Chapter 71: Hometown

Barry is only half of 90!

This is a famous saying in "Warring States Policy", which roughly means that a hundred li journey is only halfway to the ninety li journey. To use this sentence as an analogy, the closer to success, the more difficult it is. The more you have to hold on to the end!

Now, it is more appropriate to use this sentence to describe the national tour of the Qingqi Middle School baseball team.

All the way to the finals, they have overcome countless difficulties.

In this way, they came all the way, but they did not expect that their physical strength would be exhausted by the time of the final national final.

In the last game, the players of Qingqi Middle School did not want to work hard, it was not because they didn't want to work hard.

But as soon as the idea came up, they found that they were powerless.

At this point, the pitchers on the mound feel the deepest.

He's completely out of shape now, he made four bad shots against Yamaguchi, and hit the middle against Feng Xiang.

Not to mention, this mid-ball really startled Feng Xiang. Facing the middle, with Fengxiang's character, it is impossible to hold back from swinging the bat, so he swung the bat. However, the center ball in the national final made Feng Xiang hesitant.

Is there any conspiracy on the other side?

With a big killer like Sawamura by his side, Feng Xiang is about to have a psychological shadow.

In order to avoid being fooled, Feng Xiang had reservations when swinging the bat. Instead of using a big stick, he held a short stick and swept the ball out with his own power.

The fact of course is that Feng Xiang thinks too much, and the opponent's pitcher is as complicated as he thinks.

The opponent just lost control of the ball~

In this way, although Feng Xiang scored a single hit, he missed a good chance to hit a home run.

The baseball landed in outfield, and Yamaguchi at first base and Oda at second base began to run desperately.

Oda's speed was already fast, but Qing Fong's players were half-dead. He gritted his teeth and went straight over third base for home plate. After Yamaguchi reached second base, he didn't hesitate to see that Qingzong's outfielder hadn't picked up the baseball. He dragged his bloated body like a heavy tank and flew towards third base.

On the contrary, after Feng Xiang got to first base, he found that the opponent's outfielder had picked up the ball and did not risk rushing to second base.

Three bases, the closest to the outfield is the second base. When the opportunity is bad, trying to get to second base is tantamount to courting death.

In this way, Oda returned to home plate, Yamaguchi also went to third base, and Fengxiang went to first base.

The total score is 1:0.

No one out, there are people at first and third base!

I'll go, it's so cool!

The fans who followed Akagi Middle School all the way were completely crazy.

Such a smooth and dripping attack, such a smooth strike coordination.

Is this really Akagi?

I, Akagi, is really unbeatable?

"Akagi! Akagi!!!"

"Ow, ooh, ooh!!!"

For the first time, when Sawamura hit the field, the fans at the scene did not call out Sawamura's name, but Akagi.

In the final, everyone is looking forward to a battle of the century!

pitcher battle,

For those who are familiar with Akagi, it is really nothing. But strikes are rare in Akagi.

It seems that the finals ended with such a smooth and dripping victory, which is also very good.

On the strike zone, Sawamura glanced at Yamaguchi and then at Fengxiang, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Perfect, so perfect!

For Akagi, it was really cool to be able to bully people like this.

Their previous games were too depressing, and with such an opportunity to release, why not do it?

Sawamura's light smile deeply stabbed the mood of a teenager at Qingqi Middle School.

He took the initiative to stand up and walked to his coach's side. Then a pair of eyes stared at his coach tightly, not speaking.

Qing Fong's coach glanced at the boy in front of him, struggling in his heart.

According to the doctor, Hong Kong just suffered from heat stroke before, so it is best not to participate in the finals, otherwise, if you get heat stroke again, it may cause more serious problems. Even if it is necessary to play, it is best not to exceed three innings.

For the sake of Benxiang's health, he'd better let the bench pitcher support three or four innings, and then replace Benxiang.

Of course, this was his plan in the first place.

Now, he might have to change his mind.

The backup pitcher from Qingfang Middle School, let alone three innings, I'm afraid he won't be able to last this inning.

"it is good!"

Seeing the determination in the boy's eyes, Qing Fong's coach nodded heavily.

No one was out, there were one or three, and the batter was Sawamura, who had a batting average of over 60% in this tournament!

At this time, if he doesn't make substitutions, the score may expand to an inexhaustible level.

Three points, four points!

Hehe, in the match against Akagi, if you are three or four points behind, even if you call out all the outstanding hitters from the middle school giants such as Yokozuna, Tenryuji, and Xijing, it will be enough to catch up.

After all, Sawamura had never dropped a run against these batters before, except for the occasional hit or two.

After the points are expanded, there is no need to continue the game.

Realizing this, Qing Fong's coach had no choice but to make substitutions.

"Qingfang Middle School changed players, and the pitcher Benxiang came on the field."

In the strike area, Sawamura was shocked.

Qingfang's coach really has two brushes, and his vision is very precise.

His decision, as long as it is a little later,

Then the game is decided.

Thinking so, Sawamura didn't completely give up the opportunity to defeat Qing Zong. Taking advantage of their replacement, Sawamura quietly gave Yamaguchi a secret signal.

Yamaguchi nodded slightly.

When Hongo came on the court, Sawamura held up the bat in his hand, posing as if he was going to hit his ball.

"Whoosh!"

Facing the imposing Sawamura, Hongo did not back down and pitched the ball.

In the stands, many strong teams who had played against Akagi before could not help but close their eyes.

They couldn't bear to watch the next scene.

Akagi has never been a team that likes to go head-to-head with opponents.

When they saw the score, it was like a wild beast seeing its prey. Once they took a bite, they would never let go.

"Ping!"

As if to confirm everyone's guess, Sawamura, who was aggressively trying to hit the ball out, changed his strike.

The white ball was hit between the pitcher and the first baseman with precision, and rolled forward at just the right speed.

At the same time, Sawamura, Fengxiang, and Yamaguchi started instantly and ran to the next base.

Speed, power, angles, perfect mess.

Sawamura's bunts are clever enough to be used as textbooks.

Not to mention Aoyu whose state has fallen to the bottom of the valley, even Aoyu who is in perfect condition can't stop Sawamura's bunt.

Yamaguchi got back to home plate without much effort.

Don't look at him like a meatball, sprinting at full strength is still amazing, just like a fast-forwarding tank, the speed is not slow at all, and it is scary to run.

Sawamura also went to first base. It was one thing for him to bunt beautifully, but the more important reason was that Qing Zong's defense was unprepared, and Sawamura would bunt at this time.

The total score is 2:0!

In the first game of Akagi, the victory was almost locked.