Narita's infielders gathered on the pitcher's mound, listened to the herald's classmates tell them the overseer's instructions, and then cheered each other on before they dispersed and returned to their positions.

Narita's catcher Koji patted pitcher Kawamura on the back and didn't know what to say to him, and after the two laughed at each other, Koji trotted back to the back of home plate and crouched down again.

Kentaro Matsuda swung his bat and took a position on the batting area, while Naoya Kuraza, a runner at second base, was also stepping away from the base bag and making the appearance of sprinting to third base.

Narita's pitcher Kawamura was affected by this, looked back at Kuroza Naoya, who was about to steal the base, and made a fake containment move, and then waved his arm to throw the baseball in the palm of his hand at home plate according to the catcher Guji's code.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

Kentaro Matsuda, who failed to swing the bat, couldn't help but clench the bat hard with both hands, and his expression became more serious.

The current number of balls is two good balls and two bad balls, and the next ball must be seen clearly before swinging the bat.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

The baseball flew from the pitcher's mound to the front of him only had time to leave an afterimage on the retina, and then flew into the catcher's open ball sleeve.

“Strike out.“

The referee ruled accordingly.

"Three outs, offense and defense exchange."

Kentaro Matsuda waved his bat with some annoyance, walked out of the batting area, and walked straight back to the rest area of Aodo.

"There was a bit of impatience on the last ball." Superintendent Kataoka commented for a moment, and then said to the people who were about to go on the field to guard: "The opponent was taken 2 points by us in one go, and now they should also hold their breath and want to take points from us, and keep this game to frustrate their momentum." ”

"Yes."

Yagami yaza trotted all the way to the pitcher's mound, stomping on the dirt on the ground with his head down and tossing the magnesium powder bag with his left hand.

When he was almost done, Yagami casually threw the magnesium powder packet on the ground behind him, took out the baseball from the ball cover in his right hand, spun it around, and carried it behind him.

Catcher Kentaro Matsuda saw that Yagami was almost ready, and his fingers gestured under him, opening and arranging the ball covers.

Is the landing point a fast straight ball in the middle corner of the corner?

Yagami nodded, straightened up and raised his leg forward, raised his arm and flung it forward, and the next moment the baseball shot straight out of the pitcher's mound with the swing of his arm.

"Whew!"

Narita's face changed as he stood in the hitting area changed, and he took a sharp step forward, swinging out of his metal bat.

"Huh!"

Unfortunately, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound sped past the home base zone faster than he expected, and the metal bat in his hand had just swept over the home plate, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound had already fallen into the open sleeve of catcher Kentaro Matsuda, making a clear sound.

"Boom!"

“Strike.“

Narita frowned, the pitcher seemed to be throwing the ball a little faster than before, didn't he pitch with all his strength before this?

Yagami moved his shoulders on the pitcher's mound, caught the baseball passed to him by Matsuda-senpai, and then raised his leg and stepped forward, waved his arms, and threw the baseball in his palm according to the code given to him by Matsuda-senpai.

"Whew!"

The baseball, which flies from the pitcher's mound to home plate, is about to reach home plate, and it dodges the metal bat swept by the hitter with a large diagonal change and falls into the catcher's open ball sleeve.

Many people were surprised by Yagami's completion of the curveball, but he was alone in his thoughts: his curveball could not be compared to Tanba's curveball at all.

Yagami Yagama, who was slightly dissatisfied with his pitching, shook his head when he saw Matsuda-senpai continue to ask him for an inside corner, and only nodded in agreement with his match when Matsuda-senpai compared the code for a slider in the middle and low position of the outside corner.

Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling it, Yagami shook his left hand, stepped out, and the baseball that sped out on the pitcher's mound with the push of his fingertips flew straight towards home plate.

"Whew!"

The baseball that flew off the pitcher's mound was about to hit home plate with an arc and slid sideways from the inside corner to the edge of the outside corner.

"Huh!"

The bat, swept by the beater, staggered with the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound at a distance, and the swing missed.

"Bang!"

Matsuda's open sleeve caught the baseball that flew into the corner of the corner.

“Strike out.“

The referee gestured to signal the hitter to be out.

Narita pitcher Kawamura should be the next to play, but Narita's side let a substitute player play on the court, and it seems that the opponent is ready to change the pitcher.

After Yagami got entangled with him for a few balls, he gave the substitute hit who came up to strikeout and went out again.

……

Even if Narita changed pitchers, their ace Yuji Karakawa would still not be able to recover their disadvantage.

Seido has already played with his momentum, a good defense can attack with confidence when hitting, and continuous scoring can make it easier for defenders to defend when defending, and it is very difficult to turn the game around in such a cycle.

Unless the Qingdao side can't think of a temporary replacement of pitchers, the superintendent of Narita really can't think of the possibility of catching up with the score.

The practice match between Seido and Narita ended with a score of 7:3, after which Narita's overseer accompanied the Seido people, mainly Kataoka, to a restaurant near Narita High School.

After lunch, everyone got on the school bus and prepared to set off for Gunma Prefecture.

The superintendent of Narita shook the hand of Superintendent Kataoka and said meaningfully, "This year's Seido is really exciting!" ”

Originally, he thought that the level of the two schools would not be too different, although they were only a team in the second round of the spring Koshien tour, but it should be a close to evenly matched, but unfortunately today's practice match was completely suppressed by Qingdao.

This is a purely offensive team, and such a team can't stand out in Tokyo, so he is curious about the strength of the Ichidai-san, Inagi Industries, and Teto who can overpower Qingdao!

Of course, he's also heard that Seido has been lacking in good pitchers in previous years, and if that's the case, then this year's qualification situation in Nishitokyo is even more confusing.

Superintendent Kataoka smiled and thanked Narita High School for its hospitality, and said politely, "I hope to meet you in Koshien this summer." After saying that, he turned around and got on the school bus of Qingdao Road.

After watching the school bus of Seido drive out of the school gate, the superintendent of Narita turned around and walked back towards the baseball club, there is really too much to reflect on today, and if they still want to get the right to qualify for Koshien in the summer, the team's shortcomings must be made up one by one.