In the second half of the seventh inning, Seidou attacked.
Right now, Kataoka signaled that Seidou wanted to change the batter.
"the ninth batter, Sakai-kun, was replaced with the first-year Kominato Haruichi-kun."
Sawamura was the first to stand up to cheer for Haruichi when he saw Haruichi on the stage.
"Come on, Haruichi!"
With Sawamura's reminder, the other players in the rest area also stood up one by one.
"Hit it out!"
"Don't embarrass your brother."
"Come on, fight!"
On the pitcher's mound, Yoh Shunshin looked at Kominato Haruichi who was playing, and his heart froze.
Before, because of the care of Kataoka, there were many opportunities for Kominato Haruichi to play.
In the two games before this game, he came off the bench and performed well.
So far, he has not failed to make a hit!
"Going to do it!"
The second time he suppressed Seidou High School's core lineup, Yoh Shunshin had a hunch that the Coach of Seidou High School was about to take action.
It's just that he didn't think The Coach of Seidou High School would act so fast!
Start from the bottom lineup and make direct substitutions to attack.
Previously, Shunshin suppressed Seidou High School's first two batters very well.
In three rounds of the lineup, Kominato Ryosuke barely hit a single hit in the third round.
In this case, Coach Kataoka still did not hesitate to make a substitution from the ninth batter, which shows that he still has great confidence in the first two batters of Seidou High School.
'The opponent is making his move, and you have to be extremely careful with every ball next.'
Tension comes from every nerve ending in the body.
Any ball may directly cause earth-shaking changes in the situation.
This kind of feeling stimulated Shunshin, but Shunshin didn't hate it at all.
Or rather, he enjoyed the game.
'Don't look down at that first grade, the opponent's attacking strength is not weak at all, and every ball must be handled carefully.'
The Catcher gave Shunshin a sign.
While the two of them were discussing how to solve Kominato Haruichi, Haruichi made a move first.
He made a stance not too close to the plate and a bit forward.
For him who is not tall, this position helps him to take outside corner balls and also take into account inside corner balls.
In the process of the ball coming, his leg can step inward so he can hit an outside corner ball, and take an inside corner ball if he takes a step outward.
After Sekiguchi saw it, he secretly pouted.
Although he also knows that this first-year little guy should not be underestimated, aren't you too much?
'You really thought that Yoh Shunshin was easy to hit off, and at the same time took into account the inner and outer corners.'
'Aren't you just bluffing? Let me aim close to your knee, let's see how would you swing then?'
He sent a sign to Yoh Shunshin.
On the pitcher's mound, Yoh Shunshin nodded.
Considering the current position of Kominato Haruichi, the low inner corner is undoubtedly the most hard for him to hit!
Whoosh!
The small white ball, as if with precision navigation, was flying close to Haruichi's knee.
On the strike zone, Haruichi took a big step outward, pulling away his entire strike stance.
Then he swings the bat decisively toward the low inside corner ball.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it went directly over the shortstop's head.
Outfield Long Play!
Haruichi ran to second base in one breath.
No Out, runner at second base.
In the rest area of Seidou High School.
Sawamura applauded Haruichi, while secretly feeling aggrieved for Yoh Shunshin.
This matchup is so unfair!
Although Haruichi has come on the bench twice before, his strength has not been exposed much. Especially until now, he has not had a been Out, all at bat, all hit a base.
For Yoh Shunshin, Haruichi is similar to the unknown Batter.
On the contrary, Haruichi was in the rest area, but he thoroughly studied all of Yoh Shunshin's pitches!
Before going on the field, Haruichi had already thought about how to deal with Shunshin.
The intentional calculation, coupled with the lack of information, let Haruichi make a contribution!
On the pitcher's mound, Yoh Shunshin's face was looking ugly.
No Out, runner at second base.
This signal is not good. If Seidou High School is determined, it is not difficult to get extra points in this inning.
"First Batter, Shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."
