Chapter 229: Second Battle

The six days passed quickly, and during this time, in addition to their daily training, the Seido people would collect materials from Kiryu's previous competitions at the Osaka tournament and use them for more detailed research.

On the evening of August 11, Superintendent Kataoka began announcing the starting lineup for the second round.

To Yagami's surprise, not only was he not the starting pitcher, but even the subsequent substitute superintendent Kataoka didn't think of letting him play.

After Superintendent Kataoka reported the starting candidates, he made a special request to Koichiro Tanba next to him, asking him to remember to warm up after the start of the game, and he might be arranged to pitch in the second match tomorrow.

The next day, because the Seido vs. Kiryu match was the fourth, the expected start time was 16:30 p.m., which also caused the Seido players to take a school bus to Hanshin Koshien at 15:45 p.m. after a lunch break.

The Seido people arrived at Hanshin Koshien and checked in with the staff, and the third game of the day had just ended, so it can be said that they came at a very accurate time.

"Let's go, it's our turn." Dong Qingguo took the lead in the entrance passage with a backpack on his back, and the others followed behind and also walked into the entrance passage of the players.

The two teams that had just finished the game quickly finished exiting, and the Qingdao players put their belongings in the rest area on the side of first base and began to go out to warm up.

In this match against Kiryu, Seichi attacked first, and Superintendent Kataoka called the nine people who came on as starters together for a pre-match meeting.

It was 16:28 p.m., and the Seongdo and Kiryu players were each lined up on the edge of the field, and then rushed to home plate together, took off their hats, bowed their heads, and bowed, after which the Seongdo players scattered and ran back to their rest area; Kiryu's players also dispersed and headed to their positions for a final warm-up.

"In the first half of the first game, the attack of Qingdao High School, a stick, a guerrilla, Fukuda-kun." At 16:30 p.m., the voice of the female radio began to be broadcast again.

Taro Fukuda stepped up to the left-hand zone, turned his head to look at Hiromi Kan on the pitcher's mound, waved the bat in front of him with his right hand, and then held the bat with both hands and rested it on his shoulder.

"Buzz-" At 16:31 p.m., with the sound of air defense sirens, the game officially began.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Hiromi Tate's arm swings an inside corner ball with a speed of less than 135km/h, but just as the hitter Taro Fukuda reacts and is about to swing the bat, he catches it with the open ball sleeve of the victim Yamada Okada.

“good shot.“

After the referee raised his right hand to make the decision, Okada stood up and took the baseball from his holster with his right hand and threw it back to the pitcher.

Kan Hiromi opened the ball cover to catch the baseball that the catcher passed back to him, then bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag next to him, raised his head, and looked directly at the hitter next to home plate, waiting for the catcher's code.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

In the face of the inside corner mid-position ball thrown by Hiromi Tate, the hitter Taro Fukuda swung the bat and hit the flying baseball, which was hit by the bat and fell on the sand next to the infield sideline, and then bounced to the infield area in front of him.

"Smack!"

Second baseman Shogo Shogo Shogo Shoshiki knelt on his right leg and stretched his left leg forward to look like a right triangle, then placed the ball cover on his abdomen to catch the bounced baseball.

"Boom!"

Second baseman Shogo Yoshiki wanted to get up as soon as he received the baseball, and he wanted to pass the ball to the first baseman as soon as possible to block the batter who was running the base, but he didn't expect that he didn't grasp the baseball he had just caught at all, so that in the process of getting up, the baseball bounced out of the ball sleeve and fell on the sand in the infield.

“safe.“

The batter took advantage of the opportunity for the second baseman to bend down to pick up the baseball that had fallen to the sand, and rushed through the first base bag in one go.

Taro Fukuda walked back to the first base and got back on his feet, first took off his batting gloves and handed them to the players who came to get them, then the handguards at his elbows.

"In the first half of the first inning, Seido High School's attack, second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka-kun."

Yuki Tanaka took the short bat directly after coming on the court and turned his head to look at Hiromi Tate, who was on the pitcher's mound, waiting for his pitch.

On the pitcher's mound, Kan Hiromi threw a ball sideways to first base, and after seeing that the runner had no choice, he returned his attention to home plate, and Yuki Tanaka, the hitter on the right hitting area, held the bat with both hands and waved it gently, turning his head to look at the pitcher's mound and waiting for the pitch.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Hiromi Kan threw an overly out-of-the-way curveball just above the touchline of the left-hand zone when the baseball flew to home plate and was caught by the sleeve reached by Masari Okada.

“bad shot.“

Okada got up and tossed the baseball to the pitcher who was walking towards him, and Hiromi Tate opened her case to catch the baseball passed to him by the catcher, turned around and walked back to the pitcher's mound, bent down and pinched the magnesium powder bag in front of him.

Yuki Tanaka, the batter in the batting area, held the short bat as always, waiting for the pitcher to pitch.

"Whew!"

"Boom!"

“bad shot.“

Hiromi Kan raised her leg and stepped forward, and when she threw the ball with her arm swing, she slipped her fingers and threw a bad ball that smashed directly in front of home plate.

Yamara Okada reached for the baseball on the ground and threw it back to Hiro Tatehiro on the pitcher's mound.

With an apologetic smile, Hiromi Tate reached out to take the baseball that the catcher had passed back to him, and he looked really scary.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Hiromi Kan waved her arm to throw a ball in the middle of the corner, and when the hitter Yuki Tanaka faced such a ball that was not very fast, the whole person half-crouched down and stared at the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound, but because he was not sure, he did not dare to push the short-held bat over, and pointed out the baseball thrown by the pitcher, and finally caught it easily by the open ball sleeve of the receiver.

“good shot.“ Seeing this, the presiding judge raised his right hand and clenched his fist to make a decision.

Yuki Tanaka straightened up on the batting area and, after taking a few deep breaths to ease his growing tension, continued to hold the short bat and looked sideways at Hiromi Tate, who was on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

"Ding!"

Hiromi Kan threw a low ball into the outside corner with a wave of her arm, and the batter of the beater, Yuki Tanaka, was pointed out to the right.

"Smack!"

The baseball in the bat's point fell on the sand next to the left hitting area, and then when Yuki Tanaka was about to start, the sideline that rolled out of the infield turned into a throw-in.

Okada got up and walked over, reached for the baseball on the ground, and turned to throw it to the pitcher on the pitcher.

After opening the ball cover to receive the baseball passed to him by the catcher, Hiromi Kan took off the cap and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, then bent down and grabbed the magnesium powder bag in front of him, squeezed it vigorously with his right hand, and then threw it back to the ground.

"Whoa!".

"Bang!"

Hiromi Kan waved her arm and threw a bad ball in the outside corner of the outside corner on the sideline of the left hitting area, and Yuki Tanaka quickly stopped his attempt to push the bat over after realizing that something was wrong, so that he could not stand firm on the right hitting area, first with his left foot to the home plate and then with his right foot.