0p0 Chapter 110 Final Day
Chapter 110 Final Day
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On the first pitch, Harada decided to see what the batter was going to do...
'Slider to the outside corner! '
Cheng Gong nodded slightly, then took a deep breath and threw the ball in his hand.
The white ball left a shadow as it passed the pitcher's mound, and Kadota swung the bat hard at the ball that came to home plate.
"Try to swing aggressively for the first pitch, and if it's an easy pitch, hit it with all your strength..."
"Qiang!"
Hearing this sound, Harada and Narimiya's faces changed, and they actually swung at the first pitch...
"Foul ball!"
What they didn't know was that Kadota himself, who hit the ball, also changed his expression, "That was... That was close... I thought it was a straight ball..."
but...
"It doesn't matter if you missed, the next step is the key..."
"This is a good opportunity..." Kadota looked towards the lounge area.
Director Kataoka gave a secret signal to Kadota and Chris here.
"If you want to take action, do it now!"
At this time, Inami's pitching and catching partner had already confirmed the signal for the second ball.
"..." Narimiya prepared to throw the ball and raised his right foot, 'I won't... let you score any more points...'
"The runners are off!"
The moment Narimiya stepped out, Chris also moved quickly, and Yoshizawa's shout from third base was heard loudly.
"Tsk! It's a run-stealing tactic indeed!" Harada clenched his teeth as the batter bent over in front of him, preparing to hit.
At this moment, under the shadow of the brim of Cheng Gong's hat, his eyes were shining...
"Daimai was eliminated in the third round of the autumn competition?"
"Where's Cheng Gong? Was he beaten to death?"
"I heard he didn't play..."
"Because after Koshien, his pitching posture became distorted..."
'No way out...'
'No...'
'I just feel really bad about this...'
It took me ten days to get out of that room, desperately repeating those annoying exercises, becoming more obsessed with each ball.
"I want to get everything a pitcher needs... everything!"
"If I can go back to that stage and take revenge... I'll do anything... I'll be as willful as I want..."
'My summer... stopped on that day...'
"Qiang!"
"You...have never been to that stage..."
Before the ball was hit, Narimiya had already run down the pitcher's mound, chasing the ball that was rolling towards the mound.
'Everything is for this summer...If...If I can't stand on that stage again...My summer won't begin!'
At this moment, he stretched out his glove and pounced on the baseball.
"A Ming!"
The ball entered the glove, and Cheng Gong used the speed of his forward movement to hit the ball directly back to home base, to Aya's glove.
At the same time as the ball entered the catcher's glove, Chris also came to home plate. Both of them gritted their teeth and faced off again at home plate.
The runner slid to the bases, the catcher tagged out, and in the dust, one side raised the glove of victory, while the other side refused to accept defeat.
Here the home plate umpire loudly announces, "Out!"
Finally, after two good balls, one bad ball and two foul balls, Narimiya threw his winning ball and eliminated Hakushu.
"Strike out! Attack and defense switch!"
"Yeah! Good shot!"
"A-Ming! Good shot!"
"Naomiya!"
"We successfully stopped the scoring tactic with our vigorous defense, making it impossible for Qingdao to score any more points!"
"Naomiya!"
"A Ming!"
"The audience in the stands gave a warm round of applause to the ace pitcher who pitched the entire nine innings alone!"
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"..." Looking at Cheng Gong who was returning to the rest area, Rong Chun was still shocked. "Giving that look..."
He really is... a man like the sun, so flamboyant, confident, and blazing...
"It's not that easy to win..." Chris looked at Eijun, who was sweating all over. As long as the second half of the game wasn't over, he couldn't feel at ease...
"Tamba! Be prepared to fight in any situation!"
"Yes!"
"Sawamura! They're behind you." Kataoka made the decision here, "Just pitch as hard as you can!"
"...yes!"
"Listen carefully! The opponent will try their best to score! So even if you have to catch an out, you must be careful! Don't be careless until the last moment!"
"Yes!"
Looking at the players who were still full of energy, Kataoka slowed down his voice, "This year's Inami is stronger than last year... This is what I think, now it's you who are pushing that team into a desperate situation..."
"So I'm going to go out there with pride and confidence..." At this moment, Kataoka showed a proud and gratified smile on his face, "Go out there with your chest held high!"
"It's the final of the National High School Baseball Tournament's West Tokyo Regional Preliminary. The game is in the bottom of the ninth inning with Seidou leading by three runs."
"There is only half an inning left in this game. Audience members in the stands, please give a warm round of applause to the Seidou players who are going on the field for the last time to defend!"
"We are only three eliminations away from advancing to Koshien..." When the announcer said this, Eijun also said the same thing in unison.
"Can Seidou successfully enter Koshien after six years?"
