Three Wilds

Outer corner, is he trying to pull a diagonal? But this is too far inside.

The principle of pulling a diagonal is to deceive the batter's judgment of the strike zone, making the batter treat a strike as a ball, achieving the purpose of getting a strike without swinging. However, the ball that Ogata threw did not accurately hit the corner, but was a little off to the upper left.

A control error?

But this is not what Carlos needs to consider. He has already been forced into a two-strike count, which means that once the opponent throws a strike, he must swing. And the possibility of this ball being a strike is very high, so he must swing if he doesn't want to be struck out.

But why does it feel like this ball is much slower than the previous two?

Damn it! It's not a fastball!

After Carlos swung, the baseball began to slide to the lower right corner.

It's a Slider!

Just when Kamizu felt that victory was in his grasp and began to think about the information of Inajitsu's second batter, he saw a bat suddenly appear in front of his glove, hitting the baseball that should have entered his glove.

"Beep~ foul!"

Kamizu couldn't help but look at Carlos, only to see him just retracting his bat, and his gaze just happened to shift to Kamizu.

Their eyes met, and in the end, Kamizu was the first to look away.

Hmph, he's really a troublesome batter.

Kamizu couldn't help but take another look at Carlos, who had already set up his stance and was waiting for the next pitch.

In that case, while the impression of the Slider is still fresh in the batter's mind...

After Ogata saw the signal Kamizu gave, his eyes sharpened, and he nodded. He took a step and threw the baseball directly.

After seeing this ball, Carlos's pupils dilated directly.

Red Zone!

How could he throw it into the Red Zone? Could it be another Slider?

Just as Carlos hesitated, the baseball had already arrived in front of him. It was indeed a fastball! Only a fastball would have this kind of speed.

Carlos swung hastily, but it was too late. The baseball brushed past the bat and entered the catcher's glove.

"Strike Out!"

Before walking off the batter's box, Carlos looked at Kamizu one more time, but this time Kamizu ignored him and instead raised his right index finger to celebrate with his teammates.

This catcher...

When Carlos passed by Shirakawa, he quickly said to Shirakawa:

"Be careful of that catcher."

Catcher? Shirakawa was very puzzled. He couldn't see much from the on-deck circle, only that Carlos had been struck out. So Carlos being struck out was likely caused by that catcher? Interesting.

Kamizu looked at Shirakawa, who was walking directly into the batter's box, and the corresponding information immediately appeared in his mind.

Shirakawa is Inajitsu's best tactical executor, his overall batting level is average, and he has no other characteristics. However, although his batting level is not as good as the first batter, he should not be underestimated. Kamizu will not make the same mistake as the Shin Kō catcher.

Well then, Ogata-senpai, let's take care of him fair and square!

Shirakawa, like Carlos, wasn't a hitter who liked to swing at the first pitch, and he watched the baseball go into the catcher's mitt.

"Strike!"

Not easy to hit, Shirakawa stepped out of the batter's box, tightened his batting gloves, and began to think about how to deal with Ogata's fastball, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good solution.

After all, that's how high-speed fastballs are; if you can hit them, you can hit them, and if you can't, you can't. It's a matter of your personal ability.

But there's still a little something you can do.

Kamizu glanced at Shirakawa, who had returned to the batter's box, and didn't notice anything unusual. So he didn't care and directly called for the next pitch.

Just as Ogata was already in his pitching motion, Kamizu suddenly noticed that Shirakawa had shortened his grip on the bat at some point.

Is he going to bunt? No, damn it!

Shortening the grip on the bat can increase swing speed, an experience his coach taught Shirakawa when he first started learning baseball.

With the faster swing speed, Shirakawa managed to get a piece of the baseball, but...

So heavy!

Shortening the grip on the bat does increase swing speed, but it also means that the power of the swing isn't as great as when gripping lower. Using this method to chase high-speed fastballs isn't a very good approach.

Because high-speed balls often have a high spin rate, which means the ball's tailing action will be stronger.

After struggling to hit the ball, Shirakawa dropped the bat and ran, but unfortunately, he was forced out at first base by the shortstop's throw.

At Home Plate, Kamizu picked up the helmet he had thrown on the ground in excitement and put it back on his head. That was close, I almost got hit. I was saved by the defense.

Shirakawa also gave Yoshizawa a reminder as he passed by:

"The pitcher's pitches have good weight and the ball speed is very fast. You must go all out to hit."

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Yoshizawa patted his chest and assured him.

Shirakawa wasn't worried that Yoshizawa would bite at the ball like he did but fail to hit it out, because Yoshizawa was a well-known power hitter for Inajitsu.

But when Carlos reminded him earlier, he seemed to say to be careful of the catcher, but he didn't see anything special about the catcher.

"Strike! Strike! Strike Out!"

Kamizu looked at Yoshizawa, who was so angry that he almost threw his bat, and smiled happily. He liked these kinds of power hitters who didn't use their brains much.

Inajitsu's dugout.

"Su Qing! Stop spacing out! It's time to go on the field!"

"Ah! Coming!"

Su Qing wasn't spacing out, but picking up the Live Stream System that he had long forgotten in the corner. However, he wasn't going to look at the comments, even though they were very lively, with more than half of them complaining that he was ignoring the audience and threatening to unsubscribe.

But he checked the subscription list, and it was still the same group of people, so it was fine.

The reason he opened the Live Stream System was that he suddenly remembered that when the live stream room was upgraded before, it seemed to have given him an SC System.

He had actually forgotten to use this kind of divine tool! What a sin! Su Qing quickly picked it up. As for the audience, let them continue to make noise. Anyway, they won't give him tips, so what's the point of trying to please such an audience.

Anyway, even just the Sign-in System is enough. The Live Stream System is too much trouble, having to take care of the audience's emotions.

From now on, whether or not he streams will depend entirely on his mood. If he's in a good mood, there'll be a stream; if he's not, he'll just cut it off!

While Su Qing was fiddling with the SC System, all three of Inajitsu's starting batters were already out. That was too fast! Was Yamamori that strong?

When he was watching with the SC earlier, he didn't think the Yamamori Ace's pitch speed was particularly fast, with a spin rate of only 2000 rpm. And the trajectory of his Slider was also far from that of a fastball. How could they be fooled by that?

It seems Inajitsu's batting still has a long way to go.

After sighing, Su Qing grabbed his glove and ran onto the field, not forgetting to switch to a new piece of gum before heading out.