The opposite team is from East Tokyo, and they are having a very uncomfortable time facing Kōshū.
"This guy is so tall, it's hard to get used to the pitch." This guy was struck out by a Outside Low Corner pitch.
"He's 1.85, right? Add in the height of Pitcher's Mound, and Low Position fell more than 2 meters to Strike Zone. It's a foul."
The first three batters basically dealt with the ball with high, low and inside pitches. In the first half of the second inning, Kōshū was hit by the opponent's fourth bat and hit a single. The fifth bat hit the ball, but in the wrong direction. After a few bounces, it obviously rolled towards the sideline.
After two strikes, Foul Ball is hit, which counts as a strikeout by the pitcher. Hayakawa yells at home plate, "Don't touch that ball." Let the ball roll out of Foul Ball. In this way, the five bats will be struck out, and the four bats that ran to second base must return to first base, and they can directly catch a double play.
But Kōshū, who had already formed muscle memory, had no time to understand Hayakawa's words. When he ran to the ball and picked it up, he turned around and saw that the five-ball bat had already rushed to the first base.
Next to him were the sighs and roars of his teammates. Kōshū was a little panicked by this completely unfamiliar situation. He seemed to have done something wrong, but he had no time to stay where he was and think about it. He could only follow his own intention and pass the ball to the first base in a coherent manner. However, the first baseman was affected by the situation just now and his reaction was half a beat too slow, and the ball missed the top of his glove.
"Run - run -" Dugout on the opposite side started to boil, and five or six people jumped out and shouted.
The first baseman hurriedly chased the ball, but the ball was close to the ground but not rolling slowly. The second baseman yelled from behind, "Quickly-quickly-"
The eyes of all the field personnel on the field fell on the back of the ball picker. The basemen who did not have the ball in their hands seemed to be unable to close the guard of the animal cage, allowing the opponent's four or five bats to run out into a cloud of smoke and dust between the bases. Kōshū stood alone at the spot where he had just picked up the ball. His blank brain began to spin stiffly, 'What did Hayakawa just shout? '
Running, accelerating, lowering his head to pick up the ball, and turning around to pass the ball, the first baseman tried his best to make up for his mistakes. The ball quickly returned to the second baseman's glove. He also wanted to take the opportunity to hit the fourth base at home plate and immediately rushed back to third base. The trainers' whips finally went off, and the restless footsteps stopped on the base bag.
"Huh——" Kōshū finally found the relevant records in the corner of his mind at this time, so he was the one who caused the current crisis situation.
"Is everything okay?" Hayakawa rarely saw the rapid change of expressions on his partner's face, from confused to enlightened and finally to self-blame, "It's just the second game, it doesn't matter even if I give them one or two points."
The pitcher on the opposite side lowered his head and did not respond, and went straight back to Pitcher's Mound. Hayakawa was at home plate thinking about whether to call a timeout, but the gaze on Pitcher's Mound made him give up the idea.
That look was not affected at all. Rather, it was a little fierce because of the mistake he made.
Then take advantage of your current mood and have a Inside High Straight Ball!
The six bats that were about to hit were frightened by the ball heading straight towards the goal and ducked away.
"Good shot."
After failing to hit the ball for the first time, Liubang turned around and looked at his Dugout. His coach asked him to continue hitting. He wiped the brim of his hat and directly assumed a hitting posture.
'How annoying, do you really want to take a bite out of me? 'Kōshū looked at the catcher's mitt on the lower edge of the bat and High Rotation Speed Straight Ball threw.
"Hiss--" The palm of the six bats was shaken for a while. This guy used so much strength that he turned into Fly Ball at the home plate and was assassinated by the captor while standing.
The seventh bat also followed the hitting strategy and hit a ground ball in the direction of first base. Kōshū did not waver in trusting his muscle memory and passed the ball directly to the direction of first base. At the same time, the chief umpire's "safe!" came from behind.
"Wow--" Finally scored a point from this pitcher. There was already sand in front of the four bats. He high-fived the batter and returned to Dugout.
Kōshū lost one point, but that didn't mean that his high-drop straight ball was cracked. The eighth shot was also very difficult, and the opponent Dugout was also much quieter. He was obviously happy and then looked at this straight ball. What was supposed to be a point for capital gradually turned into heavy pressure.
