"This hitting power is practically invincible!"
"No choice, we are Seido, the strongest in the nation. When it comes to hitting, let alone these rookies who just came up from middle school, even other powerhouses…"
When discussing hitting strength, the Senior Team members were all smiles.
The rest of the words, even if they didn't say them, were self-evident.
As Seido's Senior Team staunch supporters, they naturally felt honored and proud.
After the first inning, Toujou was taken out of the game.
Although Coach Ochiai was a bit reluctant, Toujou's overall ability was still very strong.
But the team selection now was for players who had the potential to be promoted to First-string. Toujou's performance just now was still a bit far from that goal.
If it weren't for his teammates' good performance saving him twice, how many runs Toujou would have given up in just the first inning was an unknown.
As the second inning began, Zhang Han and Chris, who had been substituted in earlier, also went onto the field for defense.
Especially Chris, it was his first time playing in the outfield, and it was incredibly new to him.
The First-string players who came to watch the game all eagerly focused their attention on Chris.
They were genuinely curious if Chris, who in their impression was almost omnipotent, could still perform as they imagined him in the outfield.
But unfortunately, Chris had no opportunity to perform from beginning to end.
Kawakami, having found his rhythm, easily dealt with all his opponents.
He didn't give the Freshman Team any more chances to get on base, and he didn't even let the Freshman Team hit the ball to the outfield.
Two strikeouts, one ground ball.
In total, with only eight pitches, Kawakami forcefully ended the battle.
When Kawakami returned to the dugout after pitching, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that not all new players had the same strength as Kominato Haruichi and Jinguuji.
Bottom of the second inning.
Due to Toujou's departure, another outfielder was adjusted to the pitcher's mound to serve as the pitcher.
There were only a dozen or so players selected from the first-year Freshman Team, and those currently defending the outfield were basically all pitchers.
Even that idiot whom Ochiai had specifically kept in reserve now stood on the field.
However, the position he was defending was not the pitcher's mound, but the outfield.
Although Coach Ochiai wanted to use this opportunity to showcase his coaching level, he did not forget the true purpose of this game because of his personal desires.
Sawamura, who finally got a chance to play, performed very conspicuously. It wasn't that he immediately showed off a great defensive play that astonished people.
He was conspicuous because he talked too much.
Sawamura was already chattering in the dugout, but at that time, as a reliever, such behavior was understandable.
Now that he was on the field, his mouth was still busy, constantly directing his teammates.
Kanemaru at Third Base was almost infuriated by this teammate who had just entered the game.
This guy was too arrogant!
He completely disregarded his teammates.
Sawamura, a young player from the countryside, who was he to be giving orders here?
Sawamura didn't feel his teammates' resentment at all, and he directed them without any hesitation.
Kominato Haruichi felt pretty good; with someone like this to lighten the mood, everyone's performance was noticeably more relaxed.
Jinguuji also looked at Sawamura thoughtfully.
His directions sounded like nonsense, but if one thought about it carefully, he really did grasp many characteristics of the seniors.
"Perhaps this guy's intuition is very sharp?"
This kind of thing is innate, and no one can be jealous of it.
Even Furuya Satoru, who had been calmly observing, was attracted by the chattering Sawamura.
What a strange guy!
He was so clumsy when practicing catch with him, but he never complained.
The changes in the Freshman Team did not escape the eyes of the Senior Team.
Zhang Han and Chris were the first to feel that something was wrong.
How did the Freshman Team's atmosphere inexplicably improve?
They should have dealt a sufficiently heavy blow to the Freshman Team in the first inning.
Although not many runs were scored, the entire rhythm was connected very smoothly.
From beginning to end, the Freshman Team only had to take the beating and had no power to fight back at all.
Under such circumstances, shouldn't they have appeared quite desperate?
Why couldn't they see any of that?
The Freshman Team, with their changed atmosphere, performed very well in the subsequent game.
Even as Zhang Han, Chris, and the others continued to get hits, they caught up by five runs in one go.
With these five runs, the Senior Team's original negative ten points had been completely erased.
The score even reversed.
The score on the field was 2:1.
They successfully passed the ten-point challenge left by Coach Kataoka in just two innings.
"They've already taken the lead!"
"It's still too early to let the new players face Zhang Han now."
"Although a lot of runs were given up, the performance is still okay; they haven't collapsed…"
Even the spectators noticed the anomaly.
The Freshman Team's performance was incredibly resilient; even after giving up five runs in one go, there was still no sign of despair in the players' eyes.
Zhang Han was baffled.
Chris, meanwhile, looked at Sawamura thoughtfully.
"This is a player who can influence those around him."
Actually, Sawamura's performance wasn't good; of the three balls hit his way, he only caught one.
He missed two balls.
And those two balls weren't particularly difficult to catch.
It could basically be said that because of Sawamura's errors, the Freshman Team gave up two extra runs.
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