Volume 2: Dormant Rebirth Chapter 028 Pitcher, substitute!
"Overtaking so quickly?"
"These new players are still not good enough."
"Although the performance of the Qingdao High School baseball team has not been very good in the past two years, the players trained by Coach Kataoka generally have a certain level of strength."
"Compared with them, there is still a big gap between the new players."
The alumni who were watching were talking about it.
From their conversations, you can basically have a certain understanding of the situation on the field.
The current situation of the freshman team is very not optimistic.
The total score is 4:3.
The lead that Yukichi and Zhang Han had worked so hard to maintain was gone just like that.
The attack of the senior team still seems endless, and there is no idea when it will stop.
The freshman team, which had been full of momentum just now, saw their morale drop after encountering this situation.
Compared with the seniors, they are still too immature.
In fact, even when the team was leading before, they had this feeling.
It was just that because the team was leading, they suppressed the anxiety in their hearts. Now that the score was overtaken by the senior team, the thoughts that were originally suppressed were turned up again.
Through the previous match, they clearly realized how strong their side was compared to the senior team.
The gap is too big!
After playing several games, the enthusiasm of the freshmen has basically cooled down. Through the game, they have basically gained an objective understanding of themselves. Do they know how good they are? What role can they play in such a game?
To be frank, if it weren't for the strong leadership of Yu Xing and Zhang Han, the other freshmen would not have been able to perform at all in this game. It was even more impossible for the freshmen team to have such an advantage at the beginning!
Apart from these two, the performances of Kuramochi and Hakushu were barely acceptable.
As for the other freshmen, in the previous few games, their roles were just supporting roles.
This even includes Kawakami on the pitcher's mound.
If it weren't for Miyuki's effective guidance, would it be difficult to deal with those senior students just relying on Kawakami's pitching?
Now that his tricks have been seen through, he can no longer put pressure on the seniors by bluffing.
More and more balls are hit out!
Practice makes perfect. Once the senior team becomes familiar with Kawakami's pitching routines and rhythm, it will be difficult for them to continue the game relying solely on his pitching.
This is not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that Kawakami's mentality has also become problematic. He is no longer as confident as he was at the beginning. If he can maintain his confidence at the beginning, with the cooperation of Kazuya Miyuki, even if Kawakami inevitably loses points, he can control the loss of points within a certain range. But now, he has collapsed. It is no longer possible to rely on him to maintain a certain score.
At this time, Director Kataoka suddenly gave an order.
"Let Kawashima play."
When this order was issued, the freshmen were all a little bit unbelieving.
When the senior team was in a stalemate, Coach Kataoka activated Chris, the actual core of the Seidou High School baseball team, without hesitation.
The purpose is not to make the old students too embarrassed, but also to give a warning to the freshmen.
Although the freshmen are all resentful, they can actually understand Coach Kataoka's approach.
Whether for the sake of the team's ace or for the team's position, he would never allow the freshman team to win the welcome game .
A group of players who had never received any training since entering high school actually surpassed the players he had carefully trained for a year or two. Any supervisor would be embarrassed by this.
No matter how outstanding the potential of the newcomers is, no matter how outstanding their achievements in high school are?
This situation will never be allowed to happen.
In other words, although Coach Kataoka seemed extremely fair in today's game, he actually had a very firm stance and he was originally on the side of the senior team.
How could Kataoka, who was standing in the senior team, possibly help the freshman team with ideas?
At this time, as long as he does not replace the core players of the freshman team, he will be very magnanimous.
Who would have thought that he would make such a choice at this critical moment?
"Supervise him..."
Minister Ota frowned, puzzled.
In the current situation, they can finally hold their heads high.
According to common sense, Director Kataoka should not make any adjustments.
Let the game continue and let the senior team gain a bigger advantage so as to completely wash away the previous shame.
"He is not such a stingy person. His purpose is to test the strength of the players on the field and see who is qualified to represent the Seidou High School baseball team. No matter if they are freshmen or seniors, as long as they are strong enough, he will promote them."
Kazuya Miyuki!
Zhang Han!
Even though the welcome match has not ended yet, the brilliance of these two people has already caught everyone's eyes.
They will definitely be promoted.
Next, let’s see if there are any pitchers worth training in the new team?
After all, the position that the first-team team lacks most right now is pitcher.
Kawashima, whose test scores surpassed Kawakami's, performed unsatisfactorily.
In one game, he lost six points.
Even when Miyuki was partnered with him, he didn't show the same ability as Kawakami.
Looking back, people actually think that Kawakami's performance was pretty good before.
At first everyone thought that he was able to perform so well because of Miyuki.
His role is just that of a pitching machine.
It’s not that you don’t know the goods, but you should compare the goods.
Compared to Kawashima who just came on, his performance was very good.
It is worth cultivating!
The match went into the fifth inning, with the score between freshmen and seniors at 10:3.
The freshmen lag behind the seniors by seven points.
Coach Kataoka gave another order, Zhang Han went to the pitcher's mound and Miyuki went to second base .
Hiroshi Ono, who originally partnered with Zhang Han in Matsukata, took the position of catcher.
It can be seen that Coach Kataoka did not prepare today's welcome match for everyone from the beginning.
He only targets those players who have the potential to be promoted.
From the first army and the second army.
As for those players, it is difficult for them to grow in a short period of time and have the strength to be promoted to the first or second team.
Kataoka was not even considered.
In the top of the fifth inning, the freshman team attacked.
One out, no one on base.
The blow fell on Zhang Han again...
"Speaking of which, this class of freshmen is quite capable. They've already got quite a few hits!"
“And scored three points!”
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