Chapter 121 Chapter 19 Battle of Foreign Academy 8
Chapter 121 Chapter 19 Battle of Foreign Academy 8
Chapter 121 Chapter 19 Battle of Foreign Academy 8
Su Qing on the base bag was crying with joy, and Pingchuan behind the plate was already messy in the wind.
How could Su Qing run so fast? ! !
Sato's changeup was a little slow, but with Su Qing's distance from the base at that time, it would definitely not make him unable to even pass the ball! !
There is only one way to explain all this, and that is that Su Qing's speed just now was really outrageous! !
In the Western Conference Finals, Su Qing also stole the bases. The speed of Tanba's straight ball and the speed of Sato's straight ball are almost equal. Su Qing was blocked by Miyuki when he left the base so exaggeratedly! !Even if his arm strength is indeed not as good as Miyuki, but he hasn't made a move yet! !
Now Hirakawa has begun to be incompetent.Facing Harada when there are people in the scoring circle, isn't this giving points to Daoshi?
Now Sato's pitch can be said to have been thoroughly studied by Inomi's strong hitters, as Carl Rose's spring shot and Harada's three-point shot both illustrate this point.
Or, would Harada be recommended?As soon as this idea appeared in Ping Chuan's heart, her heart felt like grass had grown.
After hesitating again and again, he expressed his thoughts in secret.
When Sato saw it, he was shocked at first, and then his eyes immediately became cold.
No.
He can walk Su Qing twice for the team, but he will never walk Harada again!This is his pride and cannot be trampled on!
Sato's attitude is tough, and Hirakawa can only give up the idea of walking Harada. In fact, walking Harada is not just a simple walking, Hirakawa wants to use Harada to catch a double kill on Yoshizawa.
It is still too difficult to pass three to one double play, but it will be much easier to pass three to two or two to one.
But it was too late to say this now, since Sato refused, it was impossible to patiently listen to him explain the reason.
Then you can only do it hard.
The effect of the slider against Harada is definitely not very good. At this time, it is even more deadly with a straight ball. Can it only be used with a changeup?
Hirakawa made a secret signal.Sato nodded.
Then I took a look at Su Qing who was standing leisurely on the edge of the second base. Although Su Qing was very close, he was also so close when he stole the base just now, so Sato pretended to cast a restraint and forced Su Qing back to the second base. On top of the base pack.
After that, I started to throw the ball with peace of mind.
Harada looked at the first ball coming at home plate and was sure it was another changeup. Sato's changeup had only one change. It looked like a bad ball, but Harada knew it was going to end Cut into the strike zone.
So after confirming that the time had come, Harada swung his stick to the position he predicted.But this time the changeup didn't go where he thought it would go, it fell in a straight line.
Harada simply missed with his swing.
Curveball?No, no, the catcher's expression was wrong.Harada clearly saw the ball just now, and Hirakawa panicked when he caught it, which showed that the change of this ball was not within his expectations.
The change of the ball was indeed not within Hirakawa's expectation, but he was relieved, because if he had followed the original path of the ball, the baseball would have been in the sky now.
Hirakawa threw the ball back to Sato, and then asked in secret:
Did you deliberately arrange this?
The trajectory of the ball just now was very similar to a curveball. Hirakawa thought that Sato was still angry with him, so he gave him a surprise.
But Sato shook his head firmly, the right hand holding the baseball was slightly trembling while being hidden in the glove.
Wave after wave of crises made him forget his fatigue, but before he knew it, he had almost reached the limit. The ball just now was not because of his deliberate actions, but because he lost control.
Hirakawa called a timeout and ran up the mound.
The two talked for a while, and after understanding the real reason, Hirakawa decided to choose to switch.But Sato once again refused.
"Crisis on base I caused, please let me fix my own problems. Next half inning"
Sato lowered his head, he knew that now was not the time to persevere, facing the current Harada in his state, it was really possible to get points, but he was not reconciled, he wanted to continue to vote.
Hirakawa did not continue to persuade Sato Shimoka to rest, but put his hand on Sato's shoulder.
"I know this is our last summer. If it were me, I wouldn't give up the pitcher mound to anyone! Let's fight together to the end for this final battle!"
"Ok!"
After Hirakawa descended the hill, Sato felt that he was full of strength again.
Sato's stamina was running low, and after hesitating again and again, Hirakawa finally hit a straight ball, but it was a bad ball.Now he could only take a gamble and bet that Harada didn't think he was worthy of a straight ball.
