"National High School Baseball Tournament, Nishitokyo Regional Preliminary Finals. Under the blue sky of this midsummer, players from both sides have already played. ”

"Last year's champion Inagi Industrial, who is looking for a second consecutive summer victory, and Seichi High School, which wants to enter Koshien after six years, are both nationally famous baseball teams, which team will dominate this battle?"

"Let's ....."*2

After the players of Aodo and Inami finished their explanations, the captain gave an order and rushed to the pitcher's hill with a fierce attitude.

The players rushed out of the lounge with great momentum, and the audience gave the players warm applause, at this time to express their respect for the team that has won all the way, and the expectation of the upcoming game.

"Salute!"

"Please advise ....."

"In the first half of the first game, the first to guard was Inagi Industry, and of course it was this individual who stood on the pitcher's hill, and the second-year ace who still did not lose points in this season's conference - Narumiya Ming, and the third-year man who was responsible for squatting for this ace was the main general and the third grade of the fourth batter - Masaya Harada.

There are four second-year players in the starting nine, which can be said to be the characteristic of this year's Inami formation. ”

Just as Inami was warming up with the ball passing, Superintendent Kataoka squatted in front of the rest area and arranged tactics,

"Before being forced to two good balls, the ball that is not good enough to play must not be out of the bat, don't be afraid of being striked, grasp the ball path attack set by yourself, the weather is so hot, as long as you use more balls, even if you lose the ball, it will definitely increase."

The players nodded earnestly, and then cheered together under the instructions of the captain of the team.

As the final of Nishitokyo, there were a lot of people who came to see the game, including students from other schools, professional sports journalists, and even some professional baseball managers.

As a reporter for baseball monthly, Mine Fujio naturally won't miss it today, Owada looked at the situation on the field and asked his seniors,

"What strategy will Seido formulate to attack Narimiya, who is still not conceding a point, this should be the focus of this game."

"That's right, on one side is Inami, who has an absolute trump card, and on the other hand, Qingdao, who has been promoted by pitcher wheels all the way, the pitcher strength of both sides is the key to the outcome of the game, which is absolutely not wrong."

"In the first half of the first game, it was Seido High School's turn to attack. A stick of shortstop Kuramochi-san. ”

When Kuramochi stood in the strike zone, Narumiya looked at Kuramochi with some doubts,

'Strange, left-hand seat? Isn't this guy going to shoot his bow left and right? ’

Harada, who is a catcher, thinks a little deeper than Narumiya Naruto,

'The right player is better able to see the left pitcher's trajectory, and he chooses the left side instead...'

Cheng Gongming snorted coldly, and after a while, he also figured out the reason,

'I want to get closer to the first base, and I can see that you're trying to steal....'

Narumiya threw the baseball indifferently, and the third baseman quickly stepped forward to guard against a short shot, and the baseball entered the glove with a loud sound, but Kuramochi did not make a move to steal the point.

Kuramochi looked at the sharp outside corner kick and felt a little relieved,

"I didn't have a special training yesterday, otherwise maybe I would have shot the first ball, if this ball hits, it will be out, just like Chris's predecessors said, they are very wary of my short play, do you want to watch a few balls to see....'

After receiving the ball, Harada glanced at Kuramochi and tried to guess his intentions.

'Very close bad ball, if this ball doesn't hit, then he has other plans....'

Because of the guard, so Cheng Gong Ming kept throwing the ball in the corner, and like the third baseman, the baseball sprinted forward after it was out of his hand, so he tossed two or three times, and Cheng Gong Ming's temper was a little uncontrollable.

"Damn, do you want to order it, choose one or not." ’

"Bang!"

The referee himself glanced at the position of Harada's gloves, and then said,

"Four bad balls, escort!"

"Good!"

Kuramochi took the lead on base, threw away his bat after yelling, and ran towards first base, and the second bat Ryosuke senior picked up the bat that Kuramochi dropped and took it to the rest area, and glanced at Narumiya who had a hideous expression on the pitcher's mound,

"I didn't even order it!"

"Why are you escorting him, stupid."

Because it is very dangerous to let the first hitter go to base, and this runner is not an ordinary person, Harada-senpai was about to explode at this time, and when he returned the baseball, he also worked hard.

"It's too wary of beaters."

"It's the most troublesome thing to get this batter on base."