It's time for Kuramochi to play!
He put on a bunt, obviously going in the direction that Yoh Shunshin didn't want to see the most.
'Seidou wants to ensure that Kominato Haruichi ran home.'
Whoosh!
After adjusting the defense, Yoh Shunshin pitched the ball.
Kuramochi, who had been in a bunt position, suddenly retracted his bat and swung strongly again.
Ping!
Hit and run!
There is no bunt, but the effect is similar to the bunt.
After the ball flew Out, Haruichi, who had been prepared, took the opportunity to run to third base.
Originally, it was hard to say whether Kuramochi could go to base.
After all, the ball he hit didn't land well.
However, he didn't expect that at a time like this, Akikawa Academy's defense, which has always been relatively stable, actually made a mistake in defense.
When the fielder catches the ball, there is a pause in the action, and the ball is not returned to first base immediately.
This slight difference directly caused a lost base.
Kuramochi Yoichi went to first base.
In Seidou's rest area, Sawamura smiled.
"It's not easy!"
Although there was an element of luck, Kuramochi was finally on base.
No Out, someone on first and third base.
"Second Batter, second baseman, Kominato Ryosuke-kun."
From the fourth inning up to now, Seidou High School's lineup has finally Exploded!
Although no points have been scored yet, Seidou High School's lineup has been connected.
The mighty offensive has started!
"Don't worry, get one Out first."
In the rest area of Akikawa Academy, Coach Ogata spoke.
At the time of the team's crisis, the team's Coach did not come up with any good tactics.
After all, he is not a professional like Kataoka or Ochiai.
Although after being the Coach of the baseball team, Ogata has learned a lot by himself, and because of his relatively high IQ, he has also come up with a lot of good ideas for training.
Nevertheless, when it comes to commanding on the field, He is an amateur after all.
There's not much he can do these days other than encouraging players.
On the field, the game continues.
Yoh Shunshin made the first pitch, and Kuramochi, who was temporarily staying on the first base bag, chose to steal base.
SNAP!
After Sekiguchi caught the ball, he wanted to pass second base but was stopped by Yoh Shunshin.
"No need!"
Keeping Kuramochi at second base is a good thing.
For his degree, the restraint on the pitcher is too strong.
If he is always concerned about Kuramochi, Shunshin's pitching will inevitably be affected.
In this way, it is better to let him go to second base, and on third base and second base, the runners can't run easily and he can watch them because they are in his general direction.
Such a situation is not necessarily unfavorable for Yoh Shunshin.
'In this way, as long as I wholeheartedly focus, I will fight against the batter!'
No Out, runners at second and third base.
The batter is in the core lineup the second Batter.
Yoh Shunshin had already made up his mind right now.
He wants to solve the core Batters of Seidou High School one by one.
Kominato Ryosuke, Isashiki Jun, and Yuuki Tetsuya by himself.
Use his pitching to defeat these tough opponents.
You have to say that Yoh Shunshin's fighting spirit is really admirable! Unfortunately, the players from Seidou High School did not match his interest.
Kominato Ryosuke directly posed a bunt.
Compared to entanglement with Yoh Shunshin, Kominato Ryosuke wanted to really score points first.
Then Yoh Shunshin pitched!
Almost at the same time, Haruichi left third base.
The two brothers plan to cooperate to force scoring!
Yoh Shunshin's eyes suddenly became sharp.
'Can't lose any more points, not a single point.'
'Sekiguchi, you must catch it!'
In the process of pitching, Shunshin saw Haruichi leave the base out of the corner of his eyes, and he made a quick decision to miss the zone.
In the catcher's position, Sekiguchi's heart was in his throat!
He hurriedly stood up and tried to catch the ball thrown by Yoh Shunshin.
'Catch it, catch it!' he told himself so in his mind.
Looking at it, he was about to catch the ball.
In front of him, a bat suddenly appeared.
