Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 029: Dramatic Home Run
West Tokyo, quarter-finals.
The match between Aoyama High School and the western Tokyo-based powerhouse Seidou High School is in full swing.
As for today's game, the previously unknown Qingshan High School demonstrated dark horse-level combat effectiveness.
When the game reached the second game, the score between the two sides was still 0:0.
Although the Seidou High School baseball team is stronger in offense, from the overall situation, the two teams are evenly matched.
A dark horse team was able to compete on equal terms with the nationally ranked powerhouse Qingdao High School.
Nowadays, the two teams are playing in a pitching battle.
In the stands, the spectators who supported the Seidou High School baseball team were stunned.
In this situation, they can't even complain about Qingdao. To be honest, Qingdao's players performed well.
Even Director Kataoka, who was known for his strictness, could not find any faults with his favorite disciples.
During the break in the game, Coach Kataoka arranged the tactics.
More than once, he cast his eyes towards the rest area opposite.
When I was looking at the information before, Qingdao High School was definitely very careful and studied it seriously.
The final result is that although Aoyama High School is quite strong, it should not pose much of a threat to Qingdao.
Unexpectedly, the opponent's pitcher and catcher had retained their strength from the previous game.
"The opponent's performance was good! But you have to believe in the results of your daily training. If you keep playing at this pace, they will not be able to hold out for long."
Director Kataoka said in a decisive tone.
It has to be said that the other party's performance made him look at him with new eyes.
But the gap between giants and ordinary universities cannot be made up by one or two rounds of good performance.
As time goes on, the gap in physical strength and experience will gradually become apparent.
Now, the most important thing for the Qingdao High School baseball team is to maintain their own rhythm and not panic or get confused.
Although he had not been a supervisor for a particularly long time, Kataoka was well aware.
In those classic cases of the weak defeating the strong on the baseball field, the outstanding performance of the weak team is certainly a very important reason.
But more often than not, it’s because the strong teams have problems themselves, which gives the weak teams an opportunity to take advantage.
The Seidou High School baseball team he leads must never make such a low-level mistake.
In the bottom of the second inning, the Seidou High School baseball team attacked.
Although the supervisor instructed in the rest area that everyone should not be anxious and just keep a steady pace.
But how could the players on the court possibly listen?
Dong Qingguo, with a big belly, pouted his mouth and looked extremely ferocious.
After standing in the batter's box, he tried to swing the bat a few times to warm up.
The baseball flew past Xifeng's eyes, and Xifeng Lie swallowed subconsciously.
This man is different!
Without actually fighting, Xi Feng Lie could feel it just by watching from the side.
They are no match for the man in front of them!
Although the Eastern Qing Kingdom also had weaknesses.
But compared to his foul-level strength, the weakness of Dongqing Kingdom is simply not worth mentioning.
If the pitch is touched by his bat even a little bit, the ball is likely to be knocked out.
No one is out and no one is on base.
In terms of timing, this is not a good time to walk a batter.
But the speed of Dongqing Kingdom itself is very average, and Xifeng Lie has already thought of a way to deal with the subsequent attackers.
"You don't have to fight the opponent head-on. Just choose to be sent on a mission!"
Xifeng Lie is very pragmatic. When faced with high-risk opponents, he chooses to avoid them if possible.
Jiujo on the pitcher's mound was somewhat unwilling.
The opponent is the strongest team in Tokyo!
Even in the whole country, Dongqing Kingdom's striking power is one of the best.
It is basically the wish of every good pitcher to be able to play against such a master.
From this perspective, Kujo certainly hopes to have a head-on confrontation with the Dongqing Kingdom.
But, no!
As the ace of Aoyama High School, his duty is not to compete with the strong batters of Qingdao High School baseball team, but to lead the team to victory.
Whether he is willing or not, from the team's point of view, sending him to Dongqing State is undoubtedly the right choice.
"Bad ball!"
“Bad ball!!”
“Bad ball!!”
“Bad ball!!”
"Walk to first base!!"
No bragging, no doing anything extra.
The pitcher and catcher duo of Qingshan High School chose the simplest way to be admitted, Jingyuan.
It seemed as if they were using practical actions to tell the players of the Seidou High School baseball team that they would not compete against real strong bats.
"Qingshan, this is too cowardly!"
"Were you frightened by Dong directly?"
"As expected, the best player in Tokyo."
People in the stands were whispering.
Although there are some criticisms of Qingshan High School, there is more respect for Dongqing Kingdom.
Everyone seemed to think that given the strength shown by Dongqing Kingdom, he deserved such treatment.
Even if he himself does not like such treatment very much, it cannot change everyone's opinion.