This is indeed the case. Hirakawa's position is very good. If it is a slider, it is very likely to fall into the strike zone, so Harada naturally thinks that the ball is a slider and swings the bat.
"Strike!"
The chief judge raised his arms high.
Harada's eyes flashed. He didn't expect that in this situation, he would be chased by two good balls.Harada couldn't help but look at Hirakawa. With all the pitchers' pitches well thought out, he managed to do this with the ball. This catcher named Hirakawa is really not easy.
With two good goals ahead, it is very possible for Hirakawa to grab the third good ball, but Harada has been frightened by Hirakawa's reverse thinking and can no longer believe what he knows about Hirakawa's habits.
This time Hirakawa’s secret signal was still a straight ball, and it was a straight ball in the strike zone. In order to leave enough space for Sato who was a little out of control, Hirakawa did not choose a corner position, which was a very common straight ball at a low position inside the corner.
But when Harada saw the ball coming, he couldn't help the conspiracy theory again. Could this ball be a straight ball? Hirakawa still wanted to lie to him with the thinking that he didn't dare to match the slider?In other words, this ball is indeed a slider. Hirakawa used counter-thinking and the habit of grabbing a good ball on the third ball, and matched it with a bad ball. Great, now two good and one bad, they have nothing to lose.
Around the time of Harada's conspiracy theory, the baseball was on base and ended up in the catcher's mitt.
"Snapped!"
"Strike Out!"
The presiding judge drew the bow handsomely and sent the "sleeping" Harada back to the rest area.
Harada's blacklist of catchers has once again recorded a new name.
Harada thought that Miyuki was very innocent compared to Hirakawa. At least Miyuki didn't make him hesitate so much. At most, she tempted him to think in one direction, so that his swing failed.
Hirakawa directly caused confusion in his brain.It's outrageous!
As soon as he was out, there was someone on the second base. Ji Ze felt that this was a good opportunity for him to make a contribution. If he could beat Su Qing back, would it prove that he was stronger than Harada?Will there be more invitations from his career at that time?Ji Ze's heart at this time has been confused by the bright future.
In this state, how could Yoshizawa hit a good ball, a changeup was squeezed by him, hit the infield defense zone, and was eventually blocked out.But Su Qing also used this infield to hit third base.
"Six bats, first baseman, Yamaoka-kun."
Shan Ganglu quickly stepped into the strike zone. Compared with Yoshizawa, he has a much more peaceful mind. He is only in the second grade, and there are still many opportunities. Now he is enjoying the trip to Koshien more than enjoying it. Find ways to be deliberate to gain attention.
Maybe it was because he had eliminated two hitters in a row, or Inomi's core bat, Sato was full of confidence, and even returned with possession of the ball. Sure enough, the most important thing for a pitcher is his state and mood.
A pitcher in a good mood, no matter how tired he is, might be able to deal with the hard hitting, but a pitcher whose morale has collapsed may be beaten until he is replaced.
Before the attack, Yamaoka took a look at the rest area. Supervisor Kunitomo didn't give any instructions, which means it was up to him to play.
The first ball was a changeup ball as usual, and Sato, who was in good condition again, immediately hit the spot where Hirakawa wanted.
But there, there's a bat waiting.
"Pong!"
"BALL HIT TO RIGHT FIDER OUT, RIGHT FIELDER GOING BACK!! HITS THE WALL!!!"
After seeing the ball hit the wall, Su Qing trotted directly back to home plate, Tidaomi scored the fifth point, and Yamaoka Riku also swooped to third base.
At this time, he was almost exhausted and panting, but he was finally pulled up by the running instructor.
Ping Chuan really didn't expect that the loss of points came so suddenly, the ball just now was obviously thrown well, but it was shot out.
Sato also felt uncomfortable, he just wanted to catch the last number of outs quickly and rest.
"Seven bats, pitcher, Cheng Gongming."
Cheng Gongming was much more stable this time, and walked into the strike zone without shouting or mockingly. He had a more important mission in this game. Compared with that mission, the strike was secondary. It doesn't matter to him whether he hits base or not.
Anyway, now he is leading by a big score, and it is absolutely impossible for him to let Yang Xueyuan's line score, so even if the third base is left behind, Narimiya Ming feels that it is no pity.
Hirakawa also wanted to quickly get the last out number from Narimiya Naru.
So directly with the straight ball.
Although he hadn't practiced hitting for a long time, Narimiya's strength and intuition were still there, and he subconsciously swung the bat according to the idea of a straight ball.
"Pong!"
