Zhang Han looked at the baseball flying out, then at Yuuki running the bases. He felt like his senior was competing with him. He didn't know when Yuuki had become like this.
"Captain..."
"So cool!!!"
Cheers from his teammates surrounded him.
"Aren't you happy that Captain got a Homerun?"
A harsh, provocative voice reached his ears. Zhang Han recognized it as Isashiki Jun's voice.
Yuuki had hit the ball so quickly that he hadn't even had time to get into the on-deck circle.
"It's your turn, senior. I hope you can keep up the good work."
Even though Zhang Han used polite language, Isashiki Jun couldn't detect even a hint of respect in his tone. This guy was increasingly disrespecting his seniors. It used to scare him, but now it didn't work at all.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Among the third-years, only Yuuki and Chris had joined the First string earlier than Zhang Han. Everyone else had joined the First string after him.
So, even though Zhang Han was a year younger, in terms of seniority in the First string, he was their senior. Under these complex circumstances, the third-year seniors naturally couldn't treat Zhang Han as an ordinary junior.
Even if Zhang Han was sometimes not so respectful, Isashiki Jun and the others could only implicitly accept it.
"I'm definitely going to hit it! You just watch closely!"
Isashiki Jun stomped into the batter's box, fuming.
"Please guide me!"
Every time Isashiki Jun greeted the umpire and catcher, his voice and presence were particularly strong. Even normally, he often startled umpires and opponents. Not to mention at this moment.
Zhang Han and Yuuki's consecutive Homeruns had directly stunned the umpire and the Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team's catcher. Before they could even recover, a thunderous greeting rang in their ears. Both of them jumped in surprise. The umpire instinctively stepped back, and the catcher directly fell to the ground.
The umpire looked at Isashiki Jun with some annoyance, but couldn't bring himself to utter words of blame. After all, the person was just greeting; at most the greeting was a little loud. In this situation, how could you punish him?
Although the umpire couldn't openly penalize Isashiki Jun, he had decided to secretly make things difficult for this player. If any ambiguous balls appeared, he would definitely call them strikes. Let the cruel reality teach this ill-mannered young man a good lesson.
What's a high school student doing growing a beard? He doesn't look like a good person.
Just as the umpire made up his mind, the performance of the Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team disappointed him.
The pitcher, Fujita, whose lifeline was control, seemed to have been directly stunned by the two consecutive Homeruns. When facing Isashiki Jun, he actually threw a strike close to the center of the strike zone.
Facing such a heart-of-the-plate pitch, any capable hitter would not let it pass. They would definitely swing. And such a swing had nothing to do with their original intention; it was their body's instinctive reaction. Countless practices had already made this action their instinct. As long as such a good pitch appeared, they would never let it go.
As a powerful hitter from a prestigious school, Isashiki Jun, though a bit eccentric, was undoubtedly very diligent in his training. The moment he saw the central strike appear, his body reacted naturally.
"Ping!"
The bat accurately struck the white ball, sending it flying high and landing directly in the outfield. The sudden hit clearly exceeded the Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team's expectations. Their outfielder didn't have time to get to where the ball would land, and in the end could only watch helplessly as the baseball hit the ground.
"Safe..."
With this long hit, Isashiki Jun ran all the way to Second Base. Two outs, runner on Second Base. The total score was 2:1.
Seido High School Baseball Team, having just turned the game around, clearly had no intention of letting up; their offense continued.
Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team, at this point, only needed to get the last out to safely get through this crisis. But they just couldn't. And if this momentum continued, they didn't know when it would end.
In the Seido High School Baseball Team dugout, Manager Ota rubbed his head and sighed softly.
"What a pity, if Miyuki were at the batter's box right now..."
If it were Miyuki, once there was a runner on base, he would enter a berserk mode. His hitting average could even catch up to Zhang Han and Yuuki. But unfortunately, before this game, Coach Kataoka had specifically adjusted the team's batting order. He had swapped the positions of the team's sixth and seventh batters.
The sixth batter became Masuko Toru. Masuko had been training very hard recently, and his improvement speed was astonishing. In the past few games, his performance had been better each time.
Conversely, Miyuki, although reliable at critical moments, lacked overall consistency. Swapping their batting orders didn't seem so surprising. After all, no one had anticipated that the first inning of today's game would encounter the current situation.
Just as Ota felt regret and gasps echoed from the Seido stands, an incredible scene unfolded.
Facing the incoming baseball, Masuko remained incredibly composed. He didn't swing immediately after timing it, as he used to. He waited patiently, until that white ball appeared right before his eyes, and his eyes widened instantly.
The burly Masuko was like a volcano about to erupt. The baseball flying towards him was like the fuse igniting the volcano. Only when the white ball had fully entered Masuko's reach did Masuko swing his bat fiercely.
"Ping!"
The struck ball made a huge collision sound. Then people saw the hit ball fly high. The baseball flew all the way to the very back of the field.
With the hint of two Homeruns, the Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team's outfielders had retreated very far.
"Leave it to me!"
One of the outfielders raised his glove high, waiting for the white ball to drop so he could catch it. However, to his surprise, the baseball was not falling vertically; its forward momentum had not yet run out. The baseball drew an arc, successfully bypassing the fielder who was trying to catch it, and then slammed heavily into the stands.
Masuko Toru, who had just been adjusted to the middle of Seido High School Baseball Team's batting lineup, did not disappoint his coach this time. In his first at-bat, he hit a two-run Homerun.
The score on the field became 4:1.
This was also Seido High School Baseball Team's third Homerun in today's game.
Three Homeruns all in the first inning.
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