Mingchuan High School, who came to watch the game, had a deep understanding of the Qingdao players.

"Second baseman Ryosuke Kominato."

The Kataoka supervisor in the rest area made a code to Ryosuke's seniors, and Kuramochi also showed that he was actively aiming for the next base bag as soon as he got on base, so that Narumiya Naru on the pitcher's mound was very concerned and restrained many times with his eyes.

'Stinky boy is so far away from the base...... Go to hell! ’

Then a containment ball was thrown to first base, Kuramochi quickly returned to base, looked at Narumiya Ming with a bad face, and then moved a few steps towards second base.

Seeing this blatant provocation, Narumiya Ming's mood was naturally very unhappy, and he glared at Kuramochi viciously, and Harada's seniors at this time were also analyzing,

"'Minato put on a short stick at the beginning...'

"Bang!"

“safe.... safe..”

'I think I'll choose to use it safely! ’

"Bang!"

“safe....”

Harada hammered the gloves and pulled the attention of Narimiya Ming, who was focused on the runner, back, and saw the code of the focused hitter typed by Harada's senior, Narumiya nodded.

But Kuramochi won't let them get their wish, and after seeing Cheng Gongming turn his head, he stomped his feet frantically to show his presence.

Cheng Gong Ming listened to the constant sound of stomping feet, and the blue tendons on his angry forehead burst out, and then another diversion ball was thrown.

'It's really annoying, these people...'

"Bang!"

“safe.....”

“.....”

Harada Ya, who was waiting for the baseball to come over at home plate, looked helplessly at Narimiya Ming, who was competing with the runner again, and hammered the center of the glove again, so frightened that Narumiya quickly focused his attention on the catcher.

"Chenggong is not good at containment, but when there are people on the base, the pitch is very fast, and it should not be easy to catch the empty base."

"It's a fixed pitch, and it's not impossible to run if you want to run." ’

Kuramochi thought of the content of the previous meeting of Narumiya Ming's strategy, as well as the instructions given by Kataoka's supervisor later,

"Kurachi, as long as you get on base, you must actively sprint to the next base, be careful but be bold, if you are afraid of risk, you can't win the game."

Thinking of this, Kuramochi exhaled a long breath and stared nervously at Narumiya's footsteps,

"Steal the base!"

"The runner actually ran with the first ball."

Hearing the reminder of the first baseman, Narumiya Narumiya directly threw the baseball crookedly, and Harada, who received the pitch, got up and passed directly to second base.

"Bang!"

I only heard the sound of the baseball entering the glove, and Kura stepped on the base bag with one foot, spread his arms to maintain his balance, and the second baseman looked at the referee a little nervously.

“safe！”

"Yaha~~"

"The stealing of the base was successful, what a terrible Scud. Despite the caution of both sides, the beautiful boot succeeded. ”

Shirakawa looked at Kurachi, who was laughing very wildly on the base, and secretly compared,

'At best, it's about the same as Kross. ’

"It's so bold, it's a big blow if you get out."

Owada involuntarily stood up and said in disbelief. Even Mine Fujio was a little incredulous,

'The first game is like a gamble?! No, this kind of strong attack is the style of play of Qingdao Road. Regardless of whether he is in the final or against Inami, they all plan to implement their own style of play. ’

"Cut!"

Seeing such a result, Harada couldn't help but pause, and even Cheng Gongming had to admire the thief just now,

"That's amazing."

Then Ryosuke Senpai followed the instructions and played a short shot, and Kuramochi rushed towards the next base. The third baseman and Narumiya Narumiya quickly ran towards the landing point, and Harada's senior, who saw it most clearly, commanded,

"Naruto, pass the first base...."

Because of Inami's quick response, although Kuramota was on first base, Ryosuke's seniors were still a little bit worse and unfortunately out.

"Inami immediately faced the crisis of having a runner on third base in the first inning, and at this time, he had to play against the center of the strong green lane."

"It's only the first game of Chenggong."

"Calm down, don't worry."

"Yo Xi, Senior Achun, it's up to you."

"Three-bat midfielder Izaki-san."

Izovaki, who came to the base, took off his hat and saluted the referee in a proper manner.

"Please take care of ....."

Then when he turned to Cheng Gongming, his expression changed suddenly, and his voice suddenly amplified, and he yelled fiercely,

"Dala Shrimp!"

