In the second half of the second game, the junior high school attacked.

score:

Second Army:1

Junior high school:2

Hitters, seven in the junior high school.

As a result, the game progressed equally quickly.

"call out"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Strikeout! Batter out!"

"Exchange offense and defense!"

Under the referee's loud verdict, Tetsu Nishino and pitcher Teruaki Tatsuki quickly struck out junior high school pitcher Toshiya Itaguchi.

Get three batters out in a row.

Seven strikes, out.

Eight sticks, out.

Nine bats, out.

Three ups and three downs simply and neatly.

"Nice!"

"pretty!"

"It's a good shot, Tatsumi-san!"

"Haha, the defense is also very good."

"Hey, you can block the ball, right?"

They also returned the favor, and when they walked back to the dugout, the teammates joked with each other.

Facing the junior high school's lower-position batsmen, the defense of the second army, who are slowly getting into the game, is getting better and better. After all, everyone who joins the baseball club has good athletic ability, plus they

I am not a complete novice, but I have been training hard for nearly a month.

It's just that they underestimated the enemy a little at the beginning, and the juniors were indeed better in tactical skills than them, so they were beaten a little confused at the beginning.

Now as the game progresses, the first-year baseball freshmen of the second army are slowly immersed in this baseball game. Sweat gradually soaked their jerseys, and the white jerseys were also stained with a lot of mud due to their hard defense.

certainly.

They are not the only ones getting into the mood.

The fighting spirit of the junior middle school students is even stronger.

After successfully overtaking the score, the players in the junior high school kept trying to give up a new round of attacks and try to expand the lead in the score. After all, they also wanted to win this game and let the seniors see the efforts of their juniors.

On defense, the junior high school players also showed their training level.

In the first half of the third round, it was the second army's turn to attack.

However......

"Clang!"

The second baseman hit an infield grounder on eight bats. The inside second baseman intercepted the ball and passed it to first base to seal the game.

The second batter of the inning.

Nine bats, pitcher, Tatsuki Teruaki.

result......

"call out"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Three strikes! The batter is out!"

Eh?!

Good shot? That shot?!

Isn’t it a bad ball?!

Am I out!?

Pitcher Teruaki Tatsuki secretly cried out in his heart that it was a pity.

He originally thought that the curve ball just now would fall out of the strike zone, so he refrained from releasing the bat. Unexpectedly, the ball ended up on the edge of the strike zone, making the referee think it was a strike ball.

If the ball just now was called a ball, Tatsuki Teruaki could rely on his ball selection ability to select four balls and successfully advance to first base, creating a situation with one out and one man on base.

After all, his next batter is Tetsu Nishino, who is currently the most reliable hitting player on their team.

Tatsuki Teruaki could only helplessly walk down the batting area with the bat, thinking in his heart: Sorry, Tetsu-san, I tried my best.

Junior high school catcher Masaki Okada also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

One out and one man on base.

With two outs and no one on base.

These two situations are completely different when facing a strong hitter. If you have two outs, you can be more relaxed when facing a strong hitter and the catcher's distribution.

Catcher Masuki Okada glanced at the strike zone. Tetsu Nishino, who was nearly 1.8 meters tall, had a tall and slender figure, and his well-proportioned and powerful arm muscles were exposed outside the short-sleeved jersey.

Feeling of oppression.

Okada Masuki felt the pressure that Tetsu Nishino brought to his opponents as a hitter.

Thinking about matching the ball, Okada Masaki felt his throat was a little dry and subconsciously licked his lips.

Of course, it's not that Tetsu Nishino's appearance makes him feel oppressive. The baseball field is a place where actual results are important. Only real hitting results can make opponents feel nervous.

It was in the game that Tetsu Nishino showed his amazing hitting talent.

First seat!

First goal!

Home run!

Masuki Okada has been a catcher for so long, and he has never seen a hitter like this. It is really unexpected.

What he said was just Okada Masaki's words to comfort himself. He also learned that Nishino Tetsu-senpai used to be in the football club, but he was transferred to the baseball club in high school and had only been exposed to baseball for less than a month.

Even if they are just amateur baseball players.

Even though he was a grade above him, Tetsu Nishino's striking ability surprised Okada Masaki.

He did not believe that Tetsu Nishino-senpai who was able to hit home runs was a result of random swings of the bat due to luck. He preferred to believe that Tetsu Nishino was a hitter with excellent hitting talent.

I want to get the number of eliminations from Tetsu Nishino-senpai.

You must go all out!

Itaguchi Toshiya on the pitcher's mound also understood the meaning of Okada Masuki's signal and knew the importance of this first pitch. After all, he was the one who was bombarded. For a pitcher, that feeling was not pleasant.

.

"playball!"

With two outs and no one on base.

First goal.

Outside corner slider.

Pitch outside the strike zone.

The purpose is to lure the batter out of the bat, causing a swing or forcing the batter to hit an infield grounder.

Catcher Masuki Okada chose to match the ball like this.

This requires pitcher Toshiya Makiguchi to give the batter the illusion that the ball is in the strike zone at the point where the ball is released, and the ball must change enough when it enters the base, otherwise it will just be an ordinary hitable ball.

Pitcher Toshiya Itaguchi nodded seriously in the direction of the catcher, and his expression became serious. By the third inning, he had also thrown a lot of pitches, and his pitching condition was still good.

But for the junior high school baseball team in a small town, Toshiya Itaguchi's ball control is definitely not as strong as those famous pitchers, and it is not easy to throw a deceptive change ball.

Itaguchi Toshiya adjusted his breathing and suddenly shook his right hand holding the baseball.

Throw the baseball in your hand!

"call out!"

coming.
To be continued...