"Ping!" The bat was finally swung early and came into close contact with the baseball.
"Poof!" Finally landed in the outfield!
"Nice hit!" Sendou looked at Kondo and showed a sincere smile the moment the ball was hit. He didn't even look back to see the ball hit the ground and praised.
"Hee!" Kondo showed two rows of big white teeth in excitement!
The next day,
"Coach Kunimi! Please give me some advice today!" Teacher Sano has already begun to greet the coach of De Chuan.
"We are the ones, please give us some advice!
Is it okay for the game to start after 20 minutes? "
"Yeah! No problem!"
Since it was proposed by De Chuan and due to the difference in strength between the two parties, the other party didn't care at all, so Batting Second decided first from Akashi, while Sendou directly chose First Attack.
Neither side really wanted to play this game. Akashi and Sendou wanted to collect intelligence. De Chuan was just curious about Sawamura's ball. Speaking of this game, Akashi took advantage.
"Sen-chan are you going to play like last time today?" Ono asked Sendou before the game started.
In the last game, Sendou saw through the opponent's catcher's idea of distribution. However, for junior high school soft ball teams, the catcher is the position that is least valued. It can be said that the distribution is relatively monotonous, and the same is true in terms of tactics, especially for a country like Nagano.
Even the former professional player coach who worked for Little Senior League would not have thought that a team like Akashi would appear and could see through the catcher's ideas of distribution.
It is normal for a hit to occur in a game, even if the strength gap between the two sides is huge. After all, the stadium is too big, and the scope of everyone's responsibility is also too large.
"No, just hit it normally!"
Just kidding, how could Sendou, who wanted to spy on information, take the initiative to expose the information? It's just Practice Match. If you lose, you lose. Sawamura's information cannot be hidden, otherwise Pitcher's Mound might be replaced.
This is also the reason why Practice Match will rarely take the initiative to walk a batter unless the gap is huge.
Of course, De Chuan did not regard Akashi as his opponent. Some people may think that playing with all the main players can be a waste of time. In this kind of sub-second game, there will be an obvious pause if there is a deliberate delay, which is easy to see.
Moreover, once you let go, you are likely to be defeated. It is easy to lose the state. It does not mean that you let go. You can adjust the state back the next moment if you are serious about it. Therefore, asking players to relax and play is already a kind of let go.
This is also the reason why Seidou, Shu Bei and Inajitsu played Practice Match without the main force directly meeting.
If he misses the mark, the hit will turn into a strikeout, and it will be a strikeout that is far away, like Sawamura. When you see his strikeouts, you know that his level is far behind.
"This team doesn't have any tough players. If it weren't for that pitcher, who would want to play against a school that won't improve in so many years?
They only had 8 hits in the last game, most of which were lucky balls.
Hey! End it quickly! "De Chuan's nine-stick catcher thought to himself.
"Crack!"
"Strike!"
"Sure enough, this catcher's guidance is too monotonous! It seems that I made a mistake. It should be that the catchers we removed are all abnormal, right?
But that guy Sen-chan forbids us from giving up Changeup. This is so difficult! Are you releasing water in this way? "Ono Seeing the barely good shot from the outside corner of the first ball, I started to have various murmurs in my heart.
"The last game ended in a hurry. In fact, they knew nothing about us. Whether it was seeing through the catcher's distribution or finally choosing a straight ball, it ended without leaving any feeling on the opponent. So no matter what they do, they will not doubt it. This is the advantage of being in the dark." Sendou was actually very happy watching the duel on the field. He liked this kind of game very much.
"Strike! Batter out!" In the end, Ono missed the curveball.
"Come on! Aoki!" Sawamura shouted in support.
"To be honest, this hitter had a very weak impact on me in the last game! To be honest, I don't understand why it was the second hit?
Forget it, don't think about it so much! These guys have no serious coaches at all, and any bizarre things are normal.
We are a national-level team, and it would be too bad if we can't even make it through the first round. "Since ancient times, catchers have had many inner dramas.
The pitcher swings his arm,
"Phew!"
"Ding!"
"Bunt? No one on the base said anything." This time, the first ball bunt caught De Chuan off guard, causing his reaction to be slow. The main reason was that he looked down upon Akashi and relaxed.
