Although Rong Chun was a little disappointed that he couldn't pull Falling Valley into the team, time was running out of people, and in the nervous mood of the freshmen, their first game in Qingdao officially began.

No matter how much preparation and psychological construction was done before the game, he would inevitably be timid when he was face-to-face with his seniors, and Xiao, who was glared at by his seniors, didn't care about these eyes.

Kataoka's arrangement for the starters was not expected by Eijun, and the first one was Hideaki Tojo. Looking at Tojo, who was giving him psychological hints on the side, Rong Chun walked over and said,

"Nervous?"

"Well, a little, I really envy Sawamura-kun about you, your mentality is so good, I feel that you are not nervous at all."

"Hahaha, you're wrong." Looking at Tojo's envious eyes, Eijun laughed, and he leaned against the railing of the rest area and stretched out his hand to Tojo. Dongwan looked at the hand in front of him, and slowly stretched out to hold him, not as warm as he imagined, there was a little coolness, and there was some slight trembling.

Tojo looked up suddenly, looking at Rong Chun with a bright smile in front of him,

"That's right, I'm actually very nervous, a little overwhelmed, but I have done everything I can do now, and I regret it, and I can only wait until the post-game summary to do it, Tojo, Superintendent Kataoka is looking forward to you, and we believe in you, so please believe us. Let go of yourself and make bold pitches. ”

"Hmm. Although I don't know how many points will be knocked out by my seniors, as long as the overseer doesn't replace me, I will fight for me and you until the last moment. ”

The game started with the freshmen attacking first. Standing in the pitching area is Seido's ace --- Koichiro Tanami. The palace seniors who were squatting in the strike zone looked at the freshmen who were obviously a little nervous, without the slightest sympathy, and made a code. Tanba looked at the batter in a good position and threw his decisive ball --- vertical curve ball without hesitation.

"What's the matter, rookie, you can't swing it on the ground."

The senior in the palace looked at the freshman who was scared by the ball and sat on the ground, and said words that seemed to be sarcastic and reminding.

Rinnai thought back to the shot that seemed to have stepped on the brakes, avoiding the ball that had slipped into the trapper's glove. Can such a pitch really be hit? Helpless, he looked at the rest area, expecting someone to give him a hint. Rinnai, who remembered that his team did not have a coach, was a little desperate, but he saw Rong Chun standing inside with a code, and quickly recalled the meaning of this code.

'Watch and don't take it lightly. Waiting for the straight ball'

Rinnai, who had the code, calmed down, and thought of Rong Chun's pre-game deployment, yes, that's right, this is the first game, you have to focus on observation first, and try your best to hit the ball you can hit.

Rinnai exhaled, re-posed, and looked at Tanba Senpai. When the seniors in the palace saw the new students who had recovered, they did not delay, and the second code was immediately typed. It's another longitudinal curveball, although there is a certain amount of preparation, but such a ball is shocking to watch a few times, but there is no swing, and now it is two good balls, and it is being chased.

'I can't hit a ball like this, but .....'

If you can't hit the ball, don't be in a hurry to swing the bat, pay attention to observation in the early stage, remember the ball path, I will play a large number of codes in the rest area, so that the seniors think that we have the command to wait for the ball, so that the seniors will definitely mix in the straight ball in order to throw the ball, and the first bat is likely to be all longitudinal curved balls, which is both a demonstration and a test for the seniors. But if there is a straight ball, swing it. When it comes to the second base, knowing our instructions to stay on the ball, then the senior in the palace will mix in the straight ball, and it will be good to swing the bat without hesitation at that time. If a straight ball is played, then in order to confirm whether we have the command to play a straight ball, there will also be a straight ball. ’

As Sawamura said so far, then I just need to open the way for the two sticks now, and that's how we work as a team." ’

Miyauchi looked at Rinnai, who had once again let go of the curveball, whether he was waiting for the straight ball or was just observing. Now it's two good and one bad, and you can also test it, and the next curveball is out of the way and enters the bad ball area. Danbo nodded, according to their thoughts, this freshman should have been empty three times, but it didn't, thinking of Rong Chun's exaggerated action in the rest area before, waiting for the ball command? Just try it out like this.

Rinnai let go of a curved ball again, the seniors in the palace think that this is a bit of a waste of balls, everyone's chances to play are limited, for this kind of non-swinging stick, there is no need to waste the number of bad balls, just let him watch it out.

After Tanba's seniors confirmed the code, he threw another good ball and went off the court.

The two-batter Ota let go of the first two curveballs as instructed and waited for his target ball. The ball is not very tricky and can be shot. Ota swung the bat and struck, and the force of the ball was transmitted along the bat to the palm of his hand and wrist, so heavy. The ball that was hit flew high and landed over the head of the second baseman.

