The American team arrived at the venue as a group when the game reached the sixth inning.
"These big shots finally showed up!!" Miyuki said with a laugh as he looked at the Western players, all with different styles and even more uninhibited appearances.
"They really don't take us seriously!
They figured it was enough to just get a general idea of our level?!" Umemiya replied with a somewhat self-deprecating smile.
That was very much in line with his little delinquent character!!
In truth, Umemiya was definitely a little unhappy about being underestimated!
"Sama... huh!" Sendou murmured from the side.
"Isn't that great!
Tomorrow, we'll crush them all and utterly destroy them!!
That's the best response!
Players should answer with their play!!" Narumiya said with a proud pout and a light snort.
"Oh! Now I'm fired up!
You do say something decent once in a while!!" Umemiya was a hot-blooded young man.
"Once in a while?!
What do you mean, once in a while?!"
The two started arguing again...
The fifth and sixth innings were mostly the lower batting lineup, and Tokyo Selection Team had not sent out all of its main players either. Neither side achieved much, and the score remained 2–1!
"Narumiya and Qian formed a battery and threw two no-hit, scoreless innings, then Imai and Yang pitched three innings!
In the sixth inning, Miyuki and Umemiya formed the battery!
Looking at it this way, Coach Kunimoto really won't pair pitchers and catchers from the same region together!" By the end of the sixth inning, the reporters outside had figured out Coach Kunimoto's arrangement and began chatting with their colleagues.
"That's only natural. They may call it Japan-America Friendship, but it's still just an ordinary exchange game!
Fundamentally, the outcome doesn't matter!
But summer is almost here. If