Taiyo Little League's catcher stood up and drew a big circle for Luan Chuan so that he could pitch with peace of mind.
Three-bat first baseman Nakajima exhaled. After the ball count was full, he hit a Fly Ball. Yoshino took the opportunity to steal second base, and the third-bat was blocked by first base.
"Two out!"
Luan Chuan's condition was improving. He received a powerful return pass from the catcher and touched his hat. "No, I always feel that my fingertips are very insensitive today. Is it because I have been practicing grip strength recently?" '
Regardless of whether he is willing or not, Kinoshita Little League's competition is what he has arranged to compete on his own. Forkball is what he needs to learn. Grip strength training is also a must for Forkball. His condition is not the reason why he loses the game.
Four bats Hayakawa, standing at Batter's Box, compared the pitcher with the bat, and returned to a relaxed state. Now is the best time to score, the pitcher is not in good condition.
A Outside Corner Slider was ruled a strike, followed by a straight ball in the same position. Hayakawa didn't even look at it, "Bad ball!"
It was almost time for a Inside Corner Ball. As soon as the catcher stood on Batter's Box, it was easy to guess Pitching Strategy. However, Inside Corner Ball came instead. An inside corner Slider deceived him and squeezed him until the bat was not hit properly. An outfield fly ended the first half of the inning.
Kōshū's bat drooped, 'So in the next inning, I will be the leadoff batter? I'm not good at baserunning. '
Teammates passing by all patted their ace on the back. "It's okay, as long as he hits the ball, there is no need to steal bases." Kōshū has very good explosive power, but his base running skills are poor. He always overshoots accidentally, which makes him very easy to get injured, so Coach Ninomiya later stopped letting him steal bases.
"Just focus on pitching and let us do the hitting."
Why are you here? The pitcher's condition is so bad that he doesn't even score points.
Ocean's No. 1 baseball player has obtained a lot of information from his pitcher, including but not limited to the fact that this pitcher throws very accurately, has a ball speed of 138, and also has Cutter.
The first goal is High Rotation Speed Straight Ball with a high inside angle, come and say hello to Taiyo Little League.
"Bump--" The big Yoichi stick suddenly stepped back, but the referee's voice was heard in his ears. "Good shot."
This guy has just the right amount of control, and he regains his footing with one strike.
'Since you can't score points, I have no choice but not to lose points! ' The distance between the two men was 16.46 meters, and the atmosphere between the two men was very intense.
Second ball, same position, 'Another straight ball? Are you looking down on me? ' I swung the bat, but the ball in front of me suddenly ran towards the outside corner, hitting Fly Ball in the infield, and was caught by Yoshino at second base.
"One out!"
Bright rhythm, neat out, only saw two balls in the first bat, and was out, and there was not even any information to the second bat.
"This pitcher's straight ball is very powerful, but be careful with his Changeup." I originally thought he was a high-speed pitcher who relies on the power of his straight ball, but it turns out that Changeup also throws very accurately to confuse the line of sight. It's really insidious.
The second bat was deceived by a low-speed straight ball and hit an infield grounder. The third bat was followed by a Outside Low Corner and was swung short to Inside Corner Ball, resulting in an out.
In just a moment, Taiyo Little League became Three Up, Three Down.
"That guy is really awesome."
"Full power is in full form as soon as he comes up." Then the speaker was poked by his teammates and quickly shut up. Sitting on the side was Luan Chuan, the pitcher who performed slowly in the first half of the inning. Luan Chuan, who was being stared at, smiled at everyone and put down the bat. He was Taiyo Little League's fourth pitcher.
"I'll leave it to you all to defend in the second game." He smiled, seemingly unaffected by the unstable start.
But the catcher who knew him well was on the side, wearing protective gear, and said without hesitation, "I say Luan Chuan, calm down a little bit, that pitcher didn't do anything to you."
"But his ball speed is faster than mine." Luan Chuan said there seriously. Everyone ran past him, all with expressions on their faces. It was like this every time. When they saw an excellent pitcher, they wanted to pull him over to compete. Unfortunately, such a narrow-minded pitcher was their current ace, so they could only pinch their noses and endure it.
