After making their way downstairs to the field, Hunjoon told them to put down their bags on the benches. Him and the other guys had already made up a lineup they can use for the game.
The lineup shows who’s batting first and what positions they play. Hunjoon had a playbook that had different offensive and defensive plays.
Also, he had everyone’s batting and pitching information to see how well they’re hitting or throwing.
For batting, the girls have a batting average that measures how well they succeed at the plate. While they were in the cages, the pitching machine was recording how well they hit pitches.
Since they haven’t had actual games played, their averages were at a normal number for right now which is about .225 . The bigger the number, the better success at the plate.
For Jiwoo and Heejin, their pitches were also recorded by a machine that was in the wall next to them. It recorded the speed of the pitch and where it hit in the zone. Both of their pitches were between 86 and 95 mph.
Jiwoo had the fastest pitch between them which was 97 mph.
They also managed to get their pitches to stay in the strikezone,which is good, although there were a few pitches that went off the plate.
Hunjoon and the others were proud of how well they are progressing quickly. They know that the girls have a good chance at winning the game
The girls pulled out their gear from their bags and set them down waiting for instructions.
Sooyoung was trying to flirt with Jiwoo but the shorter was being oblivious. Yerim was talking about something but Yeojin was just staring at her not listening.
Chaewon and Hyejoo were talking about Minecraft. Jinsoul was flirting with Jungeun as the blonde kept on getting redder each second.
Vivi talked to Haseul about school, Heejin was laughing along with Hyunjin as they teased Jungeun.
The coaches were confused with their interactions has they walked over to them. Hunjoon cleared his throat “Um girls…are ya’ll good?” They looked over to him and nodded.
“Good now listen this is the lineup; Jiwoo you’re opening with Chaewon batting first. You girls are gonna rotate to bat and play defensively, so remember your secondary positions. Son will catch when Hyunjin bats since no one else can catch alright?” The girls nodded and made note of everything.
Choi speaks up “Alright grab your gear and lets play ball”
As he said that, they put on their gear and walked onto the field ready for their first scrimmiage.
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Hyunjin helped Jiwoo warm up a little before Chaewon came up to bat. Haseul and Vivi were going over some of the different shifts so they don’t bump into each other.
Jungeun was stretching a little in case she has to reach for a ball thrown to her. Jinsoul was doing the same thing and jogged around a little.
Sooyoung, Hyejoo, and Yerim were going over some running plays and dives in case they can’t catch the ball.
Heejin, Yeojin and the guys were off to the side in the dugout watching them. Chaewon did a few practice swings and stepped up to the plate.
Jiwoo loosened up a little before looking at Hyunjin. Chaewon got ready and waited for her pitch. Hyunjin gave her a sign, fastball down the middle.
Nodding, she winds up her pitch and quickly releases her pitch with a grunt as everyone sets up. The ball flys toward the plate and Chaewon gives a big swing seeing as its in the zone.
Her swing causes the ball to be foul tipped back behind the plate. She sighs and steps back to give a practice swing before stepping up again.
There was netting all around the field so the balls don’t hit anyone outside the field.
Hyunjin tosses Jiwoo a ball given to her by Lee. She waits for Chaewon to get back before getting a sign. Hyunjin signs her a slider and Jiwoo winds up.
And throws a pitch that ends up under the zone as a called ball since the sophmore noticed and didn’t swing.
“Oh nice plate vision Wonie” Hyunjin commented as she threw back the ball. She smiles at her and steps back into the box.
Everyone else agreed with Hyunjin and prepared for Jiwoo’s pitch. She was signed a fastball again as she looked around to see her friends get ready.
Jiwoo threw her pitch and watched as the ball made contact with Chaewon’s bat giving a big swing. She looks to where the ball goes as Chaewon starts running to first base.
Haseul quickly reacted and moved to her left to pick up the ball and toss it to Jungeun. The blonde gloves the ball with her foot on the base as Chaewon steps on it a few seconds later.
The coaches watch as she was thrown out and they were tossing the ball around before Yeojin steps up to the plate. The short sophmore was a little mad that she didn’t get base hit but at least she hit the ball.
