After a long battle, the sudden loss of points made everyone stunned for a moment.

After a brief silence, Inami erupted in a tsunami-like cheering voice, and the entire arena was instantly dyed in the color of Inami.

Losing one point, having runners on first base, and two outs, that's the current situation.

At this time, Miyuki chose to take a timeout, and when everyone came to the pitcher's hill, they didn't know what to say, and the constant cheers in their ears made their mood irritated.

Rong Chun looked at Higasa and felt Rong Chun's gaze, and Higasa, who realized that he had made a mistake, did not dare to look into Rong Chun's eyes.

"Higasa-senpai...."

Hearing Rong Chun's voice, Hikasa's body trembled,

"Are you okay, I saw you pounce on you just now, and you rolled a few laps, and you didn't hit anywhere, right?"

It's not the accusations and questions that Higasa imagined, which made him a little overwhelmed,

"Sawamura.... I'm sorry. ”

"Huh? What...."

"That ball just now..."

"Poof..., Higasa-senpai, you're making too much fuss, aren't you?"

Rong Chun's slightly indifferent voice finally recalled Hikasa's gaze,

"But I..."

"Higasa-senpai is very handsome, so desperately pounced, it's really super handsome.

If the seniors hadn't rushed up, maybe it would have been the outfielders, and the runners might be on second base by now.

Not only Higasa-senpai, but also the two guards in front of the former garden are also very beautiful! ”

'For.' Why...., you can still laugh out now, obviously .....'

"And if you really want to talk about responsibility, wasn't it me, the pitcher, who put this runner on base?

If you want to reflect, wait until you go back to school to reflect, and now try to win the last one!

It's only the first half of the ninth game, and the difference is only one point, so it doesn't matter, we will definitely chase it back. ”

Eijun's open-minded optimism makes it useless for Miyuki and Maezoen, who are ready to say something to ease the atmosphere.

"Poof.... Do you still know that you made a mistake by letting people go to the base? ”

Yu Xing teased, listening to his tone, you know that Yu Xing doesn't really think it's Rong Chun's responsibility, but at this time, Rong Chun still followed his words and continued,

"Quarrel with the Yuyuki seniors, ah, by the way, say wrong, you have to bear half of this responsibility senior, after all, it's you who match the ball.

Tamba's predecessor said that it was all your fault that baseball was knocked out. ”

"Huh? Isn't it because you lost your cast? ”

"Hmph..., okay, okay, let's get rid of the last hitter, I want to go back and drink saliva and change the lining....."

Rong Chun pretended to be impatient and drove everyone back to his garrison position, and as everyone left, Rong Chun took a few deep breaths.

'Sa, the game isn't over yet... Let's go! ’

After this loss of points, Qingdao ushered in the four sticks of Daoshi, although Rong Chun suppressed it very well before, but now the juncture does not allow Rong Chun to lose too many points.

Faced with such a situation, Rong Chun and Yu Xing looked at each other and smiled,

'There is no second option but to attack!' ’

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Good ball, hitter out!"

"Tsk, I lost points at this juncture, this kid is too calm, let me be a little more flustered!"

Looking at Rong Chun, who has solved his four sticks with a smile after losing points, the players of Daoshi always feel subtlely unhappy!

After returning to the rest area, the other players hurriedly handed Rong Chun towels and drinks.

Rong Chun, who was replenishing his water, asked,

"Who's next?"

"It's you!"

"Ah, sorry I forgot."

Rong Chun smiled apologetically, and he was about to take the bat to the strike zone, stopped, and looked at Superintendent Kataoka,

"Don't change .... Do you want to play on your behalf? ”

This sentence would not be too surprising to anyone who asked, but the person who asked was Rong Chun, the one who couldn't wait to stay in the pitcher's mound.

Superintendent Kataoka also looked at Rong Chun because of these words, but he didn't speak, and his eyes seemed to want to convey something, but Rong Chun, who was a little chaotic in his brain at the moment, couldn't analyze it at all.

"Let's play, Sawamura."

There was no hesitation, and there was no reason, a plain sentence came out of the mouth of Superintendent Kataoka, but it made Rong Chun's heart beat faster!

"Yes!"

Rong Chun's voice trembled a little when he answered, and he picked up his bat and walked quickly out of the rest area.

No one had any doubts about the decision, even Shibuyani and Kawakami, who were very much like the last game.

There is no one more suitable for this situation.

