"Sendou! What kind of team is today's opponent?" Sawamura asked on the way to Practice Match.
"I don't know much about it, I just know it's a pretty strong team!" Sendou responded boredly.
"Oh!!!" Then he sighed!
"Didn't you sleep yesterday?" Sawamura shouted speechlessly.
But Sendou ignored him, and it didn't take long for everyone to enter Practice Match's opponent, Daimon of Fukazawa Middle School.
After a brief exchange of greetings, I exchanged personnel lists with the opponent's coach Daimon. In fact, neither side had any intelligence personnel lists, so it was meaningless.
After that, both sides warm up.
Akashi Today's smooth play is as follows:
One bat, shortstop, Ono.
Second bat, right fielder, Aoki.
Three bats, second baseman, Kondo.
Four sticks, catcher, Sendou.
Five bats, pitcher, Sawamura.
Six sticks, hardcore, Oomura.
Seven bats, third baseman, Oyama.
Eight bats, first baseman, Takada Akio.
Nine bats, left fielder, Takeda Shin.
This bat order is also very simple. The first bat is Ono's reason for hitting and getting on base. The second bat is after the hitting ability has improved. Aoki is a skilled hitter. The third bat is Kondo, the strongest hitter except Sendou. The fourth bat is Sendou., the task of Sawamura in the fifth bat is to send Sendou back to base with a bunt, and then Oomura, who is ambushing in the sixth bat, is the batter second only to Kondo and Sendou. The latter ones use their skills to send the bases.
This smoothing is still under experimentation. As for the position of Oomura, Sendou has not yet thought about it. We need to see his performance in actual combat.
Contest by Fukasawa First Attack.
"It's so nostalgic! You and I formed a shooting partner!" Sendou sighed before the game started.
"Long-winded!"
"You're welcome, watch my gloves and throw them with all your strength!" Sendou said, patting Sawamura on the shoulder.
Watching Sendou running towards the court, Sawamura had an incomprehensible expression.
Then Sawamura also entered the venue with everyone.
"Start now, Akagi Middle School vs. Practice Match for Fukazawa Middle School! Ceremony!"
"Please give me your advice!" The two teams bowed and saluted at the same time.
Then Wakaba returned to the bench. Although Sendou came on, she still came on as a substitute. (There's no way we're short of people!)
Sawamura After a few simple shots, the game officially started.
Today is the first time Sawamura has pitched at full strength since Practice Match and Sendou formed a pitching partnership with Sakura Girls last year.
Raise your arms, straighten your legs, lift your legs, step, swing your arms, and throw the ball!!!
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
"Yo west! Nice pitch! Ei-chan!" A voice of encouragement came from behind.
"Not bad! My arm skills are very thorough, and the ball speed... is close to 130 kilometers!!! (Soft balls are faster than hard balls)" Sendou was also very satisfied with the ball.
This level of Fastball plus Quirk Ball surprised Fukasawa Middle School's bat because he didn't have any information and wanted to observe Ball Trajectory. Even the bench was surprised by Sawamura's ball speed.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
Then a series of swings and looks followed, striking out two people in a row.
"Yoxi! Yoxi! Yoxi!" Sawamura began to celebrate on the spot.
He himself began to be surprised at his own strength. His usual training was all about running, running, practicing balance, and doing explosive menus at night. He had no chance to verify his strength. It can be said that after practicing for more than a year, he was finally able to shoot with all his strength.
"This feeling! I can't stop it!" Sawamura has been ignited!
"Crack!"
"Good ball!" The first ball of the three batters still missed.
Although they discovered that Sawamura's ball was very fast, they started to step forward and try to hit it before it changed. However, they could not cope with his ball speed.
So the three-hitters started to back off a little.
"Ping!" ended with a fly ball to the second baseman.
"Bah!" Kondo caught it steadily.
"Three out! Change the field!" the referee shouted loudly.
"Yo west! Three Up Three Down!"
Sawamura got the first three-out count in just 8 balls.
"Nice pitching!" Everyone started praising Sawamura.
"Is it really that good?" Sawamura put his left hand on his head and said sheepishly.
"Okay, it's our turn to attack, Ono! Watch the ball carefully!"
"Yeah! Leave it to me!"
After simple preparations, the second half of the first game began.
When both sides have no information about the other party, the game can only be head-to-head.