Hyunjin signed Jiwoo a curveball to the left as Yeojin got ready. She waits and winds up looking at the left side of the zone.
She pitches a ball that curves and makes the freshman swing at it. Yeojin hisses as she misses swinging at the pitch and shakes her head.
The youngest tighten her gloves and steps back in to hit. She waits for her pitch and Jiwoo gives the signal she’s about to throw.
Yeojin watches as the pitch was too high and doesn’t swing at it. Jiwoo frowns a little seeing as the pitch misses the zone and looks back towards the girls.
They wait for Hyunjin to sign her a pitch and Yeojin gets into her stance. Jiwoo lets out a small grunt as she threw a sinker down the middle and the youngest swings at it.
The ball soars through the air heading towards the outfield. Yeojin shakes her head as she runs to first and Hyejoo was waving off Sooyoung saying she can catch the ball.
Sooyoung steps back and watches as Hyejoo easily catches the flyball. She tosses it to Jinsoul and fist bumps the taller before going back to their positions.
Hunjoon tells them who’s next “Haseul you’re next to bat, Yeojin will take your place” She nods and heads over to put on her batting gear.
Yeojin jogs to her position between second and third and gives Vivi a smile. Jiwoo waits for the class president to step into the batter’s box.
Hyunjin signs Jiwoo a splitter and watches Haseul get ready. She nods and lifts her leg up as she throws a pitch to the top corner.
Haseul just watches the ball hit the corner with no swing. She knew it was strike before Hunjoon yelled out it was a strike “That’s a strike!”
She waits for her pitch as Jiwoo winds up and fouls off the fastball to the right side. Yerim gives a small jog towards it before seeing its foul.
Tossing a ball to Jiwoo, she knows which pitch to sign to Jiwoo to strikeout Haseul. Waiting for the junior to look at her, she held out four fingers and the other nods.
Jiwoo gives her wind up and bends her arm farther out to throw this pitch. Hyunjin watches the ball curve as Haseul gives a big swing at it and misses.
Its after Hyunjin gloves the ball when Jiwoo realizes she just got her first strikeout. Haseul sighs “Good job Jiwoo, you got me real good” She smiles at her and walks to the dugout.
Hyunjin walks up to the junior “Aye its your first strikeout congrats” She pats her on the shoulder and everyone also comes up to congratulate her.
The junior gets shy but is happy that she got her first strikeout. Son gives her a big smile “Great job Jiwoo! I knew you could strike one of them out!”
After they finish congratulating her, Yerim was next to bat so that meant Jinsoul had to take her position and Chaewon took Jinsoul’s, Yeojin stayed in.
They kept on rotating around with Jiwoo pitching really well. No one has had the chance to get a base hit, that’s how you know Jiwoo’s a good pitcher.
It was around the bottom of the fifth inning where Jiwoo gave out her first base hit with two outs. Hyejoo was at bat with two balls and two strikes on her.
Yerim was playing right field for her as Jinsoul played center and Chaewon played third. Hyunjin signs Jiwoo to throw a slider down low so Hyejoo can swing and miss.
Winding up, she gives a good throw with more force as the ball slides down but Hyejoo manages to hit it before it went lower.
Jiwoo watches as her swing causes the ball to go over Jungeun’s glove as she reaches for the ball and into the outfield. Hyejoo starts running to first before turning and going towards second watching the ball.
Yerim runs to grab the ball that went into the corner of the wall, Jinsoul close behind her. She grabs it and turns around “TWO! TWO!” Yerim hears Vivi yell and sees her pointing to second where Yeojin is waiting for the throw.
She gives a good throw seeing Hyejoo get closer to second. She does a head first slide and her hand touches the base before the ball is even in Yeojin’s glove.
Yeojin gloves the ball quickly and tags Hyejoo out but she was already safe. Both Hyunjin and Jiwoo were shocked watching as the tall freshman hit a double.
“Oh nice one Hyejoo!”
“Great swing!”
“Good plate vision!”
