At 11 a.m. on October 29, the members of the Qingdao First Army took the school bus to the second stadium of Mingye Jingu, and at about 12:40 p.m., the semi-finals of Qingdao vs. Daocheng Industry will officially begin.

Compared to the previous match, the number of spectators who came to watch the game today was larger. In addition, even though the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the Autumn is not as important as the Summer Liga Qualifiers, there are no shortage of magazines, newspapers, and TV stations that should come.

As the Iljun stepped off the school bus in Seongdo, the fans who were waiting on the side began to cheer on their favorite team members.

"East! Hit a home run today, too! ”

"Jinguji, come on!"

"Chris, a few more balls that are not easy to play!"

Under the leadership of Superintendent Kataoka, the Qingdao people quickly passed through the surrounding crowd and entered the second arena of the shrine.

On the field, a sweet radio girl is broadcasting the content of today's game and related precautions.

In the stands on the side of first base, Qingdao's support team occupied a number of support seats, and some of the vacant seats left were also occupied by Qingdao's fans or the family members of the players.

When everyone in Qingdao was warming up, they could hear someone shouting their names and cheering for themselves.

"Nice, Nice, Senior."

In the cowshed next to the rest area, Chris got up and passed the baseball back to Senior Sakai, "Today's state is great!" ”

Yu Sakai took the baseball that Chris passed to him, raised his leg again, waved his arm, and threw the baseball out.

The time soon came to 12:38, and the staff began to inform the players of Qingdao and Daocheng Industry that the competition was about to start.

After lining up at the edge of the arena, the Qingdao people shouted in Dongqingguo: "Let's go!" ", rushed up.

After everyone rushed into the field, they ran to the side of home plate and stood up, and the players on both sides bowed to each other, and then the players of Inagi Industrial withdrew from the field, and the Seido guards ran to their own positions.

Yu Sakai stood on the pitcher's mound, tossed the magnesium powder packet in his hand, threw it to his feet, blew the powder on his fingertips, bent down to pick up the baseball that was placed next to the pitcher's board, looked down at the ground that no one had stepped on before him, and turned the baseball in his hand around and turned it behind him.

Chris crouched at the back of home plate, gestured his fingers under him a few times, spread and set his ball cover.

“Play ball.“

At 12:41, as the air raid sirens sounded, Yu Sakai threw the first ball of the game with a flick of his arm.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

It seemed to be a slide that came from the knee of the hitter, and it made Keisuke Kawanishi, a stick in Inashi, take a step back under the instinct of the batter.

Chris stood up, took the baseball out of his sleeve, and passed it back with a smile.

After Yu Sakai lifted the ball case to catch the baseball passed by Chris, he took the baseball out of the ball case and then carried his right hand behind him again.

Chris crouched back and made a code, straightening the ball cover.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

140km/h！

The second ball was a fast straight ball with a faster speed and heavier power, a ball that flew directly towards Keisuke Kawanishi's body, and its deterrence was stronger than the previous one, making him can't help but take a step back.

"Whew!"

The white baseball flew out of the pitcher's mound and headed straight for home plate.

Keisuke Kawanishi, who was standing in front of home plate, looked at the high ball and waved the bat in his hand with all his might.

"Huh!"

However, as the baseball approached home plate, it suddenly plummeted, staggered with the swinging bat, and fell into Chris's outstretched ball sleeve.

"Bang!"

“Strike out.“

The referee's raised right hand signaled that Inagi Industrial hitter Keisuke Kawanishi was out.

"Buzz!"

Inagi Industrial's second baseball Koyanagi Ryumi actively swung his bat as soon as he came on the court, but the angle of the swing was too high, and it staggered with the white baseball that was speeding from the pitcher Mourd.

“Strike.“

Ryumi Koyanagi swung his bat and re-assumed a posture waiting for the blow.

Chris who crouched behind the home plate shot looked at the hitter Ryumi Koyanagi in front of him, and after making a code to Senior Sakai, he moved slightly in the direction of the outside corner, and then set the ball sleeve position. Yuki Sakai, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, nodded, raised his hand and stepped forward, twisted his waist and abdomen, and flung his arms forward.

"Whew!"

Ryumi Koyanagi stared closely at the movements of Qingdao pitcher Hiroshi Sakai, watched the baseball galloping from the pitcher's hill, and vigorously waved the metal bat in his hand.

"Ping!"

The crunch sound of the baseball hitting the metal bat, and the impact from the bat in the palm of his hand, made Tatsumi Koyanagi clench the bat with both hands and swept it outward.

"Whew!"

"Boom!"

The baseball was hit and bounced off first base before smashing off the sideline.

"Out of bounds!"

Ryumi Koyanagi moved his wrist, took a deep breath, and swung his bat. Because the previous junior, Keisuke Kawanishi, was quickly struck by Sakai, then as a senior, he has the obligation to shoulder the unfulfilled responsibility of his junior, and test the depth of the Qingdao pitcher Sakai, and be sure to grind a few more balls.

Chris glanced at Inaki Koshiro's hitter Ryumi Koyanagi again, then placed the ball cover close to his thigh and gave his secret to Sakai senpai.

After seeing the code given by Chris, Yu Sakai nodded, stepped and waved his arm, and threw the baseball in his hand towards the location of Chris's ball sleeve.

"Whew!"

Looking at the path of the baseball, Koyanagi took a step back and dodged the falling curveball that Yu Sakai threw a little crookedly. Two good balls and one bad ball.

After Koyanagi regained his footing in the hitting area, he put on a gesture waiting for the strike.

"Whew!"

Hiroshi Sakai's shot this time appeared to be a curved ball from the outside corner, and Ryumi Koyanagi stepped forward to aim at the flying baseball and swung the metal bat in his hand.

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

“ball.“

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

“ball.“

Two good balls and three bad balls.

After holding the bat in his hand and standing up again, Koyanagi continued to pose and wait for the blow.

This is the second bat, and he was entangled with eight balls by Inagi Industry's hitter Ryumi Koyanagi, which is worthy of Inagi Industry, one of the Tokyo baseball giants who also has a strong playing line.

Chris made a good signal to Senior Sakai and put the ball cover in the outside corner near the edge of the good ball area, and he must throw it here! Senior Sakai.

Standing on the pitcher's mound, Hiroshi Sakai pinched the magnesium powder bag at his feet, raised his hand to straighten the brim of his hat, and threw a slider as Chris asked.

Ryumi Koyanagi looked at the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound, and it seemed to be a little far away from the good ball area, bad ball? Wrong!

Ryumi Koyanagi hurriedly waved the bat in his hand, but unfortunately it was still a step too late, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound successfully drilled into Chris's open and arranged ball cover.

"Bang?".

“Strike out.“

Koyanagi Ryumi looked at the position that was stuck on the boundary of the good ball area, and judged the position where it was possible to judge good or bad, so he could only leave the field in reluctance and walked towards the rest area.