Masuko Toru at first base began to move away from the base bag at first base, making a posture of being ready to steal the base at any time.

Now the situation on the field is one out, one third base.

Taro Fukuda thought that he could send Chris back to home plate at third base with a short shot, but on the surface, he did not change the way he held the bat, still raising the bat and waiting for the pitcher to pitch.

"Whew!"

At the moment when the baseball was thrown by the opponent's pitcher, Taro Fukuda quickly changed the way he held the bat, from holding a long bat to swinging a short bat, and gently pointed the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound in the direction of first base with the bat in his hand, and then immediately dropped the bat and started to run the base.

"Ping!"

The pitcher of Kugayama of Kokugakuin immediately ran down the pitcher's hill and chased the baseball that was struck out by Taro Fukuda, and after chasing it for a short distance, he picked up the baseball on the ground, turned and passed it to first base.

After catching the flying baseball, the first baseman of Kuga Mountain of the National Academy ran back two steps and stepped on the baseball, then looked in the direction of second base, and found that the runner of the Qingdao Road, Masuko Toru, had not yet reached base, and then shook his arm and passed the baseball in his hand to second base.

“out.“

The first base judge signals the hitter to be out.

“safe.“

The second base judge signaled for the runner to be on base safely.

Taro Fukuda ran back to the rest area of Qingdao, and Chris, who managed to run back to home plate to score, ran over and said, "Senior did a really good job, and got another point." ”

Chris and Senior Fukuda walked into the rest area together and glanced back at the score on the scoreboard, 3:0.

They scored two points in the top half of the eighth inning, and as long as they didn't concede points in the bottom half of the next eighth inning and the bottom half of the ninth, the game was over.

In the second half of the ninth inning, Koichiro Tanba, who had already played three innings, picked up his cap and put it on, and was about to go outside to warm up when Superintendent Kataoka suddenly said, "Sakai, you go in the last game." Tanba, good behave, go and do the. ”

"Yes!" Yu Sakai picked up his pitcher kit and went to the cowshed outside with Kentaro Matsuda to continue warming up.

Koichiro Tanba put down the ball cover in his hand and took off the ball cap, took the water cup handed to him by Yagami Yagami, sat down on the chair, and drank slowly.

Although Tamba did not express his dissatisfaction due to personality reasons, as long as he is a pitcher, few people can think of giving up his position after going up to the pitcher's mound...... Yagami and Koichiro Tanba are the former, and Kurosaki Iktakaka, who has transferred to another school, is the latter.

The result of the match was as Chris had expected, with Qingdao winning the four rounds with a score of 3:0.

……

The match against Sakura Merlin took place two days later on Wednesday, when the Seido group returned to school for a brief break and resumed today's training.

After Yagami finished today's pitching practice, he saw several seniors practicing swinging the bat, so he volunteered to run over to help them pitch.

After making an appointment for everyone to replace the next person after playing five balls, Yagami Yaichi threw twenty quick straight balls in a row to complete the rotation of the first round, and Dong Qingguo, who re-entered the hitting area, suddenly said: "Yagami, you can throw whatever you want now, don't limit yourself to only throwing straight balls." ”

Yagami, who was taking out the baseball from the frame, threw the baseball in his hand, raised his legs, took steps, waved his arms, and threw the baseball in his palm.

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

Dong Qingguo looked at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, immediately swept the bat in his hand, and swept the flying baseball out, and the baseball that was hit by him flew high, it was an outfield high flying ball, and it was a ball that would be caught and killed by the opponent's guard.

Dong Qingguo moved his neck first, then moved the wrist of his right hand, raised his bat and shouted at Yagami Yagami on the pitcher position, "Go on." ”

Yagami finished throwing the remaining four balls in one go, and in addition to a fast slide that Dong Qingguo missed, the remaining three balls were all hit by Dong Qingguo, one throw-in, one for first base and one for second base.

"That's what makes it more interesting, because the opponent doesn't limit the ball for us to play during the game." Dong Qingguo carried the bat on his shoulder, stood there and laughed.

"Give it up, it's my turn." Takashi Fujii, who was behind Dongqingguo, pushed him as soon as he came up, and then said to Yagami Yagami on the pitcher seat as soon as he came up, "You can vote as you like, and I will hit as you like." ”

In this way, while more and more seniors came up to practice striking, they also asked Yagami to pitch at will according to his own wishes.

In this way, everyone's batting rate and even batting rate will drop immediately, but it will also make it easier for hitters to discover their shortcomings.

"Little Night!" When everyone was in the mood for practice, Chris ran over and shouted Yagami Yagami, "You've overshot today, go for a run." ”

“…… Be! ”

I just threw the ball on a whim, and I forgot to remember my throw count!

Yagami immediately dropped the baseball in his hand and began to run around the court while moving his shoulders.

After twenty laps around the course, he began to pack his belongings and get ready to go home.

……

"Tomorrow's opponent, Sakura Merlin, is not a prestigious school, but it is also a strong team in the Nishitokyo area." Superintendent Kataoka said, his gaze swept over the Qingdao people, and finally fell on the body of Kuroza Naoya: "Tomorrow's game, Kuraza you go to the right field." ”

Kuraza Naoya was stunned for a moment when he heard this, it turns out that he still has a chance to play as an outfielder at this time?

"Okay." Kuraza Naoya came back to his senses and nodded in response.

"Jinguji, tomorrow's starting pitcher is you." Superintendent Kataoka continued with the rest of the arrangement.

"Yes!" Jinguji responded to the road together.

"Sakai, remember to warm up, and I'll arrange for you to play depending on the situation." Superintendent Kataoka continued.

"Yes!" Yu Sakai was a little excited, originally thinking that the more games he played, the less likely he would play, but he didn't expect to be able to play in the quarterfinals.

Hearing this, Chris already understands the intention of Superintendent Kataoka.

Considering the opponent in the semi-finals and finals later, his strength is very strong, Yagami Ye will definitely play in both games as an ace, and he may even have to shoot the whole game. The semi-finals are on July 28 and the finals are on July 30, with only one day to rest in between, and the fatigue accumulated before will definitely affect the pitcher's condition.

In this way, he can only try to give Yagami a little more rest in the previous game, so as to reduce the pressure on him.