"Three out!"

"Off and defense exchange!"

In the first half of the three rounds, Xiaogao quickly got three ups and three downs in the offensive round of Baishan High School.

First of all, Yuichiro Kajikawa, who had seven sticks, played the infield Goofy ball and was caught and eliminated.

Then there was Showu Kuriyama from the eight-pointed ball, and the attack ball was intercepted by Xiaogao's shortstop.

Finally, the nine-pointer Shiroya Yamamoto hit a front ball in the direction of first base and was intercepted and blocked by the first baseman.

“So awesome…”

Tetsu Nishino, who was about to play in the area, originally thought he had a chance to play, but the seniors were eliminated too quickly and were beaten three times in less than three minutes.

To be precise, it is less than 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

Although all three of them played the ball, no one could play well. All the balls they played were blocked by Akaga's fielders.

The result was that pitcher Sugiyama scored three out after less than 10 goals.

After Akigao replaced the ball, it wasn't Nishino's turn to play, so he knew very little about Akigao's pitching Ace Sugiyama.

"Does it look easier to play in the good shot?"

From the facts, it is difficult to hit the ball that Sugiyama hits well. Obviously, the quality of the ball is good and can suppress the hitter.

During the offensive and defense exchange, Nishino Tetsuya and his team got their equipment and went up.

call out!

"Bang!"

After Nishino Tetsuya received the ball, he passed it up again.

Before each inning starts, the defense team practices shooting directly on the court. After almost the same, Baishan's players stopped and passed the ball to the caddies on the sidelines.

The referees were using brushes to clean the soil on the plate and the base bags, checking the conditions of the venue equipment.

Then everyone waited for the pitch to begin.

After seeing that all players, including the hitters, were in place, the referee announced the start of the pitch.

“PlayBall!”

In the second half of these three innings, it was Akagao's turn to play the line, which was relatively strong in the attack. However, Yamamoto's pitching performance was very stable and he successfully achieved two outs.

There was no one at the base when two were eliminated.

At this time, the radio on the court rang: "Four sticks, third baseman, Hashimoto kun."

Akaga's captain and four-substitute Hashimoto walked to the strike zone with his bat and nodded to the referee.

Takashi Nishino observed him silently through his mask.

"The last time I played the mat, I had a hit. It seems that it's a tough guy."

"However, two outs have been eliminated. Seniors don't have to be distracted by the runners. Everyone can focus on dealing with the hitters together."

"Then the ball should be replaced. I guess Xiaogao's hitter kept watching off the court."

During the short period of Hashimoto lifting the bat, Tetsu Nishino had a preliminary idea of ​​playing ball, and the specific implementation should be combined with the choice of the hitter on the mat.

Basically, players who can play four batting points will not be bad at batting. Most of them are the strongest people in a team.

First ball.

Yamamoto Shuoya made a shot!

call out!

The baseball fell down a parabola.

"Bang!"

Takashi Nishino used a backhand gesture to catch the ball, putting the left hand out very well, and you could tell at a glance that it was a bell that was outside.

"Bad ball!"

The second ball.

Hashimoto, in the attack area, glanced at the position of Takashi Nishino's gloves and thought to himself.

"Come in with a good shot, don't you dare to show up!"

call out!

The ball was thrown out and thrown towards the home plate.

This time the arc was even bigger, and Takashi Nishino's gloves almost hit the ground.

"Bang!"

"Bad ball!"

For the first and second goals, Yamamoto Shuoya shot both the outside curve balls, which fell very low and did not score in the good goal area.

Among these two goals, Takashi Nishino hopes to make 1 bad and 1 good, so that the hitter can remember the trajectory of the bell and leave an impression, he will try to match other balls.

only.

"2 bad balls...a little tricky."

Takashi Nishino squatted while pinching the edge of the gloves.

If there are no good balls for two bad balls, if you want to grab the ball well, the catcher will generally choose a straight ball for the next ball, because the straight ball is better controlled relative to the change of the ball and the ball speed is faster.

Especially after throwing 2 curved balls, it is perfect to shoot a straight ball.

Akigaki's four-stick Hashimoto vaguely guessed this, and his face tightened and quietly held the bat tightly. When he was about to lift it up.

"Hashimoto!"

"Hashimoto...Hashimoto!"

In addition to cheering, Hashimoto's very familiar voice came from Akaga's rest seat, which made him turn his head to look.

"Smile..."

Akigao's Ace Sugiyama waved to him with a smile on his face.

"Didn't you say that you should keep smiling."

"I can't beat it with a sad face."

"Hashimoto, remember to laugh."

Sugiyama poked out his body and said, stretching out his index fingers to poke his face, and two shallow nests appeared at the corners of his mouth on both sides. His young and sunny smile added some childlike handsomeness.

"Damn it, Sugiyama, do you have to interfere with me before you can feel at ease?"

Hashimoto helped his blow helmet, wanting to say it was so noisy. But he finally looked over and grinned at the rest mat.

"Ah, I remember."

Tetsu Nishino from the catcher seat felt a little touched when he saw Hashimoto's smile.

Xiaogao is really similar to them Baishan.

The same comes from the results, the same dream of summer, and the same optimistic about the competition.

But there must be a winner in baseball games.

Tetsu Nishino hoped to win this game was their Shiratsuyama High School. So when Hashimoto raised his bat, he gave a secret code to Yamamoto Shuoya on the pitcher's mound.

The code was called very quickly.

One finger, two fingers, and three fingers are changing back and forth.

"Um."

Yamamoto Shuoya straightened his body and looked sideways, then raised his foot and stepped forward, and threw the ball out!

call out!

"Clang--!"

The moment the ball entered the base, the white metal bat knocked it out in vain!

left!

Takashi Nishino quickly got up and pushed his mask away, looking at the left outer field.

The ball was shot very quickly, and the landing position was twenty or thirty meters away from the left fielder.

"despair!"

"Outside the boundary!"

The gesture of Lieshi holding his hands up made Tetsu Nishino breathe a sigh of relief.

If this ball is in the boundary, it will be a long shot from a third baseball car, because the outfielder cannot catch up with Ben.

"Huh, that's fine."
To be continued...