Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

After Ohtani Sho was injured, hidden dangers broke out.

The third batting position was originally supposed to be played by Shota Ohtani.

Kensuke Amatani originally arranged for Musashi Katsuda to be the fourth batter, but after Shota Ohtani was injured, he had to be moved to the third batter.

Currently serving as the fourth runner is Taiga Furuya.

His strength is not weak, but compared with Shota Otani and Musashi Katsuda, he is still a lot behind.

"Swing as hard as you can, it's only the first inning, don't worry about it."

Kensuke Amatani comforted Taiga Furuotani so as not to make him too nervous.

"We can still catch up later."

Yukinoshita Yukino's initial plan was very successful.

It was successful enough to suppress them briefly at the beginning.

But Kensuke Amaya doesn't think the two teams are rivals.

Because he has three wins.

First, this is the first time that Sobu High School has entered Koshien, while Aoba is a regular at Koshien, and the mentality of the two sides is incomparable.

It’s not obvious that they are in the advantage now, but once they are in trouble, can they still maintain this positive mentality?

It's like playing games with your buddies. When the wind is in your favor, you chat and laugh, but when the wind is against you, you remain silent.

Whether a team is strong or not depends on their mentality when the wind is against them rather than when the wind is with them.

Aoba can definitely withstand the pressure, but Sobu High School may not be able to do so. This is a victory.

Second, the main reason why Sobu High School was able to suppress Aoba was that they were not familiar with this team.

Once they become familiar with this team, the situation will be completely reversed.

This is the second victory.

3. Sobu High School has Yu Shida, but Aoba also has Takashi Kitahara.

Yu Shida's highest pitch speed so far is only 148km/H.

Kitahara Takashi's pitching speed starts at 150.

What concept does this equate to?

The opponent's full-strength attack was not as fast as Kitahara Tsutomu's basic attack.

These are the three victories.

This is also the reason why Kensuke Amatani is not in a hurry to make adjustments.

The advantage lies with Aoba.

"Zun, in the bottom of the fifth inning, you go to the plate."

Kensuke Amatani turned around and reminded Kitahara Takashi.

On the bench, Takashi Kitahara rested his elbows on his knees, supported his chin with one hand, and quietly watched Yu Shida on the pitcher's mound, simulating in his mind how he should hit the ball when facing him.

"Ah."

After the simulation, Kitahara Tsutomu felt that if he were to go up, he would have more than an 80% chance of hitting the target.

The physical conditions are there, and when practicing hitting in the gym, the ball speed of the ball machine has never been lower than 150km/H.

Even if Yu Shida masters a variety of ball skills, can his changeup be more varied than Ichiro Suzuki?

Even though the opponent has retired, he is still not comparable to Yu Shida, a kid who has never played in a professional game.

"Ah, it hit me!"

Things have improved on the field.

With the experience gained from the first and second batters and his own observations, Furuya Daihe successfully hit the ball out on the third try.

The only pity is that it was a short hit.

"It's a ground ball! Can Furuotani-san convert this into an opportunity and successfully reach first base?"

Ohtani Taiga hit the ball out and he ran hard towards first base, while Musashi Katsuda on first base started to attack second base.

The baseball bounced on the ground and Yu Shida rushed over quickly.

"How can we stop here?!"

Yu Shida grabbed the baseball that bounced off the ground and threw it hard towards his teammate guarding second base.

Before Musashi Katsuda ran to second base, the second baseman grabbed the baseball tightly and blocked Musashi Katsuda.

After blocking Musashi Katsuda, the second baseman turned around and threw the baseball to first base.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

The moment the ball fell into the hands of the first baseman, Ohtani Taiga made a great dive and reached out to touch the base.

Just before his palm was about to touch the base, Ohtani Taiga felt someone pat his shoulder.

His heart immediately sank.

It's contact killing!

The referee blew the whistle, signaling that Ohtani Taiga and Katsuda Musashi were eliminated.

In the first half of the first sentence, Aoba scored: zero.

Daweidani Dahe lay on the ground, pounded the ground hard, and then stood up quickly.

"Nice double kill!"

“Wonderful collaboration.”

