King's Green Road

Chapter 419 21. Fanwai Rongchun is in Daocheng

"I really didn't expect that Daocheng didn't hit a hit until the end of the third inning. I didn't expect it to become like this!"

Owada Akiko on the press seat looked at the three consecutive zeros on the scoreboard and was very moved.

"Yes!"

Fujio Mine nodded in agreement with what his female assistant said.

"Now it's the turn of Qingdao's strong stick to hit the field. If he can score in this round, he can take a breath..."

Owada Akiko looked at the first fourth inning of the game, the batting order on the field was also Qingdao's turn to clear the bases, so it was natural to think that Qingdao could score again this time.

It's just that Mine Fujio interrupted what she hadn't finished before Akiko Yamada finished speaking.
"Daocheng will not allow Qingdao to completely control the dominance so easily. After all, Daocheng cannot take down the valley, and Qingdao will also find it difficult to take down Sawamura. You will know after watching."

"Yes, Senior Feng!"

Although Owada Akiko didn't quite believe it, she still believed in Senior Feng's words, so she could keep reading.

As if to verify that Mine Fujio's words were correct, Kominato Ryosuke's smiling face froze after he swung his bat on the field, and he failed to hit the first ball well.

I saw the baseball flying high above the infield, and was caught and killed by Bai He, who was guarding between the second and third bases, walked around and saw the position.

"Out!"

"Ah, what a pity!"

"It's an infield fly! What a pity!"

"No problem!"

"Come on, Isashiki!!"

It's a pity that Isashiki played very well, and even after Ryosuke Kominato scored a ball, he didn't hesitate to hit the first ball directly. It was a long hit in the direction of center field, but it was a pity that Karl Rose ran and caught it with superior footwork.

So far, Eijun has directly killed two of Seidou's batters with fairly good strike strength in the first two goals of this inning.

In the top half of the fourth inning, Eijun faced Seido's strongest hitter with two outs.

Along with the supporters of Qingdao cheering loudly after the regret, the news that the third hitter was on the field also came from the radio.

[Fourth bat, first baseman, Yuuki! 】

Qingdao's brass band also played his percussion support song for Yuki who stepped into the percussion zone at the right time.

"Man-, take your own--, like a soaring--"

Eijun, who was on the mound about to start pitching, looked at Tetsuya Yuuki calmly at this moment, and nodded to the signal given by Harada Masamori.

At this moment, he just wants his team to win! !
"nice shot!"

"strike out!"

But for a moment, under the surprised eyes of everyone in Qingdao, Tetsuya Yuuki, the fourth stick of Qingdao, was struck out again.

Cooperating with Yuki walking down the strike zone, it was Eijun who turned around and smiled confidently at his teammates.

Miyuki in the waiting area saw Harada Masamori's distribution of the ball this time,

This time, he actually used the changing ball as a bait, and in the end he threw a straight ball to knock out Senior A Zhe. It seems that the pitcher's pitching still affected Senior A Zhe, and he paid too much attention to his changing ball. It's calculated!
All the players in Qingdao also stared at each other, the difference in treatment was too obvious at this moment.

This is simply a spectator's dish, especially when they are treated differently by a first-year junior. At most, they knew that this pitcher was difficult to hit, but it was not the kind that could not be hit. Too much for granted.

"Did you really try your best to face Ah Zhe?! You can do it even if you are only in the first grade, you bastard!!"

On the other side, Jun Isashiki, who was out first, also saw it, and his face couldn't help but twisted in anger.

Damn, as long as this is a hearty hitter, he will be angry when he sees being treated so differently by his opponent.

"Three people out, switch offense and defense!"

This round of Eijun also really let the players of Qingdao see that his strength is more than that, and let everyone understand that he has really only tried his best against Tetsuya Yuuki since the beginning.

When the offense and defense exchanged defensive positions, the clear commentary voice of the commentator was also heard on the radio.

[It's the turn of Qingdao's strong stick, this round is still going up and down, it seems that Daocheng's pitcher Sawamura is in good condition!Like Qingdao's Jiang Gu player, he is also a super star! 】

[Strength is equally eye-catching! ! ! 】

"It's so hot!"

After Cheng Gongming returned to the rest area, he fanned himself with a hat and drank a bottle of water in the other hand. The weather was really stuffy and hot, it was so uncomfortable.

Although he didn't get on the mound, he still ran when he was fielding in the outfield. After all, my junior is not a strikeout type pitcher, and the ball is often hit by opponents to the outfield, so naturally he can't stay still.

Once you move, it's hard not to sweat in such hot weather.

"Everyone is hot, not just you, but remember to save your energy, you will have to play in the second half of the game, don't forget."

Masakori Harada just glanced sideways at Narimiya Naruto.

