Ace of Diamond: Golden Cleats and Silver Bat
Chapter 110

Final Inning (Double Chapter)

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In the first half of the second inning, the batter started with 5 bats Takada.

"Strike!"

"Bad ball!"

The third ball after two consecutive internal and external symmetrical balls.

"Ping!" Takada hit the opponent's Slider with brute force.

"Crack!"

"Out!" But it was quickly dealt with by the opponent's infielder, who ran too slow.

"What a pity!" Sawamura sighed loudly.

"But it's not bad! I hit the winning goal, although I don't know why." Ono next to him also said.

"That's because our hitting point has moved forward, which is similar to the Eijun ball, except that Changeup changes earlier and reaches our hitting point when it just changes.

Takada can hit with that kind of brute force, but it's hard to get a hit.

Of course, if your hitting improves, it will be difficult for Changeup to strike you out. This can be regarded as the benefit obtained by sacrificing Long Hit and reducing the team's fault tolerance rate with runners by hitting the ball! "

"That's it!"

"Ping!"

"Crack!"

"Out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Oomura was also caught by an infield fly ball, and Oyama behind him was struck out.

"Swing! Oyama!" Sawamura shouted with tears running down his face.

"Baga! Oyama is observing Ball Trajectory! For him who is not strong enough, he hopes to hide his characteristics, observe a few more times, and then take action."

"Is that so?"

After Sawamura heard it, he asked cutely, but Sendou ignored him.

"Okay, Ei-chan, it's our turn! This time it's Cleanup Hitter!" Ono pulled Sawamura, who was about to become angry, towards the court.

It is said to be Cleanup Hitter. In fact, this lane is a balanced one. For weaker teams, it is like a machine gun.

According to what the previous coach said, Cleanup Hitter also focused on observation first, while Takeda didn't notice it at all and was playing the ball normally.

"Strike!"

"I didn't feel anything at all on the first ball!"

"Bad ball!"

"Huh?"

The batter found a clue in the second ball, at least he felt that Sawamura's ball was a little strange.

If the normal change of one ball is not big, the batter may not notice anything, but after watching one or two balls, he may feel that there is a slight change, especially when the deviation of the change of two consecutive balls is a bit large, such as one ball to the left and one ball to the right, it will be obvious. The reason why this four-bat is a little strange so early is because his Dynamic Vision is better than ordinary people.

"Ping!"

After all, the number of balls that a baseball player can observe is limited, and the bad balls are not intentionally thrown. Most of them are concentrated on Strike Zone, so after watching two or three balls, he had to swing the bat.

"Yo west! Get the first one! Huh?" Sawamura saw the relatively weak Ground Ball shouting, but halfway through the shouting, he found that it landed between the two infielders, and the batter took advantage of this ball to get on base directly.

"Now it's my turn to annoy you!" This fourth-stringer is also an infielder, and he was tortured by Aoki in the last game.

"Away! Away! Away! Away! Away!" However, this hitter did not have professional training on offense and was completely imitating a cat, so he did not dare to leave the base too exaggeratedly.

But when he looked up and was filled with resentment, he remembered that the pitcher opposite him was a left-hander and his body was very honest, so he consciously shrank back a little.

In fact, stealing bases is not an easy task, unless you are gifted with mental arithmetic and timing skills, which require a lot of practice.

In junior high school competitions, even seniors only have special needs like Kuramochi, who can practice specifically, and most of them summarize it by themselves.

Junior high school trains skills, high school trains tactics, and junior high school base-stealing experts are all Junzu.

Teams like Akashi are rare, let alone those who had the guidance of Coach Nakanishi last summer.

Normal teams can steal bases, but they don't dare to really go to the extreme distance to leave the base, so it is difficult to put pressure on pitchers.

Seeing that the opponent's runner was so real, the catcher simply ignored him.

But God seemed to have made a little joke with Akashi. He hit five and six consecutive good hits, sending two people directly to the home base. Then Sawamura, who would not embarrass himself in front of his partners, continued to fight as if he was trying to be brave without much impact, and resolved the crisis with difficulty.

Everyone works hard, but our strength doesn't allow it!

