At 8:30 a.m., the Koshien Alpine Bench was filled with students from the wind club and cheerleading squad supporting their school, and there were also a large number of spectators sitting in the stands on either side. The Qingdao people walked out of the athletes' tunnel on the court one after another, walked to the rest area on the side of the third base, put away their backpacks, took out their ball covers or bats and walked out of the rest area, and began to warm up on the edge of the field. Soon, the players of Seimchi and Hokkaido Sakae have entered the outfield area to practice, and the staff of the stadium are also putting the finishing touches on the field of the infield, and soon the scoreboard at the back of the field shows the list of players on both sides.

At 8:59 a.m., Kentaro Matsuda walked onto the field with Yu Sakai and said to him with a smile, "Are you nervous? ”

Yu Sakai nodded and looked at Kentaro Matsuda: "What about you, probably not nervous, right?" ”

"What's the matter, I'm super nervous!"

Kentaro Matsuda said and looked in the direction of the stands, "There are still a few people who come to see the game, and sure enough, there are not enough people watching Koshien in the spring, so it's best to come here in the summer." ”

Yutaka Sakai followed Kentaro Matsuda's words and imagined the crowds of people in Koshien in summer, and his nerves straightened.

"Hahaha!" Kentaro Matsuda laughed and patted Hiroshi Sakai on the chest with his ball sleeve, and continued: "Ayu, you are the one who doesn't need to be nervous the least, as a starting pitcher, whether you throw well or poorly, there is Yagami behind you, if Yagami can't withstand it, isn't there still Jinguji?" ”

"So don't overthink it and don't hesitate to pitch boldly! Just throw the ball where I want it and it's fine. ”

"I don't want to leave a mess for Jinguji and Yagami." Yuki Sakai yelled at Kentaro Matsuda.

"That's it, remember what you just said. Let's do it together! Partner. After saying that, Kentaro Matsuda trotted all the way to the back of home plate, crouched down, thumped the ball cover, and made a secret signal to Yubi Sakai, who ran up the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

After Hiroshi Sakai and Kentaro Matsuda simply threw a few balls to warm up, the referee signaled that the 78th selection high school baseball tournament would officially start as soon as Seido vs. Hokkaido Sakae began.

“Play ball.“

"Buzz—"

At 9:02 a.m., as the air defense sirens sounded, Yu Sakai threw his arm and threw the first ball of the game.

"Whew!"

……

Accompanied by the cheering song played by the wind club, Higashi Kiyokuni walked to the batting area again, looked at the Qingdao runners at first and third base, turned his head to look at the rest area, and after receiving instructions from Superintendent Kataoka, raised his bat and made a gesture of waiting for the strike.

Hokkaido Sakae's catcher glanced at Dong Kiyokuni, moved his body slightly, and made a code to the pitcher.

Hokkaido Sakae's pitcher nodded, turned to look at the runner at third base, and then threw the baseball in his hand with a flick of his arm.

"Whew!"

Dong Qingguo looked in the direction of the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound and took two steps back to avoid the obvious bad ball.

Hokkaido Sakae's catcher reaches out to catch the bad ball. Dong Qingguo waved the metal bat in his hand and regained his footing on the hitting area.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"It's out, it's a long fight in the outfield! Dongjun, this ball was hit very accurately, and it flew directly into the depths of the middle field, and the runner at third base ran back! Seido and Hokkaido Sakae now have a score of 6:0, with Seido leading by a big score. ”

Dong Qingguo, who successfully ran to first base, laughed and took off the protective gear on his body and handed it to the team members who came up to get things.

Behind Higashi Kiyokuni was Daiki Mumurasuke, who was waving the metal bat in his hand while humming his cheering song and walking up to the batting area, and after receiving instructions from Superintendent Kataoka, he stood on the batting area and looked at Hokkaido Ei catcher who was still talking to their ace on the pitcher's mound.

After a few rounds of rotation of playing seats, the type of ball and ball speed of Hokkaido Sakae's ace club are almost understood, and it is not difficult to analyze the next match of Hokkaido Sakae catcher.

Hokkaido Sakae's catcher trotted back to home plate from the pitcher's mound and crouched down again, while Murasuke Daiki swung his bat and waited for the hit.

"Whew!"

The baseball flew out of the pitcher's mound and headed straight for home plate, and Murasuke did not hesitate to swing the metal bat in his hand.

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound sped over the home plate and into the holster of the Hokkaido Sakae catcher behind home plate.

Daiki Murasuke, who had re-established himself on the batting area, waved the bat in his hand, raised the bat and continued to wait for the blow.

"Whew!"

The baseball sped from the pitcher's mound again, and Murasuke Taiki swung the metal bat in his hand vigorously.

"Huh!"

A metal bat swept over the top of home plate and collided with a baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound.

"Ping!"

After knocking the speeding baseball away, Daiki Murasuke dropped the bat in his hand and started running the base.

Higashi Kiyokuni and Takashi Fujii, who were some distance from first and second base, began to run towards second and third base after seeing the baseball flying past the pitcher Mound being knocked away by Murasuke Omura.

“safe.“

With the verdict of the second and third base trials, there was a burst of cheers from Qingdao's side, happy that Qingdao's base was full.

Unfortunately, Tetsu Yuuki, who played behind Daiki Murake, didn't play well either, knocking out an infield short shot, and in addition to allowing Takashi Fujii to return to home plate, he himself could only barely run to first base.

Kotaro Tojima, who came on the field next, hit an infield high fly ball and was picked up and killed by Hokkaido Sakae's partisans.

"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."

Dong Qingguo at third base raised his hand to take off the helmet used for strike, trotted back to the rest area of the Qingdao Road, picked up the ball cover and put on the cap, and returned to the field.

Yagami was walking towards the arena not a few steps in front of Dong Qingguo, Dong Qingguo quickly followed, patted Yagami on the shoulder, and said loudly: "There is still the last half of the game, come on!" ”

"Let's do it together! Captain. Yagami responded to the encouragement of the Eastern Kiyokoku.

After Yagami and Higashi Kiyokuni walked onto the field, one walked towards the pitcher's mound, and the other trotted to first base.

Yagami Yagami picked up the baseball on the ground, wiped off the dirt on it, threw the baseball into the holster of his right hand, and raised his left hand to straighten the cap.

With the last three outs to go, the 78th selection high school baseball tournament will be played again, and the match between Seido and Hokkaido Sakae will be over.