Strings of compliments were heard from the dugout as Hyejoo stood on the base. She smiled at them and looked at Jiwoo who gives her a bright smile saying ‘good job’.
The other girls were shocked and also complimented her. Vivi was up next so Yeojin moved to her spot as Haseul came back on. Hyejoo took off her elbow and shin guard giving it to Jung.
She also took off her gloves and stuffed them in her pocket. She pulled out a sliding mitt from her pocket, the mitt is used so the players don’t get injured when baserunning.
Putting it on her hand, Vivi steps up to the batter’s box and gets into her stance. Jiwoo nods at Hyunjin who signed her a fastball up and out.
Hyejoo steps a few feet away from the base ready to run. Vivi swings at the fastball given to her and runs to first as soon as her bat makes contact.
Chaewon runs up to grab the ball and quickly side tosses it to Jungeun. Hyejoo runs to third and stops to watch Vivi get thrown out by Chaewon.
The inning was over so they restart and Heejin comes in to pitch for the last four innings. Hyejoo and Vivi go to the dugout to rotate as they restarted which meant Chaewon was at bat again.
Heejin started off like Jiwoo, she pitched each inning really well and made sure there were no base hits at all.
The last out was Sooyoung stiking out on a slider pitch in the top corner. After hi fiving Heejin for a good game, the coaches walked up to them before they end practice.
Hyunjin gave Heejin a big smile “Great job Heekie. You did really well” The shorter blushed and lightly pushed the taller and Hyunjin winks at her as the coaches arrive.
“Wow that was a great scrimmiage. Jiwoo, Heejin you both pitched really well today and were patient with giving balls. You almost had a no hitter Jiwoo before Hyejoo managed to get on that pitch”
Jiwoo nods but she doesn’t frown knowing how to fix her mistake.
“Heejin you gave a no hitter for the last innings. And you were hard on those fastballs keep it up. Overall, today was a great practice and scrimmiage for your first time” Hunjoon told the girls and they nodded.
Jung speaks up “Heejin and Jiwoo are great pitchers but you girls have to make sure to know which pitches to hit in order to get a base hit okay?” He tells them.
The girls nod and made mental notes about his explanation.
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Hunjoon dissmises them to leave and Hyunjin tells him they’re going to shower there. It was still raining since the weather app said it was going to all day.
He nods and tells her that he’ll wait for her. The other guys wave goodbye after they grab their equipment and leave the facility. The girls pack up their equipment before walking to the lobby.
Arriving at the front desk, Hyunjin asks for some lockers “Hi, can we please have a few lockers?” The lady looks up at her and nods before checking her computer for unused lockers.
She turns to look at Hyunjin “Alright, there are twelve lockers available for you” She reaches into a drawer next to and pulls out key cards with numbers.
“Here are the key cards, feel free to use the complementary toiletries inside the lockers” She gave them a smile as they thanked her.
Hunjoon was going to wait for Hyunjin in the lobby as the girls made their way to the locker room.
Upon entering, the girls were shocked at how clean it was and there weren’t a lot of people. Hyunjin passed out the cards and they went to open up their lockers.
Putting their bags in, they grabbed their clothes, towel and the free toiletries. They closed their lockers and went around to the showers before going to shower.
About thirty minutes later, they all come out fresh and clean from the showers. They open the lockers and put away their dirty clothes as they get ready to leave.
They were waiting for Jungeun and Heejin who were taking a long time brushing their hair “C’mon Jungie lets go. You too Heekie hurry up I wanna go home” Jiwoo desperately tells them.
They just stick their tongue out at her before putting away their hairbrush and grabbing their bags.
Walking out of the locker room, they return the key cards to the lady at the front desk and thank her. Hunjoon walks the girls out and they bid each other goodbye.
They go their separate ways home thinking about how they maybe have a chance to win against Jinhyuk. Hyunjin can’t wait to beat his ass at baseball.
And maybe at fighting but she’ll do that after the game.
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A/N: hope u guys like the scrimmiage i literally wrote this at 2 am the next update will be funny i hope
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