call out!

The bat and ball missed each other.

"Crack!"

"Good shot!" the referee ruled.

"The batter is out!"

After finally striking out nine of Matsuzaka's bats, Tetsu Nishino threw the ball to Yamamoto Sakuya and shouted: "Yamamoto-senpai, one out!"

After receiving five hits just now, Tetsu Nishino barely managed to comfort Yamamoto Sakuya and got the first out.

It's better than no one is out.

It's the bottom of the fourth inning, one out, and there are people on first and third base.

The next batter, Matsuzaka Sho's bat, is Keita Ito.

"Qiang!"

The baseball hit the ground and rolled toward the second base bag.

"Uchino!" Tetsu Nishino shouted.

Sakuya Yamamoto hit the ball very low and Keita Ito couldn't pick it up.

And the ball doesn't roll very fast, so you should be able to catch a double play.

However, an unexpected scene happened.

Hakusan's second baseman Kajikawa Yuichiro and shortstop Ishida Kenjiro collided in a hurry. Not only did neither of them pick up the ball, but they hit the ball farther away.

Taking advantage of Hakusan's chaotic defense, the runner on third base ran back to home plate and scored another run.

The batter also moved up to first base, creating a situation with one out and one man on second base.

His face turned pale, and Yamamoto Sakuya was now in a bit of a state of mind.

As an ace from Hakusan High School, his pitching method is to hit the batter, so he is very vulnerable to the defensive situation behind him.

In order to prevent his ball path from being penetrated by the opponent prematurely, in official games, Higashi Takuji often lets Gochi Iwata start and then let him take the second shot.

But the defense of his teammates behind him today really made him cry.

What could have been a double play turned out to be a loss of runs, a man on second base, and two or three batters in succession. Which pitcher can withstand this?

I looked at the score on the electronic scoreboard.

0:12

Yamamoto Sakuya was filled with frustration and fell into a trance. He didn't know when he threw the baseball.

call out!

despair!

The baseball hit the batter's calf.

Touch ball!

"Ah! It hurts!!!"

Takuro Yoshinaga, Shoji Matsusaka, knelt on the ground and screamed in pain, tears almost flowing out. He was also confused, why did he come up and give him a blow?

"Pitch! The batter advances!"

The umpire pointed his finger at first base and yelled.

Yoshinaga Takuro looked painful and limped onto first base.

Teammates in the dugout quickly brought him a bottle of liquid butane spray to cool his injury and relieve pain.

Yamamoto Sakuya, whose lips turned white, took off his baseball cap, bowed to Yoshinaga Takuro and made an "sorry" expression.

Because the ball hit the pitch, the situation turned into an out with the bases loaded.

Yamamoto Sakuya couldn't hold on anymore.

Do you want to switch investments? Supervisor Dong Tuo is considering it.

But now there is only one pitcher left in Hakusan, Kazuya Nishino. Under such circumstances, will replacing the first-year pitcher on the field destroy the pitcher?

At this time, Nishino Kazuya's eyes were red, and he felt uncomfortable looking at the situation on the court.

He could do nothing off the court and could only watch helplessly as the team lost one point after another. The feeling of powerlessness made him almost cry.

After hesitating for a while, Totoji made a decision. Sooner or later, he would have to face this situation.

"Kazuya, get ready to play."

"Yes! Supervision!"

Kazuya Nishino, who had already been warming up in the bullpen, shouted loudly.

The court was paused to deal with a player's injury, and the announcement on the court read slowly.

"Notice of player change at Hakusan High School. Pitcher Yamamoto-kun was replaced and replaced by pitcher Nishino Kazuya-kun."

Kazuya Nishino ran up to the pitcher's mound and looked at Tetsuya Nishino and Sakuya Yamamoto in front of him, "Senior Yamamoto, leave the next batter to me."

"Um."

Yamamoto Sakuya nodded and handed the baseball to Nishino Kazuya. He knew that he could no longer throw the baseball.

Seeing Nishino Tetsu's red eyes, Nishino Kazuya could feel his unwillingness.

However, after wiping the sweat from his forehead, Tetsu Nishino forced a smile.

"Kazuya, the seniors are all out of shape today..."

"I know, Azhe, I think the same as you!"

"Then please."

"Um!"

Seeing Tetsu Nishino return behind the plate, and recalling his stiff smile just now, Kazuya Nishino smiled bitterly.

I once imagined standing on a formal stage with him and throwing the ball into the spot he wanted, but I didn't expect it to be such a difficult situation.

With one out and the bases loaded, the batter has three hits.

"PalyBall!"

Matsuzaka Shosan's Nishikawa Kenta, who had already arrived at the batting area, stepped on the dirt on the ground, raised his bat and watched quietly.

Behind home plate.

Tetsu Nishino put on his mask, put his left foot flat on the ground, squatted with only his right foot, and placed his glove firmly in the center of the strike zone without giving a signal.

Lifting his legs and stepping out, Kazuya Nishino flicked his arm!

call out!

The moment the bases are entered.

Whoosh!

So fast!

Kenta Nishikawa swung the bat fiercely at the incoming ball!

"Crack!"

With a push of his left hand, Tetsu Nishino caught the ball.

"nice shot!"

The chief judge raised his right hand into a fist and shouted.

"Wow, 146km of straight ball! Hakusan's first-year pitcher hit the fastest pitch in the game right away!"

Commentator Takashi Takayama said in surprise that it is unusual for a first-year player to be able to throw such a high ball speed.

In Matsuzaka Sho's dugout, the players were a little surprised when they saw the ball speed displayed. They originally thought that the first-year pitcher from Hakuyama was here to make up the numbers, but they didn't expect that the ball speed was quite fast.

Generally speaking, most of the third-year aces in high schools have a ball speed of around 140km, and there are many aces whose ball speed cannot reach 140km. Even Matsusaka Sho's Ace Yoshikawa Haruki has a maximum ball speed of only 143km, which is almost enough at the high school level.

After the first ball was missed, Kenta Nishikawa looked at his dugout in the batter's box and found that supervisor Masuzu Ishimura did not give instructions, but let him make his own judgment.

A fastball? Then the ball control should be unstable, Kenta Nishikawa thought.

Second ball.

Tetsu Nishino maintained the same squatting position as the previous ball, but the position of his gloves changed.

This time it's the outside corner.

call out!

142km straight drive.

Kenta Nishikawa swings the bat hard again!
To be continued...