Don't blame me!
None of us standing here intend to go back like this! Akashi Seiya, with this thought in mind, prepared himself once again.
"With one out, the runner is on second base. The ball count is one strike and one ball. The batter is the power hitter who is lurking in the sixth batter position, Akashi Seiya!"
What an interesting matchup!
However, pitchers probably wouldn't find it interesting! Coach Nakanishi muttered to himself on the sidelines, or perhaps he was explaining it to Sendou's parents.
That Home Run really scared the couple; they were leading by so much just now, and then they were caught up in no time.
In particular, Sendou Ichiro is a soccer scorer and is extremely sensitive to numbers, so he was quite frightened.
She also realized how terrible the sport her son was engaged in was.
" Kawakami!" Azuma Kiyokuni was more worried about Kawakami's situation.
After Seidou made it to Koshien, this fat guy kept finding excuses to leave, and the team understood and turned a blind eye.
I'm on a diet anyway, I can catch up when I get back.
Moreover, Azuma Kiyokuni is a key player the team is developing, and he was the third player selected to return, clearly indicating that the team wants to cultivate him into a core player.
I have to be extra gentle, otherwise what if he runs away when his rookie contract ends? This has nothing to do with weight. (He runs incredibly fast! [A really lame joke!])
On the female manager's side, everyone else seemed normal, but Fumino's gaze was fixed on Sendou, while Senior Sachiko was holding Fumino.
In Senior Sachiko's words, she smelled amazing, and just looking at her face, any girl would be tempted to protect her.
Not only did she hug her, she also rubbed against her, claiming it was to help her "grow".
Fumino actually believed it; it just goes to show how terrifying a girl's obsession can be.
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Ah!"
"Yoshi!"
"Finally, a good throw! I've been waiting for so long!" Akashi Seiya he watched the white ball flying through the air.
"It's in! A two-run homer that Home Run!"
The sixth point of this round!!!
Westbrook, who were down by five points, staged a remarkable comeback!
"Oh!!!"
"Nishinbang's momentum has reached an unbelievable level. If we can't suppress this morale, Seidou might lose the game!" Seidou's supporters were starting to panic. Their journey to Koshien had been too smooth, causing them, as supporters, to feel this kind of pressure of losing for the first time.
"This guy's aiming for the Outside Corner Ball!" Miyuki glanced at Kawakami and shook his head at the bench.
Coach Kataoka had the same idea. It wasn't that Kawakami's pitching was bad, but rather that Sano's Home Run was too damaging.
"Timeout requested! Change pitcher!"
"Notification of replacement of Seidou High School players..."
"Yoshi ah!"
Let's take them down one last time!
"Keep going, Saibang!!"
As soon as the broadcast started, the Westbrook supporters cheered. They had blown out this side pitcher with four outs. This last pitcher still had more than three innings left, with eleven outs!
"In exchange for pitcher Kawakami-kun is Tanba- kun!"
Pitcher, Tanba- kun!
Eight sticks! Pitcher, Tanba- kun! "
" Tanba-san! Please!"
"Suppress them! Tanba-san!"
"In the bottom of the sixth inning, the situation was reversed, and Seidou High School's ace climbed onto the Pitcher's Mound!!!"
Will they be able to hold on? Or will Seibou High School extend their lead in one fell swoop?!
"Although you were knocked out by Sano, your Fighting Spirit afterwards greatly inspired them!"
It's perfectly normal to get kicked out, let alone when that person is Sano!
"This game is a huge learning experience, don't waste it!" Coach Kataoka said to Kawakami as he walked back onto the bench.
"Yes!!!" Kawakami clenched his fists tightly and answered loudly with tears in his eyes.
Coach Kataoka didn't say anything like "it's not your fault that you were kicked out." Instead, he made Kawakami acknowledge his shortcomings, affirmed his Fighting Spirit, and encouraged him to learn from his mistakes and strive for improvement.
"Let them handle the rest! It's only one point," Coach Kataoka said with a smile.
The continuous victories have also helped Coach Kataoka to grow mentally.
Only those who win all the way to Koshien are qualified to experience this kind of grandeur!
" Tanba-san!" Miyuki was about to speak, but seeing the posture behind Senior Tanba, he immediately shut up.
"Why are you all here!" Tanba felt a little flustered when he saw the large group of people surrounding him.
His panic proved to be justified, because his hat was immediately taken off by his older brother, and Captain Tetsu was the first to reach out and begin a brutal groping...
