Just when Yagami was thinking about it alone, Koichiro Tanba, who had just come on the court in the ninth game, successfully knocked out the hitter of the third year of the city, and won the three outs of the game relatively smoothly, ending the first half of the ninth game.

In the bottom half of the ninth inning, after Murakami Kazuma knocked out Aomichi's six-stick Kotaro Tojima with a strikeout, he was knocked out by Aodo's seven-stick Kuraza Naoya and ran to first base.

At this time, the three city asked the referee for a timeout, and the three infielders of the city three gathered on the pitcher's mound, and the herald of the city three also ran out of the three city rest areas, and after quickly talking about the arrangements of the Tahara supervisor, he turned around and ran back.

Takami, who was the catcher, was talking to Murakami with his ball sleeve and comforting the pitcher before he turned back to the back of home plate and crouched again.

Murakami and Mo, who started pitching again, were in a good mood, and even though there was a substitution of Qingdao to play on his behalf, after some entanglement, he still managed to win the last two outs and end the ninth game.

After the game entered the extra game, neither Aodo nor the three city sides scored in the tenth inning, until the first half of the eleventh inning, Tanba Koichiro caused a series of subsequent reactions because of the city's three major hitters' base: when there was only one of the city's three major runners on the base, Tanba Koichiro was still able to play his own strength well, until the second city three hitters knocked out the hit, his mentality began to be unbalanced. No matter how much the catcher Yukiichi tried to comfort and guide him, he couldn't recover quickly, and then he was hit a three-base hit by Kazutoku Tanaka, who was a five-star in the city, and then lost three points in a row to get the last out.

In the second half of the eleventh inning, no matter how Qingdao's playing line broke out, he could only recover 1 point from the city's three major pitchers, Murakami and Mona, and lost the game with a score of 6:4.

……

"Three outs, the game is over."

The 2006 Spring Kanto Regional University Wild Ball Tournament came to an end when the defenders of the city's three major defenders caught a flying fly from a Qingdao beater.

Unlike the silence of the spectators on the Qingdao side, the spectators on the three sides of the city were cheering and high-fived in celebration.

On the field, the members of Qingdao Road and the three major teams of the city lined up separately in the sound of air defense sirens, and then bowed to each other and shook hands one by one.

"This time we won." The captain of the three major cities shook the hand of Dong Qingguo, the captain of the Qingdao Road opposite, and said with a smile.

"I'll only see you next time at the National High School Wild Ball Player Gonsai Tokyo Tournament." The three main generals of the city, that is, their five sticks, Tanaka Kazutoku, also said to Dong Qingguo on the side.

"Haha, I'll see you then." Dong Qingguo laughed and shook the hand of Yohei Tanaka, the next three major players in the city.

"See you at the Hagar qualifiers." Manaka said as he took Yagami's hand.

"See you at the Hagar qualifiers." Yagami Yakai held Manaka's hand.

After watching the three major people in the city sing the school song and receive the medals, they stepped on the school bus and returned to school with the students who came to support.

The five-day Spring Kanto Games came to an end, followed by the National High School Tournament Tournament known as the Summer Liga Qualifiers, the National High School Tournament in Tokyo, and the last month or so of pre-tournament training.

……

After returning to Qingdao on the school bus, Superintendent Kataoka said to the Qingdao people in a gentle tone, "You can take a good rest on a cloudy day and resume training on Saturday." ”

Even if he lost this game with the three major players in the city because of his choice, Superintendent Kataoka, as a former baseball fool, would still feel depressed, and he could only force himself to look away and whisper, "Disband." With that, he turned and left.

After standing in place for a while, the Qingdao people dispersed in twos and threes, returning to the dormitory, and returning home.

Although Yagami said that he was not tired, after dinner and washing, he simply reviewed his homework and fell directly to the bed, feeling that the whole person was lazy, weak, and didn't want to move.

Today, let's take a break and stop going to school to practice swinging and pitching.

……

The next day, Yagami changed into his sportswear in the locker room and went to the indoor practice room to warm up for exercises, and he happened to meet Naoya Kuraza, a first-year student, and he asked himself, "Senior Yagami, if you don't mind, can you practice throwing with me?" ”

"Okay." Yagami said with a smile, "Then you hurry up and put on your protective gear, just in time to practice throwing with Izaki and them." ”

"Right away." Kuroza Naoya nodded, quickly put on the catcher armor, and then went to the throwing area with Yagami Yagama, Usaki Jun, Masuko Toru, and the four second-year students who had just come over.

After being in the catcher's position, Naoya Kuroza took out a baseball from the bucket next to him, tossed it lightly in his hand a few times, and then passed it to Yagami Yagami who was standing on the pitcher's position to start today's pitching practice.

"Senior, Senior, Senior!"

Chris slowed his pace and looked at the dark-skinned boy running behind him, a little surprised by the bright smile on his face.

But Chris didn't ask about it, and continued to run in circles.

"You don't seem to care about Kimura's performance yesterday?"

Kurosaki Kazutaka followed closely behind Chris and asked disapprovingly, "Do I need to care?" ”

"Don't underestimate anyone."

Kurosaki Ichitaka looked at Chris, who had a serious face in front of him, put away the indecent smile on his face, and said with the same serious expression: "I never underestimate anyone, because I know where my limits are, and in the future he may become a pitcher who is even better than me, but with his current strength, I don't need to care." ”

"Is that so......" Chris stopped, turned his head to look at Kurosaki Kazutaka in front of him, and looked serious, "Kurosaki, the overseer still hasn't replied to you." ”

Kurosaki Kazutaka didn't care about this, "Oh...... I know. ”

"Senior, I'm somewhat anticipating when Inspector Kataoka will reply and what kind of reply it will be."

"The superintendent's reply will be given in the next two weeks, after the practice matches with other schools in these two weeks, when the first and second teams will play Tamba and Kawakami, and for Tamba, it will be to see if he can overcome his psychological barrier and play his part in the summer liga qualifiers."

"As for Kawakami, it's up to him to see if he can retire from Jinguji and make up for the resulting shortcomings of Seido's pitching team......"