This week's Sunday is a sunny day, and the temperature is the most comfortable temperature, neither too high nor too low. But for everyone in Akashi who currently have an extremely strong desire to survive, today is a Death Struggle.
Sendou and Teacher Sano just came back from submitting the list.
"Have you handed in the Dashun yet?"
"Yeah!"
"Damn it! Why didn't you tell me about Xindashun!"
"Why are you so obsessed with Dashun? Don't you know it soon?"
"Because..."
"That's enough! I don't want to hear your reasons anymore!" Sendou directly interrupted Sawamura's speech!
"Why?!!" Sawamura protested loudly.
"Stop your curiosity! Today is...!"
"I know!... So I want to go up and compete early!"
"By the way, your speech is so strange! It has nothing to do with whether you want to play and know the order in advance, right?" Sendou complained about Sawamura's brain circuit.
"Huh?" Sawamura blinked cutely!
"... Forget it, let's go in!" Sendou was about to say something, but found that the others were unusually quiet. Although I don't know why, everyone had been particularly attracted to Fighting Spirit since yesterday, and today, this feeling is even more intense.
"Oh!" Sawamura replied in a low voice.
"Why am I the top five! Sendou, please explain it to me!" Before the game started, a guy without self-awareness started making a noise while pointing at the smooth play between the two sides that had just been shown.
"If it weren't for your short game and those guys weren't that good, I would have thrown you nine sticks long ago!" Sendou completely ignored this guy and complained in his heart.
"For the baseball fans who came here today, what is about to begin is the all-soft Nagano Summer Preliminaries match and the Quarterfinals (sixteen into eight) game.
Today's match is between the two dark horses who fought fiercely yesterday, the winner Akagi Middle School!
Their opponents are Nagano, King, and De Chuan Middle School!
Today's First Attack is Akagi Middle School!
Players have already started entering! "As the game started approaching, the commentator began to give broadcast commentary.
"In the first half of the game, Akagi Middle School's attack,
One bat, shortstop, Ono!
One bat, shortstop, Ono! "
"Finally the game started, Akagi Middle School's bat, Lead-off Hitter is the shortstop Ono!"
"It's a little strange today! These guys are so quiet, but of course one guy is still so noisy!" De Chuan's third-year catcher thought to himself as he looked at the Ono, Akashi bench.
"However, today is different from last time. There is no need to observe Ball Trajectory anymore, and our ace was fully rested yesterday!
It's our turn to avenge the last time and defeat you! "
See Signals pitcher nodding!
"De Chuan has confirmed Signals, the first goal of the day! Made it!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
"What a pity. Ono hit a powerful ball in his first swing. His batting average is completely different from yesterday!"
"What a risk! This guy is in good shape today! The ball just now was 135 kilometers away, and it was Inside Corner Ball that hit the chest. Can he still hit it like this?
This way we have to be more steady! "
"Well! I'll leave the guidance to you, I just need to look at your gloves, Takahashi Senpai!"
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!" The outside world is low.
"You can see it very clearly! Although Kanda's ball control is not particularly good.
Sure enough, this guy is in great shape today! Then let's test the next ball. "De Chuan's catcher can only think so.
First Match He is not the main pick yet, but he basically wins.
Second Match is the former Practice Match. Sendou hides too much, including Small Ball Strategy, whose ball selection ability completely makes them wield the big stick.
It can be said that in the two games, De Chuan only knew Sawamura's game system and knew nothing about Akashi, while Sendou basically understood them.
This is why Sendou said there is no way to win.
"The third ball, shot!"
"Bad ball!"
"An outsider Changeup, but Ono still hasn't swung the bat. You can see it clearly! This is two bad balls and one good ball, and the batter is ahead!"
"Damn it! If this is the case, let's suppress it with our strength!"
"Crack!"
"Strike!"
"Almost the same Ball Trajectory, but this ball goes into Strike Zone! So Ball Trajectory is 2 versus 2."
"Crack!"
"Strike! Batter out!" Finally, it was a straight ball almost in the center, which was almost the same as the Slider track before the change.
"Have you stopped trying to use force to press? Sure enough, I saved my physical strength yesterday and there will be almost no physical crisis today unless I hit Extra Innings." Sendou thought after seeing the ball.
