Chapter 97: Strange Person (1/2)

“I’m sorry, I’ve underestimated the enemy too much.” The coach lowered his head towards the principal.

“This isn’t a joke, they’re now a point ahead, and it’s already the end of the fifth inning.”

“Please be assured principal, we’ve now gradually become gradually clear of the opponent’s strength, and their most important defense is the second baseman and their center fielder, it’s just that their pitching is faster than what we’ve expected. With these data, we can go out and display our strength.” The coach said.

“I hope you don’t disappoint me.” The principal coughed as he said that.

After returning to the lounge, the coach Tanimori looked at Masato, said: “You should prepare, after this inning, you’ll go on the field.”

“Many thanks, coach,” Masato smiled.

Looking at the scoreboard, coach Tanimoria felt a little regret. They’ve indeed underestimated their enemy too much, If they had known that the team would have caused them too much trouble, he would have sent out first-team players in the beginning, rather than having a practice session for the players scrimmage. However, they’re sending out their ace pitcher Masato to hold down the line, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Because according to the normal procedure, besides having a member injured, during the inning they can’t casually change players. Therefore just before the fifth inning end, the pitcher who had only pitched five rounds suddenly ‘accidentally’ twisted his legs.

When his replacement Fukuoka Masato wore a pitcher clothes and went on stage, many girls immediately stood up and screamed loudly for him.

“Does this fellow owe them a lot of money?” Masashi smiled while saying so.

“Fool.” Kazumi looked at him with one eye ill-humoredly.

“I didn’t think that even Masato’s going in the field, it looks like this will be a good game.”

“I think this game will begin to be a one-sided game, but that new team did play pretty well too.”

“I feel the same thing.”

Many audiences were having such a conversation.

Although Fukuoka Masato only pitched three times, the inning was over already. After he had finished pitching, Masashi understood why those girls were so excited.

The man is handsome, but also throws the ball pretty well, looking at the strength of the pitch, it seems better than Rumi. This was the difference between men and women inborn ability.

The first half of the Sixth Inning, because Fukuoka Masato went in the game, Pang Mu’s morale seemed to have increased. And two were almost successful in reaching the first base.

This was the real strength of the Pang Mu baseball team, although they have several substitute players, their overall co-ordination with first-team players were not too far behind.

“Strike, batter out!”

After striking out the third batter, Rumi’s arm obviously felt a lot heavier.

The one who was responsible for the fourth batting was Fukuoka Masato, seeing him, Rumi felt a kind of invisible pressure. From their manager’s information of him, they knew that Fukuoka Masato was a versatile player. Not only does he pitch well, but he was also an outstanding batter. Moreover, his running speed was also quite famous.

Preparing to swing the bat. Rumi clenched her teeth and threw the ball on her hand quickly.

“Pow!” The ball was hit out, hitting the barbed wire.

“Foul.” Cried out the umpire.

Rumi was wiping away her sweat and thought in her heart that it was close.

Just like in fencing when she encountered strong rivals, Rumi suddenly wanted to beat this guy.

And without thinking, threw a straight ball towards him….

“Unexpectedly Masato is also unable to hit the ball, it seems like the pitcher is very fierce.” After seeing their team’s ace pitcher striked out, a member that sat beside the female manager said.

“The pitcher’s arm is used up now, pushing him at the moment would be like throwing oneself. I don’t think that the game would last longer.” Another team member said.

As he said, even the female manager could also see that the pitcher’s pitch speed was obviously a lot slower than before.