"It's too late!" De Chuan's trump card already knew that they were caught off guard and it was too late!
"Safe!" Sure enough, Aoki was on base!
In the past six months, he has not been idle. His main direction is bunt running and short hitting Hit and Run. Among the nine people in the team, only Aoki, who is flexible and smart, is qualified for this job.
"Nice, bunt Aoki!"
"Nice bunt!" teammates praised him on the court.
There was a runner on base, and De Chuan finally got a little nervous at the beginning.
"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!"
Aoki is also trying to interfere as much as possible. He knows very well that Sendou does not give any Signals, that is, freedom, and the same Kondo will not bunt.
"Crack!"
"Safe!" Aoki must be restrained if he is so blatant!
As a pitcher, someone on the base really has to constantly change his eyes, use his eyes to contain and Pickoff Throw, to prevent the runner from leaving the base unscrupulously.
Pitchers and catchers are really tired trying to hit out!
This time the pitchers began to switch to a conservative fixed posture, which meant that except for individual pitchers, the power of the ball, that is, the impact generated by the rotation speed, and the ball speed itself would begin to decline.
"Whoops"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!" Sure enough, a ball that rubbed Strike Zone in the inside corner was called a foul ball.
"What's so great about this hitter?" The catcher squatting there was a little confused. He didn't remember the last game. Akashi had such a good hitter.
"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!" Aoki's eyes lit up when he saw this ball, but he did not show any abnormality and interfered with the batter normally.
"That's a bluff! That four-stick guy is useless. Kill this guy here and the round will be over!"
"Yeah!" The pitcher nodded, glanced in the direction of first base, and turned his head like Pitcher's Mound!
suddenly,
"Ah!"
"Crack!"
"Safe!" The moment the pitcher turned to Pitcher's Mound, he conducted a surprise containment on the first base!
However, due to the rules of containment, right-hand pitching requires that the foot cannot lift the pitcher's plate, and the stepping foot must be pointed in the direction of the base bag. Otherwise, it will be a foul by the pitcher and all runners advance to the first base bag. The large turn of the right-hand pitcher to pin the first base and the ball thrown by the arm will give the runner more than 1 second to two seconds to react.
"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!"
However, Aoki had no intention of letting the opponent go, and was still about 5 meters away from the base. In terms of base running, this distance can be achieved by even a well-trained runner, even if he is not a horse-footed runner. Of course, some heavy people will not be able to practice this thing.
"It's so annoying! It's so verbose and noisy!" Seeing that there was no way to contain him, he knew that this distance was a safe distance that the opponent had already estimated through his own pitch, so he allowed him to maintain this distance. It would not be good to keep this stalemate.
"This third-year ace has a very fast ball speed. According to Sen-chan's estimation, the maximum speed should be less than 135 kilometers. When maintaining control of the ball, the average speed is about 130, but he controls the ball very well. Hits are difficult, if it were not for Sen-chan's pitching in the past six months!
Let's struggle with it for the time being! And that guy doesn't seem to be very honest! "Kondo finally glanced at Aoki at first base with a clear look.
"Phew!"
"Phew!"
As Kondo exhales, the pitcher starts pitching!
"Steal a base!"
"What? Damn it!" De Chuan's pitcher saw that the batter didn't move, so he had to rely on his partner.
"Crack!"
"Don't underestimate me!" The catcher quickly picked up the ball and threw it to second base.
"Crack!"
"Safe!"
"Last time, I felt that this catcher's average shoulders were not particularly strong." Aoki thought as he looked at the opponent's catcher after hitting base.
Sendou is not Old Mother Hen. It is impossible for them to help think about everything. Their timing of stealing bases and these details are all observed by themselves, and Aoki is one of them.
And this ball is still a bad ball! The number of balls has also come to one bad and one good!
"However, the situation is still on our side no matter what! Just deal with the hitter! But be prepared to lose a point." After the catcher experienced a simple gaffe, he immediately adjusted his mentality.
"Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave! Leave!"
But immediately, the sound of being beaten sounded again.
"Sure enough, this guy won't make people worry! Nice run!" At the same time, Kondo gave Aoki a thumbs up in his heart.
