The scoreboard next to the court shows the score.

First grade team:1

Senior Team: 0

To the surprise of many, it was the first grade team that took the lead.

A nine-inning baseball game is divided into three innings. In the first three innings, the first-grade team completely defeated the senior team and scored 1 point. This result can be regarded as a stage victory for the first-grade team.

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After all, you can't ask too much from a first-year team.

"Nice pitch!" Uncle Masao Tanaka, who had been watching the game from the sidelines, couldn't help clenching his fists excitedly and cheering softly.

As a loyal fan of the Hakusan High School baseball club, Masao Tanaka was very excited when he saw the fighting spirit and determination of the first-year juniors to not lose to their seniors.

There are people who will succeed you.

The future is promising.

Although the Hakusan High School Baseball Club is relatively prosperous now, in fact, due to various reasons, the Hakusan Town Baseball Club has also faced great difficulties. Now it is finally the harvest season, and alumni and fans like them are very happy.

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"Kazuya-chan's pitching was good today, and Tetsu's guidance was also wonderful. I hope I can watch their pitching pair compete on the court soon."

Tanaka Masao whispered. He is very much looking forward to the team lineup with this pair of first-year shooters as the core in a few years.

"However, Xiao Hongshu and the others don't seem to be in good fighting condition..."

Suddenly remembering that Hiroki and his senior team were the team's current strength, Tanaka Masao couldn't help but worry.

A series of blows.

This is the biggest problem at White Mountain High School right now.

If you can't connect the batting lines and only a few batters hit hits, you won't be able to score. Just like in the senior team, Hiroki hit a hit, but the subsequent hitters didn't hit hard, so he had no choice but to give it out.

Number of innings.

Unlike the slightly excited atmosphere on the first-year team, the senior team is actually more depressed.

Captain Hiroki summoned the team members and formed a circle.

"Everyone has seen the current score," Hiroki said in a deep voice, "it's us 'seniors' who are lagging behind now."

"I know that deep down, everyone feels that this game is just for fun, but looking at the preparation and desire to win among the first-year students, do you still think so?"

There was a hint of anger in his words, and Hiroki's tone became serious.

"Yes, that's right. We finally achieved a breakthrough in the county conference last summer and reached three rounds. But if you relax because of this, then give up your position to the juniors!"

Hiroki's last words made everyone change their expressions slightly.

As Hiroki said, when facing opponents who are weaker than themselves, many people will subconsciously relax during the game, leading to a decline in competitive status.

And with the current hard power of Baishan High School, they have no right to relax.

Last summer, at the Mie Prefecture Local Conference, Hakusan High School finally broke the curse of being eliminated in the first round of the local conference for 10 consecutive years and successfully entered into three rounds. This result is a very big breakthrough for Hakusan High School.

You must know that the next of the three rounds is the finals.

However, those results were achieved through the joint efforts of a formed team composed of the previous third-year seniors as the core, supplemented by several second-year players.

After the last third-year seniors retired, Hiroki and his group became the new core of the team. In terms of overall strength, the hard power of the Hakusan High School Baseball Club has not declined, and has even improved slightly.

However.

For the senior players of the White Mountain High School Baseball Club, the most fatal thing is psychological slack.

It’s not that the seniors are complacent because they made it to three games, but the strength of the Hakusan High School baseball club happens to be in a very embarrassing position.

If it is less than what is above, there is more than what is below.

Through exchange games with nearby schools, Supervisor Higashi Takuji and captain Hiroki found that in terms of record, they played even better than last year.

The problem is that compared to other poor prefectural high schools, Hakusan High School can easily win. Facing the strong baseball schools in the prefecture, Hakusan High School has no power to fight back. In this case, Hakusan High School wants to

Going further is undoubtedly very difficult.

Therefore, the senior players are a little confused and seem to have lost their goals.

Supervisor Higashi Takuji and Hiroki have been annoyed. They both feel that they should re-establish a goal for the team, at least a feasible goal.

Entering Koshien is just a dream buried deep in their hearts. Precisely because it is an unattainable dream, they are more aware of the gap in strength.

When understanding the reality of the situation, no one is willing to advertise their dreams everywhere, or deceive themselves under the banner of dreams.

Now, the juniors in the baseball club have reminded them with facts that if they don't play hard, they won't have to wait until summer, and the senior team will lose now.

Vice-captain Gochi Iwata added sharply:

"Hiroki is right. Everyone knows the character of our supervisor. If we continue to behave like this, the supervisor will give the position to the first grader without hesitation!"

"Now, Supervisor Dong is watching the game!"

The stern words from the two captains severely reminded the players of the senior team.

Don't worry about how you will fight in the final summer, the opponent in front of you has not yet been defeated.

After a moment of silence, the members of the senior team all nodded silently, and Hiroki knew that what he said spoke to their hearts.

So Hongshu said slowly:

"Okay, everyone just understands. It's only been three innings now. We still have many offensive opportunities, but the first thing we need to do is not to lose runs, so I will try my best to induce the batter to hit the infield ball later."

"Infielders should always be on the lookout for power balls. Outfielders should not relax either, pay attention to their fielding position and be wary of hit fly balls."

"Do you understand everything?" Hiroki adjusted his defense and asked.

"Yes, I understand, Captain!"

The members of the senior team answered one after another.

They also realize that although they say they value their juniors and take the competition seriously, in fact most people still have the same mentality as during training.

After all, they are still teenagers, and it is difficult for them to maintain the concentration on every game like professional baseball players.

The current backward situation also makes them understand that on the baseball field, no opponent will obediently surrender victory.

When preparing to go on defense, Hiroki summoned everyone to form a circle formation. This was the first time the senior team formed a circle formation today.

"spread!"

"Come on!"
Chapter completed!