"This guy has a pretty good attitude."
"What's better? My hands are still a little numb now." The pitcher's first pitch after the error was thrown extra hard. As the first person to face him, Liu Bang was particularly unlucky.
The eighth stick was also out while talking.
"By the way, he hasn't voted for Changeup yet, so he should be able to."
The players began to talk about it. When the coach saw this, he clapped his hands to stop their discussion. "We will consider the attack later. Now is the time to defend. Don't think about it and focus!"
"Hi——"
When Kōshū walked to Dugout, he happened to hear the responses from the other side.
"Tch", he squeaked out from the corner of his mouth. He raised his head and met Coach Ninomiya's eyes. The expression on his face quickly disappeared. Fortunately, the coach just stared at him and didn't say anything. He quickly slipped to his seat and sat down.
"Hey, hey -" Lang Zhi pushed his butt aside unceremoniously, pretending to teach his brother a lesson, but was calmed down by a glare, and then said aggrievedly, "Isn't it okay for me to take care of you?"
"No! I'm fine!" Kōshū's voice was half a degree louder, and everyone could tell the anger in it.
"Then drink water?"
Kōshū shook his head and refused, pushing the person next to him. "Sit over there, it's so hot!"
Lang Zhi had no choice but to put the water glass aside, pick up his bat and go to Batter's Box. He had six bats in this game, and Kōshū, classmate Kōshū, had four bats in this game. Because I am familiar with being a four-base player, in the last inning, when there were people on first and second base, I just hit an infield grounder and gave the opponent a double play, so now the five-base bat Hayakawa Aki is hitting on the field.
Kōshū stood up and sat down again, feeling uncomfortable all over. He always felt that this game was not going well. The suffocation and impatience seemed to make him unable to breathe smoothly. 'Could it be because of the high altitude? I was already taller than them.. ' The pitcher who was thinking wildly forgot how he just laughed at those who wanted to take advantage of the thin air to hit Home Run.
"Bump -" Hayakawa hit a double and six-bat Lang Zhi came on. The opponent's pitcher's straight ball was of average quality, but Slider was very sharp. He tried twice and still couldn't hit it, so he decisively chose Sacrifice Bunt and sent Hayakawa to third base.
For six minutes, the people around me left and came back.
"Do you still want to drink water?" Lang Zhi asked.
"No need." The itch that always wanted to do something on his body passed, and Kōshū returned to his usual composure.
When he finally came on the court again, the score had become 1:1, a draw. Even without the force of his teammates patting his shoulders when they passed by him, Kōshū felt particularly powerful in his heart.
In the third game, Kōshū began to mix in Changeup in the straight ball. The line that was originally gone for one round was made more difficult.
"Sure enough, there is Changeup. Damn it, it is difficult to hit the ball at that height."
"That one is Changeup."
A Changeup fell to the ground, making it impossible for the opposing batter to catch up, and ended the game in a hurry.
After four innings, the batters on the opposite side slowly adapted to such a high pitch, and could occasionally hit it out, but their own pitchers had completely adapted to it. Because it was a practice match, the coaches on both sides had the idea of training the players, so even though they were hit out one after another, they still persisted until three outs.
At early 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Kinoshita Little League Training Camp's first practice match ended with a score of 5:1. Everyone walked down the slope singing songs, Ice Pack let Kōshū Drowsy, Shibasaki pulled him to walk. The three pitchers were all punished by Coach Ninomiya Baseball Out Rules three times. Maybe all the homework time tonight will be used to deal with this.
But for this mistake, to be honest, I can't blame Kōshū. In that moment when every second counts, the human body will only use subconscious actions. Pitchers have trained not to mention tens of thousands of times to handle ground balls. When they see the ball on the ground, the first thought will only be 'hurry up and kill first base'.
'But Hayakawa was the first to react. This guy has been calculating. Catcher is indeed the most brain-burning position in the game. ' Kōshū, whose eyes were blinded by the sun, still had time to tease others.
The Chive Box in front of the company has not opened its stall today. It has many fillings, crispy skin and full flavor. It has been advertised by colleagues for a long time and I haven't tried it yet.