"I know, of course I understand that it is impossible for Eijun to finish his pitch until the end of the game. After all, he is still in the first grade in such hot weather, and he still needs to adapt physically. I understand."

Cheng Gongming didn't take seriously Aya's senior's worry. How could he forget such a thing and dig a hole for his junior!

Hmph——, underestimate him! (_)
"I think instead of worrying about whether or not I'm physically able to pitch in the second half of the game, you should think about how to score from that goddamn freshman in Qingdao. As a hitter, you can't even score a pitcher. Really. It's so useless!"

"Anyway, it's my junior's first pitching debut in an official game. It's really disappointing that the four batsmen who acted as fronts have lost consecutively to their opponents!" →_→

"Fortunately, Rong Chun is a relatively magnanimous junior. After all, even my trump card can't stand it, tsk tsk."

"...That's really sorry."

I really love to argue with him, he was just worried, this guy Ah Ming just yelled at him so many times, you also know how considerate Rongchun is as a student? !Why don't you learn something! !
Harada really couldn't help but sighed, Ah Ming is really fussy in this regard, he is really glad that the supervisor let Eijun start pitching, maybe it was Ah Ming who did not perform well when he played, There are even more words to hate him, and it will make him unable to complain.

"Hey? Doesn't the first-year pitcher Sawamura of Daocheng only pitch like this when Yuuki hits the field?!"

Owada Akiko looked at Eijun's different pitches against the three hitters in this inning, and she also saw the way.

After all, the comparison is still too obvious.

"That's right, his state of facing Yuuki is completely different." Mine Fujio nodded to confirm Owada Akiko's conjecture.

"Doesn't that mean that he didn't go all out to deal with players other than Yuuki?!"

Owada Akiko did not expect that when facing a lineup like Qingdao, she would not throw the ball with all her strength.

Especially since the opponent is only a first-year player, right?Is this kind of pitching performance no worse than Cheng Gongming? !
"Yeah, although his pitching looks very unpretentious, especially compared with the gorgeous strikeout opponent Jiang Gu, it is really too ordinary, but it is different from Jiang Gu who is facing all the hitters in Daocheng. Daocheng's Sawamura has pitched up to now, except for facing Yuuki with great strength, and other hitters have used eighty-nine points of strength at most. In addition, he pitched the ball with the number of innings, resulting in his ball count. It's really a lot less.

The most important thing is that he must be able to throw the ball like this from the first inning only when he is recognized by the supervisor of Guoyou. With the cooperation of Harada Masamori as a catcher,
He was also able to more calmly rely on his own pitching to suppress Seidou's core hitter, Yuuki... causing such a psychological gap and suppression blow to the players of Seidou. "

Mine Fujio is very optimistic about Eijun at the moment.

"As a first-year pitcher, he is more mature and more stable than Ming Cheng, who was still a first-year pitcher. He will not be arrogant or even arrogant at all."

Owada Akiko who was listening on the side was also dumbfounded: "This..." is simply unbelievable. Doesn't that mean that the winner of this game is very likely to be Daocheng according to what Senior Feng said? Passed Qingdao.

After all, the pitcher's ability alone is enough to suppress.

"Tsk, it's really amazing!"

Hirakawa, who was watching the live TV broadcast, couldn't help but click his tongue, feeling the same discomfort as the Qingdao contestants,

"It turns out that this first-year pitcher in Daocheng is not only so strong, he is already familiar with Qingdao, but this guy actually retains his strength against hitters other than Yuki, it is really good enough, this is really It's incredible.

To be honest, if it was Ming Chenggong who did this, I still don't think it's incredible, but it's not... It's a first-year player from Daocheng. There is no way to pitch like this! "

The former ace of the third year of the city, Manaka, sat aside, silent.

Cheng Gongming's junior is indeed very powerful, and he has to admit that this is something that his juniors and even he can't match at all. After all, Qingdao's line-up is not bad compared to his own line-up. , he was embarrassed even facing his own team.

As a result, a freshman in Daocheng suppressed Qingdao High School. It seems that the balance of victory has been tilted to Daocheng's side? !

Alas... Koichiro, you have to work hard!
Even if Shinaka is supporting his friends at this moment, he still can't help but feel worried for Koichiro.

"In this case, Qing Dao will definitely not be able to lose points first... After all, Daocheng is the side that attacks from behind. Compared with the side that chases the opponent, the side that desperately does not want the opponent to catch up will be under greater mental pressure. Woolen cloth!

After all, there was no way for Qingdao to win the advantage first, and starting from this round, it was Daocheng's turn to play in the second round. "

Standing aside, the big front with arms folded also made a fairly reliable analysis of the live broadcast on TV.

The rest of the city junior members who were present also nodded in agreement.

