After the exchange of offense and defense.

"In the first half of the second game, the first-year team's offense."

"The batter on the pitch is,"

"Five bats, first baseman, Konda-kun."

After Shogo Konda walked into the strike zone, he first bowed politely to the chief referee, Supervisor Higashi Takuji, and then raised his bat.

Huh? When he looked up, Konda Shogo was a little surprised. He found that his seniors were all staring at him menacingly.

What's wrong? Why do I encounter some inexplicable situations every time it's my turn to strike...

Shogo Konda cursed. He was also strange. Often when it was his turn to attack, his opponent would make corresponding adjustments, forcing him to develop excellent adaptability.

"paly ball!"

As soon as the chief referee Higashi Takuji gave an order, Hiroki and Yamamoto Sakuya quickly decided on the ball matching plan.

What followed was a sudden acceleration of the pitching rhythm.

First goal.

A high straight ball in the outside corner, Shogo Konda calmly judged the bad ball and did not hit it.

Second ball.

A tricky straight ball from the outside corner, Shogo Konda swung the bat and hit the ball out of bounds.

The third ball.

The high slider in the outside corner missed the ball very obviously, and Shogo Konda ignored it completely.

The fourth ball.

After Shogo Konda chose to let it go, he found out that it was an outside corner ball that was inserted into the strike zone.

Continuous outside corners.

Four goals in a row.

The number of balls is 2 bad balls and 2 good balls.

This is a bit tricky. Hiroki, squatting behind home plate, thought to himself. He found that pitcher Sakuya Yamamoto's ball had been tangled in Shogo Konda's ball.

Konda Shogo is also thinking about it. He thinks that he is not a hitter who can easily win with a few balls. He believes that he can keep up with Yamamoto Sakuya-senpai's balls.

Hiroki decided to be bold with the ball and attack the batter. He gave the pitcher a signal.

The fifth ball.

Yamamoto Sakuya threw the baseball with a swing of his arm.

"call out"

The baseball arcs into home plate.

"Qiang!"

In a hurry, Shogo Konda had to sweep the baseball out of bounds. If he didn't hit it, the low slider would fall into the strike zone, and he would be out with 3 strikes. And if it hit the ball out of bounds after 2 strikes,

The number of goals is not counted.

"Out of bounds!"

Base trial ruling.

"Almost." Shogo Konda said thankfully. Just now he thought it was a bad ball and almost let it go. In a hurry, he was not sure that he could hit the change ball well, so he had to hit the ball out of bounds.

Did you really keep up with the ball? Hiroki frowned and thought. Catchers are really unhappy when they meet this type of hitter. Because this type of hitter often entangles the pitcher until he is helpless, causing the pitcher to miss the pitch and get hit.

Get a hit.

The sixth ball.

Baseball comes straight away.

High straight ball.

"Crack!"

"Bad ball!"

After Hiroki half stood up to catch the baseball, he was helpless when he saw Konda Shogo's completely unmoved look. The obvious bad ball couldn't trick Konda Shogo into getting the bat.

In the dugout of the first grade team on the field.

"Very good, Konda-san has followed the path of the ball!"

Tetsu Nishino said optimistically. He felt that after following the path of the ball, Shogo Konda's chances of hitting base would be greatly increased.

No one is out now. If the first batter of this half inning can get on base, maybe they can copy the offensive mode of their first-grade team in the first inning.

Then you can get additional points.

"well……"

Next to him, Kazuya Nishino was staring at the situation on the field with a bit of melancholy, his hands resting on the guardrail.

Tetsu Nishino was a little puzzled. The current ball count was slightly more favorable to the batter, so why was he still so worried?

The number of pitches is 3 balls and 2 strikes. The pitcher is likely to throw a strike on the next pitch.

The seventh ball.

Yamamoto Sakuya made up his mind and suddenly threw the baseball in his hand with all his strength.

Baseball runs to home plate.

Straight ball!

Shogo Konda swings the bat immediately!

"Whoa!"

Missed the swing!

"Crack!"

After Hiroki received the baseball, he already knew the referee's judgment.

"nice shot!"

"Strikeout! Batter out!"

Shogo Konda was eventually eliminated.

Tetsu Nishino, who had been paying attention to the changes on the field, was stunned, "Huh?"

Tetsu Nishino turned his head and asked Kazuya Nishino with a hint of confusion: "Kazuya, the ball just now seemed to be a straight ball in the center of the strike zone..."

Although he couldn't see clearly due to the angle and distance, looking at the position where Hiroki caught the ball at the end, the approximate position should be correct.

"oops!!!"

Kazuya Nishino had a look of hatred on his face and hammered the guardrail with his right hand like a child.

"I'm so angry. Where did that bastard Xiangwu get the courage to accuse me of making up random nicknames?"

"That guy Shogo got into a fight, and he missed the good shot..." Nishino Kazuya could only shake his head helplessly.

Thinking of the "humiliation" of being tricked last time, Nishino Kazuya complained in his heart.

Regarding the hitting performance of those two guys in the game, what did I, Kazuya Nishino, say wrong?

The game continues.

However, the first-year team's hitting was at a stalemate. Under the defense of the senior team, they were unable to score the next hit.

"Qiang!"

The first-grade team's six-hitter hit the inside corner ball into a fly ball.

"I'll do it."

Second baseman Yuichiro Kawa of the senior team reminded his teammates not to catch the same point as him.

Kawa Yuichiro kept backing up, raising his head and slowly retreating to the outfield grass. Behind him was the right fielder Komada Ryusei who came over.

The baseball fell into Yuichiro Kawa's glove.

"Two out."

2 outs and no one on base.

Next batter.

The seventh batter of the first-year team hit a straight ball to the outside corner with 2 balls and 2 strikes, and hit the ball into an infield grounder between second and third base. Shortstop Kenjiro Ishida of the senior team easily intercepted the baseball.

, passes to first base to seal the runner.

"Three out! Exchange offense and defense!"

"Come on, get ready, it's time for us to strike."
To be continued...