5:3.
Seido High School Baseball Team had just scored five runs, and before the lead could even warm up, Ichidai Third High School had already caught up with three. And their offense didn't look like it was going to stop at all.
After Omae hit a three-run Homerun, Ichidai Third High School's fifth batter also successfully got on base. The situation was one out, with a runner on First Base. Starting from Miyakawa, the second batter, all the way to the fifth batter, they had hit four consecutive hits.
The players of Ichidai Third High School, in terms of hitting, were not inferior to the players of Seido High School Baseball Team at all. The Seido supporters, who had just been arrogant and looked down on their opponents, were now like eggplants hit by frost, completely dispirited. On the contrary, the Ichidai Third High School supporters had now found their rhythm, each one glaring and competing with the Seido High School Baseball Team supporters.
Ichidai Third High School's cheerleading squad, at this moment, was not idle either, playing an offensive tune.
Their sixth batter was a very burly player, which was also standard for Ichidai Third High School. After all, except for their Ace, Manaka, most of Ichidai Third High School's other players were of this physique. Every one of their batters had excellent hitting power. Especially the first few batters, who basically all had the ability to hit a Homerun.
In the face of such powerful strength, even if a pitch was just grazed by the bat, there was a high probability of it flying very far. Once Ichidai Third High School's batters found their rhythm, the challenge that Seido High School Baseball Team's players would face next would be truly great.
"Ping..."
Ichidai Third High School's sixth batter forcefully hit Tanba's high breaking ball out. Tanba did not have the same psychological adjustment ability as Manaka; the consecutive hits and Homeruns had caused problems with his pitching. The high breaking ball he threw looked powerful, but the break was not in place at all. The batter seized this point and forcefully swept the ball out.
After the baseball was hit, it landed in front of the pitcher's mound. Tanba instinctively opened his glove, wanting to block it, but how could he possibly block it? The baseball landed and bounced in front of Tanba, flying behind him.
Oh no.
At this moment, Tanba's heart fell into endless darkness. However, just as he was about to be completely disappointed, he heard the sound of the baseball entering a glove behind him. Tanba quickly turned his head and just saw Kominato Ryosuke fielding the ball into his glove.
Then, without stopping, Kominato threw the ball to Second Base.
"Yee-haw!"
A nimble figure was already waiting at Second Base. This was Kuramochi. After catching the ball in his glove, he stepped on the Second Base bag and simultaneously threw the ball out.
"Thwack!"
Before the batter reached First Base, Yuuki Tetsuya successfully caught the ball.
"Out!"
"Out!!"
With Kominato Ryosuke's help, Seido successfully got a double play, finally ending the inning.
In the stands, the Seido supporters who had just been downcast suddenly brightened up. They all raised their heads again, puffed out their chests, and began to cheer for the Seido High School Baseball Team players.
"Seido! Seido!!"
The most excited, however, were not the supporters, but the reporters from Tokyo Television. Originally, they had no expectations for the intensity of this game. They didn't expect that heaven would take pity on them and send such a great gift.
5:3, double play. Every change on the field fully demonstrated how exciting this game truly was. They had reason to believe that this game would also become a classic battle. It might even be the most exciting Spring Tournament final since the Tokyo Spring Tournament began.
In the enthusiastic atmosphere, the second inning began.
Tanba, as the ninth batter, was the first to step into the batter's box and was easily struck out. Manaka Kaname had no intention of going easy on his former teammate, even pitching more fiercely than he did against core batters. Fortunately, the Seido High School Baseball Team's teammates hadn't had much expectation for Tanba's hitting anyway, so they weren't disappointed.
However, when Kuramochi and Kominato, who came up in the second round, were also successively retired, the situation became a bit different. Manaka, who had regained his form and fully unleashed his strength, truly had a knack for his low-angle Slider. Even for Seido High School Baseball Team's batters, hitting the ball out was by no means an easy task.
In the bottom of the second inning, Ichidai Third High School was on offense. Their offense started with the seventh batter. After the confrontation in the first inning, Tanba finally returned to normal, successfully retiring Ichidai Third High School's lower-order batters, getting them three up, three down.
Throughout the entire second inning, neither Seido High School Baseball Team nor Ichidai Third High School managed to score any runs. The score between the two sides remained 5:3. Seido High School Baseball Team temporarily led by two runs.
However, Ichidai Third High School's batters also showed extraordinary offensive power. In terms of momentum, Ichidai Third High School was not much worse than Seido High School Baseball Team.
It was in this situation that Zhang Han stepped into the batter's box.
Seeing Zhang Han step up, the Seido High School Baseball Team supporters became several times more enthusiastic. So much so that players from other regions who had specifically come to watch the Tokyo final were a bit confused. They looked at the lively scene around them in shock, then turned to ask the person next to them.
"Is this guy really that popular?"
"The super rookie from last year's Koshien, of course he's popular!"
Zhang Han's fame was not limited to Tokyo; he was well-known throughout the entire Kanto region. Any slightly professional and skilled baseball player had basically heard Zhang Han's name. After all, it was impossible for someone who could reach the Koshien stage as a first-year and break two Koshien records to remain unknown. Not to mention Zhang Han had many other newsworthy points.
Before coming to watch this game, those players actually knew that Zhang Han was relatively popular. But they never expected that he would be popular to this extent. As soon as Zhang Han stepped into the batter's box, the atmosphere around him changed, and the audience's eyes also changed. Even the reporters' behavior changed.
A reporter from Tokyo Television specifically carried a camera and ran to the front of the batter's box to take a close-up shot of Zhang Han. Taking close-ups was a relatively normal operation; after all, this was how viewers saw close-up shots of players during television broadcasts. But for other players, it would at most be a few seconds, not exceeding ten.
The reporter took a close-up of Zhang Han for over twenty seconds. So much so that the umpire couldn't stand it anymore and began to urge him. Only then did the photographer reluctantly move away temporarily. But although the person moved away, the camera did not.
He placed the camera in front of Zhang Han, at a distance of about three meters. This way, fans watching the television broadcast could see Zhang Han's entire hitting process up close. They only needed to cut to the shot during the live broadcast.
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