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
"The first ball Outside Corner Ball?! The speed of this ball is not slow! Not much slower than the Ei-chan just now! But the ball control is not too bad! Or is this just a coincidence?" Could it be that the first ball Ono took the useful information to heart, and he was not the only one to do so.
Seeing the opponent preparing for the second ball, Ono had to put his thoughts back, but he felt again that it was not easy for Lead-off Hitter. They had basically played games in the past few years without knowing the opponent's intelligence at all.
As a result, he who is the first to test will have an extremely difficult time, but this also makes him very capable of entanglement, even the skilled Aoki is far inferior to him.
The second ball, at this moment, Ono, who was waiting for the ball normally, suddenly made a bunt!
"Bang!" But the moment the opponent threw the ball and deliberately missed it, he took back the bat.
The pitcher also had to run down Pitcher's Mound, only to find that the opponent did not hit the ball at all.
"Bad ball!"
"Akashi is such a cumbersome team? They really want to disrupt our opening rhythm!" The opponent's catcher also felt a headache from this.
They are neither strong nor weak. In the general situation where most junior high school games are played on the spot, it is rare to see a team that plays like this, so they lack the experience to deal with it.
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!" Same routine, same result.
Fukasawa's players looked like they were being fooled.
"Let him call me!"
"Concentrate on the hitters!"
At this time, the fielder behind began to cheer or say reassuring words to the pitcher.
"Everyone is right! Pitch with all your strength! They can hit whatever they want! We will Force Out him at first base!" The catcher thought in his mind and hit the pitcher Signals.
The pitcher nodded deeply!
"Is it almost going to be pitched with all your strength?" Ono saw the pitcher nodding towards home plate and the other person's eyes, and made a judgment.
The fourth ball,
"Ping!" Then the straight ball from the inside corner was hit.
"Nani?" the catcher said in surprise. This routine seems simple, but few junior high school students can complete this skill.
"Damn it, I didn't fight well!" Ono said as he ran.
Although he didn't hit the ball well, he still landed safely and allowed Ono, who has very fast feet, to get on base.
"Yo west! First hit!" Akashi everyone also shouted excitedly.
"Ha!" Sendou also chuckled!
"Keep going! Aoki!" Then he encouraged Aoki who was taking the next shot.
"That guy Ono didn't hit the ball well! What kind of ball is it? Let's play it first! That hot-blooded boy Ono!" Several thoughts flashed through Aoki's mind, and he complained that Ono was too careless.
"Don't care!" Fukasawa's players were also encouraging their pitchers.
And the next second Aoki made a bunt gesture!
"What an unpleasant team!" the catcher complained in his mind.
But the game has to go on, and the pain has to go on!
"Crack!"
"Bad ball!"
After that, Aoki made a bunt gesture again!
"Sure enough, these guys don't take shots at bad balls. They just take them back when they see a bad ball." In order to test Aoki's thoughts, Fukasawa chose to throw a bad ball.
"Since I'll let you order it!"
"Phew!" As the ball flew toward home plate, Aoki put away his bunt hand and took action.
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!" This ball went out of bounds. It was Aoki's intention to test the opponent's secret.
"The ball is very powerful!" Aoki made this judgment, then made a bunt gesture again, and then gave Ono a look.
Having known each other for so many years, Ono knew that Aoki asked him to restrain him, and then he left the base significantly, more than 5 meters away!
"Did you order something this time?" Seeing this situation, the other party would of course think so.
So, the catcher started hitting Signals.
"Beautiful containment!" Aoki was also very satisfied with the distance from the base of Ono.
"Bang!" The pitcher began to pitch Pickoff Throw against Ono, but of course Ono returned the base easily as this was expected.
Fukasawa also knew that he was just telling the opponent not to relax too much and leave the base too far without any scruples.
Aoki gave Ono another look. (Eye expressions are expressed through pupil movements and expressions)
"Ono nodded helplessly!"
"Phew!"
"Stealing a base!" When the pitcher just threw the ball, Ono suddenly stole a base!
"Sure enough!" The catcher suddenly became excited!
"Bang!" Then Aoki took the bat back, and Ono also returned to first base, pretending to steal a base!
"Bad ball!"
The catcher was speechless at this time. Now he had no idea what the runner and the batter were trying to do!