At the same time, De Chuan's four sticks also told the coach what they saw.

"Really?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure. The change is a bit small, and his ball speed is not slow!"

"Okay! I understand! Then continue to observe! If it is true, this trip is really worth it!"

"Damn it! I lost two points in the second game. The line will become more and more difficult to deal with...

Huh? Could it be that our game will end early today? Ha! Ha! (The one in the back was panting hard, a little panicked, not laughing!)" Sawamura said to himself, suddenly realized something and looked around anxiously!

"Calm down! What is your brain circuit like? Why would you want to go here! Oh my god!" Sendou said helplessly, covering his forehead.

"But!"

"Idiot! Shut up!

Don't say such unlucky words! "

"Oh!" Sawamura looked at Sendou and gave him a sideways look, and then he behaved.

"Sure enough, it's hard to predict the behavior of a creature like Eijun! Doesn't it mean that it will definitely show off its strength among its friends? How can it panic so easily!" Sendou complained in his heart.

But he ignored one thing. According to his understanding of Sawamura, there is no existence of Sendou Akira.

In this life, Sawamura has an unimaginable dependence on Sendou, so he will still be strong.

But when Sendou was sitting next to him...

"They were just lucky, a few balls landed in difficult positions.

This is what happens in baseball! It's just that we were unlucky enough to catch up. "Sendou looked at Sawamura, who was still a little flustered, and sighed and explained to him.

Sendou's words are very convincing to Sawamura. They are not as reliable as Seidou, but they are not as reliable as Sendou, who can make Sawamura unconditionally believe it with just one sentence, because in Sawamura's impression, Sendou has never failed.

The meaning of failure in Japan is somewhat different from that in China, and includes many layers of meaning.

For example, if you lose the game, if you fail to cook well, in general, you have not experienced any setbacks, and if you do not succeed in anything, you are a failure.

Although Sawamura doesn't know what Sendou is not good at.

But there was one thing that he remembered Sendou saying in a very positive tone, and he never missed it.

This has unparalleled convincing power for a child. It doesn't even require any explanation. He only needs to say "you can do it" and then he will think it can be done.

"Yes!" Sawamura responded softly.

The conversation between the two did not interfere with the progress of the game, but counting the practice before the start, the game has just started again.

But Sendou is already thinking about the next round of defense. In the last inning, everyone who could hit the line was hit. According to the normal situation, it was the U's turn to bat. But the embarrassing thing is that even if Ono is on base, Aoki is not the kind of finishing hitter.

Although the other teammates didn't think so much and still supported him, in fact, just as Sendou thought, except Ono who held on to the ball more, Wakaba Takeda both of them were solved cleanly.

"Bah bang bang!"

"Okay, let's change our mood! The opponent has started to increase Changeup in the second round, which means they are already feeling the pressure. Come on!"

"Oh!!!"

Sure enough, luck is something that is hard to figure out, and De Chuan is still testing it, so the next few rounds were tepid and ended after Akashi got one point back!

The offense and defense in the sixth game completely ended. It was a real coincidence. In the last game, both sides started with a good hit!

The score was only one point.

However, Sawamura's ball was completely confirmed. After several rounds of observation, it was confirmed that De Chuan had the possibility of scoring several points.

(After all, the difference in strength is still there. Similarly, observing Ball Trajectory, and still using strike numbers, it has actually made it more difficult for the hitter)

Generally speaking, the result is a win-win situation. Outsiders may see De Chuan suffer a big loss, but as long as they don't feel the loss themselves, it means there is no loss.

And Sendou got the information he wanted, and De Chuan satisfied his curiosity. De Chuan's pitching strength is clear at a glance, and his batting strength can actually be roughly calculated. The most important thing is the exposure of his style!

One month's progress is also limited, unless someone like Akashi is still a novice in a certain direction, and his strength will skyrocket as long as he learns. But obviously judging from the level of Soft Baseball and the opponent's coach, De Chuan is a mature team with its own style and training methods, so it is unlikely that such an exception will happen.

Closer to home, with the arrival of Final Inning, Sendou also discovered that the opponent had observed Sawamura's ball quality, Final Inning, it was time for a real head-on confrontation.

