Chapter 86: The Red and White War (6)
Yagami walked to the rest area on the old student's side and looked inside, and Chris got up and walked out when he found Yagami looking outside the rest area.
"Shouldn't you be the commander of the old students' team?" Yagami asked when he saw Chris come out.
"Superintendent Kataoka said he asked the palace to come." Chris first looked at the situation on the field, and then continued: "Besides, the freshmen on the other side were commanded by Miyuki before, and now they are commanded by Kuraza, and those first-year freshmen have been impressed by the strength of the two of them, and now let me command, in fact, it is not much better." ”
"Can you play today?" As soon as Yagami finished speaking, he saw Chris shake his head at this, "Okay. ”
The two sides were silent for a short while, and Yagami continued to ask, "Who do you think has any hope of entering the first army this time?" ”
Chris thought about it carefully for a moment before giving his opinion, "Judging from the performance of the first-year freshmen, Miyuki and Kuraza will definitely be able to enter the first army." ”
"Old student's side...... It should be Sakai-senpai, Tanba, and Izaki......"
"Haven't you thought about yourself?" After listening to Chris's opinion on the new candidates for the First Army, Yagami glanced at him and asked directly.
"It's a little early, and I won't be able to play until at least late June." Chris's whole person looked very bitter.
Just when Yagami and Chris were chatting hotly, they suddenly heard a "ping-pong", and the first-year freshman named Kenjiro Hakushu knocked out a midfield long shot from Senior Sakai and used it to run to first base.
"In addition to the four pitchers, the rest of the freshmen are worth paying attention to with him and a guy named Yoichi Kuramochi" Chris briefly explained: "The freshman named Kuramochi had a fast foot, and after going to base, he successfully ran to second base by stealing bases, and then after knocking out a second base hit in the hiding seat, he returned to home plate smoothly and won their first points for the freshmen, so to speak, this point was all earned by him stealing bases." ”
"Hakushu played very steadily, except for the first hit, he was not very adaptable, and he was able to knock out hits from Tanba's hands in the back, and he also performed well in the defense."
"Ping!"
There was another sound of a baseball hitting the bat, and Yukiichi could be seen throwing the bat in his hand, turning around and starting to run the base. Kenjiro Hakushu at first base was also sprinting towards second base at the same time.
"Miyuki, this guy's blow is pretty good." Yagami Ye looked at the base bag that ran to the first base, and said excitedly and excitedly waving to the first-year freshmen who came over to get the protective gear.
Chris didn't answer this, he always felt that Yukikazuya's blow brought him a very subtle feeling, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was wrong.
The Miyuki Kazuya he knew during the junior high school period was not very strong, but more than a year has passed, and it is time to make progress...... The problem was that he didn't swing some of the best balls, and when Tanba threw a straight ball with a variant that floated slightly upward, he was able to hit the flying baseball with precision to help his team win another point.
Yagami didn't speak, and quietly watched the game on the field.
In the end, Senior Sakai still relied on his own strength to cooperate with the palace, and got three outs in the first half of the eighth inning, leaving only two remnants for the first-year freshmen to end the game.
In the second half of the eighth inning, the freshman side was replaced by Superintendent Kataoka with pitchers and catchers.
Yagami Yagami heard the sound of Kataoka supervising the replacement of pitchers and catchers, and turned his gaze to the rest area on the freshman's side, and the dark-skinned boy named Kurosaki Ichitaka walked out of the rest area with an unusually bright smile on his dark face.
Kengo Kawashima frowned, he didn't understand why Kurosaki Ichitaka could still laugh at this time? And it looks like he's having fun.
After all, it is Hiroshi Ono who has been replaced before, who is going up to cooperate with him now, neither Yukiichiya nor Naoya Kuraza, or does he think that his own strength alone is enough to make the seniors score less or even knock them out in the next garrison? Thinking of this, Kengo Kawashima pursed his lips unhappily.
"Miyauchi, this guy is in the same dormitory as you, and he is a freshman who has performed well in the aptitude test after joining the company?" Yagami asked Keisuke Miyauchi, who was not far away.
"Hmm." Keisuke Miyauchi nodded, and set his eyes on Kurosaki Ichitaka, who was walking towards the pitcher's mound, "His pitching level is very good. ”
After recalling the previous freshman test, he walked up to Yagami and Chris and continued, "The straight ball can be thrown at a maximum speed of 142km/h, and he is proficient in two types of well-completed variations, and his sliders have a good horizontal displacement, and the speed is not slow, and the ball speed fluctuates around 130km/h. ”
"The curveball he throws has a big drop in height, and although the speed of the ball is only 121km/h, the completion of the curveball is above the slider." Keisuke Miyauchi paused here before continuing: "At the same time, his ball control ability is the best among freshmen. ”
As soon as Keisuke Miyauchi's words were finished, the surrounding second- and third-year students immediately understood that they were a very good first-year freshman pitcher in terms of the results of the pitching test.
It's really unlucky, is such a test necessary?
The smile on Kurosaki Iktaka was still there, but his half-squinted eyes had been fully opened, and he didn't squint at Hiroshi Ono who was walking towards him.
The pale face and stiff movements of this peer in front of him all showed that he was in a very poor state, but he forced his composure and smiled when facing himself.
A smile that's worse than crying! I really don't understand why Ono Hiroshi chose Qingdao?
But that's not the point, the point is that his ball distribution is likely to affect his performance, and it would be nice to continue to let Naoya Kuroza receive and command in the last two games, and he and Ono Hiroshi have to do these useless tests.
As the core of the team's command, and even the soul of the team's defense, the catcher needs to have a keen judgment of the situation, and eliminate the opposing hitters one by one by guiding the pitcher and directing other defenders.
Ono Hiroshi, as the catcher second only to Miyuki Kazuya and Kuroza Naoya among the first-year freshmen, has a worrying performance in this red-white battle about the confrontation between new and old students, and neither Kengo Kawashima nor Mio Kijima can guide them well. Coupled with the excellent performances of Yukikazu and Kuroza Naoya before, he will inevitably be affected and even dominated by various negative emotions now, and there must be a big error in the matching and judgment of the situation on the court.
Something must be done to get him back to normal!