Kōshū put down his equipment anxiously. Fortunately, Coach Ninomiya still wanted to win the game, so although he was angry, he still let Kōshū be the pitcher.
Eimei Little League Someone has been paying attention to the opposite Dugout.
"Hey, those four bats seem to have been lectured by their coach!"
"I remember that person is still their ace."
"Ah, let him play anyway. With that atmosphere, I thought it would make him Demotion from the Mound."
"What beautiful things are you thinking about..."
Stepping on the familiar Pitcher's Mound, Kōshū couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. What happened when he hit him? How could he be so confident? Of course, the opponent threw Curveball according to his intention, but he didn't play well in the end. He lost the first duel in this game.
Hayakawa opened his hands at home plate to attract the attention of his ace.
At the beginning of this game, the opponent's pitchers are a little slow to warm up. It's just the time for you to perform. Use your always accurate pitching to put pressure on them!
Yong Ming hit the ball and once again faced this "strong man" pitcher, I still thought, "Is this guy really a junior high school student? He has a very mature face. I heard he is Chinese. Sure enough, the races on the mainland are different.".. '
Before he could finish his thoughts, the first ball came. Kōshū was good at it, Inside Corner Ball hit his knees from a high place.
Yong Ming straightened his bent leg with a stick and stepped back, "Bad ball!"
Immediately afterwards, the second ball came. Kōshū is now pitching at a very fast pace. As long as he is immersed in the right feeling, he usually will not make mistakes. On the contrary, if the gap between pitches is too long, it will make him feel tired.
The "good ball" is in the same position as the first ball, but the distance it moves down is much shorter. If the ball is thought to be a bad ball, it will be missed directly.
Then the third ball became Outside Low Corner. After hitting the close Inside Corner Ball, I felt that the ball in the outside corner was very far. I chased Carter's bad ball and missed the swing.
"Well done! Two good shots!"
"Keep going!"
On the last ball, Eimei Little League's stick tensed his whole body. This pitcher's main pitches are straight balls, and he prefers Strike Zone to determine the winner, so the next ball has a high probability of being a good ball.
When the ball came, it was a straight ball. Yong Ming immediately raised his foot to lead the bat as soon as he hit the bat, but something was wrong, "The ball was so slow, it fell!" '
He forcibly changed his batting posture in the middle, and the tip of the bat caught a little bit of the baseball. It was hit, but it didn't hit the infield.
'What's wrong', Yong Ming only glanced at the landing point of the bat and ran to first base. In the end, the ball arrived first.
"One out!"
Second baseman Yoshino, who produced the first out, smiled and encouraged the pitcher. Their ace seemed to be in such stable condition.
'It's really difficult to deal with. In the last game, they were still very tough on this Changeup. Now they can touch the ball in the first game. Are they studying me? '
'Think about it off the court', one of the advantages of Kōshū is that he will not let his previous emotions affect him too much.
The second batter is in sharp contrast to the first bat. The first bat has a thin body and can run very well at first glance. The second batter has a short and fat body and is very powerful. Kōshū has a deep impression on this guy. This guy was a four-bat in the last game and was the only one who could hit most of Kōshū's balls.
Now you have turned this person into a second stick. Are you trying to get this person to hit as many times as possible?
Hayakawa was also very wary of this person. He tilted his head and observed the hitter's condition. 'It seems very stable, with no flaws. It's such an annoying style. Let's test the condition from an outside corner.'
Kōshū nodded and threw a High Rotation Speed Straight Ball towards Outside Low Corner.
"Whew -" The swing of the second bat caused a gust of wind at home plate, but he missed the center of the baseball and hit it into a Foul Ball ball. Hayakawa moved and released Matsushita's stiff body, cautiously higher than an inside angle.
The bat was not swung fully, and it hit the Foul Ball ball. Although they had already got two good balls, the pair of Hayakawa and Kōshū still did not dare to relax at all. The hitter could not tell when he would hit them with a big one. I heard that in the past few days, Training Camp, he has hit three Home Run.
