"The score is four to one. After falling behind at the start, Seido's pitcher, with the help of the fielders, successfully retired the remaining batters and secured the first inning. Immediately after, the Seido High School Baseball Team, known as the strongest batting lineup in the nation, unleashed its full power. Zhang Han, Yuuki, and Masuko Toru all hit Homeruns consecutively, allowing the Seido High School Baseball Team to take the lead in one fell swoop..."
The commentator spoke passionately about the situation on the field. Unlike his caution at the beginning of the game, his voice was now full of confidence. He felt he could predict the outcome of the game, and the accuracy rate would be very high.
However, before the commentator could finish, Kameshima beside him had already covered his ears with both hands. Just as the commentator looked bewildered, he heard cheers erupting from the stands.
"Seido! Seido!!!"
The loyal supporters of Seido High School Baseball Team kept shouting the team's name. It was as if they had already secured the victory.
Isashiki Jun was incredibly annoyed by the cheering. Just now, it seemed he didn't hear the commentator mention his name. What an ignorant fellow. Without his connection, would Masuko have had a chance to bat? The commentator actually ignored his performance; it was simply intolerable.
Miyuki, who came up to bat next, immediately felt immense pressure. When he first joined the team, he always thought Coach Kataoka valued him highly. But now, it seemed that wasn't the case at all. Why did he adjust his hitting position?
If he hadn't adjusted his position, he would have been hitting just now, and then the person who hit the two-run Homerun would very likely have been him. Although Miyuki's build wasn't burly, he had enough power to hit a Homerun.
In previous games, Miyuki had hit more than one Homerun. If he had been up to bat just now, Miyuki was confident he wouldn't have performed worse than Masuko.
Now, the meat had already been eaten clean by others, and not even a drop of soup was left for him.
What kind of situation would he face when he stepped up? Empty bases, not even a hair left for him.
Two outs, nobody on base.
This situation itself was unlucky enough, but Miyuki was about to face even more trouble. Although the opportunity wasn't great, the audience's expectations were very high. They all eagerly anticipated Miyuki getting a hit, preferably a Homerun.
Even for Seido High School Baseball Team, a team known as the strongest hitting lineup in the nation, their highest record was only three Homeruns in a single inning. If Miyuki could hit another one at this moment, he would help Seido High School Baseball Team set a new record.
In the audience's view, this was not difficult at all. Based on the performance of Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team's pitcher just now, they could basically draw a conclusion: under the continuous Homerun hitting, the pitcher had more or less collapsed.
The audience had their own set of ideas. Yuuki and Zhang Han's Homeruns could be attributed to their exceptional strength. But what about Isashiki Jun and Masuko, who subsequently got hits and a Homerun?
The opponent had initially retired Kuramochi and Kominato Ryosuke. If he hadn't collapsed, he wouldn't have performed so poorly. Conversely, since he performed so poorly, it indicated that he was currently unable to exert his full strength.
To put it simply, he had already collapsed.
Facing a player who had already collapsed, couldn't they make him surrender?
Because of Miyuki's reliable performance before, the supporters of Seido High School Baseball Team were still very optimistic. They unanimously believed that as long as Miyuki could perform steadily, they would definitely...
But reality often doesn't go as one wishes.
Miyuki's subsequent performance undoubtedly left those loyal supporters crestfallen.
"Ping!"
After two pitches, Miyuki could only barely make contact with the ball. The batted ball, after bouncing off the ground, was caught in the glove of Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team's pitcher.
Fujita was somewhat disbelieving when he caught the ball. He himself knew that his condition was problematic, and the pitches he threw had no power at all. But since the coach didn't send him back to the dugout, he could only continue pitching. He didn't expect that the famous star player on the opposing team would have no solution against his powerless and uncontrollable pitches.
In fact, such pitches were indeed quite tricky for Miyuki. Miyuki was not a wild hitter; he was a cerebral hitter. Half of his hitting relied on practice, and the other half relied on mental analysis. This had already formed his style, melting into the blood of his body.
Although Miyuki knew that this might affect his batting average when there were no runners on base, he still did it without hesitation. Being able to secure a hit in crucial moments was the most important thing.
For a cerebral hitter, when there were runners on base, the opponent's choices were much fewer, and his predictions were relatively more accurate. On the other hand, facing someone like Fujita, who was completely off rhythm and didn't even know where he was going to pitch, Miyuki was very bad at dealing with that.
The opponent didn't even know where he was going to pitch. How was Miyuki supposed to analyze that? How could he guess the opponent's intentions and pitching range?
And so Miyuki was retired.
Although Miyuki was retired, Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team successfully got through the first inning. But a three-run difference was no joke. For Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team, their chances of a comeback were still very slim.
By the time the second inning ended, the score between the two teams had not narrowed. In the third inning, Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team launched a desperate counterattack, catching up by two runs in one go. The total score became 4:3. This was probably their final effort as one of the top four teams in the Tokyo Spring Tournament.
In the bottom of the third inning, Seido High School Baseball Team scored two more runs, extending the lead to three. In the fourth inning, the gap widened to four runs. In the fifth inning, Seido High School Baseball Team scored two more runs. The total score became 9:3.
Although the game was not over yet, Seido High School Baseball Team had already firmly controlled the pace. The opportunities for Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team to turn the game around were becoming increasingly slim, almost non-existent.
At the start of the sixth inning, Tanba came on to pitch. He performed very well, not giving Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team any chance to counterattack.
Thus, the game came to the top of the seventh inning. At this point, the score was 12:3. Seido High School Baseball Team led Koudai Affiliated High School Baseball Team by a full nine runs. As long as they could hold the lead, they could basically end the game early in seven innings and advance to the finals.
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