"Are you kidding me? This is... a junior high school student?" The catcher looked dully at the direction the ball flew out.
The other fielding players held the brim of their hats with one hand, and the runners on the bases screamed and ran back to home plate. Only Sendou threw the bat casually, lowered his head and slowly ran back to home plate, without any fluctuation in his heart!
For him, it's a problem if he can't hit this kind of ball. The straight ball from the outside corner also goes into Strike Zone.
When the catcher decided that Sendou was nervous, he hoped to use a straight ball to earn strikes, but the result was a fatal blow!
"That's it! That's why this team is so obsessed with piling up runners before the four-base ball!
Has the runner's confidence in this hitter even reached this level? " Coach Daimon watched all this with great interest!
Four to zero is indeed a big point difference, and the opponent's pitcher is also very difficult to deal with Quirk Ball!
Daimon coach is looking forward to how his players will deal with this pressure.
"Bah!" At this time, Sendou had already run all the bases and returned to home plate!
"Nice strike, Sen-chan!"
"It's really awesome!"
Sendou high-fived his teammates one after another with an unchanging expression.
"Don't forget it! One month!" When he walked in front of Sawamura, he didn't forget to remind him!
"Really! Don't worry! I won't break my promise!" Sawamura smiled.
"Hahaha! Look, let me shoot a big one too! Home Run!" After a short silence, the confident Sawamura appeared out of nowhere and walked towards Batter's Box with a pace that he didn't recognize even his relatives!
"How is it possible for you to hit for free and lose outs? Such a good situation!" Sendou thought to himself!
However, because Sawamura walked too fast, Sendou could only call him Signals!
"Nani? You guy, are you afraid that I will steal your limelight!" Sawamura felt very unhappy, but still obeyed!
Although I'm complaining about Sendou's unfairness!
"Change your mood!" At this time, the catcher had recovered and began to comfort his partner!
"That's right! There can't be two of those monsters. It's enough to suppress the next attacker with peace of mind!"
"You are indeed experienced! But this blow cannot have no impact at all!" Sendou said to himself as he looked at Fukasawa who had cheered up.
First goal!
"Ding!"
"Nani? Five sticks Safety Bunt?" Seeing Sawamura hit, the defense was caught off guard!
"Crack!"
"Safe!" So the guy suddenly got on base.
"Damn it! This team keeps attacking us!"
But the game goes on!
The six-stick Oomura is also ready in Batter's Box!
As the third hitter after Sendou and Kondo, he also has strong offensive power!
Because of the five Sawamura bunts, Fukasawa was very afraid of bunts. The straight ball was aimed and hit by Oomura, and Sawamura was able to reach third base!
After that, the straight ball was aimed again, Oyama hit another Timely Hit, and the fifth point was obtained.
And zero outs.
However, this fifth point inspired the opponent's Fighting Spirit!
Thinking about it with Changeup as the center, although Takeda got on base due to an error and steadily won the next three outs, it was already the second round of the line.
The next round starts with three sticks, which means it's Sendou's turn again, and Lead-off Hitter still beats Kondo!
Not only that, Fukasawa's pitcher also threw a lot of pitches. After all, he faced 11 batters at once!
"Don't worry, we will get your points back for you!" When the court changed, Fukasawa's players also began to encourage their ace!
"5 points? In fact, seeing how smoothly the game went, I wanted to end it early! Everyone's training has just ended and we are very tired!
I haven't seen it yet during attack, but if there are too many rounds, the defense will start to decrease!
However, Eijun is in very good condition! It should be no problem! "Sendou was wearing armor and looking at the opponent's bench and thinking.
So the first half of the second game started, and Fukasawa's lead batter was Cleanup Hitter!
"Fight it out!"
"One hit, please!" There were also voices from the bench cheering for their four bats.
In the last game, Akashi showed off his power and scored 5 points in one breath, but the opponent's four sticks had not hit yet. If he was hit, it was hard to say whether he would win or lose.
"Come on! Suppress these four sticks and completely control the rhythm of the game!" Sendou put on his gloves and secretly said!
"I know! This kind of thing! This is the only thing I can do, isn't it?" Sawamura knows it better than anyone else.
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
"Uh!"
The batter can't take a shot at this ball in the outside corner, although Ball Trajectory can't keep it down.
