"Ono, I need you to perform a sacrifice hit on this ball! Try to walk Arata to second base!"

"Sacrifice strike? Supervisor, I understand!"

After hearing what Director Ushijima said, Ono picked up the bat and walked to the batter's box. Then he still put on a striking posture.

…

"This ball is played by Chiyoda's Ono! Let's see... the ball is hit... and the ball flies to first base! Arata Furuta starts running, and Inoue also starts running at second base!"

When Ono hit the ball to first base, the first baseman Hayami immediately went down to pick up the ball. Just after he got the ball, Ono just started. At this time, the first baseman Hayami faced

There are two options, one is to block Ono who is going to hit the base, and the other is to pass the ball to eliminate Arata who is more threatening.

Judging from the probability, it is obvious that blocking Ono is more likely to succeed. However, just now, Hayami's supervision has issued instructions, and killing Arata has become Hayami's most important task at the moment. As for running to third base,

Inoue...the success rate of direct passes from first base to third base is too low.

"Whoa!"

I saw Hayami's ball carrier suddenly passing the ball to second base, and at this time, the shortstop and second baseman all rushed forward. On the contrary, Ono, who had been abandoned, seemed to be able to easily step up to first base.

…

"Let's look at Furuta Arata. Hayami's second baseman has caught the ball and is rushing towards Arata. Arata starts to slide..."

Seeing his opponent putting his glove in front of his sliding front leg regardless of the danger, Arata quickly retracted his foot while gliding, and then gently touched the base bag with the foot underneath him!

"safe!"

As the base referee made the penalty, Zaoshi's players quickly threw to third base without caring about anything else!

"safe!"

Unfortunately, before the ball was passed to third base, Inoue had already stepped on the third base bag.

"safe!"

Ono, who was originally a sacrifice bunt, stepped onto first base with both feet.

"What happened to that ball just now? It was obviously a hit, so why was it called a base hit?"

Zaoshi's players argued with the referee angrily, but the referee firmly insisted on his decision. In the studio, the host of the TV station asked the director to bring up the scene of Shinta hitting base just now.

"This goal is really..."

"Yes! It was indeed a strike, but just before the base was loaded, Arata retracted his leg from the base, so the ball was fine! If I read it correctly, Chiyoda just executed a sacrifice strike tactic.

, but Hayami really cares too much about Arata Furuta! He just let Ono go!"

Although Supervisor Miyazawa's explanation gave Chiyoda justice, Waseda Industrial felt that the referee's decision just now was wrong. However, the referee obviously did not want to mess with them, and soon the big screen of the stadium showed Furuta just now

The scene when Arata is on base.

What I thought was a safe tactic ended up falling short because of Arata Furuta. Now, Chiyoda has three people on base and also has a great opportunity to count two outs.

"Keep fighting! Even if you get killed, it doesn't matter!"

Nishijima, who was about to play, received the instruction from Supervisor Ushijima and immediately took the bat and ran onto the field. He knew that in this situation, the pressure had been transferred to the opponent's hands.

…

"Let's see if this pitcher can withstand the pressure!"

"Bad ball!"

"Bad ball!"

"Bad ball!"

Seeing his opponent throw three bad balls in succession, Nishijima never fell for the trick. At this time, Waseda's pitcher, who was already in a desperate situation, had to take action and confront Chiyoda head-on!

"Bang!"

"A high-flying slugging ball. The early pitch was hit by a high-flying slugging ball!"

"safe!"

"Inoue returned to home plate and Chiyoda scored!"

"safe!"

Arata reached third base! Hayami's outfielder caught the ball, and Nishijima's player was caught!

"safe!"

"Ono arrived at second base safely! The ball was passed back to home plate! Waseda's situation is not good, Chiyoda has the last out!"

…

In just an instant, the situation on the field suddenly reversed. Chiyoda, who had been silent for a long time, gave out warm cheers on the support bench, while on the other side, Hayami's supporters were desperately cheering for the team.

Being in such an environment, Supervisor Imai was somewhat infected. She asked Tanakura with a smile on her face:

"It seems that in this game, Arata and the others still have hope!"

"Yes! There is one last out, if I can hit a long hit or a home run, Chiyoda will be in the lead!"

While Mr. Takura was talking, suddenly there was a crisp sound of hitting the ball on the court. Then all the Chiyoda players were seen rushing to the sidelines and stood up in excitement. On the support bench, there were people like

Like an earthquake, a wave of more enthusiastic carnival was set off.

"A high-flying sacrifice hit! A high-quality sacrifice hit that almost flew out of the court. Kiyomiya's Kiyomiya player caught the ball with all his strength. Ken Abe, who had just come on the field from Chiyoda, sent the first goal since Koshien.

Remember Goofy's sacrifice base hit..."

"safe!"

"Arata Furuta scored! Ono has already passed third base. Home base... is dangerous... and he has scored!"

Seeing a burst of dust flying on the home plate, Ono laid his head on the home plate. The referee then raised his hands to evaluate the penalty and said:

"safe!"

"Three-point reversal! Chiyoda used up the last out and got precious three points! Now, there is only Waseda's last offensive game left! The game was dragged back into suspense at the last minute!"

As Waseda Industries began to leave the field, Supervisor Ushijima here also hurriedly rushed the players to change their equipment. He walked through the crowd, hurriedly walked to Arata, and then said cautiously:

"Do you still remember our plan just now?"

"I remember! Supervision!"

"Waseda will definitely launch a crazy attack later, and they will definitely try to get Kiyomiya to play and deliver key hits. Don't care about the gains and losses of one city or one place, we just need to suppress the performance of others! We can let the bases

, but we must not lose points..."

After Ushijima finished speaking, he picked up his tactical board and handed it to Arata.

"This is a hitter strength analysis table that I compiled based on previous performances. Three of them are likely to receive your diagonal ball. For these three people, for the sake of safety, if you are not sure, you can directly walk them and let them go.

Let your teammates deal with them. As for the rest, just feel free to knock them out with pitching!"

Arata looked at the opponent numbers listed on the tactical board, and then silently recorded them in his mind. At this time, both he and Ushijima knew that the most difficult thing for Chiyoda to deal with was Kiyomiya. The victory or defeat of this battle depended on whether Arata could
Chapter completed!