"Second bat, right field, Aoki!"
"Second bat, right field, Aoki!"
"It's really tricky! This pitcher! Try to pester him as much as possible!"
"Strike!"
"Inner corner?"
"Ping!"
"Crack!"
"Out!"
"Slider! Damn it, you're out in just two goals!" Aoki gritted his teeth after being ruled out.
"Three sticks! Backbone, Omura!"
"Finally, Akagi Middle School's center hitter! What kind of matchup will we see with the center hitter's first turn?"
"Strike! Batter out! Change the field!"
"After 5 goals, we finally changed sides! It looks like Akashi is in good condition today!"
"What do you mean?" Sawamura complained fiercely.
"That's what it means! We are in such good shape that we can fight like this with them!" Sendou interfaced.
"You guy! Where are you from?"
"Guess!"
"Uh-huh!" Sawamura is about to explode!
"So, for the opportunity that I don't know when it will come up, I'm begging you! Eijun!"
"Hey?... I... I know!" Seeing Sendou, who was not serious just now, suddenly turned serious, Sawamura was really not used to it!
"Okay, everyone, the opponent's pitcher is not that easy to hit. Change your mood and follow the previously discussed, infield and outfield Infield Shift, wait for the opportunity to appear!"
"Tch! This is the most reliable time! Sendou, you guy!" Sawamura thought as he walked towards Pitcher's Mound.
"Come on!" After the pitching practice, Fighting Spirit was also burning in the heart of the batter.
"This pitcher's ball needs to be at the front and hold the bat short..."
Huh? Inside and outside Infield Shift? "De Chuan's stick was a little confused when he saw Akashi's formation and glanced at the bench, but the bench let him continue without making any changes.
"Yesterday's Big Tail was trying to force his way to the outfield, so he was dealt with.
Just follow through on our swing! Our strength is definitely stronger, there is no doubt about it! "Coach Kunimi on the bench has already made up his mind.
"Crack!"
"Strike!"
"Sure enough, it's hard to adapt after not seeing each other for a month! This guy's ball!"
"Ping!" The second ball hit the infield Ground Ball!
"Crack!"
"Out!"
In the next two shots, the first ball was thrown out!
And three sticks entangled four balls.
"Akashi's ACE Sawamura Eijun also stabilized the first three batters who suppressed De Chuan! The two teams are currently evenly matched, and the second game will begin soon! Both batters started with four bats!"
"Kondo Be careful!" Sawamura shouted to Kondo.
"Yeah! I know!"
"Four bats, second baseman, Kondo!"
"Ping!"
"It's hit, but the second baseman has already run over, will it hit the ground? Oh! Out! Got it, four-bat Kondo is out!"
"Hahaha! Let me avenge you!" Sawamura stood up and started swinging the bat wildly, but the entire bench completely ignored him and looked at Oyama, who had six bats!
Watching Oyama walked into the preparation area with great embarrassment!
"Hou, xia!"
"Hui, xia!"
"Hu, xia!"
"Strike! The batter is out!" It really lived up to expectations.
"Six bats, third baseman, Mr. Oyama!"
"Six bats, third baseman, Mr. Oyama!"
Oyama still didn't hit the ball and was struck out on the fifth ball!
"I didn't expect that so many people in this team today are in good condition! It's not easy to play! Today's game! Although Kanda is pitching, I don't think we will lose points casually, but we have to find a way to attack that pitcher!" De Chuan catcher Takahashi walked off the field with this thought in his mind.
The situation was just as Takahashi expected. Akagi Middle School played extremely stably. Even Sawamura on Pitcher's Mound felt the Fighting Spirit of his teammates. The game was evenly matched after five rounds, with the opponent only getting 5 hits.
But Akashi did have zero hits, not even a batter on base. This made everyone extremely frustrated and angry, and angry at their own weakness. But what they didn't know was that the opponent's defense was also under great pressure. Several of the balls were lucky balls, otherwise it would not have been zero hits.
"Damn it!"
"What's wrong? Are you already scared?" Sendou asked, looking at everyone's indignant look.