Ryosuke jumped forward, and with his bat, hit the ball forward.
Ping!
When the baseball hit the ground, Ryosuke ran to first base.
In the blink of an eye, a game-shaking change took place on the field.
Kominato Haruichi helped Seidou High School score an extra point.
Total score 4:0.
Ryosuke was running to first base after walking his little brother.
Yoh Shunshin did not stop Kominato Haruichi from scoring, he was angry but helpless to change that.
However, he will never let Ryosuke go to first base again.
Yoh Shunshin picked up the ball hit by Ryosuke and passed to first base.
Stepstepstepstep
A shadow directly ran over the third base and went straight to the home plate at the speed of lighting.
"BACK HOME PLATE!!"
The voice of Sekiguchi was hoarse!
Yoh Shunshin turned around and saw a very incredible scene.
Kuramochi, who was originally at second base, seemed to teleport instantly and had already run past third base half the distance to home plate.
"Why is he there?"
No one could answer Yoh Shunshin's doubts.
Of course, Kuramochi doesn't really move instantly.
He started the moment he saw Ryosuke hit the ball.
By the time Haruichi returned to home plate, he was already at third base.
At a time like this, Yoh Shunshin just didn't notice him and planned to continue to pass the ball to first base to block Ryosuke.
Chance!
Kuramochi, who was a delinquent, is so clever.
The moment he saw Yoh Shunshin pass the ball, he stepped on third base and headed straight for home plate.
Wait for the first baseman of Akikawa Academy to pass the ball back to home plate.
Kuramochi had a nice slide and arrived at home base.
The fifth point is in hand!
This series of actions made the audience at the scene excited.
"Seidou!"
"Seidou!!!"
They didn't even know what to say, they just shouted Seidou's name over and over again.
Strong, too strong!
The strength of Seidou High School in the first attack was truly astonishing!
Total score 5:0!
However, the attack of Seidou High School was far from over.
"Third Batter, Center, Isashiki-kun."
Taking advantage of Yoh Shunshin's momentary daze, Isashiki hit a single hit.
One Out, runner at first base!
Ping!
Immediately afterward, Yuuki Tetsuya got into the field, and hit a double hit!
One Out, runner at second and third base.
After Sawamura came on stage, he received a code from Coach Kataoka.
Ping!
With a superb bunt, he sent Isashiki to home plate!
Seidou High School scored the sixth point.
Two Outs, a runner at third base.
"Ugaaah!!"
Until now, Masuko, who has not shown much performance, reaped the greatest glory.
PANG!
Relying on brute force, he Smashed away Yoh Shunshin's low Curve ball out of the park.
Two-run home run!
Also the goodbye home run.
Seventh inning. Total score 8:0!
The game was called by the Mercy Rule.
"West Tokyo Regional Qualifiers, the fourth round, the first game. The Seidou High School played against Akikawa Academy, and the final winner was the Seidou High School baseball team!"
At this moment, the audience is boiling.
After the game, the spectators left the stadium continuously.
Before leaving, they looked at the Akikawa High School players who were crying bitterly.
Owada Akiko followed and cried a lot.
"Yoh-kun, he's so pitiful!"
Although Yoh Shunshin is only a second-year player, because of his student status in Taiwan, he is half a year earlier than Japan.
According to the regulations, Yoh Shunshin can no longer participate in next summer's competition!
This game is also his last summer competition.
Although there are still fall games and spring tournaments to participate in.
But the influence of spring and summer cannot be compared.
Yoh Shunshin lost his biggest stage and his biggest dream.
Fujio ignored his crying junior.
He stared blankly at the lost figure on the field.
"Just from the point of view of the score and the situation, this is a crushing game. The game is called in the seventh inning, and the score difference is 8:0!"
But people who have actually watched the game may not think so.
There was a moment in this game when Akikawa Academy has shown the ability to counterattack.
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T/N: The Biggest Chapter until now.
Well, with this, Akikawa's game ended.