Kitahara Shuji felt like he couldn't hold on any longer. He pitched four more games in a row while being overtired, with a total of more than fifty good and bad pitches. Now the joints on his right arm were in excruciating pain when moving - now his arm
They were rubbing against each other like gears that failed to mesh, and each section had an out-of-place and strange feeling, as if someone else's arm was growing on his shoulder.
There will be at least five more innings, and it is possible that there will be ten more innings. Then at least another fifty or sixty balls will be thrown, or even more than a hundred, but now is not the time to admit defeat.
He raised his hand to wipe away the beads of sweat, glanced at the dark-skinned batter on the opposite side in the scorching sunshine, and then looked at the snow squatting behind home plate, and then he still kept his head down and threw another ball.
The batters of Juye High School had extremely serious expressions. If they couldn't defeat Hideji Kitahara, their team would be dying slowly. The opponent's attack power was not weak, but living in the same era as monsters, sometimes it was really helpless. He swung the bat suddenly
, hit according to the predicted trajectory, and then there was a soft sound in the ear, and there was an obvious feeling of feedback from the blow on the hand.
The baseball flew vertically, flying very high, and before anyone could react, Xueli took a few steps forward, grunted, jumped up instantly, and successfully put the ball into the catcher's glove.
The batter was stunned, not because he was thrown out, because the ball was obviously a high-flying infield ball, and it didn't matter whether the opponent's catcher caught it, but because he didn't expect to hit the ball - although he didn't.
It hit the sweet spot, let alone the center of the ball. The bat only slightly grazed the bottom of the ball, but it hit the ball after all.
It is useless, but this is the first ball that Kitahara Shuji has been hit since the game. If he can hit a long hit, he does not even need a home run, as long as he hits the far end of the outfield, he will almost certainly get a run——
In order to fully defend against hitting tactics, Daifuku's formation was extremely forward-pressing. There were no defensive players in the outfield, and they had no choice but to be slaughtered when they hit the ball.
The audience also exclaimed, but Daifuku Private College soon started clapping and cheering to celebrate surviving the catastrophe, while Juye High School lamented - it was only a little bit short.
Masako Konishimiya in the live broadcast room also slapped her chest continuously: "It's so dangerous, so dangerous!"
Normally Soki Munemasa would start the analysis and talk loudly, but this time he watched the live broadcast but remained silent for a long time. Konishimiya Masako was startled for a moment, and quickly came to the rescue and said: "Munemasa-senpai, what problem have you discovered?
?"
"Ah, it's nothing!" Munemasa Soki, as a former professional baseball pitcher, still had some premonitions about pitching, and he took a look and saw that Hideji Kitahara's ball speed was only 156 just now, which was a huge drop. He felt that Hideji Kitahara was about to collapse, but
Recently, I have always made wrong predictions, which has a bad reputation. I am not sure whether my feeling is correct. I suspected that Kitahara Shuji just made a mistake with his hand, so he smiled and said: "The ball just now was indeed dangerous, the private Daifuku Academy outfield
The defense is extremely empty, and once the opponent hits a long hit, there is a very high probability of losing points."
If the average team has 60% of the defensive responsibility on the pitcher, then the pitcher of Private Daifuku Academy has 90% of the responsibility - Private Daifuku's defensive formation is based on the fact that the opponent cannot have consecutive long hits.
If they succeed in a long battle, this formation is a typical suicide formation. To say they are stupid is to praise them.
The smile on Suzuki Noki's face slowly disappeared by the side of the court. She knew Kitahara Shuji better. After studying it for so long, she could tell by just looking at his expression whether he was going to eat or go to the toilet. She directly ordered: "Shimoda
, Uchida, go warm up right away!"
Shimoda Teru and Uchida Yuma were stunned and looked at each other - ah, do you really want us to come?!
However, the coach gave the order, and they had no choice. They put on their equipment and started pitching practice on the sidelines of the bullpen. They were only half-hearted in the warm-up, and they all felt their mouths and tongues were dry, and they really didn't want to go on the field and be the terminator of the game -
—They feel that it will be miserable if they go there, and they will definitely be finished by their opponents.
They had been observing Hideji Kitahara and found that when he faced the second batter in the first half of the fifth inning, his performance recovered for a moment, and then his state began to fluctuate violently - 162, 155, 158.
When dealing with the third player, his ball speed dropped to a minimum of 154 and a maximum of only 160. Although he was still a first-class fast ball in Koshien, he has gradually lost his best weapon and started to enter the league of high school power bats.
Strike range.
The situation is not good!
Soki Munemasa in the live broadcast room also discovered this. Looking at Kitahara Shuji whose hair was soaked with sweat, he couldn't help but sigh: "Kitahara players are tired."
This has happened countless times in the finals. Because the level of pitchers in school clubs is often very different, the best pitchers had to pitch game after game in order to win, and finally reached their limit in the finals.
He was beaten one after another by players who were far inferior to him, and finally lost the game by a big score. This really happened many times.
Konishimiya Masako was very sorry: "Is Kitahara-kun going to leave?"
