior was adjusting the garrison position, Rong Chun suddenly walked out of the rest area, blatantly playing the code, and then probably felt that he was too tired to dance with the code, and shouted directly.

"The infield is on guard and continues to steal the base of the infield, and the garrison of the outfield is pushed back a little, don't be too far forward, shorten the distance between each other, and facilitate support!"

As a former ball feeder, of course Eijun knows the striking strength of this teenager on the base now, although it looks a little delicate, but Okumura Mitsushu is also an out-and-out long striker.

After hearing Rong Chun's shout, everyone paused, and then quickly deployed as Rong Chun said.

Takuma Seto, who had the idea of stealing bases continuously, stood on the second base bag and felt the hot gaze coming from around him, which made it a little difficult for him to move.

"Sawamura, how do you know he's going to steal strongholds in a row."

The teammate in the rest area asked, and Rong Chun said with a grin,

"I don't know~~"

"Huh!?"

"I just feel like if it were me, I'd do it!"

Rong Chun is full of confidence,

"Don't sell it, say it!"

"Seto has been training with us before! Everyone has seen his speed, in the training and the running base, as well as in the previous games.

My speed itself is not weak, so I always aim for the next base on the base, whether it is third base or home plate.

And Seto's speed is a little faster than mine, and the posture of stealing the base is also very skillful, which is obviously not something that can be practiced in a day or two. ”

Rong Chun paused for a moment before he continued,

"This shows that Seto has tried his best to train in this area before, and he is quite professional."

"I remember that Seto and Okumura were both from Dakyo!"

"That's right, this means that they will have their own offensive mode, and Kawashima-senpai may have a hard time!"

"Hmph, what are you talking about, Kawashima won't lose to those two boys."

"Anyway, you know so well, why are you still shouting out the plan.

It's not completely ineffective, if you play the code quietly, maybe you will be out. ”

The team member complained to Rong Chun, Rong Chun smiled,

"Who knows..."

Takuma Seto was being closely watched, and Mitsushu Okumura tried to help him relieve the pressure, and he thought about the current situation.

'One good ball, one bad ball, it was supposed that the opponent would play with the low ball as the center of the offense, but now that there was someone on second base, the catcher and the keeper were more attentive to Ato's shouting from that man. So....'

Mitsushu Okumura pinched the brim of his hat and typed a code message between them to Takuma Seto, who nodded quietly.

In such a situation, Kajiba Hang still asked Kawashima for a match, and Kawashima, who was still a little shaken in his heart, also recovered his state under Kawajima's performance.

'Yes, if you are wavering in this situation, you can't get into the first team, stick to your own shots...'

When Kawashima posed for the baseball and was about to get out of his hand, Mitsushu Okumura suddenly picked up the bat, and a hint from his teammates came from behind him, and it seemed that Takuma Seto was about to steal the base.

'Tanka!? At this time....'

Kawashima could only try his best to throw the baseball into the outside corner, and by this time Mitsushu Okumura had recovered his posture,

"Bad ball!"

'Bluffing! ’

Kawashima laughed helplessly, he really scared himself by the look just now.

"Do you put pressure on both the base and the batting area? Those guys play baseball, which is too difficult! ”

The audience outside the venue couldn't help but admire this operation,

"I see.... Are those two guys from the Kanagawa Daikyo Little League team? That's a well-known team that uses baseball tactics. ”

"Do you want to play baseball on your own terms?"

Minister Ota obviously didn't know as much about the aspect as the Ochiai Governor, but the Ochiai Inspector didn't give him a solution.

'I've heard a lot of rumors about this team before...'

Thinking a little deeper, it's a good ball and two bad balls. He had just thrown a straight ball into the outside corner and he probably didn't want to make it worse....'

["Listen, baseball is a sport that is decided by one ball! Be prepared to look at various situations and be prepared.

Avoiding risk is the key to winning the game, and as long as you can play baseball with your brain, you will have more fun. ”】

It was obviously the situation that Okumura Mitsushu had imagined, but at this time, a figure that he hated the most suddenly flashed in his mind.

'That man's teachings to me have been ingrained in me and can never be erased.... There's no escaping either! ’

Mitsushu Okumura gritted his teeth and hit the ball hard at the right field as if venting! He dropped his bat and ran towards the base.

When he hit out, Takuma Seto put on a smile that was bound to win, and the moment he saw the baseball hit the ground, he rushed out, and when he saw that the baseball was far enough, he didn't pause and rushed straight back to home plate.

Suddenly, a white band of light crossed in front of his eyes, and Seto Takuma's expression changed slightly, and he tried to sink down, relying on inertia, sliding over and bypassing the catcher.

"Bang!"

As Takuma Seto was about to touch home plate, the catcher's gloves clicked against his helmet.

Superintendent Kataoka looked at the scene where home plate was a little messy, and raised his arms,

“out!”

After solving the problem and returning to home plate, Takuma Seto, Kajiba Hang half-crouched to maintain a pass-and-kill posture, and saw Mitsushu Okumura stepping on the base bag of second base.

Hunter Hang, who was a step late, didn't have much sense of loss, and compared to the reluctant double kill, his style and bias were more stable to win the next number of outs.

"Oh~~~, the senior team is guarding it well!"

Thanks to Rong Chun just now, the guards in the outfield retreated a little and stood a little closer. When Takuma Seto was running bases, he saw the baseball landing and the distance between the defense and the distance, but in fact, there was still a certain blind spot in his vision.

It is by taking advantage of this that the senior students can hold on to this point with a solid garrison in the face of losing points like this.

"Think, think~~,"

Rong Chun looked at Okumura Mitsushu, who looked a little lonely standing on the second base bag, and Rong Chun smiled playfully.

"Sawamura, your smile is so bad!"

"Why!!"

Takuma Seto's exit was unexpected by Mitsushu Okumura, but he didn't imagine such a scene, so he kept his own state well, but Takuma Seto looked at him apologetically when he left.

Although it is now two outs, the runner is on second base, and the freshmen still have the hope of scoring, and it seems that they want to put their willpower on the next hitter.

All the freshmen were yelling desperately, cheering for the four sticks Kaga Migonta.

The boy, who had been very quiet since the beginning of school, silently came to the strike zone, and then calmly hit the baseball out.

Standing behind the first base, he lifted his equipment without any fluctuations.

"I calmly hit the direction of the midfield."

"It's one or three bases now!"

"Kagami Gunta? What a simple player.... It feels a bit like Hakushu. ”

At a time when the freshmen were expected to take a point from the seniors, the five batters were the guerrillas' most martial arts, that is, the freshmen of Kominato Haruichi and the Maezoen room.

Either end this game with a failed defense and a failed blow, or become a hero who wins the batting, and the latter must be chosen between the two!