"Crack!"
"Strike!"
"Steal a base!"
"You're still here? Stop joking!"
"Bang!" The ball arrived at about the same time as Aoki, but it was still too late to hit the ball. However, this base running was a bit too risky. De Chuan's catcher's shoulders were not weak enough to steal bases casually.
"But it's already been two good shots!
Infield Infield Shift! Prevent forced points! "
Although the runner reached third base, it was not a crisis.
"That's not good!" Sendou said to himself.
The pitcher gets ready and resumes his swing!
"Don't wait for the ball to come to you, get in front of your body and swing with all your strength!"
"Boom!" The bat swings!
"Bang!" Two bad balls and two good balls. How could the opponent be stingy with his own Changeup?
"Strike! Batter out!"
"Yo west! Two out!" the catcher stood up and shouted.
The teammates on the field also responded!
"Hahaha! You did a good job! But, I'll fight!
Watch it! Sendou! Let me show you a big one! "Sawamura stood up and shouted loudly.
"That idiot! But do as you like!"
"Crack!"
"Batter is out! Change the field!"
"It's just that close! Damn it!" Sawamura hit the helmet on his head with an exaggerated bat.
"Okay, now it's our turn to attack, let's take a good look at this pitcher's pitching! Don't worry about swinging the bat, this game itself is just for you to satisfy your curiosity!" Coach Kunimi of De Chuan said in the second half of the first inning.
"Oh!!!"
"Ah!" At the same time, Sendou was lost in thought and yawned.
"What's wrong?" But when he opened his eyes, he saw Sawamura's big head in front of his eyes, so he asked.
"Sendou! Don't you have any instructions?"
"No! That kind of thing! Just fight as you like."
"Damn it!
Hum! Let's go! "Sawamura whispered, and then called everyone to come on!
"Play!"
"It's not our style at all to match the ball and stuff like that!
And we have no other choice! Inner corner, outer corner, right in the center! Come on! "Takeda showed off his gloves.
"That's right!"
"Crack!"
"Strike!"
"Huh? This is the ball that kept us scoreless for three games before? It's very ordinary!"
Sawamura closes his power throw, and the change in his ball is really not that big. For high school sluggers, this change is no different from the same. However, for junior high school students whose explosive power, strength and other aspects are far weaker than high school students, it will have a little impact.
But there is also an advantage that it is not easy for the batter to distinguish. After all, it is normal for the ball thrown by a person to float more or less. After playing for a long time, you will get used to it and you will not even notice how it moves. But now the problem comes, the changes of Sawamura are different every time.
The last Qinghe battle was guessed by their coach through experience and professionalism. Although De Chuan won consecutive battles, Coach Kunimi's professionalism was still insufficient.
So a happy scene happened. Nothing could be observed. Sawamura's ball was at Strike Zone Head-on Showdown. So the batter basically had 2 good and zero bad. In the end, he had to swing the bat and was struck out or defended.
Perhaps the only benefit is that Akashi's fielding has improved greatly. The fielding range is wider, the movements are more flexible, and there are almost no mistakes (provided that the ball hit by the batter is near the movement range of the infielder.).
The first game was zero-to-zero. To be honest, it was not painful at all. The players of De Chuan felt that they had been tricked by the opponent's ball, which was nothing special. They began to classify the autumn game as luck or their good condition.
"Really?" Coach Kunimi said this after hearing the report.
"Really, we are idiots! We actually think that there is some secret in that ball!"
"Yes!"
"However, this team has become a lot stronger than in the autumn and it is not too boring!" After the first game, De Chuan players also started talking.
"Okay, stop whining there. Even if there is no secret, this team doesn't look that bad. Let's finish the game seriously! But now that it's here, don't be too arbitrary. While ensuring the number of goals, let's observe more!"
"Hi!"
In the end, it was Coach Kunimi who stopped the team members' discussion. Moreover, Coach Kunimi's response was also very good. He gave a final definition to one thing without being so arbitrary. This caution is also one of the reasons why he has been able to lead the team to win.
Otherwise, excellent players may fail miserably on the field because of their arrogance. Baseball is the most unpredictable sport.