"The Sobu High School players defeated Tokyo's dominant team, Aoba, twice."

"As long as you work hard, your dreams will not let you down. It's this spirit of struggle that makes baseball games exciting!"

The commentator spoke loudly and passionately.

Yu Shida clenched his right fist and swung it hard.

"Ness!"

"Go, Shida! Kill all of Qingye!"

"Step on the green leaves and stand on the top."

……

The victory in the first half immediately excited the students from Sobu High School who came to cheer.

Even the slogans shouted became much louder.

"I'm the first to win."

The corners of Yukinoshita Yukino's mouth curled up slightly, and she looked at Kitahara Takashi on the bench with a smug smile.

Yes.

The overall strength of their team is indeed not as good as Aoba's.

There is no ace pitcher, no super batting line, but this group of people combined together can overthrow the status of the Tokyo district overlord.

"Kitahara Takashi, I want to completely deny your idea."

Yukinoshita Yukino's determined look was as if she wanted to join the party.

She has no interest in baseball.

This time he became the manager of the baseball team just to defeat Aoba led by Kitahara Takashi.

To be honest, she didn't hate Kitahara Takashi.

It's just that her views differ from Kitahara Takashi's.

If it was just a difference of opinion, she wouldn't target Kitahara Takashi.

However, not only did Kitahara Takashi disagree with her point of view, he also laughed at her as "a narcissistic mouse pad girl who is too naive and lives in her own ideal world."

This was unbearable for her.

What is a mouse pad girl!

Although it is a little small, she still has ups and downs.

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The offense and defense switched, it was Aoba's turn to pitch, and Sobu High School batted and attacked.

Tao Gu hid his left hand behind his back and kept his eyes fixed on the enemy in front.

"call!"

Tao Gu was about to exhale a breath of foul air, his eyes fixed on the front, watching the catcher, lift his legs, move his arms, and throw the ball.

The moment the ball went out, the electronic screen showed the ball speed: 143kmh.

The moment the ball came flying, the batter swung hard, but missed.

"A strike."

The Sobu High School hitters are somewhat doubting their lives.

Why did I miss the target?

Why does the baseball suddenly fall at the end?

"Yes, one more."

The catcher threw the ball to Taoya Kaname and shouted encouragement.

There's nothing we can do about it. If you don't speak loudly, the pitcher won't be able to hear you.

"Ah."

Taogu is about to take the ball and think about what pitch to throw next?1.

Momotani Kaname is Aoba's ace pitcher. He is a left-handed pitcher with a maximum pitching speed of 143km/H, which is not as fast as Kitahara Takashi and Murasakita Yu.

But he is good at learning and knows many types of balls.

He can hit a tricky slider, a steeply falling forkball, and a fast-and-slow changeup.

This is also the reason why he can firmly hold the position of Aoba's ace.

So far, even if Kitahara Takashi comes, he is still Aoba's ace.

Kitahara Takashi's pitching speed is fast, but he's only ever thrown a straight ball. (Kitahara Takashi: Is it possible that this is all I know?)

Until he shows his ace prowess, Aoba will still be the ace pitcher.

"I will never let you get even one point."

Tao Guyao licked his dry lips, his eyes fierce.

Just now, Yu Shida blocked them. If he doesn't give some response, is he still a man?

Is he a leopard head?

Taogu should stand sideways, facing the base runner or batter, with his pivot foot touching the pitcher's plate and his free foot in front of the plate. He should hold the ball with both hands and keep it still in front of his body for one second before throwing an inside-cutting slider to the batter, which is quite difficult for left-handed hitters.

This ball falls toward the outside corner of the batter like an arc. Compared with the curveball, this arc is sharper and faster.

"Damn it!"

At this moment, it was Sobu High School's turn to experience the frustration of Aoba's hitter just now.

If the Aoba batter couldn't catch the ball because he was unfamiliar with the opponent, then the Sobu High School batter simply couldn't catch it.

The angle of this ball is too tricky.

"Two strikes!"

Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her lips and did not give any instructions.

No matter how strong her strategy is, it won’t work if her players are not strong enough.

Now she can only wait.