Iba Tata, who was retreating all the way, stopped some distance before the blocking net.

Ibotata slightly adjusted the position of his gloves.

"Crack!"

The baseball fell into his glove.

Holding the baseball in his glove tightly with his hands, Ibota held up his glove to show everyone.

Take the kill!

Two out!

"Very good!"

Tetsu Nishino clenched his fists and shouted, this beautiful catch was so important to their first grade team.

If Kazuya Nishino had another hit after hitting a home run, I'm afraid the first-year team's defense would collapse in an instant.

"Two out, two out!"

By encouraging each other, the players on the first-year team also regained a little confidence.

Alas... the distance between center and field is still too far. Ito Nao-senpai thought regretfully. When he hit the ball, he found that he didn't control the direction well. He probably almost missed the ball, but he was caught in the field in the end.

After two outs.

The pressure is much less when facing the next batter.

"Six bats, right fielder, Komada-kun."

As the only sophomore among the senior team's starters, Komada Ryusei must have good offensive capabilities.

The expression on his face didn't change much. Komada Ryusei just slowly raised the bat and waited.

"palyball!"

Although the ball matching strategy of returning to straight balls has been determined, Tetsu Nishino will not just match every ball with straight balls.

On the first pitch, Tetsu Nishino hit a curveball.

"call out"

A long-lost curve ball.

"Crack!"

"nice shot!"

Komada Ryusei hesitated for a moment and let the ball go.

Second ball.

Tetsu Nishino once again matched up with the straight ball in the ball zone.

Pitch to the hitter and use the quality of the ball to suppress the hitter. The same idea is to use it twice in a row. Tetsu Nishino wants to give the choice to the hitter.

If you don’t hit, just chase with 2 good shots!

Baseball strikes quickly!

"call out!"

Kazuya Nishino controls his position very well when shooting.

Frowning, Komada Ryusei did not expect that Tetsu Nishino would return such a strong pitch when he caught two shots. Knowing that it was intentional by the opponent, Komada Ryusei still refused to give up this straight ball.

"Qiang!"

The bat hit the ball firmly again!

This time it’s still center field!

Just like a copy, following almost the same trajectory as the last time, the baseball flew high.

Only this time, the baseball flies faster!

The backbone player Ibota backed away and would not give up the ball until the last moment.

However.

The small ball flying high and fast made Tetsu Nishino, who was staring intently, feel a little bad.

Not again...

The baseball in the air is quickly approaching the blocking net!

Could it be?!

"Crack!"

Ibotata caught the fly ball one meter in front of the home plate wall.

"Out!" the referee announced.

Tetsu Nishino secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In this head-on confrontation with the batter, they won.

After three outs, the offense and defense exchanged. The game came to the first half of the fifth inning, and the first-year team attacked. However, the senior team did not give them a chance to take advantage of it.

Five-bat Shogo Konda hit a high fly ball into an infield fly ball, and was caught by the shortstop.

Immediately afterwards.

Six bats pitched a bad ball in the inside corner, which also hit an infield fly ball and was caught by the third baseman.

Seven bats hit a fast ground ball, but it was intercepted by the second baseman and passed to first base to seal the game.

Less than 5 minutes.

The first-grade team's three hitters quickly left the game.

The defense of the senior team gradually made them despair.

Pitcher Kazuya Nishino, who was taking a break from the field, didn't even need to go into the bullpen to pitch to keep warmed up, because each break was less than 5 minutes and his body didn't cool down at all.

Is it difficult for the senior team to suppress rookies like them?

The fact is before our eyes, the first grade team is completely unable to produce a threatening offense.

And the seniors were not going to give them any time to breathe, and were ready to hit the ground immediately. In this half inning, it was the senior team's turn to hit 789 at-bats.

Bottom line.

But it is still very difficult for the first grade team to cope.

After Yuichiro Kawa came on the field, he deliberately smoothed the strike zone with his feet, tapped the home plate with his bat, and raised the bat in his hand with an expectant expression on his face.

What's wrong with the bottom lane? You can't have dreams when you're in the bottom lane!

First goal.

"Qiang!"

Decisive and decisive!

The ball bounced quickly toward the ground between second and third base.

First, the third baseman ran over with his waist low and tried to intercept the ball, but was unable to intercept the ball that quickly rolled to the ground.

at the same time.

The shortstop who was in a slightly deeper defensive position ran over and jumped forward.

"despair!"

Still didn't stop it!

This ball penetrated Sanyoujian’s defense!

The bouncing ball rolled in front of the left fielder who stepped forward. By the time the left fielder picked up the ball, Kawa Yuichiro had safely reached first base and made a pause gesture to take off his batting gloves.

There was no one out and there was someone on first base. This inning also started with a hit.

"Eight sticks, shortstop, Ishida-kun."

Nishino Kazuya did not throw the ball first, but suddenly threw two consecutive pin balls to first base, pushing Yuichiro Kawa back to the first base bag before starting to read the signal and prepare to throw.

Kentaro Ishida turned his bat sideways and made a striking stance. But he didn't hit the first pitch, Kazuya Nishino's straight ball in the strike zone.

1 good shot.

At this time, Kawa Yuichiro sneaked a little away from the base.

Suddenly, Kazuya Nishino threw a diversionary ball!

"Crack!"

"safe!"

"Hmph." Kazuya Nishino once again pushed Yuichiro Kawa back to first base.

For the second ball, Kazuya Nishino followed Tetsu Nishino's instructions and threw a fast straight ball, causing the hitter Kentaro Ishida to miss the ball.

2 Strikes chase the batter.
To be continued...