" Sendou! When are you?" Sendou, of course, couldn't be absent; he arrived in the infield like a gust of wind...
After it was over, Tanba looked grief-stricken and indignant!
"Don't make that face, we're just trying to relieve your stress!" Oni-san said with a smile.
"Hahaha! My stomach..." Kuramochi was about to burst out laughing.
" Tanba-san...!" Miyuki said again, seeing that it was about time.
But Tanba-san raised his hand to stop him. For the first time, Miyuki was speechless. What could he do? This was his senior!
He can't be as willful as Sendou.
"No problem!"
"Only those who lead the team through this crisis can be called ace players! Isn't that right?" Senior Tanba said with a smile.
This stunned everyone!
"I have caused the team countless troubles all along!"
This is the chance God has given me to redeem myself!
The third-grade students all laughed.
" Tanba-san! Please feel free to cause me all sorts of trouble!"
This is the real accusation of a wild card player!
"And he even touched her head!" Sendou said, showing no respect for elders.
"Don't mention this!!!" Senior Tanba was quite moved at first, but the last sentence instantly brought back bad memories for him.
"It's only one point! We'll catch up soon!"
"... Absolutely!!" With that, Sendou turned and left. (He'd gotten his way!)
"Really! What a reliable junior!" Senior Tanba said with a smile, though his voice carried a hint of helplessness.
"Seventh batter! Second baseman, Sotomura- kun!"
"Yoshi!" Sotomura cheered himself up and walked up to the Pitcher's Mound.
"Continue the attack, Sotomura!"
"Defeat him in one fell swoop!"
"Please! Tanba-san!"
"Since we've already sent out this lineup, there's no need to be polite!" Miyuki thought to himself.
"Um!"
"Call!"
"Puff!"
"Fushi!"
"Ah!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!!"
"First ball, curveball! The ball enters the Strike Zone with a huge arc!!!"
The commentator was too embarrassed to shout loudly, and the player almost fell over while trying to dodge the ball.
Who wouldn't dodge a ball thrown directly at their face?
Even Senior Tanba's curveballs aren't always in such good form.
The Sotomura said it was... well, you know!
It's unlucky that I've been up against a rookie pitcher twice in a row. It's bad luck to have a rookie pitcher in every single one of my three rounds of batting, especially since they've all been in good form.
"Fushi!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Damn it! We can't just be eliminated like this!"
"At least let the guys on the team watch a few more games!" Sotomura thought through gritted teeth.
However, the second shot, Outside Corner Ball, went terribly off target; it almost missed completely.
Only the Sotomura themselves knew that getting the ball was all about luck.
"Let's finish him off with this shot!"
"Fushi!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"The attacker is out!"
"The last pitch was still a curveball! The batter swung and struck out!!!"
Ace Tanba's all-out pitch!!
"Yoshi!"
"Nice Tanba!"
"Keep going!"
"Eighth batter! Pitcher, Hoshinomiya-kun!"
"Kill him!!!"
"Let him call!"
" Seidou's momentum has completely returned!"
"Relying on the ace's pitching!"
"You can't say that, can you? Back then, Seidou's defensive formation was on the Pitcher's Mound, and they still performed that strange ritual, didn't they?"
"This is going to be a great match!"
"Ah! The key point is the batting from the fourth batter on both sides!"
Let's see which team's fourth batter can lead them!
The audience no longer believes that Hoshinomiya will be able to win.
That was indeed the case; Senior Tanba didn't give him any chance to strike out on three pitches!
"After spring, Tanba-san, who is usually quiet, has become more and more fond of roaring. I wonder if it was Jun-san who infected him," Sendou muttered in the middle field.
At the end of the sixth inning, Westbrook's batting lineup had completed its rotation.
Inajitsu Baseball Club...
"Good morning!" A lazy voice came from the room where the Inajitsu team was watching the game.
"It's already noon! Nah!" Yabe shouted in his loud voice.
"Finally crawled out of bed!" Carlos laughed, looking at Narumiya Mei, whose eyes were somewhat vacant.
"I thought it would take longer!" Shirakawa muttered to himself.
"I called this guy here!" Harada Masakatsu said.
"So, why did you call me over?" Narumiya Mei asked weakly.
"Didn't I tell you to come before ten o'clock?"
Well, never mind!
"Come sit down, the match isn't over yet!" Harada stopped worrying about Narumiya Mei being late, or rather, seeing the guy like this, he couldn't bring himself to worry.
