At 12:05 p.m. on July 26, a cedar course in Tama City.

"There are a lot more people today than before."

As soon as he walked into the rest area, Yuki Tanaka looked at the support group of Sakura Meilin in the stands opposite and the audience seats that were seated behind him, and sighed.

"After all, it's the quarterfinals, and the degree of attention is definitely different." Takashi Fujii put down his backpack, moved his hands and feet, unzipped the backpack, and took out gloves and bats from inside.

After putting on the batting gloves, he picked up the bat and walked out of the lounge area, came to the edge of the court, and began to warm up with the bat.

The others quickly walked out of the rest area and came to the edge of the arena to prepare for the game.

"Huh? Why didn't Qingdao's ace pitch in the cowshed? ”

"It's like they're warming up with pitching right now, their previous ace, the third-year bench pitcher."

"How is the ace of Qingdao practicing passing and receiving the ball with other people?"

The spectators who came to watch this game suddenly found that the Qingdao side was different from the previous pre-game preparations, and there was a lot of discussion about it.

Sakura Merlin's supervisor held the starting list of Seido that he had just received from the referee in his hand, and showed a thoughtful expression.

Isn't this ready to let the ace play? Underestimated!

But such a big flaw, if they don't grasp it firmly, they will be sorry for the opportunity that Qingdao gave them.

Thinking of this, he asked the team members of Sakura Merlin to come over and assemble and supplement the improvised plan.

"Try to hit the ball to the right field, and that first-year right fielder is the best target for us to break through the Qingdao guard this time."

(Note: After getting to know Sakura Merin, I suddenly felt that Seido was very similar to Sakura Merin, and after Sakura Merlin entered the summer in 2002, he never entered the spring and summer Koshien again; Before that, he had been able to enter Koshien from time to time, but after that, it was as if he had suddenly lost the strength to continue to enter Koshien, and he often stopped at the quarterfinals or semifinals of the Summer Liga Qualifiers and the Tokyo Metropolitan Games in the fall, just like Seido. )

At the same time, Superintendent Kataoka also gathered the Seido crowd for the final pre-game mobilization.

"I've already said what I need to say, and then it's up to you to perform, don't be too arrogant, don't be arrogant, don't be arrogant, give full play to your strength, cooperate with Jinguji Temple to win three outs in each inning, and then knock out hits from the opponent's pitcher one after another."

"Yes!" The Qingdao people responded loudly.

In the first half of the first inning, Taro Fukuda, who was a bat, changed his protective gear, walked onto the field with a bat, and after saluting the referee, he raised the bat, turned his head to look at the Sakura Merlin pitcher on the pitcher's mound, raised one leg slightly, and made a gesture of waiting for the blow.

At 12:27, Sakura Merlin pitcher Shimizu glanced at the code given by catcher Yuichi Adachi and waved his arm to throw the baseball in his hand.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

Taro Fukuda waved his bat, but failed to hit the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, and the baseball plummeted as it was about to enter home plate, almost digging into the ground.

Finger fork ball? When I watched the video before, I didn't seem to have seen him vote.

Is it a coincidence? Or is it a ball that has been hidden? With such a question, Taro Fukuda was very cautious behind and didn't dare to swing the baton at will, but unfortunately in the end he was struck out by Sakura Merlin pitcher Shimizu.

"What's going on?" Kotaro Tojima, who was about to go on the attack, asked out loud.

"The first shot he threw seemed to be a fork, but I'm not sure if it was by accident." Taro Fukuda voiced his doubts.

"Then think he's going to throw a fork." After Kotaro Tojima finished speaking, he walked towards home plate.

"Whew!"

The baseball flew from the pitcher's mound to home plate after being thrown by Shimizu with a swing of his arm.

"Huh!"

Kotaro Tojima stared at the direction the baseball was flying from and waved the bat in his hand.

"Ping!"

Once again, the baseball fell in front of home plate, and Kotaro Tojima's swept bat touched the falling baseball, causing it to bounce in place and fly to the back of home plate.

Kotaro Tojima waved the bat in his hand, and the ball thrown by the Sakura Merlin pitcher really looked like a finger fork ball?! I had been hiding it before, and now I took it out specifically to deal with them?

In the rest area of Qingdao, Chris and Yukiichi also glanced at each other, and it could be seen that the pitcher of Sakura Merlin was still very rough in his handling of the knuckleball, and it should not have been fully practiced, but for the sake of the game, it was decided to use it temporarily.

Chris ran out and said a few words to Tetsuya Yuuki, who was about to go to the waiting area, and the other party nodded and walked into the waiting area with his bat.

Soon, Kotaro Tojima, who was the second batter, was also knocked out by pitcher Shimizu, and Tetsuya Yuki saw this and walked towards the batting area with his bat.

No matter what kind of ball the pitcher throws by the J. Oberlin pitcher, don't rush to swing the bat just yet.

Tetsuya Yuuki did as Chris told him, raising the bat in his hand and waiting for the strike, and then controlling his desire to swing the bat when the baseball flew over the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

Sure enough, the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound began to fall rapidly as it was about to fly into home plate.

"Bang!"

“ball.“

It's a pity that because Tetsu Yuki didn't wave the bat in his hand, the baseball that was caught by Yuichi Shotachi after it bounced off the ground was directly recorded as a bad ball by the referee.

In this way, the opponent's knuckle ball cannot be thrown into the good ball area well.

Yuichi Adachi stopped asking the pitcher for the pitcher's finger ball after seeing that the Qingdao hitter was no longer deceived by the pitcher's finger ball and swung the bat.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

Without the interference of the knuckleball, Tetsuya Yuuki quickly knocked out a hit from pitcher Shimizu in the direction of right fielder and allowed himself to run to first base.

"Dong, let's have a spring cannon!"

"That's right, Dong, we're very optimistic about you!"

"Captain, come on!"

When Dong Qingguo walked up to the batting area with a bat, the stands on the Qingdao side suddenly became lively.

Yui Adachi looked at Dongqingguo in front of him, and the huge figure made him frown.

How to deal with such a strong batter? He hesitated for a moment before he signaled to the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“ball.“

Dong Qingguo looked at the low ball road, didn't even move, and directly watched the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound speeding in front of his eyes, he wanted to play the previous finger fork ball a little, but it is estimated that the opponent will no longer throw the finger fork, right?

"Whew!"

Soon, the baseball thrown by Sakura Merlin pitcher Shimizu waved his arm flew over again.

Is it a straight ball? Or the previous knuckleball? Dong Qingguo stepped forward, waving his hands and waving the metal bat in his hand into an afterimage.

"Huh!"

"So fast!" Yu Adachi felt a flower in front of him, and then he ......

"Ping!"

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound had just flown into home plate when it was swept away by Dong Qingguo with his powerful force and rushed towards the distant sky.

It doesn't matter if it's a straight ball or a finger cross, just hit it off before the path changes! That's what he believes when he swings his bat.

"Haha!" Dong Qingguo laughed and dropped the bat in his hand and began to run the base.

"Home run! The four-batter Dongjun knocked out a two-point home run in the first inning of the game! "The TV broadcast was the excited voice of the narrator.