King's Green Road

Chapter 307 Part296 Winning the First Qualifier

September [-]th, ten o'clock in the morning.

At this moment, crowds gathered around the stadium one after another. As the winning team in the summer, the first main match of the new team of Qingdao High School naturally attracted the attention of people from all walks of life.

Not only the audience who supported Seido, but also the OBs who graduated, and the nearby residents were also reporters from various magazine publishing houses. The most familiar ones were Mine Fujio, the reporter of Monthly Baseball Kingdom, and his assistant, Owada Akiko.

Of course, scouts from strong schools such as Didong, Daocheng, Sangao, Pharmacist, Xianquan, and Chengkong from various parts of Tokyo are indispensable.

After all, the new team has a new atmosphere!
Especially after the new ace Sawamura has been baptized in Koshien, they are very worried about how far he will choose to grow up.

The first round of the first round of preliminaries (group preliminaries) of the autumn competition, Seido High School (West Tokyo) - Toyozaki Academy (East Tokyo), the game officially started.

On the first base side, Seidou High School, on the third base side, Toyosaki High School.

"I didn't expect it to be such a lucky signing... Sigh!" the supervisor of Toyosaki Academy looked at the energetic team opposite and sighed.

"But after all, the newly formed team has more than a dozen people promoted by the Second Army. The tacit understanding and strength are definitely not as good as the previous team, and the chances of winning may not be impossible."

But after a little thought, Shibata Katsuri, the supervisor of Toyosaki Academy, did not think that the disciples he taught were completely incompetent.

There is a saying that goes well, no matter how well you think, you can't stop a group of pig teammates.

"What a bad luck!"

"Who said it wasn't? They met Qingdao High School in the first match of the first round. It seems that they are destined to end the match early."

"Yes!"

"At first, I wanted to show off my skills, break through last year's results, and be able to enter the main match. It seems a bit hanging."

"There are so many viewers who came to see us, but none of them came to see us!"

"He is the national champion in summer! What are we??"

"Maybe we are lucky enough to win the game! After all, their team is newly formed, and most of the previous players have retired!" This is a first-year player from Toyosaki Academy, who is not afraid of anyone. The senior was downcast, so he spoke boldly.

"Chichi-"

He laughed at the naive remarks of his own juniors.

How is it possible, even if they can beat them, it is not a team like them.

He was so full of ambitions that he thought that his team didn't need to be poor, but as a result, his group of unsatisfactory players said such depressing words behind him.

Shibata Katsuri couldn't help but frowned.

Well, this is really forced by him. As a metropolitan high school, baseball and other clubs are all about entertaining and entertaining clubs. Entrance to higher education and competitions are the mainstream things. I want the players to be courageous and competitive. It is really difficult to face Qingdao, after all, even if it is to compete, it is more important for them not to learn to be the first, and it makes them have a sense of competition.

So he didn't know what to say to this team.

"Clap clap-"

No matter what, since he is the supervisor of this team, he still has to fulfill his obligations. Even if he really can't win, he can't go to the game with such a dejected appearance.

"Okay, although it must be a lot worse than Qingdao, it is a rare opportunity to play against Qingdao in the same stadium, and not every team can have it, so our goal is not high. From Qingdao It's good to get a point in hand, let them remember us, don't use us as cannon fodder, do you want to be cannon fodder by the other party? Even if you accept your fate, you can't make people despise you!"

"You don't want to be looked down upon, do you?! So many people are watching."

Said casually glanced at these players.

The questioning words in that tone shocked the expressions of these fate-resigning team members, yes, even if you want to lose, you can't lose too embarrassingly, after all, there are so many people watching!Even if they are pessimistic about winning or losing, they still have the pride and self-esteem of young people.

"Oh oh oh oh!!"

Katsuri Shibata is also very satisfied with the fighting spirit aroused by him.

Even if you want to lose, you can't let the opponent pass the level so easily!

The Toyosaki Academy who yelled like this also aroused the attention of the surrounding audience for a while, is it so confident that it can compete with Seidou High School? !
Obviously I was quite discouraged just now, but I didn't expect to be quite courageous!