In the second half of the fourth inning, as soon as the game started,
This time, Daocheng's first striker, Carlos Ross, was the first to stand on the strike zone, and he was crushed for the first time.

"Carlos!!!"

As soon as Karl Ross played, he got a lot of cheers from the Daocheng audience, and his popularity can be said to be quite high.

"Start pitching!"

The first ball, a straight ball off the inside corner.

Karl Rose couldn't keep up with the speed of the ball, and the baseball got into the catcher's glove first.

"nice shot!"

The second ball was thrown again after Karl Rose adjusted his striking posture and was ready again.

"boom!"

This is an obvious bad ball, and Karl Ross, who has no problems with hitting and eyesight, naturally wouldn't shoot such a bad ball, so he let it go with confidence.

"Bad ball!"

Miyuki, who received the ball, frowned slightly, but still gave a third signal uncertainly.

After receiving the signal, Jiang Gu nodded with a cold face, but the sweat on his face was dripping uncontrollably. He pitched hard in the first few innings, and now he can clearly feel that his body is starting to sag. He didn't obey his orders anymore, even if he had only pitched more than three innings so far.

Because of the strange feeling transmitted from his body to Jiang Gu, when he threw the ball again, he couldn't help but increase his strength to control it again, for fear of missing it, but unfortunately the result did not get better, but changed because of it. Very unsatisfactory.

"Bad ball!"

After receiving the ball, Miyuki sighed and got up and signaled to the referee behind him to pause the game, and the referee nodded in agreement.

Correspondingly, the sound of the commentator broadcasting the progress of the game came from the sky above the court at the same time.

【Because Furuya hit two balls in a row at the beginning of the second half of the fourth inning, which were far from the strike zone, Qingdou's shooting partner also had to request a timeout at this time! ! 】

I saw that Miyuki at the home base on the field also came to the pitcher's mound with great strides, looking at the valley on the pitcher's mound.

"You just threw the ball too hard. Don't be fooled by the guy in the strike zone. The harder you hit the ball, the harder it is to hit the strike zone, Jianggu! Take it easy, you can do it."

"I see, Miyuki-senpai!"

Fuguya nodded obediently, Miyuki then patted Fuguya's chest with his glove, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth,
"I'm still here, you just need to follow my signal and throw the ball well, don't be burdened."

Then, he turned around and hit home plate.

It's just that his expression is still a little uglier than when he was facing Jiang Gu. It seems that Jiang Gu is really not far from the limit.

He said this to Jiang Gu in order to let his pitchers not get confused and relax their minds, especially in such an anxious situation.

At the same time as the timeout, Karl Ross on the strike zone was also carrying the bat, squinting at the valley on the other side of the mound, and was swearing in his heart: You have struck out a lot of hitters on our side so far... You should be satisfied, right? !
We will be more active in the future, because we can't always be oppressed and beaten by the first-year juniors... Especially when the juniors are so outstanding in their debut, they will continue to do nothing, even if the juniors don't say anything , their trump card will also be unable to sit still.

So, this time, I will definitely take you down.

In the rest area of ​​Daocheng, Cheng Gongming, who was tossed by the sultry weather and sat under the electric fan to enjoy the cool, with a towel around his neck, also looked at Jiang Gu on the court with a look of hope:

Alright...let's see how long you can last with your all-out pitch—! !Qingdao's first grade supernova junior.

Eijun also sat relaxed on the bench and looked in the direction of the court, but his gaze was extraordinarily deep.

After the timeout ended, Miyuki thought that Furutani was throwing the ball too hard now, so he decided to let him throw a change ball to ease it.

This one's a fast finger shot, so go ahead and throw it!
Jiang Gu nodded, and after taking a deep breath, he strode out his left leg vigorously, and threw the baseball out of his hand with his right arm like a whip.

"boom!"

The baseball slid quickly and a white light rushed towards the home plate.

"Bad ball!"

【ah--!This time it turned into a change ball stuck to the finger, and the current number of balls has reached three bad balls. 】

A commentary voice that said it was a pity was heard on the radio.

"No problem!"

"Let him fight! Jianggu!!"

"Solve them one by one! Don't worry, take your time, it's okay, I believe you'll be fine, Jianggu."

"Don't be afraid of him!"

At such a moment, Qingdao's infield and infield seniors who are defending on the field are also cheering for the first-year junior on the pitcher mound at this moment, fearing that he will be under too much pressure because he can't hit the strike zone in a row. It's not easy to be able to perform so well.

Now it's one strike and three balls... If this first grader from Qingdao throws a good pitch this time, I'm going to hit it!But... if the ball is not good enough, because of the advantage of the number of balls, he can still wait for work! ㄟ(≧◇≦)ㄏ

Carl Rose, swinging his bat rhythmically on the strike zone, looked down the pitch in the direction of the mound with a gleam like a predator locking on to its prey.