However, the ball speed is not slow, and with the addition of Quirk Ball, as long as it enters Strike Zone, ordinary hitters will not be able to make a shot at all.
"How lucky! The ball actually came in! Then!" Sendou was also secretly saying how lucky he was, and was also mourning for the opponent's already shaken batter!
"Crack!"
"Good ball!" This ball is from the inside corner!
However, it is called an inner corner, but it is just inward from the center.
"It won't work! It won't work! We have to swing!" Sawamura, who had been throwing straight balls in the center before, suddenly started throwing inside and outside corners. Fukasawa's four bats were already extremely shaken!
"To make you so shaken! Then things will be simple!" Sendou glanced at Cleanup Hitter who was thinking wildly.
"Last ball!"
"Phew!"
"In the center?"
"Crack!"
"Good ball! Batter out!"
"Idiot! You actually hit a bad ball that was obviously too high?" Coach Daimon was helpless with his four-ball game.
But this is understandable. The pressure of losing a lot of points in the previous game, coupled with the changes in ball distribution, made him lose judgment.
"Yo west!" On the contrary, Akashi's defensive lineup began to cheer!
"ONE OUT!" Sawamura stretched out his hand and shouted.
"ONE OUT!"
"This way you can take the initiative!"
"Ping!"
"Crack!"
"Out!"
"Crack!"
"Good ball! Batter out!"
After that, five bats were caught and six were struck out!
The pace of the game completely guided Akagi Middle School!
Moreover, the attack in the second half of the second inning was started by the center hitter!
And Kondo took a bunt stance and walked up to Batter's Box.
"Bunt? What is this guy thinking? This is a center hitter!"
Even now, Fukasawa's catcher still doesn't know what Akashi's linebacker wants to do, although he already knows that the four bats behind him are as strong as monsters.
However, the other batters have no idea whether they want to bunt or hit, so they can only solve it like the previous game, Infield Shift and then Changeup.
A straight ball is still too dangerous against Akashi's top hitter, which should be said to be a hitter seven bats ahead.
In the last round, they faced one or two bats and almost lost points.
However, this method is too dangerous in the area between the inner and outer fields. This is also a way to stabilize the situation temporarily and there is no other way.
"Come on!" Finally, he made up his mind to surrender and made a decisive gesture!
However,
"Ping!" Kondo picked up the bat again when the ball was released!
"Changeup made me see too much in the last game!" Kondo thought and hit the Changeup ball, and coincidentally hit it in the middle of the inner and outer fields.
After all, although Kondo's blow is very powerful, it is only compared to what everyone said about Akashi. The general control of the landing point can only be done by top hitters. At least Sendou can't do it. He can only control the general direction. The specifics and how far it flies are completely up to fate!
After the situation completely turned towards Akashi, even his luck started to go towards Akashi. At this time, Sendou complained madly in his heart. He had always had bad luck in the competition before, but he finally got good luck.
At the same time, I also pray that I won't get lucky now and have bad luck again when the official competition begins!
"Yo west! Double hit! Keep going! Sendou!
Immortal..." He shouted Sawamura, his expression gradually becoming angry.
At this time, Sendou was just thinking about his luck and didn't even notice that it was his turn to play!
"... Xian, Sendou!!! You guy, what are you thinking about?!!!" Sawamura yelled fiercely.
"What! Eijun!" Sendou knew that he was distracted. In order to cover up his embarrassment, he whispered without blushing and out of breath.
"Ah!" Fukasawa's catcher glanced sideways at Sendou with fearful eyes, then looked at Pitcher's Mound's ace and nodded slightly!
Then,
"Intentional Walk? Are you scared?" Akashi The bench exploded!
The catcher gave a straight walk with no squat at all.
The ball just now made them understand that the impact of that kind of blow will fly very far even if it does not hit the center of the ball. It is okay if it is out of bounds, but if it is in bounds, the continuous Home Run will have a great impact on the pitcher's soul.
As a result, even if you don't know Sendou's ability to catch the ball, you don't dare to let him hit it.
And this time Intentional Walk also completely kicked off Sendou's frustrating junior high school career!
Normally Practice Match rarely walks batters, but this guy really can't let him hit!
How could he beat a monster that would be injured and die if it was touched? And there are people on base!
However,
"Stealing a base!" Kondo spotted the ball that the pitcher was walking like a toss, and Kondo decisively stole the base.
