"Huh——" It was so dangerous. Kōshū was clinging to the third base bag. At that moment, the third baseman's breath was very close.
"Well done!!" Seido Dugout A group of seniors clapped on the railing and applauded.
"Brother!!!" Of course, Eijun's voice was so powerful that it made the lively air seem a bit quieter.
People in the studio saw the camera briefly focus on Seido Dugout. It was a figure whose shoulders were held down and who was holding the railing and waving.
The host explained to himself, "Ah, could it be that this pitcher's younger brother is also in Dugout? He's so passionate."
"Yes." The people around agreed.
Of course, the pitcher's real younger brother has already begun to grit his teeth in the dugout. Everyone's attitude towards one thing is probably the same: things that no one picks up are worthless, and things that are grabbed by others are good.
"Eijun! Be quiet!" Haruichi finally pressed his shoulders and pressed him down, "Be careful Kōshū will come down to deal with you later!"
"Ah, did I just shout?" Eijun looked surprised. He was too obsessed with the duel, and he didn't even know what he had just done after getting so excited, "Not good..."
He glanced at third base. The person there didn't seem to be affected by others at all. He left third base and stared at home plate.
And Kuramochi also showed his fangs at this time, and he generously turned the bat sideways, preparing to hit the ball back.
Sweat flowed down Fuji's cheeks, a cold sweat outside of the hot weather. In the third inning, with one out and third base occupied, and after two consecutive stolen bases, the jackal was approaching home.
'Don't panic, just get the outs one by one. ' The catcher put his glove on the outside corner, his heart going hot and cold with a series of thoughts.
'Except for the batter now, there is only one out left, and the pitcher has only one at-bat's rest. And if you work so hard in the early stage, your physical strength will not be able to keep up in the later stage. ' Weaknesses abound! But——
'Seido was the second pitcher, followed by Fastball... '
Fuji shot, and his mood was seriously affected. The ball was a bit far away from Strike Zone. When Kōshū saw it, he immediately pounced back. If he continued to rush forward, Kuramochi would have no choice but to hit the bad ball in the outside corner.
"Bad ball!" After receiving the message that the runner had given up running, Kuramochi stopped in time.
The catcher caught the ball, got up and went to third base to contain the ball. Kōshū threw himself with sand in his mouth.
"This time there are three bad ones and one good one. This game is really exciting!"
And Kyoma University's pitcher has no choice at this time. He can only give up one point and grab first base.
"Touch——" Kuramochi clicked lightly.
"Safe!"
"Out!"
"Wow——" It turned out to be Two-Point Lead. Faced with the start of Kyoma University, it turned out to be so smooth and the advantages continued to increase. Everyone in Dugout felt itchy in their hearts. Some expectations emerged from their always cautious thoughts, 'Maybe we can win. '
Kōshū, wiping dirt all over his body, high-fived the seniors Senior Kominato and Isashiki behind him, and then received a hero-like welcome.
Among the joyful voices, Kataoka Manager's voice was extra calm, "Furuya, have you warmed up?"
"Eh? Hmm!" Furuya, who realized the opportunity to play, showed an expectant expression without any thought.
"Then you pitch in the next inning, Kōshū——" Kataoka turned his eyes to the center of the crowd, "You didn't get a rest in this inning, so go to the left field first."
"Hi!"
The offensive of this round ended with Seido Dugout laughing and joking. Sure enough, Fuji stabilized again after that and successfully got the elimination number of Senior Kominato.
"Three out, switch sides!"
At the end of the third inning, Kōshū took his glove and ran all the way to the left field. Originally, he was in a daze after scoring this point, until when he left Dugout, he looked into someone's eyes.
The other party seemed to have no intention of speaking actively, and was even stunned for a moment. If Kōshū had not taken the initiative to look over, the other party might have just watched Kōshū leave Dugout silently.
But the two men's eyes collided at that time, and the pitcher quickly realized that he was going to squeeze out Senior Sakai, a real left fielder.
Sakai, a third grader, laughed. It was an emotion I had never seen on his face before. Was it relief? But his eyes seemed a little moist. Is it sad? The smile on his lips was sincere.
"Come on," even the voice was firm, as if something heavy had been placed in Kōshū's empty hands.
Standing still in the left field, Kōshū felt like a lump in his throat. He couldn't recall the joy he felt five minutes ago. If he hadn't insisted on grabbing that point and wouldn't have made himself rest badly, Senior Sakai's last inning might have lasted a little longer.
But that feeling passed in an instant. After all, the team's victory is the most important thing, and now the guy on Pitcher's Mound——
The belated broadcast sounded amidst the questioning, "Seido High School, notice of player change... Pitcher, Furuya-kun, left fielder, Kōshū."
"Huh?" Nitta Manager paused while touching his chin and said calmly to the eight bats, "I see, this new pitcher won't last many innings, so just go with the plan."
Ba Bang nodded. In fact, everyone at Seido had not paid special attention to Kyoma University. They had also seen an article in the newspaper that featured Seido and Kyoma University together, but it was also about the possibility of implementing multi-pitcher tactics on the Koshien field, so they had not made any preparations for today's game.
But Kyoma University's Nitta Manager, after the top eight were decided, they had already begun to study Seido.
In his eyes, Koshien's late pitchers were generally fatigued from continuous pitching. With Kyoma University's strength at both ends, Quarterfinals would definitely win in the semifinals. And among the few remaining schools, only Seido could maintain such physical strength.
"For this pitcher, just hit his ball like a ball from a pitching machine."
Every hitter in Kyoma University has experienced the ball speed of 160 kilometers in Batting Cage, in order to eliminate the discomfort with 150+ ball speed.
This move aroused strong dissatisfaction from a certain first-year pitcher. As we all know, Kyoma University also has a pitcher who can reach 150 ball speeds in the dugout, but Nitta Manager rejected it in one sentence, "What are you thinking? You finally saved some energy through Pitcher Rotation Strategy. You should keep that energy to use in the game."
"Tsk," Hongo recalled something bad again and stared at the expressionless person on Pitcher's Mound.
"In good condition!" Miyuki was in a different mood today and had many encouraging words for the pitcher.
'Well, the straight shot is still a bit high. ' However, a bold idea appeared in Miyuki's mind, and he did it immediately, and his subordinates produced Signals, a ball type.
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