In such a situation, the probability of getting on base is too great.

The ball is coming? !

This trajectory seems to be a good shot...but...it also looks too cornered. He doesn't think he can't even get the ball in the opening game, but he can do it after so many rounds.

Thinking of this, looking at the ball thrown from the mound again, Cal Rose showed a calculating smile, and was about to make a vigorous swing, but stopped his swing abruptly at the next moment, he felt that It's a complete gamble.

"Bad ball!"

"Four balls, walk to base!"

"call!"

It seemed that his luck was really lucky this time, and this one made him bet right, oops.

After the referee's announcement, Karl Ross also let out a long breath and showed a big smile.

Then Karl Rose dropped the bat in his hand and trotted towards the first base.

Miyuki received the ball, but his face became a little ugly. It seems that the number of bad balls has begun to increase, and the referee has also been affected. In fact, this ball is good or bad. Not great, too impressive a start.

It is inevitable that the referee's judgment is a bit biased.

In the Qingdao rest area, Shan Danbo, who was watching the game, couldn't stay any longer.

"Miyauchi, let's go to the bullpen to warm up now!"

Danbo watched the game on the field, and he had a hunch that it was not far from the moment when he played.

"Okay!" Miyauchi Keisuke nodded upon hearing this, and then followed Tanba towards the cowshed.

Supervisor Kataoka did not stop this.

He had just seen the secret signal given by Miyuki, and Furutani's physical strength was draining faster than he expected before the game.

I'm afraid Danbo will also make an early debut.

Akiko Owada at the press table couldn't help but feel worried for Aomichi: "You let the runner who can't get on base to get on base!
Will he steal bases?Senior Feng. "

"It's hard to say. Daocheng should also be quite aware of how fast Miyuki's strong-shouldered pass is as a catcher. The percentage of stolen bases is second to none among Japanese high school catchers. Stealing or not depends on Daocheng's own confidence. gone."

Mine Fujio is not very sure about this, but he just talked to the female assistant about the defense rate of the defensive base and the anti-theft base is very good.

After all, as long as the high anti-theft base rate is not 100%, and the opponent wants to score, he will still try.

[Second, shortstop, Baihe! 】

If you want to steal a base, let him go—!
Miyuki at home plate is very wary of Carl Ross's off base at first base, but he has a lot of confidence in preventing him from stealing the base successfully.

The right hand played the next signal calmly and calmly.

At this time, he can't panic. Once he has a problem, then there is really no suspense in this game.

Jiang Gu still nodded expressionlessly, quickly made a throwing motion, and threw the baseball.

"Bang!"

Daocheng's second bat, Baihe, did not do anything special, but honestly chose the most effective bunt.

"boom!"

The hit baseball rolls slowly toward the face of the mound.

At the same time, the moment the baseball was thrown, Fuguya was also ready for a bunt, and immediately ran down the mound to pick up the ball.

"Qing Gu, the pass to first base really kills the hitter!"

Miyuki at the home plate also immediately got up and began to control the field, directing Furuya, who was going to pick up the ball, where he needed to pass the ball.

"Snapped!"

Hearing this, Fuguya also immediately turned to face first base, and then quickly passed the baseball to Yuuki, who was the first baseman.

"Out!"

But at the same moment, Karl Rose, who was not being watched, hit the base safely under the walk of White River's bunt.

"Safe on base!"

Shirakawa's sacrificial hit on the second bat sent Carlos to first base, but he was out of the game without any surprise.

[Daocheng used the sacrificial strike tactic at this time! !I chose the most steady and steady tactics, and now under Daocheng's tactical arrangement, it has become a great scoring situation with one out and someone on the second base! ! ! 】

[When there are runners on the scoring circle, it is Daocheng's turn to clear the bases!So can Qingdao survive safely? ! ! 】

At this time, the commentator in the broadcast room also gave a timely commentary on the corresponding game situation.

Although it is still facing a crisis, it only took one ball to get a number of outs, Jianggu!Concentrate on dealing with the batter!

Miyuki, who was at home plate, looked at Furutani on the mound quietly.

At this time, Jiang Gu on the mound was already breathing a little bit, and the sweat was like money, slowly flowing wantonly on his face, but his heart was still full of fighting spirit, and he felt that he could continue pitch.

Sure enough, someone on the base will change to a fixed pitch, and the power of the corresponding ball will also be greatly reduced, so that he can easily hit his ball.

Bai He, who walked off the strike zone, also verified a weakness of this first-year pitcher through the batting bunt just now.

So on the way back to the rest area, I talked to Yoshizawa who passed by.

[Third bat, third baseman, Yoshizawa! 】

(End of this chapter)