"There's nothing we can do about it." Munemasa Soki, who is also a pitcher, felt the same way. He looked at Hideji Kitahara as if he were looking at The Last Hero, "The summer of Private Daifuku is over."
Juye High School also discovered this. Although there was no one on the bases with two outs, it seemed as if a score was about to be scored. They began to cheer for the third batter, trying to knock out Hideji Kitahara in the first half of the fifth inning——
They asked for nothing more than that Hideji Kitahara could withdraw from the game. After winning the championship, they would try their best to comfort Hideji Kitahara and admit that he was the most dominant pitcher in the Ha League this time.
Of course, no matter how dazzling Kitahara Hideji was before, their victory seemed even more insignificant and valuable.
There is nothing better than letting an absolutely powerful enemy retreat sadly!
The third batter of Juye High School is their strong bat, and he is also full of confidence. He stood in the batting position and quickly prepared, then raised his bat and stared at Kitahara Shuji. If it is a fast straight ball, with a speed of less than 155 per hour, he still has it.
Certain confidence.
Yuma Uchida had finished warming up and returned to the bullpen, ready to come in to help at any time. Seeing this scene, he reminded Suzuki Nozomi: "Coach, please let the outfielders return to their defensive positions?"
In this way, even if the opponent hits a long hit and there is still the possibility of catching the ball, you can also quickly pass the ball back to the opponent in front of second base. Anyway, it is better than being scored by the opponent.
Suzuki Noki didn't even hesitate. She turned her head with an expression as if she wanted to eat someone, and shouted sternly: "Shut up, before he indicates that he can't do it, all we have to do is trust him absolutely!"
Uchida Yuuma was startled. Suzuki Noki's anger was very frightening. He instinctively wanted to apologize, but he immediately heard a cry of surprise on the field. He quickly turned his head and saw that Kitahara Shuji's right arm was swaying in front of him.
-He has a dislocated shoulder.
Among all joint dislocations in the human body, the shoulder joint accounts for at least 50%. This should be the most vulnerable part of the human body to dislocate. Sometimes you bump your shoulder against a wall, and it doesn’t take much force. As long as you have enough force, you can dislocate it.
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The whole audience exclaimed, and Noki Suzuki hurriedly applied for a timeout, but found that Hideji Kitahara used his left arm to hold his right arm and pushed and pressed it to put the right arm back on. The whole audience suddenly fell silent - everyone was suspicious of what had just happened.
Dizzy.
Suzuki Noki would not have this illusion. She was a good doctor after a long illness. She could not cure others but she knew the human body very well. She quickly applied for a timeout, and then quickly ran to the pitcher's mound with the school doctor Suzuki Hanako.
She ran closer and saw that Kitahara Hideji was sweating profusely and his whole face was pale. She quickly reached out to help him: "Okay, Kitahara, let's get over!"
Kitahara Xiuji gently blocked her hand and said with a smile: "I'm fine."
"It's very swollen!" Hanako Suzuki was already checking him and started to give him pain relief with a medicinal spray. "Substitute someone, Noki-chan."
It is no longer possible to continue playing. My shoulder has become like this. Every time I wave my hand, I feel pain like tearing. Moreover, my strength must have dropped sharply, and it is basically impossible to exercise again in a short period of time.
Noki Suzuki grabbed Kitahara Shuji's left arm, trying to drag him off the pitcher's mound, and said angrily: "Obey, go to the sidelines now, no, go directly to the hospital for treatment!"
Kitahara Hideji hesitated for a moment and moved his steps. With this combination, he was blameless for his ending. No one could blame him afterwards, but he glanced at the "double field combination" on the sidelines and found that they were arranging their equipment and getting ready to play.
, but their faces were pale, and they were obviously a little less confident before they even played - they had been acting as substitutes and runners in the main game this time, and had never played as pitchers or catchers at all. Their strength had not changed much from that in the regional competition.
If you get off the field, you basically lose the game!
I don’t want to lose, I really don’t want to lose, even if I’m playing games...
I don’t want to think about this moment in the future and be filled with regrets and regrets. There is no difference between losing at the finish line and at the starting line.
He stopped, pushed Suzuki Noki away again, and said with a smile: "I'll try again, if it doesn't work I will take the initiative to apply for dismissal, you don't have to worry."
Suzuki Nozomi stared at him blankly for a while, then got really angry and said loudly: "Why do you always refuse to listen to me? I'm going to let you go now. Get out of here! You didn't want to come, you forgot.
? This matter is not important to you at all, have you forgotten? Why are you trying to be strong here? Go to the hospital immediately!"
Kitahara Shuci glanced at her, but he was not angry. He smiled and said: "What are you shouting for? Wouldn't it be what you want if I win the game?"
Suzuki Noki was silent for a moment and whispered: "It doesn't matter whether we win or not now, you don't need to endure this pain for me - you are the most important, you don't need to think about others!"
After a pause, she said softly: "We can come again next year. Give me another year and I will train a better team. Sooner or later, the cyanotic flag will be ours. You should believe me!"
ps. I have had a high fever for two days in a row, and I feel like I’m about to ascend to heaven. I’m really sorry for the lack of updates.