"Whew!"

According to the catcher's code, Nagumo Shiyi waved his arm to home plate and threw a curveball that would turn from the non-good zone into the good zone.

"Out of bounds!"

Takahama also swung the baseball that fell down low in the outer corner and flew to the right.

"Ping!"

The beaten man entangled Nagumo Shiichi, and the straight ball in the inside corner of the home plate was hit by his swing and flew to the iron net on the side of third base.

"Out of bounds!"

"Whew!"

"Ping!"

Faced with the outside corner speed ball after the inside corner straight ball, Takahama Takahama also continued to swing the bat, hitting the ball to the right and flying out of bounds.

"No matter how many times... It's going to fly out! ”

After regaining his footing on the batting area, Takahama also turned his head to look at the pitcher, raised his bat erected, clenched his hands, and waited for the pitcher to deliver.

"Ping!"

After hitting the center of the pitcher's straight ball, Takahama shook off the bat and turned to sprint to first base.

"Smack!"

The baseball that pierced the right half flew straight into the center-right outfield and then hit the net behind the outfield.

By the time right fielder Kenjiro Hakushu ran over to pick up the baseball that had bounced back to the ground in a collision with the net, runner Koichiro Matsumoto had already run past second base and was now sprinting to third base.

“Run.“

When it was too late to stop the runner from running back to home plate to score, Kenjiro Hakushu could only turn around and wave his arm to pass the ball to second base, so as to prevent the runner from running to third base in one go.

"It's... As a captain, I should have behaved! ”

Takahama Takuya, who was standing next to the second base bag, turned his head to look at the pitcher, asked the second base judge for a timeout, ran to first base, handed the protective gear off to his teammates who came to help, and then returned to second base to stand.

"It took 10 balls... Nagumo's pitching was also perfect... However, there is nothing wrong with attacking aggressively and still being beaten out.

"Because this is the showdown of the high school wild ball!!"

Yukiichi also looked at Nagumo, who turned around and walked back to the pitcher's hill after taking the baseball, and when he reached out to put the face guard back on, he seemed to suddenly remember something? Turning his head to apply for a suspension to the presiding judge.

"Nagumo..."

The timeout soon ended, and the catchers and infielders left the pitcher's mound one after another, leaving only Nagumo Shizuchi to remain on the pitcher's mound alone.

"The feeling of defeat, that's the last thing a pitcher should feel on a pitcher's mound—"

Shiichi Nagumo, who was standing sideways on the pitcher's board, with a sense of loneliness and defeat, raised his leg and stepped forward, waving his arm to throw a straight ball in the low post of the inside corner to home plate.

"Ping!"

Four-bat Kenji Tsuchiya swung his bat and hit the pitcher's straight ball to the knee and flew forward.

"Smack!"

The baseball flying over the shortstop landed on the lawn in front of the fielders, and was caught by the fielder Jun Isashaki in the bounce after landing.

“safe.“

It's a pity that runner Takuya Takahama took this opportunity to rush to third base in one go, so that when Jun Izaki was about to pass the ball sideways, third baseman Masuko Toru directly gestured and asked him not to pass the ball.

"Ping!"

Shiichi Minamigumo, who was on the verge of collapse, was hit by the opponent's swing in the first shot when facing the five-batter Yuki Rakuji, and flew high in the direction of the right field.

"Smack!"

Right fielder Kenjiro Hakushu raised his left hand upwards to catch the baseball that was flying by the beaten person with a bat, and killed Yuki Rakuji.

“Run.“

Unfortunately, when he waved his arm to pass the ball to home plate, Takahama Taku, who had previously played a bat, also took the lead from third base to home plate at a very fast speed, narrowing the difference between the two sides to three points.

“Ball.“

……

“Ball.“

……

"Four bad bad escorts!"

Shiichi Nagumo, who lost good ball control, directly sent the six-batter Riki Iwama to first base with four bad balls.

The pitcher's performance will affect the whole team, and anxiety and unnecessary worry will disrupt the normal performance.

The current state of the Qingdao players on the field is the best proof of this example.

"Ping!"

Yokohama hits the pitcher's outside corner knee straight ball and sends him flying high into the air.

"Smack!"

Jun Izagiki, a midfielder who ran from deep in the field, reached out his left hand and was just about to catch the falling baseball, and then threw himself forward to the ground, allowing the falling baseball to slip behind him.

“Run.“

When Jun Izashaki got up to pick up the ball, and then when he turned to pass the ball, the runners at first and second base ran back to home plate to score, allowing him to pass the ball to third base and prevent the runner from going up to third base.

"Yokohama, it's about to tie the score."

"Yokohama... We're about to turn the tide of battle! ”

For the spectators outside the court, the bottom half of the ninth inning was the most exciting part of today's practice match.

"Nagumo... We're going to do it anyway..."Yukichi also reached out to put on his face protector and crouched down behind home plate again, looking at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound as a gesture: "It's all going to be here... Stop them! ”

"Ping!"

Yuta Katakura, the eight-batter, swings a straight ball through the outside corner and flies it to the right.

Yukiichi also reached out to take off the face guard, looked up at the baseball that the victim hit in the air, and got up to catch up with the baseball.

"Smack!"

Kazuya Miyuki, who ran to the front of the rest area on the first base, raised his left hand upwards and kicked the ground with both legs to catch the baseball falling from the air.

"Out-"

The chief judge, who ran after the catcher, raised his right hand over his shoulder in a fist.

"It's over!!"

Miyuki Kazuya, who turned around and ran back to home plate, was applauded by a group of teammates: "Nice catch!" Miyuki—"

"Miyuki-san..."Shiichi Nagumo, who ran to home plate with the others, whispered to him, "I'm sorry... Thank you. ”

"You just threw well, Nagumo..."Yukichi also held the face guard in his hand, turned his head to Nagumo Shiichi and said, "Let's form a partner!" ”

"Pitchers don't apologize at every turn." Jun Izashaki walked over to the two of them and said with a look of tugging.

"Isashiki-senpai..."Nangumo Seichi, who rarely saw the appearance of a senior, looked a little surprised.

"Puff up your chest!" After saying this, Jun Izashaki and the others began to line up next to home plate, each siding with the Yokohama players.

"Thank you for the advice."

After saluting each other, the Seido and Yokohama players began to shake hands with each other, and the practice match ended with a score of 6:5.

……

Qingxinliao Canteen, 19:05 in the afternoon.

"In the first match against Yokohama, Kimura and Nagumo pitched and won 6:5." Hiroshi Ono got together with his classmates and explained to them about today's game, "The second game of the Second Army, although it was very tenacious... But still lost. ”

"However, Kawashima did a good job!"

"I'm sorry." For the affirmation of the catcher, Kengo Kawashima still apologized to him.

"Don't care!"

"Win tomorrow's two practice matches beautifully and end the summer vacation!!".

"You know what you didn't do well today, right?" Kuroza Naoya suddenly turned his head to Nangumo Shiichi on the opposite side and said, "Nangumo..."

As soon as he said this, Nanyun Shiyi lowered his head and became gloomy, then turned around and grabbed Miyuki Kazuya's collar, shook it vigorously, and yelled at him: "I believe in you so much, how can you...?" ”