"The one taking the field at this crucial moment is... the first-year pitcher, Sawamura Eijun!"
"Eijun! Come on!" Grandpa Sawamura, the father in the Inami stands, couldn't help but cheer in a low voice when he saw Eijun go on the court.
No one knows better than them what their children have gone through to become so outstanding.
No one is more certain than they are that their own child is the best, and they are extremely determined that Rongchun will be the winner.
"You're the best!"
"Eijun..." Wakana also looked at Eijun nervously.
"I didn't expect that he would stay on the field until the end..." Zaizen crossed his arms and looked at the players going up the field, a little amazed.
"A man like him who is not afraid of anything could easily decide the outcome..." The people on Mingchuan's side were also surprised that this freshman played in the last round.
"..." Yang Shunchen did not show any surprise at all, he just stared at the court.
"It will be the ninth batter's turn to bat next..." At the same time, Sakurazawa was also discussing the current situation.
"Yeah..." Nagao Ming admitted that this first-year player was really better than expected, but he had seen Inami's batting line-up, "If someone gets on base, it's hard to say."
On the other hand, the third-year contestants from the city university who were glued to the TV were also nervous.
Pingchuan couldn't help but yell, "Let's decide the winner! Do you hear me? Damn it!"
"..." Only Manaka, who was sitting in the back, had a meaningful look on his face...
"As expected, Sawamura is the one to play..." Yamatoda in the press box couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.
"He's still full of energy... But they should be ready to make substitutions at any time..." Fujio Mine seemed calm, "Seidou will try their best to keep the points."
In the last half of the game, many people at the scene had already thought that the game was decided, and the atmosphere had been consistently leaning towards Qingdao from the beginning to now.
"..." Looking at the depressed players, Coach Guoyou was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you have the impression of victory?"
"Have!"
"Baseball is a sport that starts in the bottom of the ninth inning..."
As coach Kunitomo spoke one sentence after another, the expressions on the faces of the Inami contestants became more determined.
In the end, they showed a determination to fight their opponents to the death, which almost infected the audience in the stands, and they hoped that they would turn the tide.
"Let's go out there with the determination that we will win!"
"Oh oh oh oh!!!"
The moment of defense practice officially ended, Chris gestured to Rong Chun, "Are you ready?"
“……” Rongchun tightened his gloves and gave an OK gesture to Chris senior.
"In the bottom of the ninth inning, Daocheng Industrial's last chance to attack. The one who comes up to bat is the ace pinch hitter, sophomore Yabe."
"I remember he's good at hitting inside corner balls..." Looking at Yabe carrying a bat onto the field, Chris turned to Eijun and signaled, "Let him hit the ball to third base..."
"Just hit the first ball!"
"Yabe! Fight as hard as you can!"
"Hah!" Yabe let out a powerful and exciting roar, looking fiercely at the pitcher's mound, 'I must get on base...'
That arrogant guy who never admits defeat always says that kind of thing...
'We can't be a team that is going to be finished here...it can't end like this!'
The first ball, a weird ball right in the middle...
Eijun nodded, followed by a series of pitching movements, throwing the ball out quickly.
The moment the ball was thrown, Yabe changed his bat grip and gently touched the ball out.
"bunt?"
"Third baseman!" Chris was surprised that the first ball was a bunt and immediately instructed Zengzi to defend.
After Yabe hit the ball, he stepped over home plate and ran to first base.
"Any way is fine... as long as I can get on base..." As he approached the base, he rushed towards the target regardless of everything, "as long as I can get the next batter to get on base!"
"..." Yabe's powerful dive made the stadium fall into silence for a moment.
"Yabe..." In the silence, Inami's base running instructor covered his mouth and whispered, "What a pity..."
"It's a foul ball!" Yabe was angry and embarrassed at the same time. He stood up and ran back to home base unhappily, "Damn it!"
"..." As Yabe ran back to home base, Eijun met his eyes. It was the same look that Eijun had just seen on Narimiya's face.
Like a long dormant beast, showing its fangs before showing its pressure...
"come!"
Eijun calmly looked at the batter who was ready again, ready to pitch, "Of course I know this is a battle of victory or defeat..."
"To decide the outcome, I must defeat my opponent..." At this moment, Eijun concentrated his strength on his fingers while pitching, "You don't need to remind me!"
"Qiang!"
The ball landed in front of home plate again and flew towards second base.
"The bounce is subtle... Should I rush out?" At the moment when he was about to move, Haruichi at second base faced the ball and said, "Or should I wait?"
"Don't wait!" At this time, Ryosuke in the rest area noticed that Haruichi hesitated and nervously grabbed the railing, "Run out!"
"Run!" Haruichi made a quick decision, strode forward, caught the ball with an awkward running posture, and turned around to pass to first base.
"Snapped!"
"Out!"
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