Chapter 54: Ace

No Out, runners at second and third base. 

At this time, the fourth Batter of Seidou High School was up, and the stage was set.

The audience supporting Seidou all jumped up and applauded.

It's like playing poker and all your card is good and ready. The audience who supported Seidou even felt that the big score was already beckoning to them.

At this moment, Haku called for a timeout and gathered all the players in the infield to the pitching mound to discuss tactics.

After a while, they took their places and adopted the strategy of walking.

Pitch 4 Balls and Walk the Batter.

No Out, full bases!

"Fifth, third baseman, Masuko-kun."

At this time, it was Masuko Toru's turn to strike.

Yokohama used a full-base garrison.

Kataoka gave Masuko a sign to let him fight, it doesn't matter if he lost.

At the same time, Kataoka also gave Ryosuke a sign on third base, allowing him to run home when he had the chance.

"Uuuuuuu!"

Masuko felt that his breathing was heavy.

Full bases seem to be the best chance to score, but if you don't play well, you might get tricked.

On the baseball field, there is also a saying that when the bases are full, it is not easy to score.

'Do not underestimate me!'

Masuko roared wildly in his heart, and in the face of Ino's pitch, he hit the ball with all his strength.

Ping!

The baseball took off, very high, very far.

Masuko in the strike zone had an ugly face.

This ball hit the outfield high fly. It seems that the outfielder of Yokohama has already made preparations. He may not escape the fate of being killed.

but, His task is also considered complete.

Although the baseball didn't fly out, it was still 70 to 80 meters away from home plate, enough for Ryosuke to run back.

"Enough distance!"

There was a misjudgment in the past, and the pit was formed once. This time, the base running instructor of Seidou was very careful in judgment.

Now the distance is as long as 80 meters, and the outfielder can't return to home plate directly. The distance is enough!

"You can run!" He suggested to Kominato Ryosuke.

Kominato nodded.

Although running bases is not his forte, he can only rush forward with such an opportunity.

SNAP!

The baseball was caught by the outfielder, and Ryosuke Kominato spread his legs and ran to home plate.

In the outfield position, Yokohama's outfielder looked at the unreachable home plate with despair in his eyes. Even if he throws it over, the deviation is estimated to be terrifying.

"Give me!"

Just when the center back was desperate, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, about 30 meters away from him, just acting as a link between him and the home plate.

It's right fielder, Ginjo!

The center fielder no longer hesitated and passed the ball to Ginjo. Ginjo turned around and passed the ball to the home plate without even pulling away.

This transfer pass is incredibly fast.

When the ball reached the glove of the catcher Haku, Ryosuke was still five meters away from home plate.

SNAP!

Kominato Ryosuke slipped and Haku touched him.

"OUT!"

Interchange pass, home plate secured!

The iron-wall Yokohama-North high school, with their actions, once again confirmed the strength of their fielders.

"Man, it's too violent."

"What kind of training did these guys in Yokohama go through?"

"The guy who passed the ball in the middle is so cool. It was also the result of his pass that the home plate was saved."

"He's Ginjo!"

The audience talked a lot, and for a while, the momentum that had gathered before was diluted.

Double kill!

No Out full bases, and it became two Outs with runner on first and second base.

Seidou fell from heaven to earth in an instant.

The sixth Batter, Miyuki, did not turn the tide when there was a runner on the base, and only hit a flat fly in front of the pitcher, which was caught by Ino.

The wonderful performance of the fielders also gave the Pitcher power.

Just like what Kataoka said.

A true Ace pitcher doesn't care how good he can throw the ball, the most important thing is to see if he can help the team win.

From this point of view, Ino, who can turn the tide at critical moments, is a qualified Ace pitcher.

Seidou High School's lineup today was about to explode several times, but this pitcher who didn't seem to be strong at all pushed it down abruptly.

Such a dangerous situation and no points were lost.

Seidou's momentum fell a little for a while.

In the first half of the six innings, Yokohama attacked.

Before playing, Miyuki explained to Tanpa that he must be careful.

At this time, the Ace must stand up and turn the tide.

"I don't need you to educate me yet."

In the sixth inning, although Tanpa dropped two runs, he only dropped three hits in total, and his performance was good. Especially compared to Yokohama's Ace Ino.

You know, just after the five inning, Seidou High School's line-up scored three runs.

So far, Seidou has scored a full nine hits.

Tanpa, full of fighting spirit, stepped onto the mound.

But at this time, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. The originally noisy Yokohama bench, he doesn't know when the noise disappeared.

Everyone looked at him like a soldier with cold eyes, as if they were going to swallow him.

"BALL!"

"BALL!"

Under the heavy pressure, Tanpa's ball control suddenly had a problem, and he made a series of Balls and Walked the first batter.

No Outs, a runner at first base.

In the face of such a situation, Miyuki called a timeout, and through the stimulation of words, he finally let Tanpa get back to his state and barely solved Yokohama's second batter.

One Out, runner at first base.

The Catcher, Miyuki's face was inexplicably heavy.

'Although the batter was resolved, the kind of pitching that Tanpa-senpai used to be very combative has disappeared~'

On the bench of Seidou.

Kataoka turned to look at the bookkeeper: "How many pitches did Tanpa throw?"

"69 balls!"

It's almost seventy!

Kataoka's brows furrowed.

Once the number of balls approaches seventy, Tanpa is prone to all kinds of problems. The pitching is wavering and the ball is not stable.

This is also the reason why Kataoka has always been dissatisfied with Tanpa. If you can't survive a game, what else can I expect from you?

'Can you be reborn from the ashes? Just like Ino of Yokohama.'

Without saying anything, Kataoka turned his eyes to Tanpa on the pitcher's mound. Seeing that he had solved Yokohama's second batter, he nodded slightly.

If Tanpa can survive this crisis, then Kataoka decides to hand over the back number of the summer Ace to Tanpa.

If he can't

"Third batter, shortstop, Oyama-kun."

At this time, it was the core line of Yokohama's turn to bat.

Tanpa, who had just stabilized, threw his most confident high drop curve.

Ping!

The ball was expected by Oyama and flew to left field.

Sawamura had no chance to take the Out directly, he took a few seconds to catch the ball. At this time, it was too late for him to stop Oyama from going to first base, so he could only pass the ball to second base to prevent him from taking the opportunity to go to second base.

One Out, runners at first and third base. (When Oyama was on first base, the first base runner took the opportunity to pass second base and run to third base.)

At this time, it was the fourth Batter of Yokohama, Furano.

Facing the pressure Tanpa missed and threw a sweet ball.

Furano didn't miss the chance and swung sharply.

Ping!

Three points, home run!

Tanpa missed the ball and lost three Runs in one go.

Yokohama once again overtook the score.

The total score became 3:5, and Seidou was two points behind.

Without any warning, Seidou's Ace, Tanpa, was beaten and collapsed.

"Superintendent?"

In the bullpen, Manager Ota shouted nervously.

Kataoka's face was unmoved, and he looked at the mound, the pitcher's mound, and Tanpa on the pitcher's mound so coldly.

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