"Then... let's do this for now." Miyuki hit Kōshū hard, "I'll leave the four sticks to you."
"Yeah." The pitcher didn't look back, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and put the wet hat on his head again.
There was no wind at all at noon. The sweat on my forehead was originally connected to the hat. After wiping my forehead and reattaching the sweat-stained cloth, Kōshū felt like a piece of meat about to spoil.
Miyuki squatted back and recalled the last time he played. The four-sticker was double-played by a lured Two-Seam Fastball ball. So this time, he couldn't show him the ball again.
"Play ball!"
After the chaos, the game resumed, with two outs and one base occupied, the score was tied at 2:2.
Miyuki's glove ratio is in the middle of the inside corner. They just verbally reformulated Signals about the inside and outside corners. Previously, due to the accuracy of Kōshū, Miyuki would only convey what ball Signals indicated, and where the ball was going to be thrown all depended on the catcher's glove.
This can be regarded as a kind of lazy policy, which caused the two people to spend a lot of time on Pitcher's Mound and re-check Signals.
So now the catcher's glove is in the middle of the inside corner, and the type of ball he really wants is a 'straight ball with a low inside corner'. The characteristic of Kōshū is that the pitch is accurate. If the comparison is for the inside corner, the result is the outside corner. Such a large deviation will definitely make the opponent alert immediately.
The first pitch was a straight ball that cut into the knee with an inside angle, and it was extremely close to Strike Zone. After observing the four bats, they still could not judge whether it was a good ball or a bad ball, and they refrained from swinging the bat. However, after Home Plate, the referee obviously agreed with the pitcher's ability and said, "Good ball."
Such an extreme ball can also be counted as a ball within the Strike Zone range.
'hateful. ' Although he had foreseen it, Si Bang was still secretly shocked in his heart. This guy's ball control ability is really incredible. In just one game, even the referee Strike Zone was almost half a ball wide.
In this case, there is no choice but to actively play the ball. Any area where it is difficult to judge whether it is a good ball or a bad ball will be hit Foul Ball.
Presumably Seido's pitcher didn't want anything to happen when there was someone on first base with two outs, so from now on it would always be such a sideline ball.
The second ball was Inside Corner Ball again, but this time it was a straight ball with a high inside angle.
The fourth stick felt the gloomy gaze from Pitcher's Mound, and then there was a ball coming from far to near, with the illusion of slowly drifting up towards his face, making him unable to take action again.
"Good shot!"
This is two good balls. The next ball, Seido will definitely use that ambiguous ball to deceive the number of strikes, and he must take action.
'Again? ' Looking at the ball whizzing in again, the similar position made the four sticks angry. Even if you control the ball well, you can't throw two balls in a row to the exact same position.
"Stealing a base!" The voice from first base did not interrupt the duel at home plate.
The four sticks stared closely at the ball, and time seemed to be cut into frames. White Shadow jumped over quickly in such a frame, 'The rotation method is still a straight ball! ' The bat was induced and swung towards the intended position of the ball, but in a certain frame before home plate, the displacement of the ball shadow changed, and the axis of rotation seemed to shift a little. Just like this, the high-speed rotation of the ball led the direction to a more inside angle.
'Carter?? ' When the four bats thought of this, it was like a nightmare replaying the previous game.
The pitch thrown by Pitcher's Mound was quickly caught by Kominato Ryosuke.
"Out!"
"Three out! Change sides!"
After giving up two runs in one inning, he finally got three outs.
Returning to Dugout, Miyuki quickly joined the supervisor and others at the entrance. Fortunately, Isashiki was the next player to hit. Otherwise, he might have become angry after hearing the following words. In the entire Seido, except for Kuramochi who loves to bully Eijun, the rest are enemies and seniors, namely Isashiki and Kōshū. However, in the comics, the two will be reversed and become the relationship between the upper family and the lower family.
If Isashiki were to know that the other side used such despicable methods to deal with his juniors, he might——
Of course, you can't hit the opposite Dugout with a bat, but you can always hit the dirt in front of the opposite Dugout.
So what is being discussed at the Seido Dugout entrance now?
"Do you suspect that the other side is stealing Signals?" Kataoka Manager's brows furrowed into a mountain peak. He had never heard such a thing in the high school baseball world. Of course, it might also be because, at the darkest time of high school baseball, he had not yet entered the coaching team. But in short, this is a very serious matter, and the party giving evidence must obtain definite evidence, otherwise it will be easy to be regarded as the person who does not hesitate to slander his opponent in order to win.,
"Yeah, but when there was someone on first base, that action didn't happen anymore. I suspect that the supervisor on the other side deliberately restrained himself in order not to arouse suspicion."
"I know." Fortunately, Kataoka and others stood two steps away from Dugout, and their voices were quiet. Although everyone felt strange, they all thought that something was wrong with Kōshū, so they didn't dare to discuss it.
"Sorry." Furuya understood that so far, he was the one who caused Seido's most serious crisis. So I came to Kōshū, looked at the pitcher who closed his eyes again to rest, and said softly.
"Hey..." This was the second time Kōshū sighed today. He deeply felt that although his Pitcher Lineup was crowded with people, when it came time to take the lead, no one could be seen. How could this not make him feel helpless, and if it continued like this, there were still six rounds, and maybe there would be extended rounds. He was the only one who was so tired that he didn't dare to think about it carefully.
Seido The unusual movement at the entrance could not escape Nitta Manager's eyes. "Why, did you notice it so quickly? That catcher is really sensitive."
For this young supervisor, Nitta felt a little bit of embarrassment in his heart, but it disappeared in an instant. After all, he didn't believe in anything except victory. "Let you feel the insidiousness from the old-school supervisor. This is a greeting from a distant era." '
But soon, the changing situation on the field made Nitta take his mind back.
Facing Fuji again, Isashiki obviously didn't gain much experience. He walked Sacrifice Bunt directly on the first pitch of the first inning. He hadn't tasted the ball yet, and of course he was out again.
The next shot was Yuki, a four-shot opponent who had played in the first game. The atmosphere quickly froze after Yuki hit Foul Ball with a far blow.
'Come on Forkball from the outer corner! '
Yuki's bat followed up again, even smoother than the previous hit, "Foul Ball!"
'No, he's going to have to fully adapt to Fuji's pitching. ' The catcher looked towards Dugout. Nitta Manager got the signal and immediately raised his hand.
"Notice of change of player Kyoma University... Pitcher, Nakata, left fielder, Eizen-kun, center fielder, Fuji-kun."
Kyoma University let the third-year ace who had rested for two innings come on, and Fuji, who had just pitched, was replaced by a center fielder, or in other words, Fuji was originally a center fielder.
The three pitchers of Kyoma University are all fully qualified as outfielders of Regulars, so Nitta Manager has the greatest degree of freedom in changing players.
If the pitcher is not in good condition, he can be directly placed in the outfield, and then another outfielder is brought up to pitch. The whole process will not affect the number of pitchers available, except of course for a certain first-year pitcher, who is the last to pitch.