“out！”

"I'm sorry." Ota said to Anai of the three bats, "The path of the straight ball is much clearer than that of the curved ball, and it is about the same speed as the ball throwing machine we practice, but the ball power is very heavy, and it is not very easy to play. ”

Annai nodded solemnly, came to the strike area, and was startled by the curveball road seen on the strike area, Annai subconsciously waved the air, the second ball was a straight ball, because the tracks of the two ball roads were different, just squeezed the baseball, the ball was stopped in the direction of third base, and Anai was blocked in front of first base.

Tamba's senior, who has solved three people in a row, yelled at the pitcher's mound, as if he wanted to vent all his recent frustrations, and today, he was in good shape.

Tojo, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, tidied up the somewhat messy soil, looked at the senior in front of him who exuded a strong momentum that was not easy to mess with, closed his eyes and opened them again, and then recalled the information of this senior, looked at the hunting ground in front of him, and calmed down.

This senior is not good at inside corners, but he stands inside and wants to block Tojo's inside corner kick road. Karima placed the glove in the inner corner, and Tojo nodded, then threw it hard.

We have all the information of our predecessors, and then we have to make a plan according to the characteristics of our predecessors. ’

Although he is not good at playing inside corners, Tanaka Senpai still relied on his strength to get out, but it was out of bounds. Tojo touched the cold sweat on his forehead, "It's okay." ’

Then he threw the next inside corner according to the code, and it was hit out of bounds again, and now it was two good shots, and Tanaka-senpai clenched the bat, 'Is it deliberate, or is it a pitcher with this character himself.' Looking at the pitch that was the same as the previous two balls, Tanaka's senior glared angrily, "I threw the same position three times, don't underestimate me." ’

Tanaka is not good at inside corners, but he gets excited easily, so if he shoots three of the same way in a row, he will get angry, and then if we change the path of the third ball a little bit, we can guide him to hit an infield hit, and then it will be handed over to the guards. ’

Looking at the seniors who were blocked on first base as planned, Tojo laughed, "It's really amazing, Sawamura." Then looking at the rest area, the two looked at each other, nodded, and ushered in the next challenge.

Although Tojo tried his best to pitch, he was beaten out of three hits and lost two points in the first inning, and it was in this way that the freshmen clearly felt how serious the seniors were. Tojo tried his best to suppress them and let them play as much as possible in the infield, but even so, it couldn't stop the seniors from yearning for scoring and desperately pounced, and it was only the first game, and the seniors' clothes were already full of dust. The nervous freshmen were a little exhausted after a game.

"Do you feel it? This is the pressure of people who have no way out, even if there is only a glimmer of opportunity, even if we rookies who take it so seriously will be laughed at by the OB seniors who came to watch the game today for being childish, they don't want to give up. We have to do our best to play, not only for the sake of victory, but also for the sake of these respectable seniors, thank them for teaching us the first lesson of high school baseball--- never give up and work hard. ”

Looking back at the seniors who are paying attention here, the eyes of the new students are becoming more and more resolute.

"It seems that this freshman is not easy to deal with." Feeling the momentum of the freshmen's recovery, the seniors were excited and relieved.

"Ah, it's not a straggler, although the cooperation is still a little poor, but it's already a team."

"Well, it looks like it's going to be a good game today."

"We also have to work hard, if we can't get good results as seniors, how can we put up a stand in front of our juniors."

"Let them understand the brutality of high school baseball."

In the rest of the game, everyone on the field did their best. In the first three innings, although he relied on the straight ball of Tanba's predecessors to hit a hit, the line was still not well connected, and unfortunately there was no score, but the freshmen on the court also showed their value, swinging the bats cleanly, and being decent but not having many wrong guards.

It is worth mentioning that Tojo, in the face of serious loss of points, Ichiyuki insisted on himself, maintained his highest level of pitching from start to finish to lead the team, and when he was replaced by Kataoka Supervisor, he glanced at the number on the scoreboard - 5, this is his current level, this is his new starting point.

Ei-chun patted him on the shoulder, Tojo looked at Ei-chun, and said with a smile,

"Although the results are not good, but my task is completed, the next thing is up to you, come on."

"Ah, leave it to us, come back and have a reflection meeting together."

"Well, I'll bother you then."

Tojo, who sat back in the rest area, did the closing exercise with the help of Kanimaru, and as he did it, his eyes flowed,

"Tojo ....."

Kanemaru looked at his crying best friend, and didn't know how to comfort him.

"I'm so unwilling, not just because I lost, but because I only have this level now. The information of the seniors, the tactics of Sawamura, the support of the companions, all, all in place, that's it, I still haven't been able to suppress the game, damn, damn it...."

Supporting his body with his fists, hanging his head and letting tears flow from his eyes, Tojo understood what it was to be unable to respond to the pain of expectation. His game is over, but the future continues