Rong Chun, who was standing in the strike zone, didn't know why his eyes were a little blurry, he made a movement, paused, rubbed his eyes with his cuffs, and then cheered up.

'I want to win, I want to respond to their expectations!' ’

"Phew!"

After a crisp sound, Rong Chun dropped his bat and rushed towards first base, and everyone, whether it was Qingdao or Inami, looked at the trajectory of the baseball.

Watch the baseball glide through the sky in a beautiful arc and fall into the rear,

"Out... It's out! ”

"Ze.... Marsh... Sawamura~~~"

Rong Chun, who was originally running wildly with his head down, heard a strange shout, raised his head and found that the players of Inami were staring at him.

His teammates were also looking at him, with excitement on their faces.

But he was so focused just now that he had no idea what was going on.

"Sawamura, let's go around!"

The first base player reminded loudly, his voice full of irrepressible excitement,

'What... Circumambulation? Why, ah, did I hit a home run? ’

With vague thoughts, Rong Chun stepped through one base bag after another and returned to home plate.

He high-fived Higasa, who was on the next stick, and walked back to the rest area.

Before he could enter, the people inside rushed out and hugged him.

"Sawamura, you've done a great job!"

"Good fight!"

The constant praise and admiration of the people around Rong Chun made Rong Chun regain his sense of reality, it turned out that he really hit, and it turned out that he really won the score from Cheng Gongming's hands!

"I really didn't expect that this critical moment turned out to be Sawamura-san's efforts to turn the tide!"

Owada watched from the distant stands as the numbers on the scoreboard jumped a little, from zero to one.

"yes, I don't think anyone thought of it, including Sawamura-san himself."

'He hit me again....'

Cheng Gongming looked coldly at the cheering Qingdao group,

'It was the same last time, and because of Sawamura, we missed Koshien, so are you going to stop me this time?' ’

"Bang!"

The pitch seemed to carry the anger of Narumiya, and smashed it hard into Tadano's gloves.

The force was so great that Tadano felt like the baseball was going to pop out of his glove.

'Naruto-senpai .....'

Tadano, who has always been hot-blooded, doesn't know what to say now to comfort his predecessors.

Just as he was hesitating, the voice of Cheng Gong Ming came from ahead,

"Give me the ball!"

Tadano subconsciously passed the ball back to Narumiya, and Narumiya didn't care about Tadano's momentary pause.

Instead, he continued his own pitching and struck out Higasa on the court.

Higasa, who didn't do a good job of guarding and didn't even succeed in the attack, didn't take a step towards the rest area, and felt even heavier on his body.

"Higasa-senpai, it's the same thing!"

His trump card said to him with a smile. At that moment, Higasa felt his eyes heat up.

Rong Chun's home run didn't seem to have any impact on Nari Miya, but it made Narumi Miya's pitch even more furious.

Except for Rong Chun, the hitters in the ninth game were all knocked out with strikeouts.

Looking at the team with a somewhat dull atmosphere, Rong Chun took the lead in leaving the rest area,

"Yo Xi! The game continues, and the game can continue, which is really exciting! ”

Looking at his own ace who took the lead, the other players who couldn't support him felt a little relieved.

That's right, the race continues! ’

As before, Rong Chun will still be knocked out of hits occasionally, but for later hitters, he can still solve it stably.

Although he knew that the current Rongchun was very reliable, the superintendent Kataoka still asked the recorder,

"How many balls do you count now?"

"Uh..... by the second hitter in the tenth inning, it's now one hundred and one goals."

Seeing the recorded figures, Mei Ben herself couldn't believe it, this was the first time she had seen Rong Chun's pitches count hundreds as a recorder.

"Superintendent Kataoka, have you considered re-investing?"

The Ochiai Superintendent stood behind him and asked, since the Ochiai Superintendent came, Minister Ota had been placed in the audience.

However, after thinking about it, the rational and pragmatic Ochiai supervisor made a lot of suggestions to Kataoka Supervisor.

Superintendent Kataoka is now also considering whether to replace Eijun, and although Eijun did lose a point, this point is still within the normal range.

Rong Chun's number of balls has been exceeded, and considering Rong Chun's body, it seems that he should also be replaced.

But until now, it has been Rong Chun who has suppressed the beaters and scored key points to continue the game.

If there are substitutions now, will it have any impact on the morale of the players?

Even Superintendent Kataoka himself didn't expect that the first-year pitcher, who had been burdened with the ace number since the fall tournament, would affect the team so deeply.