"Who is scared! We will win!" At this time, the only one who would refute Sendou was Sawamura.
"That's good, the game has just begun!"
"But, Sen-chan, we still haven't had a hit! We don't have enough strength!"
"That's not necessarily true. Although I don't know what happened, your attack was useful to them. They were just saved by the guards before and had a little bit of luck. You were just deceived by the surface." Sendou looked at everyone and continued to speak.
"Although we didn't have a hit, they already pitched enough Changeup. We won't be able to last until the end. The number of Changeup balls will inevitably be reduced in the last few innings! We are only junior high school students, and our bodies are still very fragile! If we continue to pitch so many Changeup, it won't be long before the Changeup loses control."
Hearing what Sendou said, the depressing atmosphere instantly eased. He had been working hard before and didn't think so much at all.
"Then you should know what Ball Trajectory is aiming at, right?
Your performance has been very good before, allowing them to vote so many Changeup, now it's our turn!
Now we don't need to hide anything, Changeup give up all, aim for the straight ball and hit it!
Our tactics can only be used if there is someone on base. No matter what method you use to put me on base, and then steadily advance one base and one base, Final Inning, I will help you! Try to score! "
"Hi!!!" I don't know why everyone used this answer without knowing it.
"And it's the end of the game. Everyone is highly concentrated and exhausted. The previous suppression is almost reaching its limit. I'm afraid this game will turn into a battle of blows.
And our first and last chance to score is in the last inning." Sendou ultimately did not say this, and the chance to score was in the seventh inning of the next inning, not in this inning.
"In the first half of the sixth round, Akagi Middle School's attack!"
"Seven bats, first baseman, Mr. Takada!"
Akashi's line attack is completely from one to six sticks. Unless the seven-stick Takada wins the lottery and plays Home Run, it is impossible to score points with Takada, Takeda and Wakaba. After all, the weak is against the strong, so the line arrangement is extreme.
Speaking of which, Practice Match's previous score was also Takada's winning hit, Long Hit!
So, seven Takada, eight Takeda, nine Wakaba, the opponent only used 8 balls to win.
But Akagi Middle School is facing a huge crisis. The opponent's line starts from the three-stick Center Batting Lineup.
No matter how the outfield moves forward, even like Nine-Man Infield yesterday, it is impossible to defend such a large infield range. However, yesterday's hitter was not De Chuan Batting Line. No matter how good the group of Big Tail is, they are still a group of first-year players, and they are still incomparable with a well-trained team.
"In the second half of the sixth round, De Chuan Middle School's attack!"
"Three bats, first baseman, Sumiyoshi!"
"Three bats, first baseman, Sumiyoshi!"
"Finally it's De Chuan's turn to attack.
Now Batter's Box is the three-hitter Sumiyoshi who had three hits and two hits today.
Unlike the four-bat Long Hit, Sumiyoshi is a hitter who is very good at catching the ball. "
"An eye-catching first goal!!!"
"Pitch! Bad ball!
The outside world is obviously biased towards Strike Zone's bad ball!
It seems that Akashi's ace ball control is starting to have problems! This is not good! "
"Crack!"
"Play!"
"The second goal was still from the outside, but this one was scored by Strike Zone! Sumiyoshi watched this goal!"
"Although the ball in the outside corner is not lowered, you can't take more shots! There is only one target!"
"Ping!"
"Hit, the ball flew over the shortstop's head and landed, Long Hit in the left field! Sumiyoshi has already reached second base. Akagi Middle School's left fielder is a girl but she can still pass the ball straight to second base. What an amazing ball control!
But in this case, Sumiyoshi has four hits and three hits, and Batter's Box has four at-bats!
Although the hitting rate of Cleanup Hitter's Ike today is not high, it still cannot change the fact that Akashi is in crisis! So how should Akashi deal with it? "
"Four sticks, strong hand, Ike!"
"Four sticks, strong hand, Ike!"
The sound of the broadcast was like a sharp thorn, stimulating the hearts of the Akashi guards, but no one flinched!
"At this time Sendou stood up, pointed at the court and started beating Signals!"
"Akashi's bench is starting to move. Sendou Akira, this man is the actual coach of this team. What kind of instructions will he give?"