Second Round

"A powerful hit to left center field!!

It has enough distance!

The runner is breaking for home!!

In the Autumn Tournament final, Seidou High School strikes first!!!"

"Shrimp!!!" Maezono shouted in celebration as he charged safely across home plate with a fierce expression.

"This is a gift from Seidou's starting lineup to Kawakami!!!"

"What a shame!

It almost dropped!" Kijima-senpai said to Tojo as he came in from first base.

"I was a little overpowered by the ball!

Still, I managed to carry out Coach's instructions at the bare minimum!" Tojo said with a smile.

"Eighth batter! Pitcher, Kawakami-kun!"

"Seidou, which scored first, still has one out and a runner on second!

A perfect scoring opportunity!!"

"Ping!"

"First!!" Akiba decisively shouted when he saw the ball hit the ground.

"Seidou chooses a sacrifice bunt here!

The runner advances to third!!"

"Nice bunt, Senior A Xian!

But you need to do it more like this! This! This!" At the sight of a bunt, the bunt specialist immediately came alive. Sawamura sprang out of the dugout and started gesturing wildly.

"Ninth batter! Left fielder, Asou-kun!"

"My turn, damn it!!" Asou shouted.

He was not trying to imitate Isashiki-senpai. He simply wanted people to notice him.

Asou, who had always been overlooked, finally got the cheers he wanted this time.

After all, even the ugliest infield hit could bring in a run in this situation.

Though he was the ninth batter, everyone knew Asou was a dependable hitter both offensively and defensively.

Perhaps only Asou himself believed that batting ninth meant he was the weakest!

In reality, the ninth batter needed to be dependable precisely because he had to connect to the first batter.

Especially now, when the upper batting lineup lacked offensive power. A dependable ninth batter linking up with the first