Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 003 Qingdao First Battle
"The second round of the West Tokyo Tournament, the third match between Qingdao High School and Musashino University Affiliated High School, has officially begun!"
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, loud cheers and encouragement broke out from the stands on the third base side.
"Qingdao! Qingdao!!"
In addition to the neat cheering slogans, there was also an orchestra and cheerleaders specially sent by the school.
They all performed hard to cheer for the team.
The entire third base side of the stands included the cheerleaders from the second team and students who came from Seidou High School to watch the game.
And the alumni, family and friends of the players.
There were several hundred people.
These people gathered together and sat on the side of the third base stands, and the scene was very lively.
The players in the Qingdao rest area were all in high spirits.
Competing in such an environment, their strength could be improved by at least 30%.
In stark contrast to the stands on the Seidou side, there were almost no people on the stands on the first base side.
A sparrow flew over the stands, leaving behind some digested food waste as it flew.
The waste fell squarely on the head of one of the spectators.
"Damn, this is so accurate!"
"With your luck today, you can definitely go buy a lottery ticket. There are so many seats, and there are about 10 people sitting there. The probability of it falling on someone is even smaller than winning the lottery, let alone falling directly on your head."
The audience member smiled bitterly when he heard this and wiped the waste off his head with a wet tissue.
"Maybe our team can get lucky today! Besides, aren't there more than a dozen people cheering for us?"
"Open your titanium dog eyes and see clearly. There are probably only four or five of us here to cheer for Musashi. The others are from other teams here to scout."
"That also shows that our Musashi is attracting much attention."
"I admire your ability to lie with open eyes. Don't you know that they are here to investigate Qingdao?"
"We can still be good friends if we don't say anything."
Although there were only a few people cheering for the players on Musashi's side, the atmosphere was quite lively.
On the other side, the atmosphere in the stands on the Qingdao side was really warm.
Especially some first -year players, holding various cheering props in their hands, watching the game about to begin on the court, with envy flashing in their eyes.
"I really envy Yuki and Zhang-san. They are already representing our team in the competition wearing the main players' numbers!"
Aso said.
"Instead of envying them, we should work hard so that we can be promoted to the first corps after the third-year seniors graduate."
Maezono said with a hum.
When he first entered the school, Maezono had little prestige among the new students.
But since Zhang Han and Yuki were promoted to the first rank, Maezono's presence has gradually emerged.
The most important thing is that this guy trains hard enough. Among all the sophomores, except for the two guys who have joined the first team, he always trains until the latest before returning to the dormitory.
Even after Chris's accident, it did not affect this man's pace of extra training. Although the new students could not be as careless as he was.
But everyone still recognizes his courage and spirit.
Indistinctly, he has become a leader among the freshmen who have not been promoted to the first or second army.
"That's right! Sooner or later we will be promoted to the first army."
Among the four promoted players, Ryosuke Kominato, who had bad luck, had his position overlapped with the team captain Tanaka.
So he didn't get the starting number.
The other three players all had odd numbers, which were the legendary main numbers. This was the only time in the history of the Qingdao High School baseball team.
The game officially starts and Qingdao attacks first.
The first person to step into the batter's box was Kakuei Tanaka, the captain of the Seidou High School baseball team.
He is the team's second baseman.
Unlike ordinary starting hitters, this person has a very burly physique and is obviously a typical power hitter.
Tanaka himself had no intention of concealing it at all, and as he raised the bat, catcher Musashi, who was close by, could clearly see his bulging muscles.
It was obvious at first glance that those muscles contained extremely powerful strength.
There is no need to think about the information previously collected, let alone review Tanaka's previous glorious achievements.
Just by looking at his body shape, one can guess what type of hitter Tanaka is.
He is 100% a power hitter, and even among power hitters, he is probably the representative one.
"The Seidou High School baseball team has a lot of strong hitters! Against these guys, straight balls are likely to become targets. We should focus on the changeup. Believe in your changeup. Even if Seidou's players want to hit it, it will definitely not be an easy task."
The catcher gave the signal.
Kuriyama, the No. 11 pitcher who came on for Musashi, nodded imperceptibly and then threw the ball out very decisively.
Tanaka, who was in the batter's box, was shocked when he saw the flying baseball.
This speed is not much faster than a turtle crawling.
Although the angle was a bit tricky, Tanaka believed that he could definitely hit the ball.
Having made up his mind, he faced the flying baseball and swung the bat in his hand without any hesitation.
“Ping!”
The moment the bat hit the baseball, Tanaka's face turned ugly.
Before the baseball came into his hand, the amplitude of the change suddenly increased. Although he tried hard to adjust, he still failed to hit the center of the ball.
Not only that, because he adjusted the direction of his swing, the power that he had originally gathered in the swing was not used.
As a result, the hit baseball landed lightly in front of the second baseman.
The second baseman of Musashi High School was stunned.
He probably didn't expect that the competition would go so smoothly.
After all, no matter what, their opponents are also powerful teams!
After coming to his senses, he quickly ran forward, picked up the ball and passed it to first base.
"Snapped!"
“Out!!”
One out, no one on base.
The atmosphere in the rest area of the Qingdao High School baseball team suddenly became much more solemn.
The friends looked at each other, with a stern look in their eyes.
This Musashi pitcher Kuriyama was not the ace of their team, and he had never been heard to be very great before.
The friends on the Seidou High School baseball team originally thought that defeating him would be an easy task.
Now it seems that they underestimated the enemy.
In the stands, several first-year students had disbelief in their eyes.
"Oh my goodness, the degree to which this ball bends is too foul!"
"Who says it isn't? Even we in the stands could see the baseball sinking. I wonder how Tanaka-senpai managed to catch the ball?"
"I didn't expect the captain to be dealt with as soon as he came on the field. This is not a good sign."
"The other party just caught us by surprise, but they were not so lucky afterwards!"
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