"Contest?"
"Ah! Seidou against Seibang!"
"I'm going back!" Narumiya Mei turned and left.
Don't you want to see how far those guys can go?
"Not at all!... Not even a little bit!"
"That's because I care!"
"I said no, and that means no interest!" the white-haired man said fiercely as he turned around. (Pretty fierce in a cute way)
"Have you... admitted defeat?" Harada asked after a moment of silence.
"Ah! What kind of idiot would be so competitive with that ba ke mo no!"
"They're not human anymore, are they?... Um!"
"Sigh!" Harada with a resigned expression.
Narumiya Mei, her eyes filled with tears, looked at Harada with heavy breathing, her eyes seeming to say,
"Don't say that! Praise me! I'm easily persuaded."
Actually, by the time Harada invited him, this guy had already figured things out.
Sendou was acting very strangely that day. He didn't even know who had won or lost, or if he had already given up. (Actually, no. This guy just wanted to bully Sendou before he grew stronger. In his Perfect Form, Sendoh had no Fighting Spirit left.)
However, he was unsure whether he could do it, and he was also unsure of the speed at which Sendou could grow.
The two Home Run, especially the final hit, were incredibly powerful. He casually unleashed his best, most perfect game-winning pitch, sending it over 140 meters.
However, this does not mean that he has given up his chance to play in Koshien. Baseball is ultimately a nine-person sport.
He lacks a way out, and this time he has indeed been hiding for a rather long time.
Seeing that Harada ignored him, Narumiya Mei pulled out a chair and sat down.
"..." The second-graders next to him had ellipses all over their heads.
However, considering his current mood, it's best to go along with it.
"So! What's the situation?" Narumiya Mei asked.
"The seventh inning is about to begin, the score is seven to six, Seidou is behind!"
However, those guys from Seidou won't just stand by and watch.
Tanba is in high spirits and has overcome the weaknesses he showed when he played against us. He just came on the field, and I don't think Sibang can easily score points against him.
Although Saibang is in the lead, there is no doubt that the initiative still lies with Seidou.
"These guys are so disappointing! They lost so many points!"
Hmm? They gave up six runs in the sixth inning. Seidou's pitchers are really not good!
Akila has had a tough time too!
"What about that guy's grades?" Upon hearing this, Narumiya Mei's lips swelled with honey, but when she saw the scoreboard along the way, she became even angrier.
Having beaten their team, how can we possibly fall behind? Not even the runner-up! (Such arrogance, those who know, know!)
As for the later events, such as Tanba just entering the arena Seidou having an advantage, they were all automatically filtered out.
No matter the reason, losing so many points just means you're bad!
So the people around them also looked helpless.
"Seriously! When did you get so close to him? You even call him by his first name! (Calling someone by their first name isn't something you can only do when you're really close, but most people just find Sendou's surname easy to pronounce.)" Carlos complained.
The arrogant Ming completely ignored him.
"Excellent performance!"
In his third at-bat, he hit a Home Run the opponent's ace's game-winning pitch in his first at-bat.
In his second at-bat, he hit an Infield Hit single from Slow Curveball with a large speed difference.
Although he got to base by speed, this pitcher is a pure Changeup pitcher. Harada gave a brief explanation.
"Huh? No wonder he's the man I've set my sights on!"
What about the third meal?
"Outfield fly ball caught and destroyed!"
However, they almost fired their second home run of the day, missing by just a few meters!
"Hmm!" Narumiya Mei's expression clearly showed satisfaction. (He gives off a bit of a "as expected of my little brother" vibe. As for why he's my little brother, don't ask, it's just his tsundere attitude.)
"Huh? You've become the fourth batter! When did this happen?" Narumiya Mei noticed something was wrong. Yuki's name was actually after Sendou's, and he was the fourth one, so he asked.
"The first game of Koshien has begun!"
It's safe to say they've made incredibly rapid progress!
Although they haven't reached the level they were at in the second half of the match against us.
Back then, they were simply beyond our comprehension, like they were from a completely different dimension!
"But it's much better than when you struck me out!" Carlos interjected.
Narumiya Mei's previous expression vanished, and she stared seriously at the television screen, truly feeling the pressure. (For a moment.)
I tortured White Hair so badly, I can't let him stay withdrawn forever; it's time to help him recover. (Evil grin)
Finally, please vote for me. Goodnight.