"Here they are."

"It's Qingdao!"

"Yuuki!"

"Qingdao!"

"Izzoshiki!"

"Tamba!"

"Captain Tetsuya!"

"Superintendent Kataoka!"

The crowd cheered as the players from both sides entered.

"Inashi... Strongest! ”

"Chenggong!"

"Inami is the strongest!!"

"Naru..."

"Ya..."

"Carl Ross!"

"Let's enter Koshien!"

"Please, Friends of the Nation!"

"Take us to Koshien!"

"Kataoka..."

"Qingdao!"

"Inashi!"

"Qingdao!"

……

"Is the starting pitcher Kimura?" Tsubasa Hirai looked at the list of Seido players on the electronic bulletin board and spoke.

"Let Tanba relay means..."Hideaki Yoshizawa took over the conversation and gave his opinion.

"It may be like the Emperor East War, and the tactics of successive throws will be used frequently."

"What will be the order of pitchers after that?" Tsubasa Hirai voiced his doubts.

"Huh... Yes!! ”

Looking at the trump card that was yawning next to him, Masako Harada said, "You didn't seem to have slept much last night, and you haven't been yawning since morning." ”

"Really?" Cheng Gongming looked a little unimpressed.

"He's been like that once in a while since losing to Seido in the summer." Masako Harada understands very well why Seimiya has changed.

"When I think back to the time I lost the game, I can't sleep."

"It's okay, don't worry about it."

"I'm just thinking about how can I defeat them? As a result, the excitement was raised. Narumiya said as he exuded the aura of a king.

"Ichiya, this is the battle you're looking forward to... The savior of Qingdao! (PS: Yukiichi Michi, who took his place with an injury and became the main catcher, was also called the savior of Qingdao by the baseball kingdom with his wonderful performance on the field.) )

"I said it, don't blame me if you regret it."

……

After finishing the pre-match defensive practice, Qingdao and Inagi Industrial players each stood in a line in front of the rest area, waiting for the referee's instructions.

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Government of the Autumn Meeting, this conference is the winner..."

"Aiming for the second consecutive hegemony of the autumn conference, the green road to achieve national hegemony at the beginning of the summer!"

"For the shame of the snowy summer, I will point to the Daocheng Industry in Koshien in the spring of this year!"

"Both sides are well-known in the country, which team will win today's decisive match?"

"Let's go!"

"Oh!"

Under the instructions of the chief judge, the two players rushed to the arena together.

"The audience applauded thunderously, welcoming the two teams of players to the grand debut."

"This is a tribute to the two teams of players who have fought so far!"

"And anticipation for the upcoming matches!!"

"Ceremony!" The judges were the first to take off their hats and salute.

"Please advise!" Both players followed, taking off their hats and saluting each other.

"What kind of victory will it be?"

"In the first half of the first game, it was defended by Qingdao."

"The one who stood on the pitcher's hill was a one-year pitcher from Seido, back number 11, Takuya Kimura."

"Today's conference has a wonderful performance... And a pitcher who has made a name for himself in Tokyo! Seido chose to give him the important position of starting pitcher in the decisive match. ”

"The one who holds the position of catcher is the same one-year, back number 10, Miyuki Kazuya!"

"Four of the nine players who started are all first-year students, and this is the characteristic of Qingdao after forming a new team!" (PS: First baseman Yuuki, second baseman Kominato, shortstop Kuramoto, third baseman Masuko, left fielder Kadoda, middle fielder Izaki, right fielder Hakushu.) )

……

"Aim for the good shots he throws because he's worried about the number of good shots."

With this in mind, Inagi Industrial stepped into the batting area with a batter Carl Rose.

"In the first half of the first game, it was attacked by Inagi Industry, a stick, a middle fielder, Kamiya-kun."

In the first half of the game, Takuya Kimura, with the cooperation of Miyuki Kazuya, only lost one point to overcome the difficulties formed by Inagi Industrial's upper position, so that the two sides exchanged offense and defense.

"Unless it's already 2 good balls, don't shoot anything other than good balls."

"Don't be afraid to get strikeouts, just choose the way you aim for the ball."

"As long as he is allowed to pitch more, even if it is Cheng Gong, the mistakes will definitely increase!"

Superintendent Kataoka brought together the nine people who had returned to the rest area to give his own tactical arrangement.

"Hmm!" Everyone in Qingdao nodded in understanding.

"Let's go!" After Superintendent Kataoka turned to leave, the remaining nine people gathered in a circle under the leadership of captain Tetsuya Yuki and shouted loudly.

"Good!!"

……

"In the face of Chenggong, how should Qingdao attack?" Reporters Ota and Akiko are intrigued by Seimchi's tactics.

"It seems that this is the key to this competition."

"That's right, compared to Inagi Industrial, which has an absolute trump card...", Mine Fujio agreed with his colleague's opinion.

"Qingdao has relied on the tactics of successive pitching all the way to the present, and the strength of the pitchers on both sides is the key to the victory or defeat of this competition!"

"In the second half of the first game, the Qingdao attack, a stick, a shortstop, Kurachi-kun."

In the second half of the first game, Qingdao played the line and took advantage of the unstable start of the opponent's ace Cheng Gongming, snatched a point from him and equalized the score of the two sides.

In the next three innings, Inagi Industrial ace Narimiya did not lose a point, and Qingdao pitcher Kimura Takuya lost another point in the first half of the third inning against Inagi Industrial's upper line, allowing the opponent to take the lead in the score. In the first half of the next four innings, Takuya Kimura's form still did not recover, resulting in his performance not very good, and finally with the help of his teammates, he got three outs, leaving two stumps to end the first half of the fourth inning.

As a result, when he was about to re-face the attack of Inagi Industrial's upper line in the first half of the fifth inning, Kataoka Superintendent had no choice but to change the pitcher and let the ace Tanba Koichiro go on the board to pitch.

"Tell Tambo to start playing for him in the next game." With his hands crossed in front of his chest, Superintendent Kataoka is at the entrance and exit of the rest area, always keeping an eye on the situation on the field.

"Got it." Kuroza Naoya got up and walked over to the cowshed area, ready to convey the overseer's instructions to Dan-senpai.

"Nangumo, you go warm up, I'll let you play at any time."

"Yes!" Nodding, Nanyun Shiyi took his gloves and went to the cowshed area to find a partner of the palace seniors to warm up.

"Kimura's pitching is getting used to quickly by the opponent, and his form is becoming more and more inconsistent, so this substitution is inevitable." Chris, who took on the job of recorder, was well aware of Kataoka's intention to supervise the substitution.

"How's Narimiya's pitching?"

The players returning from the arena stood outside the entrance and exit of the rest area with Superintendent Kataoka, and Superintendent Kataoka, with a serious expression on his face, was the first to speak.

"The straight ball is powerful, but it's not completely out of reach." Faced with Kataoka's inquiry, Jun Izagiki took the lead in giving his opinion.

"He'll use the change ball to get the good ball." This is the view of Masuko To.

"So once you have a good shot, it's even more difficult to deal with."

"Got it..."Superintendent Kataoka, who listened to everyone's opinions, continued to speak.