Then show him a few more balls. If the outside corner is bad, the second stick will pick it out without moving. If the inside corner is high, the second stick will step back and stand again. The position is not disrupted by this Inside High Straight Ball.
'I've shown him two more straight balls now. I don't know if he's used to this batting rhythm. Let's see if he can swing the bat with a bad ball next time. 'Hayakawa's next ball was paired with a Cutter, which turned from the edge of the outside corner into the bad ball area.
The speed of Cutter of Kōshū is around 128, which is almost the same as the fastest speed of many pitchers. It also changes late and will not change until before home plate. Therefore, the lateral displacement of his Cutter is not too large. The overall trajectory is to move in the direction of the outside corner of the right hitter and Low Position. Such a pitch mainly allows the batter to find the sweet spot and hit a ground ball.
But if someone had the brute strength, they could also take the ball out of the infield, but fortunately, the second bat hit the upper edge of the baseball, and the ball bounced within the infield, successfully blocking him at first base.
"Huh——" After this person was eliminated, Kōshū breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt embarrassed for being so lucky. Since he became the ace, he has been going smoothly in the past few months, not because of his strength, but because he has not encountered a strong enemy. Now when he encounters a challenge, he is so nervous. How can he do it?
The third hitter is probably a hitter with a relatively high On Base rate. Hayakawa still uses the staggered inside and outside corners to get this hitter out.
"Switch sides!"
The opponent's four pitchers, who are also their pitchers, are in the batter's box and cannot play.
"That pitcher also has four bats!"
"Didn't you read the battle list carefully?"
"Didn't he have six strikes last time?"
Lang Zhi stood at Batter's Box and heard the voice from his own Dugout, "Be normal, be normal", he persuaded himself, but there was nothing he could do. This was his first time as the fifth baton.
"Foul Ball" "Bad ball" "Good ball"
The pitcher's condition began to improve in the second inning, and Lang Zhi had a faint sense of urgency. If the pitcher returned to the state of the last game, Kinoshita Little League might have to rely on the strong bats in the team to hit out.
The fourth ball is Slider, which seduces Lang Zhi out of the stick.
"Huh? He was out like that?" Kōshū had just taken two sips of water when he saw this scene on the court, "That was an obvious bad ball!"
Lang Zhi, who had already lowered his head and returned to Dugout, heard the last words. "I'm so sorry for not calling out! Lord Ace!"
Kōshū shook his brother, "Your brother insisted on not losing points on Pitcher's Mound, and this is how you repay me! Watch the trick!"
"Next time, definitely next time!" Lang Zhi patted the arm around his head and begged for mercy.
Sadly, the people around him were either looking towards the court or just watching the fun with a smile. No one stepped forward to stop him. Lang Zhi could only let his brother vent his anger before he was freed.
"Ahem - I'm going to die, I'm really going to die." Lang Zhi pulled Hayakawa on the side, "You don't care!"
The other party smiled heartily, "Thanks to you, our pitcher is in a much better mood. Thank you for your hard work."
"Why is this-!"
Then Lang Zhi, who was holding his neck to catch his breath, was patted from behind. "It's time to go on stage."
"Eh?" Dugout There was no cheering sound, which meant that there was no one in this round again On Base. Everyone around them looked a little more solemn, "Is that guy's condition getting better so quickly?"
Kōshū held down his brother's head and shook his head. "Don't worry, as long as I don't lose points, the game will not be over."
"What a very reassuring statement from the trump card!"
"Then it's up to you!"
"It doesn't matter if you lose points, we'll get back to you soon!"
Everyone goes on stage with high spirits, no matter what they are thinking, come and cheer up Kōshū.
But Kōshū didn't feel relaxed at all. The pitcher didn't know if he felt the pressure. His calm expression in turn made Kōshū, who was secretly observing, even more stressed.
'Can't lose points'.
Living a rubbish life this weekend is very pleasant and a waste of time
After working for two years, I already want to retire..