"Oh, oh, oh! The first-years are finally fighting back!"
"I can't believe this guy actually faked a bunt to hit!"
"What's that Pitcher's name again?"
"Sawa… Sawamura… Right… Sawamura Eijun!"
"The lead-off batter is already on base, so it looks like the first-years have a chance to score this inning!"
Sawamura Eijun's double immediately ignited the atmosphere on the field.
No one expected this loudly shouting guy to be the first to get on base!
One must know that the spectators all thought that even if someone did get on base, Aj would most likely be the one, but this really was an unexpected surprise!
"Hmph, this is me, the true strength of a man named Sawamura Eijun! Ah ah ah ah!" Sawamura Eijun immediately laughed exaggeratedly on Second Base!
"This kid! He actually got on base!?" Miyuki Kazuya's face showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost!
"They actually let a first-year kid get on base! Kawakami!! What are you doing?! Let me go, I'm going to go on the field myself and teach those first-years a good lesson!" The moment Isashiki Jun saw Sawamura get on base, he instantly became like a raging bull!
His eyes even turned red!
Kuramochi quickly held Isashiki, saying with a somewhat bitter expression, "Jun-san, didn't you just finish training? Also, if you keep doing this, Coach will get angry!"
Ignoring the commotion outside the field.
Upon seeing that Sawamura had truly gotten on base, Aj's face showed an excited expression; that's right, just like this!
"That student, come here for a moment!" Aj walked a few steps forward, called back the eighth batter who was about to step up, and after getting closer, said a few words to that first-year batter, who then nodded.
"Coach! Player change!"
"Here, Kominato Haruichi will pinch-hit!" Aj said in a deep voice.
As soon as this sentence rang out, Coach Kataoka's expression remained unchanged, only his eyebrows raised slightly.
He said indifferently, "Alright!"
"Aj-kun?" At this moment, Kominato Haruichi came up to Aj, looking at him with a hint of doubt.
One must know that even though they were classmates, they didn't seem to be very familiar; in class, they were just nodding acquaintances, just getting to know each other.
So why was he so decisively changing to a pinch-hitter and specifically pointing to himself?
"Kominato, there aren't many who had a batting average over sixty percent in middle school, I think! Sawamura is already on base, so let's the three of us give the second and third-year Senpai some deep memories!" Aj said with a slight smile, looking at Kominato with a faint smile.
Kominato Haruichi was slightly stunned, then a faint smile also appeared on his face.
He picked up his wooden bat and headed towards the batter's box!
"Alright, Aj-kun, then, let's the three of us have a good performance!" Kominato's easily shy face showed a determined expression, and he said in a calm tone!
"A wooden bat!?"
"It seems this year's first-years are really a bunch of interesting guys!"
Aj's performance goes without saying, Furuya's terrifying Fastball is even more noteworthy, and Sawamura perfectly resolved the team's crisis, even hitting a single and getting on base in his first at-bat!
And now this pinch-hitting teenager even carried a wooden bat, which is generally only used in professional baseball!
They really are more interesting one after another!
Undoubtedly, Aj had already taken over the command of the first-years, as if his performance in his previous at-bat and in defense had already conquered his first-year classmates.
They all held a tacit attitude towards his actions, even Kanemaru Shinji and Tojo Hideaki, who came from Matsukata Youth Baseball, approved and had no other objections!
"As expected, a substitution, hmph, so what should I do next?" Sawamura muttered a few words when he saw Kominato step into the batter's box.
Just when he was at the plate, Aj had whispered several words to him.
"If you hit a single, I will then ask Coach to allow us to pinch-hit, sending out a very formidable guy, and at that time, I hope you can…"
Aj's words seemed to still echo in Sawamura Eijun's ears, but looking at Kominato's slender figure, Sawamura couldn't believe that guy had anything outstanding.
Although being directed like this felt a bit unpleasant, for some reason, a faint voice in Sawamura's heart told him that listening to Aj was not wrong.
Aj rubbed his chin, patted his chest once, and finally pinched the brim of his cap!
At the same time, Kominato Haruichi at the batter's box and Sawamura Eijun at Second Base both simultaneously pinched the brim of their caps!
Sawamura Eijun even bent slightly, making a motion as if to steal a base!
This action immediately made the second and third-years on the field a bit nervous!
Signal!
"When did these three guys agree on a signal!?"
"Impossible, right?"
"This is getting even more interesting!"
"What's their goal? The next batter is that kid who can catch Tanba's Fastball, and there are no outs yet, what are they planning!?" Miyauchi became somewhat uncertain and surprised.
Only scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings had already made the second and third-years quite dissatisfied, and in this inning, they actually let a first-year get on base directly!
This was a great humiliation and intolerable for those second and third-year Senpai who regarded the first-years as utterly defenseless.
Getting on base was already an unacceptable reality!
Letting a first-year score at Home Base was even more of a nightmare!
They absolutely would not allow such a thing to happen!
Not only Miyauchi thought this way, but Kawakami on the Pitcher's mound also felt a sense of anxiety in his heart!
It felt like being targeted, an uncomfortable feeling!
Keisuke Miyauchi's change in mindset, and the irregular actions of the second and third-years, made Kominato, whose eyes were hidden beneath his bangs, reveal a slight smile at the corner of his mouth!
"It's exactly as Aj-kun predicted!"
"Then they will definitely be…!" Kominato Haruichi composed himself, secretly guessing the pitch selection between the Pitcher and catcher!
One must know that in this situation, it could already be considered that the Pitcher and catcher were somewhat shaken!
Miyuki Kazuya, outside the field, had clearly frowned!
He could feel that the momentum on the field had shifted towards the first-years, and senpai Miyauchi was still a bit too impatient!
Miyuki shook his head slightly and sighed.
If he were on the field, he would never let the batter see his inner thoughts, no matter what the situation on the field!
The catcher must stabilize the situation and calm the Pitcher!
It seems that the three kids' trick, no, rather, that kid's trick is about to succeed, Miyuki thought with a sigh of admiration as he slightly glimpsed the triumphant smile at the corner of Aj's mouth.