The original intention of the diamond ace

After lunch on the second day after the competition, Director Kataoka called all the first, second, and third graders except for the main election, and calmly dropped a bomb.

"In the afternoon, there will be a red-and-white match between the first grade and the second and third grades. The first graders will all have the opportunity to play. Everyone, prepare yourself."

"Are you going to fight senior so soon?"

"I haven't done any training this month."

Everyone has different expressions.

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"Announce the starting lineup, first grade: ... ... four bats, center fielder, Oda; five bats, left fielder, Kaga Mitsuta ... ... second and third grades: ... ... "

Is it the first move?It's finally time to play.The summer qualifiers are coming soon, this time is probably the last chance, no matter what, I have to enter the second army.

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"First grade first!"

"start!"

At this time, many people gathered outside the venue,

"Last year's red and white battle was Fubuya, Sawamura and Kominato. I don't know if there will be those first graders who will show up this year."

"There should be more this year, doesn't it mean that this year is a bumper harvest year?"

"Oh haha, that's really looking forward to it."

At this time on the court, the first grade was decisively won three strikeouts, and the offense and defense were switched.

I grabbed my glove, sighed, and ran out to the outfield. Although I had thought about it, I didn't expect to get three outs so easily. Such an opening would also have an impact on the defense.

Glancing at the three people who had just been eliminated, their bodies were indeed a little stiff, did they feel the difference in strength?Originally, the gap was not that big. If the body was so stiff, the number of eliminations that could be obtained would not be obtained.

I stood in the outfield and looked into the distance, oh!This is the perspective of the middle field!It's so open and fresh.

Not long after the start of the second half of the game.

"Ah, isn't this still a bunch of mistakes? Sure enough, it's not so easy to catch up with the gap of one or two years."

"That pitcher is not bad, even in the face of such a scene, he can comfort the fielder."

"Those three outfielders are also good, and they haven't made any mistakes until now."

"The only one who counts well is the left fielder. The other two can only be said to be quite satisfactory. It's just that the infielder makes too many turnovers, which makes them look good."

It's five runs down now, and I'm standing hunched over center field, squinting at home plate in the distance.

Now whose turn is the hitter, what kind of hitter, whether it is a skill type or a power type, is completely unclear.Alas, it turns out that this is what it feels like to guard the outfield, and the vision is worse than that of the stands.

Sure enough, the most suitable for me is the pitcher's mound. I don't know if the supervisor will let me go. Wait a minute, it doesn't matter whether he knows that I can pitch!

Ahhh!Why, at that time, I didn't say, I was a pitcher!

Alas, I didn't expect at the beginning that there would be such a big competition among the famous schools, and they didn't even have the chance to pitch.Just wait, if you really don't call me, then I have to try by force.

"Pong!" "Backbone!" "Okay, I'll pick it up!"

The ball coming from home plate is fast, but not very high.I estimated and let the ball bounce off the ground in front of me and caught the ball.

The moment the third base commander saw the ball hit the ground, he said, "Run!".

After I received the ball, I immediately looked up and made a judgment. The risk of a direct pass to home plate is too high, and a pass to first base may get the last out!

"Snapped!"

Tsk, is it too late, "safe!"

At this moment I glanced at second base, startled and angry,

"Pass to third base!"

With two outs, he dared to steal a base while the ball was still in the infield!You must kill him, otherwise the blow to our side will be too great.

"Snapped!"

"Out!" Huh—fortunately, the matter did not reach the most dangerous step.

I ran back to the bench, ready for the next hit.

While wearing the protective gear, I thought about the pitcher’s pitch in an inning. Is the changeup a slider?

I walked to the home plate with the bat in my hand, and after saying hello to the referee and the catcher, I stepped onto the strike zone, swung the bat with one hand, stood still, stared at the pitcher, and smiled indistinctly. What ball will it be?

"First ball!"

Kariba Kou from behind home plate looked up at me.

"Standing in the middle, are you going to take a look first, but this kind of batter who has no expression at all is really tricky, and it is impossible to see what he is going to do." '

He looked up at the mound, "Kawashima, this hitter is different from the previous three." '

'Ah, I know. Kawashima looked at my motionless posture waiting for the ball, feeling a little annoyed.

Hunting Field made a signal, 'Let's throw this first ball and see what he's doing. '

Kawashima nodded and shot the ball.

slider!Step out decisively.

"Bang!"

Did it slide out of the strike zone? This ball probably won't hit well, so I can only hope it goes out of bounds.

I followed the trajectory of the stick and pushed the ball hard.

The ball flew over first base.

"The outside world!"

"call."

Whoa, lucky!But even if it's just an ordinary slider, I can't play well.

I hope this pair of shooters doesn't see that I'm not good at changing the ball, or it will be very uncomfortable to play later.

"Second ball!"

'He missed it completely, and it seemed like Kawashima's slider was working for him.Then throw the next ball here. '

The ball arced gracefully over the mound.

Another slider!But it's clearly a bad shot.

"Crack!" Karai frowned, "Didn't the shot come in? Although the ball was slightly missed, his motionless reaction really made people feel bad.Need to throw a straight ball to confuse him, if he's used to Kawashima's slider, he'll be in trouble. '

I swung my bat expressionlessly, and slid two balls in a row. Did I already see through me, or was there some other purpose?

After setting up the bat, I stood quietly on the strike zone. No matter which one, I haven't caught the slider right now. If it will enter the strike zone, I will destroy it. If the position is tricky, I will boldly let it go.

"Third goal!"

'Here's the shot, he's seen two sliders, he's not going to get the timing on a straight shot. '

After Kawashima saw the signal clearly, he raised his hand and turned around, taking a step and waving his arms.

Straight ball!

"Pong!" The ball went over the shortstop and landed in the middle of center and left field.

"Double hit!"

"Oh, who are those four sticks? The striking skills and strength are not bad."

"It's the backbone player. Although his defense is mediocre, he is good at attacking."

"Isn't this the foreigner?"

"Why, you've seen him before, is he famous?"

"That's not true. It's just that I have seen his batting practice before. I remember that he is a powerful hitter. When did his batting skills become so good."

After I stepped onto second base, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Woohoo, so dangerous, so dangerous, I missed it, but fortunately, I was forced to sweep it out in the end, and the placement was so good. Did you have any luck today?

"First ball!"

"Pong!" I glanced at the fielder's position, um, a hit.

Charged to third base, sure enough.

"safe!"

"safe!"

I glanced at Kagami Kota at the first base, pursed my mouth, and hit the first ball, and I felt very relaxed. The bench I just played was a bit dangerous.

After swinging six bats twice, he chose to bunt, but it happened to be on the face of the mound.

The pitcher sprints down and passes to the shortstop on the bases.

Two out.

After receiving the ball, the shortstop took a look at me, saw that I didn't intend to run, and passed to first base.

I sighed, this game is probably out of play.

"out!"

"Three-out exchange!"

In the second half of the second inning, I don't know if it was because Kagami and I hit hits, or because we were getting used to the game. Although there were still some defensive mistakes, it was obvious that everyone was not as stiff as before.

The game lost two points exchanged.

I looked at the eight and nine bats that were about to hit, and looked back at the one that was obviously nervous.Alas, I have to think of a way. Fortunately, Kagami is behind me, so the chance of scoring is quite high.

I squinted and thought of a good idea!