But in this case, the game should still be quite interesting, and the one-sided game is also boring, and it is more interesting to be able to struggle and lose.

After all, Toyosaki Academy must lose for the audience.

On the other side, Rong Chun, who was watching his team members warming up and preparing to play, was also attracted by the voice. Seeing the opponent's high spirits, he narrowed his eyes. In his previous life, he was in a downturn at this time, so he didn't pay much attention. , I was obviously still frustrated just now, I didn't expect that I would be so proud after a few words from the supervisor, I really didn't expect it.

So this was probably one of the reasons why Qingdao didn't end the game early. After all, if the opponent gave up early, their team had been training together for more than a month, and they still couldn't end the game early, which would be outrageous.

So I don't say that I am not afraid of the opponent's weakness, but I am afraid that the opponent has the ability to entangle.

In the end, he withdrew his gaze and glanced at his teammates who were about to play again, showing a smile that didn't mean anything, oops, I'm so looking forward to it.

Qingdao and the team members who were watched by Rongchun were also inexplicably cold.

Not sure why this is happening.

"Qing Gu, don't throw too hard at the beginning of the first game, and pay attention to control your own throwing. The opponent's line-strike is not strong, so don't worry about it? You are strong enough to deal with this team."

Seeing that the competition has already started, Yuyuki, who was entrusted with the important task of starting the first round of the competition, wanted to suppress it for fear that Fuguya would get too excited.

"Well, I understand."

After all, Fuguya didn't carry the trump card this time, so he didn't feel that heavy burden on his body. In addition, Sawamura in the same class performed better than himself. Now he is in the position that needs to be chased. people.

So the mentality is positive, without the heavy thoughts of being too eager to lead the team to victory, and is very clear about what I should do and what I should not do.

"Line up!"

"salute!"

"Please advise!"

The two teams of teenagers lined up on the field and shouted loudly.

This also heralds the start of the game.

"Oh oh oh, the pitcher on Seido's side is actually Furutani? Why isn't it Sawamura? No matter what happens in the first game, it should be better for the ace to play? Isn't this too contemptuous of the opponent?"

"Yeah! I thought I could see Sawamura throwing the ball!"

"what a pity!"

The audience around looked at Jiang Gu, who carried the number 11, and couldn't help whispering. This unexpected arrangement also made them talk a lot.

Even the investigators of the various teams who came to observe couldn't help frowning.

To be honest, it’s not that I don’t agree with Jiang Gu’s strength. It’s definitely more than enough to be the ace of the team, but after all, there is a stronger teammate in the team, especially the pitcher who has shown his talents in Koshien. The natural focus is on him. body.

They also wanted to see if the pitcher had improved since Koshien, but it turned out to be such an arrangement. I have to say that I was a little disappointed, but at least there was an information about Jiang Gu that could be collected. If you get nothing, you can still explain the past.

But why not send ace Sawamura to play? !
It looks like there is no problem!
Compared to the bewilderment and depression of the surrounding audience, Toyosaki Academy really saw that the pitcher on the mound was not the famous Koshien pitcher ace Sawamura, but such a backup pitcher, how could he not be happy? .

Then their goal of winning a point from Qingdao may be easier to achieve.

[In the first half of the round, Toyosaki College attacked, the first shot...]

As soon as the game started, Toyosaki Academy, who had been elated and thought it had a great chance, was taught to be a man by Furutani, who they seemed to be just a substitute pitcher.

The opening is a continuous 3k.

One ball after another came sharply, followed by one bat after another, but none of the bats could keep up with the thrown baseball.

"It's really amazing. I have to say that the speed of the ball is so fast that it can only fall into the valley of Qingdao. It is really a kind of enjoyment to watch!"

"That's right!"

"Such a clean pitch, the roar is really scary!"

"If it weren't for Sawamura, it would be difficult to say where the trump card is. This strength is really not bad, and the ball control has improved compared to summer."

"Yes, it is!"

"The ball can be pushed down very well."