The ball flew high again.
On the mound, Sato bent down, with only his head up, watching where the ball was going.
"Flying out!! No. 30 of the conference!! A home run from the ace Narimiya!! Inomi scored two more points!!"
Cheng Gongming himself was also very confused, why did he subconsciously wave a big stick?And it even hit? !Home run? !
When Narimiya ran the bases, he felt like he was in Monroe. In the past, he tried every means to use the bat to contribute to the team, but there was no result at all. Now he gave up and hit a home run instead, teasing him ? !
Losing three points in a row, it is impossible for Yang Xueyuan not to call a timeout.
On the mound, Sato had lost his former air. After a while, a new player ran up the mound from the rest area of the Western Gakuen with a glove in his hand. Sato put the baseball into his open glove, It's over.
"In the second half of the sixth inning, Yang Xueyuan asked for a pitcher change. Shiqiao-kun replaced Sato-kun and pitched. The pitcher is Shi Qiao-kun."
"It's so tall~"
Looking at the new pitcher in the foreign academy, Su Qing said with emotion.
I admired him so much that he was this tall in high school. He didn't grow to 1.9 meters 1.9 until college. He was only [-] meters [-] in high school.
"What's the use of being tall, no, it's not as fast as your ball."
Cheng Gongming was teasing what Su Qing said in the interview.
"Yes, such a tall person is not as good as the two short ones of us."
Su Qing decided to drag Cheng Gongming into the water, who made him laugh at herself.
Ishibashi is a fastball pitcher, and he came up with a fastball much faster than all of Sato's balls, which caught Hirai by surprise.
"The ball control is pretty good too."
Then Shiqiao accurately stuffed a straight ball into the corner.
On the third pitch, Tsubasa Hirai initially adapted to the speed of the ball and hit the baseball with a swing, but he didn't hit it well. The baseball flew high and was finally caught by the center fielder, ending the long half inning.
The players from the Foreign Academy came off the field, and Narimiya quickly ran onto the pitcher's mound.
Su Qing shook her head while watching, what is the trump card, is to be calm and dismissive of everything, Cheng Gongming is almost writing on his face that I want a perfect match.
After Cheng Gongming came on the field, the rest of Dao Shi also had to run to the field quickly.As a result, the advertisements on TV were quickly cut back before a few advertisements were played.
"One shot, shortstop, Abe."
Abe is the team's leader, and now is the team's most dangerous moment. He must stand up!
But in the end, he was confused by Cheng Gongming's straight ball.
"Snapped!"
"Strike Out!"
"Strikeout again! Narimiya is only 3 three strikeouts away from breaking the conference strikeout record!! Friends, we are witnessing history!!"
At this time, Morishita just thought that Narimiya Naru might break the conference record, but he had never thought about it in a complete competition. The degree of difficulty was too high. NPB may not have many games in a season, and it was something that even professional players could not complete, let alone Let alone high school students.
Next, Narumiya and Harada played more and more steadily, grabbing one good ball after another.
Afterwards, Yang Gakuen's three bats hit the ball into the field. Morishita was extremely regretful because he had no strikeouts, but Inami's people were very happy. In this half inning, they had not allowed any batters to get on base!
On the other hand, with a seven-point lead, the Daoshi hitters who were ready to make history didn't want the Yang Xueyuan, who served as the background board, to lose too badly, so Shiqiao won three outs without any risk.
In the first half of the eighth inning, their last difficulty came.
"Four bats, first baseman, Yoshimura."
Being solved by Harada by stealing a good ball, Yoshimura is really dissatisfied!He held his breath to play this game, no matter what he wanted to hit Cheng Gongming's ball!
Off the court just now, they also exchanged their experiences, that is, although Cheng Gongming's straight ball can run, it can't run very far. If the strength is strong enough, even just by squeezing, it may be possible to hit it.
But when Yoshimura really hit the ball, he almost swears, such a heavy ball power, is it squeezed out? !
The ball ended up being a weak infield grounder, and Su Qing handled it forward and passed to Yamaoka for another out.
And Morishita became more and more anxious as he watched. There were only five outs. Can he get two strikeouts? ! !
Immediately afterwards, Yoshida came on the field. He was struck out by a straight ball in the last game.This fight, he came back with experience!
But unexpectedly, Harada didn't give her a chance at all, and sent him back to the rest area directly with three change balls.
"Three strikes!! Cheng Gong successfully tied the conference record, as long as he gets another strikeout, he can make history!!"
(End of this chapter)
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