Chapter 147: Koshien Debut!

By the time the Chuanjiang Left Fielder picked up the baseball, Isashiki was already only a few meters away from home plate.

In the end, Isashiki Jun successfully scored the first run for Seido; Shinoki Keita only reached second base for safety, while Yoshikawa Junpei reached first base.

"Jun-san! You sure run fast."

"Ya-haha, that's just a piece of cake, I can do that anytime." Isashiki Jun looked smug after returning to the dugout.

"If Yoshikawa hadn't tricked the Chuanjiang defense, you would've been in trouble," Tanaka Wataru laughed.

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have run like that," Isashiki Jun said.

Everyone laughed and then looked at the game on the field. After Nanjo Taishi stepped into the batter's box, although he hit the ball and successfully reached first base, Shinoki Keita was forced out, and even Yoshikawa Junpei was almost forced out.

Qinghai Lin on the pitcher's mound twisted his neck. From this inning on, there had been runners on base, and his pressure was immense. Especially since he had given up a run this inning; although he was mentally prepared for giving up runs, the fact that Seido kept getting runners on base made Qinghai Lin feel very irritable, and his tense emotions had never eased.

"Zhitian! Hit it!"

"Get another run!"

"2-0!"

The Seido fans were not at all satisfied with just one run. Clearly, there had been runners on base constantly, and it had been like that since the first inning, but the fact that only one run had been scored so far made them feel a huge disparity.

But the game was not as simple as they thought. Not long after Zhitian Jiangtai went up to bat, he was struck out. Seido still failed to widen the score gap, and the top of the second inning ended.

In the following game, in the bottom of the second inning, Nanjo Taishi successfully retired the Fourth Batter of Chuanjiang, but gave up a hit to the Fifth Batter. However, he then successfully retired the Sixth and Seventh Batters, and the Chuanjiang base runner could not advance a single step.

In the third inning, Seido's Second Batter Kominato Ryosuke successfully reached base to launch an attack. Yuki Tetsuya hit an extra-base hit to right field, sending Kominato to second base. Afterward, Dong Qingguo caught a high forkball and blasted a home run, scoring three runs!

The score reached 4-0. Qinghai Lin on the pitcher's mound gritted his teeth as he watched the three Seido players celebrate and high-five as they walked off the field. He had spent all his effort keeping his pitches at such a low location for so long, yet the moment one pitch went slightly high, it was seized upon and hit for a home run. Is this guy a monster?

Sure enough, his pitching speed was still a fatal flaw. Once his control was unstable and the pitch was slightly high, it was very dangerous to face a national-level batter like Dong Qingguo.

Although he was irritable, Qinghai Lin still had to pull himself together to deal with the next batter. They hadn't even gotten a single out this inning!

In the Seido dugout, the three who returned after scoring were in high spirits, especially Dong Qingguo. He had already hit a home run in the first game against Seihua, and with this one, he already had two home runs, tying for first place on the home run leaderboard of this Koshien with the Fourth Batter of Osaka Kiryu.

Osaka Kiryu, nicknamed the "Universe Team," clearly had a cluster of elite players on their team and possessed what was called the strongest batting lineup in the country.

"Dong-senpai is impressive, that was a beautiful hit." Huangqian Yangyi reached out and patted Dong Qingguo's stomach.

"This flesh really didn't grow for nothing, it's full of power."

Slap!

Dong Qingguo slapped away Huangqian Yangyi's hand, "You guy, your words are still as unpleasant as ever."

After saying that, he proudly patted Huangqian Yangyi's shoulder, "You kid's batting isn't bad either, it's a pity you didn't play in the last game, and you only have two innings of opportunity in this one, otherwise I'd really like to compete with you to see who has more home runs."

Hearing this, Huangqian Yangyi shook his head, "My task is to pitch, batting will just take its natural course."

"Hmm, that's true too," Dong Qingguo nodded and said. If it weren't for Huangqian Yangyi's pitching, it would be hard to say if they could have even entered Koshien this time, and winning the championship at Koshien would be completely impossible. Now the whole team was looking forward to Huangqian Yangyi's pitching state after he took the mound in this game.

On the field, after giving up three runs, Qinghai Lin was not crushed; instead, he quickly struck out Tanaka Wataru and Isashiki Jun. The Chuanjiang fans in the stands cheered immediately, but before they could be happy for long, Shinoki Keita's bat hit another single.

"Oh!!"

With this, the Seido fans became lively again.

Unfortunately, they didn't stay happy for long either; after Yoshikawa Junpei stepped into the batter's box, he was struck out.

The game thus reached the sixth inning, and the score had already reached 8-0. Manager Kataoka walked out of the dugout at this time to request a substitution; Nanjo Taishi was replaced, and Tanba Koichiro took the mound.

Stepping onto the Koshien pitcher's mound again, thanks to his excellent performance in the last game, Tanba's self-confidence had been built up. However, Seihua's batting lineup also relied on a steady style to hit consecutive singles against him. In terms of style, Tanba's pitching was somewhat similar to Qinghai Lin's; neither was a pitcher who used speed as a weapon, and they relied more on the defense behind them.

The duel between Tanba's pitching and Chuanjiang's batting lineup had a somewhat evenly matched atmosphere. After two innings, Tanba was replaced after giving up one run. Conversely, in the sixth and seventh innings, Seido scored one run each, and the score became 10-1.

It was also at this moment that Manager Kataoka applied to the umpire for another substitution. Then, the Seido fans erupted with applause as enthusiastic as if they had won the championship. The Cheerleading Squad and the Wind Instrument Department also took action, and the entire Koshien Stadium was plunged into a huge vibration.

Although the fans had noticed Huangqian Yangyi entering the bullpen to warm up as early as when Tanba took the mound, it was only when this moment truly arrived that everyone's expectations were finally realized.

The media present all aimed their cameras at the Seido dugout. There, the First Year ace of Seido, the long-awaited Huangqian Yangyi, known as the pitcher with the strongest movement, was finally about to make his debut at Koshien.

Putting on his glove, Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki Kazuya stood outside the dugout. The two turned their heads and smiled at each other; this was their first time pairing up at Koshien.

"Let's go together!"

In the 8th inning of the game, as the two entered the field, the Seido fans gave the biggest cheers. Huangqian Yangyi stood on the pitcher's mound and scanned the surroundings with his eyes.

Is this Koshien?

It feels completely different from being off the field.

Feeling the atmosphere on the field, Huangqian Yangyi slightly raised his head to look at the scorching sun in the sky and closed his eyes. After breathing in the air of the Koshien pitcher's mound a few times, Huangqian Yangyi slowly raised his right hand.

A few seconds later, his right arm dropped.

In the eyes of the audience across the country watching Koshien, the entire stadium went silent in an instant.