2 bad goals and 2 good goals.

The fifth ball.

High straight ball from outside corner.

"call out"

"Qiang!"

Shion Arimori swung the bat and hit the ball to the out-of-bounds ground.

"Out of bounds!"

A little impatient. Shion Arimori was very dissatisfied with herself.

If he could see the high ball clearly, he could let it pass, but because he was anxious, he saw it was a straight ball and hit it. Fortunately, Shion Yumori successfully pulled the ball out of bounds, otherwise he would have been out.

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

However, the situation of the duel was quite unfavorable for Tetsu Nishino.

The sixth ball.

Tetsu Nishino decided to use a high slider and let the ball sneak into the strike zone.

After calling the signal, Tetsu Nishino secretly prayed in his heart: Kazuya, hurry up and hit the strike zone!

Nishino Kazuya also understood what he meant. Although Kuriyama Shogo behind him put a lot of pressure on him by stealing bases, he still quietly changed the way he held the ball with his fingers.

In order to ensure that it is confusing, the angle at which Kazuya Nishino swings his arms is deliberately kept similar to the angle at which he releases a straight ball.

"call out"

Looking at the angle of the shot, Arimori Shion thought it was a bad shot from a high straight ball and fell into hesitation.

The baseball begins to slide when the base is reached.

"Crack!"

Tetsu Nishino, who stood up slightly, caught the baseball firmly, kept his glove in place, and looked at the chief referee, Supervisor Higashi Takuji.

Supervisor Higashi Takuji knew what Tetsu Nishino wanted him to say.

but.

"Bad ball!"

Sure enough... Tetsu Nishino was very disappointed and gave up the last bit of luck.

Although this slider deceived Shion Arimori and prevented him from hitting the ball, the ball did not fall far enough and did not fall into the strike zone.

One more bad ball count.

Unconsciously, we got stuck all the way to 3 bad goals and 2 good goals.

Tetsu Nishino believes that there is no room for testing at this number of balls, and he does not dare to match hookballs and curveballs. It is very dangerous to match these types of balls that are prone to bad balls after 3 bad balls.

So Tetsu Nishino returned to the straight ball, matching the winning ball with a straight ball in the strike zone to decide the winner.

After seeing the signal, Nishino Kazuya on the pitcher's mound nodded cautiously. He knew the importance of this ball.

"call out"

Baseball gallops into base!

"Qiang!"

Shion Arimori hit the baseball hard, threw the bat away and quickly ran the bases.

As a result, Higashi Takuji shouted "out of bounds", and Shion Arimori could only pick up the bat and return to the batter's box to stand.

"What's wrong with Kazuya?" Tetsu Nishino murmured.

He clearly expected this straight ball to be a good ball, but Kazuya Nishino made a high-level bad ball.

Tetsu Nishino looked toward the pitcher's mound.

After missing the shot again, Nishino Kazuya's expression became slightly stiff. He turned around and picked up the magnesium powder bag, pinched it, and let the overflowing magnesium powder cover the sweat on his palms.

Then Kazuya Nishino wiped his hands on his shorts to wipe off the excess powder.

After turning around, Nishino Kazuya raised his hand to straighten his hat, pursed his lips and waited for the signal for the next ball.

Kazuya is nervous... Seeing Kazuya Nishino's expression and movements, Tetsu Nishino knew that he was nervous, and he was a little hesitant to call a timeout.

After thinking about it, Tetsu Nishino decided to observe his condition.

In fact, Tetsu Nishino's guess was correct, Kazuya Nishino's mentality had indeed changed.

The batter was entangled with so many pitches, the changeup pitch was not good, and the straight ball was hit one after another. Kazuya Nishino began to doubt his pitching, and he was entangled to the point that he no longer had the confidence to win the batter.

The eighth ball.

Too many balls are used.

There is no other way, I still use straight balls to adjust my condition.

Inside angle straight ball.

However, as soon as the ball was released, Tetsu Nishino said to himself that it was bad.

This ball relies too much on the batter.

After receiving the ball, the ruling of the referee Higashi Takuji made Tetsu Nishino very helpless.

"Bad ball!"

"Four balls, batter on base!"

Shion Arimori shook her fist excitedly, put down her bat, and slowly ran up to first base.

If a batter is put on base on four bases, the ball that was entangled in the front is a wasted pitch.

With one out, there are players on first and second base.

A big crisis for the first grade team to lose points.

"Requesting a timeout!" Tetsu Nishino had to get on the mound.

The infielders also gathered on the pitcher's mound with Tetsu Nishino.

Tetsu Nishino comforted him: "It's okay Kazuya, just try your best to throw the ball, and everyone will defend together."

"Yeah, just feel free to pitch to them, we will definitely try our best to stop them!" the infielders also said.

Nishino Kazuya curled his lips, "You don't have to come up, I'm not that fragile."

Seeing that Nishino Kazuya's face softened slightly, they didn't say much and returned to their defensive positions.

However, the crisis still needs to be solved. Next, he has to face the cleanup hitters of the senior team. Nishino Tetsu has a headache just thinking about it.

Now that he heard Kato Moami's beautiful voice, Nishino Tetsuya felt very difficult to handle.

because.

"The next batter on the senior team is,"

"Four sticks, catcher, you!"

It's really difficult to face four bats when the pitcher needs to adjust his pitching condition.

"Captain, let's get a big one!"

"Fight it out!"

"Sang, it's up to you!"

There were cheers from the senior team.

After Hiroki spun the bat in a circle, he raised the bat and waited for the pitch to come.

On the pitcher's mound, Kazuya Nishino felt a little nervous as the captain stared at him so calmly. Inexplicably, he made a "one out" gesture to the fielders.

Tetsu Nishino was thinking quickly at this time.

Since the seniors have always been targeting straight balls, does that mean you can use sliders to get some strikes? Give it a try. Let’s look at the first pitch with a slider.

So Tetsu Nishino played the secret code representing a sliding ball.

Nishino Kazuya nodded to express his understanding.

Licking his dry lips with his tongue, Nishino Kazuya raised his legs and stepped forward suddenly, swinging his arms rapidly at the same time.

"call out"

The baseball that hit home plate fell in an arc!

Sudden!

Hong Shu suddenly excelled!

The bat was swung quickly and hit the center of the baseball hard before it entered the glove!

"Qiang!!!"
To be continued...