The referee was taken aback by the Sichuan opera-style face change of Izuoshiki senior, and shook unconsciously. Yang Xianchen looked at the situation on the field,

It's only the first game now, and Cheng Gong Ming's performance hasn't fully entered the situation, so for Qingdao Dao, I should really want to grab the next point now. ’

'Hold the ball and the first ball will be played.' ’

Superintendent Kataoka gave the order in the rest area, and Kuramochi and Isashiki, who received it, touched the brim of their hats to indicate that they had received it.

At this time, Daoshi also showed a plan to deal with it.

"The infield is forward and the Inami is ready to pass home plate."

"Hahaha..."

Kuramochi's signature laughter sounded on the field again, Narumiya Naruto was disgusted in his heart for a while, and Harada's seniors were nervously guarded,

Even if he rolls the earth, he will get up and rush, force to score points or sacrifice to fight, this situation can only be prepared to lose one point, but if it is safe to go down, the momentum will fall to our side.

You know, Naru, this guy is going to attack aggressively from the first ball and push him a little tighter. ’

In addition to moving forward, the outfield is also skewed a little to the right. Inashi's garrison is trying to support Cheng Gong Ming as much as possible,

"Izuoshiki senior, because it's a simulated game, I only shoot the ball path that you are not good at and the ball path that is not good at playing, as the center base, you are definitely touched by Narumiya and them."

Isashiki seniors thought of the previous training, and kept clenching the bat,

'Come on... Come on... Give me an inside corner......'

Looking at the baseball stuffed into his inner corner, Isashiki Senpai was happy, but he didn't swing the bat directly, but waited for the baseball to get closer.

As Izawaki senpai expected, Narumiya's ball was not an ordinary inside corner straight ball but a slide ball, and when the change was almost complete and the baseball approached home plate, Izagi slammed the bat.

"Phew!"

"The first goal was hit! The baseball was very fast and flew towards the right field. ”

This swing speed is too fast, and it's not the same style as before. ’

Harada took off his helmet and shouted at the right field,

"Right fielder.... Back off. ”

"Fly me farther!"

Izagi yelled and rushed towards first base, and at this time, the baseball also hit the right field in time and landed, even if he was prepared in advance, but the ball of Izawaki's predecessor flew fast and far because it was very cleverly played.

"Ah, it's landed, the ball landed behind the right fielder. The runner on third base now runs back to home plate after confirming that the ball has landed..... Qingdao High School is the first to gallop a little! ”

Seido High School, which was the first to score points, was greeted with cheers, and Sakurasawa High School, who was also on the scene, looked at Kuramochi who calmly returned to home plate in surprise.

"Qingdao is really powerful."

"It's so easy to grab the points from Cheng Gong, who hasn't dropped points at this year's conference."

Kuramochi, who returned to the rest area, high-fived everyone one by one to celebrate, took off his helmet and walked into the rest area, and looked at Rong Chun, who was sitting on the back rest chair, not knowing whether he was closing his eyes or sleeping, and his brows furrowed tightly.

Although the overseer said this morning that Sawamura didn't need to warm up at first, this situation is not right, and it must have happened yesterday.

Obviously left Miyuki's dormitory before us, but he was the last to come back..... I didn't see him when I woke up this morning, did I really have a good rest last night? ’

"Four basemen and one baseman form classmates."

The captain's appearance was naturally grand, and with the addition of winning a point, the supporting players were now very excited, singing the support songs of their predecessors, and swaying their bodies left and right with the rhythm.

'How can it be so easy to be ahead?' ’

'Meaning to say they....'

'It's not the same as the previous opponents. ’

It's only the first game, don't lose control, Ming. ’

Although Harada tried his best to appease Cheng Gong Ming, but Cheng Gong Ming looked different from before in terms of expression, if the predecessor was still a tsundere Ming, then now it will be officially switched to Emperor Ming.

The senior in the strike zone also seemed to feel the difference in Narumiya, and his eyes shrank slightly.

"Ah Zhe, give me a bang, one breath...."

"Bang!"

Before Isashiki, who was standing on the right side of the first base, finished his words to support the seniors, he was interrupted by Narumiya's containment.

"It's dangerous....."

Izanoshiki gritted his teeth and looked up at Narumiya on the pitcher's mound, and the man seemed to be telling him with this ball,

'Give me a quiet stay!' ’