Is a fake stolen base just for a bad pitch to make the count more favorable? Or is there some other conspiracy?
The catcher has to think about it. Akashi's series of moves with one and two sticks, the technical delicacy, high tactics and tacit understanding, coupled with the complete lack of information about the opponent, make it completely unpredictable what Akashi's playing style is like.
"This way you are fully prepared!" Aoki once again assumed a bunt posture, and then gave Ono another look with a smile.
Then Ono left the bases by a large margin again!
"Come back?" It's not the catcher's fault. Now they have two bad balls. It's very possible to repeat the same trick to make the ball full and force them to have no way out.
"Fight!" He finally surrendered and gritted his teeth!
Then!
"Stealing a base!" first base yelled again as the pitch was being pitched.
"Sure enough!" However, before his proud expression showed, he saw Aoki retracting the bat again and assuming a normal hitting posture, and Ono did not go back.
"Ping!" A hit went straight through the infield, a hit in front of left field!
"Hit and Run? And you can achieve such advanced tactics without Signals?"
"Yo west! Two consecutive hits!"
Ono took advantage of leaving the base early and ran directly to third base. Since it almost bounced directly into the left fielder's glove after landing, Aoki only ran to first base!
But even so, with tacit cooperation and a series of psychological tactics, Akashi completed a perfect start with zero outs and one third base.
Then there is the most trustworthy hitter besides Sendou!
When Kondo stood on Batter's Box, Aoki and Ono left the base significantly at the same time, putting defensive pressure on the bases.
"Well done! Ono! Aoki!" Kondo also sincerely praised the two's opening performance.
"These guys have really gotten stronger!" Sendou in the preparation area also sincerely sighed.
"What kind of team is this?" The catcher thought of this, stood up and called a timeout. The first two shots showed very high tactics and skills. When it was Center Batting Lineup's turn, he had to be careful.
"What's going on with these guys? Are we sure we're not playing against Little Senior League's team?" When the catcher walked up to him, Fukasawa's ace spoke directly and complained to his partner.
"Who knows!
Next is the center hitter. The strength of this team is unknown, but from the performance of the first two bats, it is not difficult to see that the three, four, and five bats of this team are not easy to mess with!
Never mind the runner going all out against the hitter! Be prepared to lose a few points in this game! "
"Yeah! I know!"
"Besides, playing with such a powerful team will also help our growth! Come on! Everyone!" Finally, the catcher encouraged everyone again.
Because they have no talent, these catchers who love baseball are willing to think, so although the tactics may not be great, their mentality will not be too bad.
Standing on Batter's Box, Kondo turned around and glanced at Sendou. Sendou gave him a caution, Changeup, aiming to hit a straight ball with a good number of balls.
After all, after using the first two tactics a lot, I still don't know what the opponent's Changeup will be. Coupled with this perfect start, Sendou is not willing to give the opponent an out number easily.
"Three bats, there won't be bunts, right? But just in case!"
See Signals pitcher get up!
Lift your feet!
"Park!"
"Crack!"
"Safe!"
The pitcher suddenly hit another first base Pickoff Throw, but the distance from the base was a bit exaggerated for them.
However, Aoki, who has been trained for a long time, can return to base very quickly.
"No way! We have to deal with the batter first!" The catcher recognized the reality and could only let them stay so far away from the base, but if they were further away, he would definitely continue to contain them.
However, Akashi everyone seemed to have some confidence in Kondo, Aoki maintained a distance of 5 meters from the base!
"It's decided!"
"Hmm!" Signals was confirmed, and it was time to start fighting Kondo Head-on Showdown with the three sticks.
"Steal a base!" the first baseman reminded again.
Aoki will not let them really get what they want!
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
"Crack!"
"Safe!" Aoki suddenly stole a base alone, success!
However, this ball was directly Inside Corner Ball, and Kondo did not make a move. He saw the Signals given to him by Aoki, and knew that the opponent's ball was very heavy, so he should not take risks when he stole the base.
"Damn it! Another base steal! This team's base stealing skills must be too good!" Fukasawa's catcher looked at Kondo who was slapping dirt on second base, feeling very helpless.
As soon as the game started, the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Fukasawa.
This inning may also affect the direction of the game.
I'm almost late today, I'm scared to death, I only wrote this after it was released.
I feel like this tactic worked pretty well.
Finally, please vote!