No one is out and there is a runner on first base.
Yuki, who was batting fifth, stepped into the batter's box.
In the next few seconds, people finally saw the true horror of Qingshan High School.
Xifeng Lie, who was at the catcher position, glanced at Yuki, then nodded slightly at Kujo on the pitcher's mound.
Jiujo understood what he meant and nodded gently, glancing behind him out of the corner of his eyes.
The shortstop of Qingshan High School took a few steps back.
Unknowingly , they had set a trap.
At this time, the friends of Qingdao High School baseball team were still naive and didn't notice anything.
Until they are fully prepared and launch an offensive.
It seemed that Jiujo's pitching went wrong, and the baseball flew to the inside corner. Although the position was relatively off, the speed was not fast.
Of course, Yuki in the batter's box would not let go of such a mistake.
He held the bat tightly in both hands and hit the flying baseball hard.
"Buzz!"
As the bat was swinging, it felt like a thunderclap hit the strike zone.
Xi Fenglie's heart sank.
Yuki's swing seemed faster and more decisive than in the video.
fortunately……
Just as the bat was about to hit the baseball, the baseball suddenly sank.
Yuki, who had already swung the bat, had no time to react and could only watch the bat hit the baseball.
“Ping…”
The ball that was hit flew away like a dog chasing a rabbit.
The Qingdao friends who saw this scene were stunned.
It happens again!
In the first inning, after Tanaka reached base, Hidezawa hit a pitch like this, resulting in a double play.
Originally everyone thought it was a matter of luck.
Now it seems that things are not that simple.
Now the same situation has happened again, and it’s a bit ridiculous to talk about luck.
This should be the tactic of Qingshan High School. They deliberately let people come up and then wait for an opportunity to get a double kill.
The idea is crazy and even a little illogical.
But this is the only reasonable explanation.
Will the tragedy happen again?
"Snapped!"
The baseball was intercepted by the first baseman of Aoyama High School!
At first, he wanted to turn around and throw to second base.
Dong Qingguo has already started running, and is now only seven or eight meters away from second base.
But the first baseman of Aoyama raised his hand for a while but failed to pass the ball.
They could only watch as Dong Qingguo successfully ran to second base.
One out, runner on second base.
"what happened?"
Qingshan High School called a timeout.
Their double kill plan failed.
On the other side, the players of Qingdao High School baseball team were sweating profusely.
When they had their first double kill, they thought it was a coincidence.
But this time, facing Towa Yuki.
The players from Qingshan High School almost killed them both just now.
This is very telling.
The double kill was not a coincidence, but a trap designed in advance.
Qingshan High School, the west wind is strong.
This sudden appearance of this player really brought a huge impact to the players of Qingdao High School baseball team.
There was silence in the stands at first.
It took two or three seconds before the pictures started snapping.
The senior high school players from the city universities who came to watch the game looked at each other in bewilderment.
They didn't know what to complain about . The luck of the Qingdao High School baseball team was just too bad.
Compared with the team competing against the city's third high school, Qingshan High School is not on the same level at all.
Before playing against them, Qingdao would have to show more strength when facing such a tough opponent.
“It looks like God is helping us!”
Supervisor Tahara said.
"Don't let God down. Take a good look at what Qingdao does next."
Mr. Kataoka, what kind of trump card did you prepare before? Take it out~
"Sixth batter, shortstop, Zhang Han."
Under the expectant gaze of the fans, Zhang Han stood in the batter's box.
Xifeng Lie and Jiu Tiao are quite familiar with Zhang Han.
Although Zhang Han only got one hit in the last game, he was like a completely different person compared to the first game.
This is very telling.
In other words, Zhang Han did not like the ball delivery of Qingdao High School in the second round of the game.
With the successful experience of Metropolitan Third High School, they just need to follow suit and they will be guaranteed to be right.
Having made up his mind, Jiu Tiao on the pitcher's mound threw the ball to the lower center of the strike zone.
In the previous game, Metropolitan Third High School used this kind of ball arrangement to defeat Zhang Han.
The time Zhang Han got the hit, it wasn't a low ball.
Jiujo threw the ball with full confidence. According to his idea, it should not be difficult to deal with Zhang Han.
did not expect.
Zhang Han, who was in the batter's box, saw the flying baseball and a look of joy flashed in his eyes.
This position may be a little awkward for ordinary hitters.
But for him, nothing could be more comfortable than this.
The bat in his hand whizzed out.
Zhang Han swung the bat at an angle, which looked like a very tough batting posture, and Zhang Han used it with great ease.
“Ping!”
The bat hit the baseball hard, sending the ball flying.
2:0!
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