Regardless of whether it is De Chuan, it will go all out, and Akashi will also have pitched a lot after 6 games against the opponent's pitcher Changeup. Needless to say, the straight ball speed is not much faster than that of Sendou who has been doing Batting Practice Pitcher. Yesterday, it was really hit by Sendou, which made them feel so terrible that they wanted to close their eyes. Fastball had already adapted, otherwise there would not have been so many hits one after another, but the hits were not connected in a line.

Not only Akashi's stolen bases, but also the power-attack tactics of these little baseball tactics are not used much. It can be said that they are reserved until the summer. Sendou will definitely not be able to expose his bottom.

"Although it's just to observe Ball Trajectory! But it doesn't mean that I can bear to lose to this kind of team. The point difference is only one point and defeat them.

Let them fully get to know our Nagano and King in the last game! "

"Hi!!!"

"It's the last inning! It's time to decide the winner. It's still the same as before. There is no need to put too much pressure on them on the base. That is left to Xia Tian. The straight ball can already guarantee the batting average. Ball Trajectory Strike Zone hits it! Changeup The power has been greatly reduced. Even if it is a hit, it is not difficult to hit a foul. In short, pester them and aim for a straight ball.

As long as you shoot Changeup Ball Trajectory which is not an obviously bad ball, you will not be found to be aiming at the ball. "Sendou said his instructions in one breath before the game started, and took a deep breath.

"It's just one point, winning is not impossible! Let's go!"

"Oh!!!"

"I'm so nervous! What should I do? This kind of thing is really bad for the heart!" Teacher Sano said next to him.

"Little Sano! Did you bring Heart-Saving Pill?" At this time, Ono said from the side.

"Go, go, go!"

"I'm nervous too!

But I can't help you with this kind of thing. I can only pray that your heart won't jump out! Of course Ono is right! Patients with heart disease are not allowed to watch baseball games. Normal people are better off wearing Heart-Saving Pill! "Sendou also said, but Sano sounded okay at first, but in the end the building became more and more crooked.

"Even Sendou you are making fun of me!"

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed together.

The players on the court are all nervous!

Akashi Although this side has been defeated once, it is natural to lose this time, but it has already reached this level, and the score difference is only one point. Everyone wants to win and has the idea of wanting to win. These children are not particularly calm and calm, so it is impossible to avoid being nervous.

De Chuan is also under great pressure. Although he has his own problems to observe Ball Trajectory, he will never allow him to lose. However, the players of De Chuan have a long history of winning. They are extremely rich in baseball experience and game experience. Although there is pressure, it will not affect their strength.

"Youxia!" Ono shouted as he walked up to Batter's Box, hoping to catch the sound and vent the tension in his heart.

But I don't know if it was the shouting that was effective or the help of the continuous deep breathing that followed, but he really calmed down.

"Play!"

"The real threat to this team is the high-ranking line. I didn't expect that their line line has improved so much in just a few months! If it hadn't been observed before, maybe the point difference is big enough now. Give them one or two points, and there is no need to worry about the possibility of losing.

So be careful! Be careful when investing! "

Seeing his teammates give him a cautious Signals, the pitcher nodded deeply.

"No matter what, we can't lose to you here!"

"Phew!"

"Crack!"

"Bad ball!" A bad ball from the outside corner!

Due to Sendou's repeated warnings before and a year of training, it has become instinctive to observe that Ball Trajectory does not take bad shots. The junior high school student's ball is not so fast that he can't see the ball clearly.

"Breathe!... Hua!..."

"Breathe!... Hua!..."

Although he saw Ball Trajectory Ono clearly, he still felt very dangerous. Maybe the tension was rising again. He didn't know. He only knew that he was breathing heavily now and his lungs seemed to need a lot of air.

"Am I infected by Little Sano? Why does it feel like my heart is about to jump out! But I don't seem to be that nervous! Why is this happening?" Ono thought to himself while waiting for the ball.

"Huh!..." Finally Ono took a long breath, and his heart barely returned to normal.

Then came the second ball, and the opponent seemed unwilling to give Ono too much breathing time.

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"What a risk! This shot was so close!" Sawamura also exhaled and said loudly.

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