In the second game, I directly faced the opponent's four bats. There was pressure, but the pressure on the opponent must be great.
'It's still the same pattern, straight balls from high and low angles disrupting their sense of space. 'Hayakawa patted his gloves and placed them near the knees of the four sticks.
'The inside angle is low. Every time you encounter a strong opponent, you always say hello Inside Corner Ball. Don't you still plan to just use straight balls? Didn't you lose two points last time? ' But Kōshū likes this way of being guided. This is the catcher's trust in the pitcher.
But the first ball was shot with four bats. Judging from his calm look, he was probably staring at the Low Position straight ball.
"Bump--" The ball landed behind the second baseman. Yoshino didn't waste any time. He ran over, picked up the ball, and turned around to throw the ball in one go. He still gave up four bats to On Base.
"Huh?" Kōshū was the first to wonder. What happened? After spring training, did you go home and practice Low Position's game? It seems that I still failed to be cautious as I just said.
Hayakawa patted his chest and tilted his head, which meant that the ball was his mistake. Kōshū caught the return pass and pointed at Home Plate, 'That's it! '
Immediately after the fifth bat, there was finally someone on the base, and the sound on the first base side became louder.
"Fight it out!"
"Come on!"
"GOGOGO!"
Wu Bang is a little fat guy, not high in altitude and heavy enough. Kōshū was deeply impressed by his whirring way of swinging the bat.
For this five-bat hitting mode, Hayakawa still tends to use the power of the straight ball to suppress him. His Hitting Techniques is not as good as four-bat. Sure enough, although this swing method is powerful, the balls that were supposed to be Foul Ball balls were brought into the boundary, forming a very high fly ball in the infield. Nakajima at first base raised his head and waited for a long time before catching him.
Nakajima looked at the opponent's four sticks, which were waiting for him, and then passed the ball to Kōshū.
In the first half of the second inning, with one out and a man on first base, Kōshū glanced at the runner on first base, turned around, and threw a diversionary ball to first base. When the fourth bat came back, Nakajima returned the ball to him. He took a pitching posture, but before throwing the ball, he glanced at first base again, and the fourth bat involuntarily retracted a little.
"This guy is so powerful now. It's hard to tell that he was a beginner before." Dugout was on the third base side. Instead of cheering them on, his teammates were talking about Kōshū.
"I think it's the face, using a scary expression to scare the other person away! By the way, don't you think Ace King develops much faster than the rest of us?"
"Yeah, I've thought about it for a long time! He started shaving every day, it's said."
"Wow——" This is a junior in the first grade of junior high school who doesn't know the truth.
"I think this is very manly..."
So a new discussion started about the appearance of Kōshū, which was not over until the protagonist in question left the game. Kōshū was not caught in the gap again. Although the four bats took the opportunity to run to second base, and was said by a teammate that it was a "failure to shock the face", but the next two batters were caught out.
"I'm telling you, can you please stop discussing his appearance in front of the person concerned?" Kōshū was also helpless.
But there was a lot of noise in Dugout, and everyone quickly had a new topic. "Let's see, Kitahara, can you show yourself in the blow this time!"
Left fielder Kitahara is often replaced by Kōshū. In the next game, according to Coach Ninomiya's temperament, he will never let the ace monopolize Pitcher's Mound. He can only pitch a few innings, and then he will probably have to stay in the left field again, and the original Regulars left fielder Kitahara, this Regulars is as good as not playing, so he is relatively weak defensively. It would be fine if he could make up for it in batting, but Kitahara's batting is also ranked eighth, no wonder everyone in Dugout is making fun of him.
'Damn it, why am I so miserable? ' Even when Kitahara is standing near Batter's Box, he can hear Dugout's faint voice. It's definitely not a good thing!
Pitcher No. 11 stood up again. This time he had to face Kinoshita Little League's eight, nine and one bats. Their coach's attitude towards pitchers was to usually leave the game after one round of strikes. He didn't know if he would be allowed to finish the game in this inning.
But this is not what he should worry about. It is best to let these three people go, so that his work is almost done.
The first ball facing the eight-ball was a straight ball from Outside Low Corner. After a short rest, the touch of the fingers returned and the ball was finally able to be pressed down properly.
"Good shot!" Ba Bang missed the opportunity to hit.
The second ball, Inside High Straight Ball, was thrown over center by the pitcher, and the eight-bat swing missed.
In the second inning, as the first batter, the pair of pitchers had already scored two strikes.
The third ball, Two-Seam Fastball with a low inside angle, was hit toward third base. The third baseman rushed forward, picked up the ball and passed it to first base.
"Out!"
So the eight-stick Kitahara was eliminated once again without any surprises. Even his teammates were not surprised by this situation. However, when Kitahara walked to Dugout, everyone stepped forward to comfort him. Kōshū also stepped forward, but was stopped by Kitahara just as he was about to speak.
"Kōshū, I'm probably the one who wants you to play the most in the team now, so come on! When we represent the West Tokyo branch, you will definitely be playing again, so you must come on!" He also wanted to shake Kōshū, but he didn't.
"Okay, okay, I will work hard!" Kōshū finally got away after promising. He vowed not to get close to Kitahara next time. His resentment was too strong.
The ninth baseman is third baseman Qinggong. He was a pitcher in elementary school, so his arm strength is very strong, so he was assigned to third base. Compared with the first two black holes, he has a good grasp of the straight ball, and he is a link between the previous and the following in the batting line.
"Qinggong, fight out!" Probably because of their close defensive positions, these two have become very familiar with each other in the past few months.
As soon as Lang Zhi shouted, Qinggong hit Two-Seam Fastball to the left field. Amid the cheers of Dugout, the man standing on first base raised his hand in the distance.
Next it was Yoshino's turn. Just as he was about to step forward, Dugout on the opposite side started to move. Myoizumi Little League's coach walked out of Dugout and made major adjustments to the team. First, No. 11 went to the left field, then No. 7 from the left field went to the right field, and No. 9 from the right field came up to pitch.
"Hey guys, it's starting again."
The first time they saw this operation during spring training, everyone at Kinoshita Little League, who had never seen the world before, was a little stunned. Everyone knows that left field is usually the pitcher's calm zone, but players in center field and right field can also come up and pitch at any time? After all, outfielders can build arm and shoulder strength, so being a pitcher is just an afterthought?
When a new pitcher comes up, preparation time is needed. The rhythm of baseball games is slow and the time is long. Part of the reason is this. Before there were no regulations, some professional baseball teams would form a Bullpen day on a certain day because they had finished all the starting pitchers. The so-called Bullpen day refers to Relay Pitching, each pitcher may have to face one or two batters before being dismissed. With so many pitchers used in nine-inning games, each pitcher needs to prepare before officially pitching. The preparation time alone takes a long time, so it was later changed. Each new pitcher must face three batters before being dismissed, which can be regarded as rectifying this trend.
It's the familiar Devil Week again
This week I helped the director write PPT, held two meetings, and organized a meeting myself