In the second inning, unexpectedly, the first long hit came from the pitcher. Kōshū missed a straight ball. The catcher of Ocean thought he was aiming for a straight ball, so he called Slider,. Luan Chuan shook his head, and the catcher compared Signals with a straight ball. Luan Chuan shook his head again. It wasn't until the catcher asked for a Forkball that Luan Chuan began to prepare for pitching.
'Let me play and see Forkball! 'Kōshū was aiming for this ball from the beginning. Although Luan Chuan said in his message that his Forkball was still being refined, his pride could be exuded through the screen, 'Your Forkball must be very powerful, then I will definitely hit your ball'.
Two hearts that are equally unwilling to admit defeat are like a bat and a ball colliding together at this moment.
"Right field—" The catcher took off his mask and pointed to the right.
Luan Chuan paused, and his eyes flew to the right field wall along with the ball. Then he stared blankly for two seconds before coming back to his senses and staring closely at the man running around the field.
"One point! Well done!"
"Wow, these two pitchers, it's my imagination, they always feel a little angry."
"Isn't it Mr. Kōshū who was invited by the opponent's pitcher? I thought their relationship was okay."
"Who knows? Shibasaki-kun was there at the time, wasn't he?" Everyone looked at Shibasaki, who was pretending to be a wallflower. There was a high probability that he would not play today, so he was still at Dugout.
"Well, it's probably just like-for-like competition? One of them is the first in the second grade of junior high school in terms of ball speed, and the other is second."
"The world of pitchers is so complicated——" The strange remarks began to be recognized by everyone. Even Lang Zhi, who was preparing for Batter's Box, nodded fiercely. He wished that everyone could recognize the true face of Kōshū.
"Why are you nodding? Come on soon!" Kōshū pressed his brother's helmet and high-fived Dugout's crowd.
"Time!" The catcher called for a timeout in time after Kōshū completed his run around the field, "Luan Chuan-kun, now you have to admit that the opponent's skills are First Year of High School, and play this game well."
"Phew - when did I deny it? I am really unwilling to do so. Also, don't you think that the other team's players are one or half a size older than us? What do they eat every day? Everyone is like this. Sure enough, it's still a problem with the team's menu."
"Hey - okay, okay, it's just a team menu problem. Now that the problem has been found, can you make a good pitch to my glove next?" The catcher wanted to hold his forehead, but still showed a tolerant look, "Stop shaking your head at Signals."
"Okay--"
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the game ended with the score falling to 6:0. Six innings was too short. They only had time to appreciate the subtlety of the opponent's pitcher's pitching, but they had no time to decipher it. It ended just like that.
"That pitcher is pretty good." Everyone at Taiyo Little League packed their things.
"Ah, you see Luan Chuan has passed by again, he can really do it."
"Didn't he still glare at the opponent during the game, and then change his face again after the game?"
Luan Chuan, who was complained about by his teammates, got together with Kōshū very familiarly. "I really lost to you. I originally wanted to hit your ball out, but in the end, you Home Run defeated me."
"Oh..." Kōshū turned on the question and answer mode just like yesterday in the stands.
Sometimes people are really weird, and they will have a good or bad feeling towards the person they meet for the first time. Psychologically speaking, if you have a bad feeling towards the person you meet for the first time, it is very likely that this person has evoked the memory of being hurt. That is, this person has a very similar temperament to the person who hurt you, so disgust will well up from deep in your heart.
It was the first time Kōshū met Luan Chuan. This feeling has not weakened even now. Maybe he is somewhat similar to the people who used to be on the sprint team.
"Please take care of me. We can have more practice games in the future." Taiyo Little League is a Little League team in the Kanagawa area and belongs to Tokyo East Branch. Generally, the games in Youth Baseball are concentrated within the branch, so the two teams have not had much contact before.
"Of course." The two coaches chatted in a friendly manner.
I really want to see how those tentacle monsters type. The update speed of Qidian is far faster than that of Jinjiang. Jinjiang has a lot of weekly updates. You can't imagine it. Haha