In the rest area, Ochiai Hiromitsu was also very satisfied with Fuguya's pitching.

This kind of pitcher, such strength and talent, really makes me very excited, but there is a better player in the team who can make better use of his talent.

The surrounding audience saw that a pitcher with such strength as Fugu had almost no regrets for not seeing the ace. They felt that Qingdao's new team's defensive ability seems to be very good in the first inning. The details will depend on the future .

The next thing to look at is Qingdao's line-up.

This is also something that the school teams need to observe.

[In the second half of the first inning, Qingdao attacked, and the first bat was held by shortstop Kura! 】

Not only the surrounding audience wanted to see Qingdao's performance, but even Qingdao's newly formed army wanted to show off his abilities at this time.

The new team, the new lineup, all hope that in this first game, they can show the reputation of not losing to the national champion team.

After all, the opponent in the first game was really not strong.

It's a pity that the imagination is really beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Kuramochi, the first batter at the beginning, and Haruichi Kominato, the second batter, played normally, hitting consecutive hits and pushing the bag to third base.

It's a pity that the third bat was broken at Maien, and he played an incredible double play, directly winning Kominato Haruichi and his number of outs. Fortunately, the fourth bat Miyuki played steadily at this time, Score a point for Qingdao.

However, under the baton of Hakushu and Furutani, the line hit the line again and advanced to the situation of two outs and full bases, but it ended without a problem at the seventh bat.

At the end of the game, Qingdao only scored one point against a school like Toyosaki Academy, and even had only a few hits.

This kind of intermittent wiring is simply invisible.

The upper line play is incoherent, and the lower line play is also not effective.

It really made the two coaches in the Qingdao rest area look ugly. Although such incoherence was expected, the coherence was really unexpected or a little bit beyond expectations.

It’s fine if you meet a wealthy high school. This is a metropolitan high school. It’s a big team that travels around all the year round. As a result, their first army in Qingdao actually achieved such a result, which broke their lowest expectations. .

It's really a bit worse than the summer team.

Director Kataoka also had a bad feeling at this time, he felt that the team competition this time might not end easily and smoothly.

This prediction was not wrong. Qingdao won the game, but it was not easy to win, and it was even a bit ugly to win.

At the moment of queuing up to salute and thank you, Seidou's face turned ugly, compared to the bright smiles on the faces of the Toyosaki Academy players, those who didn't know thought Aidou had lost.

With a score of 6:0, Qingdao won.

The score seems to be quite good, but this is the score after nine innings. During this period, he was unable to play the line and ended with zero points.

Even the audience around were a little bit taken aback.

I'm used to watching the previous team kill all directions, but the new team's line-up is really hard to describe. Fortunately, the pitcher's strength is still online.

The relay pitches of Fubuya and Kawakami kept their opponents clean. Unfortunately, the hitters who hit the line failed to perform, wasting the pitcher's full defense.

Among them, Kenta Maezono, who was ranked third by Kataoka's supervision and coach Ochiai's dissent, was unable to perform as usual when the other players were getting deeper in the game and able to play.

The thread was broken in strands in his hands.

It can be said that compared to the first echelon hitters Kuramochi, Haruichi, Hakushu, and Miyuki, they are much inferior. Even Furuya scored many hits.

As a substitute from the second army, he entered the first army and got the three-stick position. He is the most dazzling one, and his performance is similar to or even worse than that of Tojo and Hikasa who are in the lower line. There were hits, though no RBIs.

That sad appearance is really heartbreaking to see.

However, none of the team members consoled them. After all, no matter how much this kind of thing is said, it is better for the opponent to calmly think about his performance and strive for a better performance next time. This is the most sensible performance.

Ochiai Hiromitsu was not surprised by this result at all.

This player has strength, but he didn't find out his attack method and key points. It is really expected to have such an attack performance.

A good fight is beyond his expectations!This is the result of having brute force but no skill to use it flexibly, but the students who need to spend time teaching are not the type he likes to train, it is too wasteful of effort.

(End of this chapter)