And Fukasawa, who was careless or a little depressed, paid the price for his laxity!
"Safe!"
"Damn it! I almost forgot! These guys are very good at stealing bases!" The catcher could only regret his laxity while looking at Kondo who ran to third base and became furious!
"Bad ball!"
"Four Balls!"
Helpless, Sendou threw away the bat and ran to first base!
But when everyone was paying attention to stolen bases, Sendou hit Wakaba with Signals.
As for why I gave it to Wakaba, it's because Sawamura is more excited than anyone else when he steals a base, and he is also the one who is most attentive when watching stolen bases.
"Damn! You coward!" At this time, Sawamura was angry alone!
"Eijun!"
"Huh? Wakaba!" Sawamura heard the cry from the bench, and then saw Wakaba's Signals!
"Damn it!" Then Sawamura hit Batter's Box with an unhappy expression!
But I don't know Signals. I don't know if he is angry because of the walk-off or because of Signals!
Fukasawa was also doubtful, but he saw Sawamura's normal striking posture, so he put his doubts to rest for the time being!
"Come on! Let's decide the winner!"
As for the bases-loaded strategy?
Don't even think about it!
Oomura behind is not the kind of hitter who can implement bases-loaded tactics, not to mention that no one is out yet!
So, by accident, he faced off against Sawamura, an unknown and powerful "beater".
Lift your legs, step, wave your arms, all in one go!
"Stealing a base!" Sendou, who had barely left the base, suddenly burst out!
"Ah..., hey!"
"Crack!"
"Good shot!"
Sawamura, who was shouting random sounds, made a gorgeous swing!
"Damn it! Huh? This is too fast! His footwork!" Catcher Fukasawa was completely frightened by the speed of Sendou!
3 seconds, the time Sendou takes from first base to second base, according to the feeling of Fukasawa catcher, up to three seconds!
So, no one is out, and there are people on second and third base!
"What kind of magic trick is this? Is it a foul?
And did Signals just confuse us? But let this hitter face off against us?
But...
This hitter looks stupid and feels surprisingly weak!
Is it an illusion? Or is it a trap?
His first bat is a monster, and his second bat is also a strong bat. There is no reason why he can only bunt well, right? "The little catcher who was fooled around by Akashi has already started to attack on his own.
This is natural, he was played too hard before, and he never dreamed that Sendou would really do such a bastard thing to Sawamura, who was just a good bunt player, between two strong bats!
Therefore, the two of them became more cautious when shooting. So, after a lot of gestures and discussions, the two of them seemed to have finally decided on what ball to throw!
Then,
"Ding!"
Sawamura hit a perfect bunt with a ferocious look on his face.
"We still have to bunt!!!" This time it was Fukasawa's turn to explode!
"First base!" But it's a blast, and the command is not slow at all!
Kondo easily returned to base, and Sendou naturally ran to third base!
The sixth point, only the second game, was already 6-0!
After that, after the pitcher who almost exploded was beaten by Oomura and lost the seventh point, the ace who did not show his strength at all was replaced.
After that, subsequent hitters failed to suppress Akashi's line, and the overall defense began to collapse. In addition, Sawamura was in excellent form on the offensive side. Therefore, the game lost its suspense due to the fierce attack in the first two games.
Akashi also got what he wanted, and got a record of 5 games ending early. In fact, he only played in the first half of the 4th game, and the score was 11-0!
And even though Sendou showed foul footwork in subsequent games, Fukasawa still didn't decide the winner with him.
Sawamura only gets one hit in a normal game.
Coach Daimon did not participate in the command from beginning to end. At the end of the game, he comforted the players with a few words. Although they lost miserably, they were still very grateful.
After all, there are basically few players who play Soft Baseball who aim to be professional, and some of them are those whose talents have not been discovered or who have no interest in the profession. Obviously Fukasawa's players do not have such people.
So there's no such thing as, screw your baseball dreams, I'm going home!
In the end, the players Akashi and Fukasawa bid farewell to each other and embarked on their way home.
Everyone was very happy along the way. They felt that they were finally qualified to compete with De Chuan Middle School Head-on Showdown!
Of course Sawamura has expanded to no end!
Although the victory or defeat of the two teams cannot indicate the difference in strength, strictly speaking, it is the mentality of the other team that was defeated by tactics.
But it is still a very meaningful game!