"Sawamura usually practices throwing a lot of balls, and there is no problem with holding up to 145 balls in a game like this.

The important thing is whether Sawamura-san can suppress the hitter, after all, the pitcher on the opposite side has no chance to take advantage of it so far. ”

Superintendent Kataoka silently watched as he won another number of outs on the field, and was surrounded by Rong Chun, who was walking towards the rest area.

The second half of the tenth game started with Hakushu, who grabbed a straight ball from Narumiya Narumiya and hit it hard.

The first runner of the 10th inning of the Qingdao Road appeared, and although he couldn't run to second base because of Inami's quick joint defense, Hakushu still stood on the base bag.

After that, it was Miyuki's turn to strike, just like Miyuki was clear about Narumiya, and vice versa.

This time, Cheng Gong Ming took the initiative to set a trap for Miyuki and guide Miyuki to deviate.

The high concentration of energy for a long time made it inevitable for Yu Xing to make mistakes, so he played a double-kill route.

Qingdao, who finally had a chance, missed it again, which made the expressions of Hakushu and Miyuki serious.

After that, taking advantage of the time when Eijun was changing clothes, Superintendent Kataoka asked Miyuki beside him,

"How's Sawamura's state?"

"It's not bad, although it was beaten out, but the ball control is good, the ball speed is good, it doesn't fall, and the tail momentum is also very good."

"Sawamura's ball count is already 108...."

Miyuki understood what Inspector Kataoka meant, but he was very entangled when he thought that Eijun had no problem with his pitching, coupled with the increasingly ferocious Inami line.

In the end, Miyuki chose to believe in Rong Chun, and said to Superintendent Kataoka seriously,

"I think Sawamura can continue, and even if it is a follow-up, now is not a good time."

"I understand, in the last game, I'll give Sawamura another game, I'll let Kawakami prepare, if Sawamura loses points, I'll choose to replace."

"Yes!"

When he arrived at the front garden, perhaps because he was used to it, Narumiya's pitch was hit out again, forming a second base hit.

Later, although Tojo wanted to seize this opportunity, he hit a high flying ball, and in the end, Aodo still failed to win the game.

And Rong Chun, who stepped on the pitcher mound again, faced the first hitter who was Inashi's eight batters.

The hitter in the strike zone did not rush to swing the bat, but calmly selected the ball.

The number of balls was finally dragged to two good and three bad by the beater, and for Rong Chun's next pitch, the hitter seemed to have a premonition, stepped in, and waved the bat without hesitation.

Aso and Tojo in the outfield rushed desperately to the landing point, but they were still one step too late.

In the first half of the 11th inning, Inami's runner appeared, standing on second base.

Faced with such a situation, Miyuki once again chose to move forward and defend.

Everyone looked at the next beater as if they were facing a great enemy.

In the face of such a garrison content as Qingdao, the nine bats that advanced the base pack failed.

Carl Rose, who came on the field next, took a closer look at the guard of Qingdao, saw a direction, waved the bat, and sent the baseball out.

Because of the previous forward defense, Qingdao's defense was forward, and in the face of Carl Rose's long play, there was no slightest defense.

The voice of the commander of the rice base came clearly,

“gogogogo~~~~”

His arms kept turning, and his expression turned hideous.

The runner on second base went straight back to home base after this long lay, and Inami's attack was not over, and Tojo, who finally picked up the ball, found that Carl Ross had bypassed second base and rushed towards third base.

Tojo kicked hard and slammed the ball towards third base, but Carl Ross had the better foot.

Rong Chun glanced at the beating scoreboard, and listened to the cheers of Daoshi, his face was a little pale.

At this time, Superintendent Kataoka walked out of the rest area,

"Qingdao Player Exchange!"

The players in the infield concentrated on the pitcher mound and watched the handover between Eijun and Kawakami,

"I'm sorry, Kawakami-senpai, but this is the situation when you first came up."

"No, Sawamura, you're already very good!"

Now everyone doesn't know how to comfort Rong Chun, he has indeed done what an ace should do, and now he has to change votes, but he is still uneasy.

Rong Chun took off his gloves and put them under his armpits, and took the baseball that Miyuki asked for from the referee just now.

Wrapping the baseball up and down with his hands, and making strange noises in his mouth,

"Woo Woo Woo Woo .... Okay, Kawakami-senpai, I've pinned all my fighting spirit here. ”

"Ah, I see!"

Kawakami took the baseball and replied seriously.