The next day, Seido faced the winner of Team B, Hakuryu High School from Gunma, and if this game still won, The game will continue tomorrow and compete with the winners of the CD group for the championship. Yesterday I received the news from Hayakawa that Inami gave up Kanto Tournament's group qualification and did not send his ace.
Considering that it is now close to the end of May and there is only one month left before the summer Koshien preliminaries, it is understandable that Inami gives up Kanto Tournament.
Seido chose to attack later, which can save half the attack.
Sasaki Manager, who was holding a stopwatch, did not move when he heard Seido's choice, "No wonder Seido would make such a choice, no less than last year's terrifying line-up, and the increasingly perfect Pitcher Lineup. The one sent out today is the third-year ace who took a day off, which is pretty much what I thought." '
"Just hit like what we discussed yesterday and make sure to keep shaking that pitcher's heart."
"Hey -" all the players responded in unison. Speaking of influencing the pitcher on the base, that was their specialty.
'First String's average base-to-base speed is very scary. Once On Base, the destructive power is very strong, but Tanba seniors, don't be affected by them. 'Miyuki observed the batter next to him and hit Signals against Tanba.
Tanba doesn't understand what Miyuki is thinking, but he doesn't even have time to worry about the batter now. There is a first-year pitcher standing behind him in the left field. Once he blows himself up, this pitcher will He can play directly. He doesn't understand Kataoka Manager's true intention, but this person's existence is already stronger than the presence brought by the batter. As the saying goes, if you want to cover up one piece of news, use another bigger piece of news to attract attention.
Tanba is in this state now. Before he even realized that the three batters had been solved, the referee had already announced Three Outs, Change Sides.
"Tanba, you are so selfless today."
"Haha, is it because of Kōshū in the left field? I was behind you and saw you paying attention there." As expected of Kominato's brother, he has always been very observant.
"Today... I'm in good condition." Tanba ran a few steps quickly to escape from the crowd.
'Damn it, it's not because of that first grader. That state of selflessness, Tanba Koichiro, remember it quickly! 'Tanba senior will never admit that he cares about this first grader, even more than the batter. He can only advise himself in his heart to remember this state quickly, so that he can quickly resume pitching next time he encounters a self-destruction.
Kōshū is unaware of all this. He is sitting in Dugout now. In the second half of the inning, he probably has nothing to do. Speaking of which, being a hitter is pretty good. Pitching is so tiring. Not only does pitching make my muscles ache, but my heart is also tired. I heard that in professional baseball, there is a designated hitter position. Do you want to consider changing the position?
Just as he was thinking wildly, there were frequent caring looks from the side.
"Furuya-kun, please stop giving me hints with your eyes. If you don't tell me, how will I know what you want to ask me?"
"..." A glass of water was handed over to him, and Kōshū, who thought Furuya was going to ask "When can I pitch" and "When can I play" again, felt a little guilty in his heart, wondering if the tone of his words just now was a bit impatient. "Thank you, Furuya-kun."
"Well," Furuya continued to sit aside. After Kōshū finished drinking, he finally formulated the sentence: "I really want to pitch a ball."
'I'm sorry, I just felt guilty for nothing, but this guy is still asking that question. ' Every time he asked this question, Kōshū wondered what image he had in his mind. Kataoka Manager Roundworms in the belly?
It's just that I got it right a few times. Is it necessary to just keep asking like a newborn duckling?
"If you want to pitch, how about I warm up with you later?"
"Hmm..."
The two of them only threw a few balls, and the second half of the inning was over. Seido High School faced Bailong's ace and left the game in a hurry, leaving a base behind.
In the first half of the second inning, Tanba's selfless state was almost broken by Kōshū's artistic fielding. In this inning, the white dragon's four-bat Mima hit the left field direction., Kōshū was deeply guarded, and could only watch the ball land in front of his eyes. When the ball bounced into his glove, he noticed from the corner of his eye that there was a white light-like figure on the first base sideline, almost approaching the first base bag.
'It's a lie, you run so fast. ' Kōshū became anxious at that time. If he hadn't stopped him, senior Tanba would have had to blow himself up in two rounds.
"First base, hurry up." Fielding players everywhere were looking at him.
I want to hurry up too, damn it!
"Let me go!" Kōshū threw out his arm with all his strength, and the baseball crossed most of the center field from the left field and hit first base.
"Wow, laser shoulders."
"Why is the ball floating up?"
The sound in the stands became louder for a moment, but Kōshū was only focused on the first base trial's ruling.
"Out!"
"Yo west!" Except for Mima, who was covered in dust, everyone else in the venue breathed a sigh of relief.
"Nice!"
"Well done!"
Even senior Tanba clapped his hands happily.
Dugout, Sasaki Manager on the first base side can clearly see the upward trace. "That first-year pitcher, it is said that the straight ball is very powerful, it seems to be true." Only when the ball speed and rotation speed are very high, there will be such an obvious upward trajectory, almost floating from the first baseman's chest to a position higher than the head.
'Seido should be even more difficult to deal with next year. ' This is the common sentiment of almost all supervisors recently. Fortunately, Hakuryu High School is about to meet Seido, which is Koshien.
But on Seido's side, the pitcher's condition began to fluctuate again after he had just performed a beautiful fielding performance. The reason was that the junior was too reliable. Unknowingly, the mood began to focus on the hitter again. The pressure gradually accumulated and the pitching also fluctuated.
'What kind of senior am I? I use the juniors as a target for stable pitching. The kind of psychological construction I have done, probably even Yuuki and the others in my grade don't dare to reveal. It's really bad. ' He obviously thought that he had changed a lot in the past two years, but he still showed such a cowardly look from the bottom of his heart. Tanba couldn't help but become angry with himself. This angry emotion was like a flame, burning away the illusory worries.
So in Miyuki's puzzled eyes, Tanba's pitching stabilized again, 'Senior Tanba, what are you thinking about?.. His expressions kept changing. The so-called pitchers were really a bunch of strange guys... '
"Three Outs, Change Sides!"
"It's really strange. It's already the seventh game, and Seido's ace who often self-destructs is still so stable." Even the people watching the game noticed the strangeness.
"That's weird for you to say that. Everyone is growing up, so high school students' competitions are interesting!"
Indeed, compared to the atmosphere of professional baseball where playing is just a matter of working, the most attractive thing is the way high school students try their best to pursue their dreams and Koshien.
On the last day of vacation, I made up my mind to start revising my resume!!