22. The opening battle of friends
On this afternoon, a baseball match between the Aoba Dodai High School Baseball Club and the Tozuki Shirasugi High School Baseball Club was underway at the training ground next to the summit inn in Inuyayama, Tozuki Ward. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Since both baseball teams are fully equipped and played, the game is divided into three divisions and each game is played separately, and now the first is the rookie matchup between the first-year freshmen of the two baseball teams.
I saw that in the first half of the first game on the field, the main defense was the side of Aoba Dotai High School, and the main attack was Tsutsuki Shirasugi High School.
Hisachi Watanabe, the pitcher of the first-year team of Aoba Dodai High School, who was moving his arms on the pitcher's mound and preparing to snipe his opponent with all his might, was preparing for the game with fighting spirit, but he found that the first batter of the opponent's Shirasugi High School turned out to be a substitute hitter, and not only that, but this substitute hitter was also an old friend he knew, a good partner in elementary school Akihisa Inuya.
This made Hisatochi Watanabe feel very surprised: "It's you!?" Dogtooth ......"
"It's been a long time, my old friend Kuchi! ~" Although Inuya Akihisa said hello, there was not much happiness and excitement in his tone when he saw an old friend, but he looked at Watanabe Hisachi with a cold look.
"You~~" Watanabe Hisachi was obviously frightened by the inuya Akihisa who appeared here at this time, and he couldn't even speak straight for a while. After a while, he calmed down and replied, "Yes, it's been almost 4 years!" I didn't expect you to be able to play baseball..."
Before Hisatochi Watanabe's words were finished, Akihisa Inuya, who was standing in the strike zone, grabbed the white and said, "Of course you didn't expect it, I was so badly injured that my whole arm was useless!" But what you can't imagine is that I haven't forgotten everything your hiding has brought me for more than three years! So...... Thanks to you, I worked hard to practice my left hand, so today~~~ Wu Shixiao's trump card show your true skills, because I want to blow you up! “
After speaking, Inuya Akihisa raised the bat and pointed at Watanabe Hisachi very arrogantly provocative.
”~~“
Watanabe wanted to say something, but the sound of the referee calling for the start of the game reminded him that it was not the time to catch up. So he quickly collected some shock and returned his attention to the game.
For the first goal, the hint given by the catcher Kumata Tsuchihara is to throw an outside corner speedball, and the ball is low and suppressed, and it is best to rub the good ball into the base area. First, it can snatch a good number of balls, and secondly, such a ball is difficult to play, and even if you have the opportunity to hit, you will only be hit with a high flying ball and be caught out of the game, so unless the hitter is a very familiar person or someone whose hitting skills exceed the pitcher's pitching skills, this arrangement is undoubtedly a very good starting ball.
Kuchi Watanabe hesitated, but finally nodded in agreement.
I saw that after he stepped on the board, he threw the ball with all his strength with a vibrating arm throw......
"Whew~"
"Peng~"
There was no accident when the ball grazed the edge of the good ball and crashed into the trapper Tsuchihara's glove, and the referee shouted "Good ball." ”
"Yay! ~”
"A good ball, come on Watanabe-kun!"
"Come on, try to win the first number of outs, Watanabe-kun!"
"Leave the garrison to us~"
But at this time, Watanabe Hisachi, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, couldn't help but have a strange feeling, he observed that the striking zone was standing in the smashing area and his former friends who were not affected by his first ball in the slightest to affect his hitting rhythm and desire to swing the bat, hoping to see something from his state, but unfortunately Inuya Akihisa still had that sneering expression, holding the baton in both hands behind him and looking ready to attack at any time.
In the second ball, the ball path code given by the catcher Tsuchihara was an inside corner speedball, which was hoisted high, expanding the attack area infinitely, and Watanabe Hisachi couldn't see what Inuya Akihisa was thinking, so he had to nod and agree with the change.
It was still a boom-arm throwing method to throw the ball, but this time Akihisa Inuya in the strike zone made a move as soon as Hisachi Watanabe threw the ball.
"Awesome~"
"Hiss~"
The ball was hit, and the catch was quite accurate, if it wasn't for the direction that flew out and crossed the boundary at the last moment, the ball was enough to form a Chang'an hit in the right field.
Because the ball flew very off, if it really fell into the field, the right fielder on the side of Aoba Dodai High School would definitely not have time to catch up with the ball to catch it, so this stick hit the entire Aoba Dodai High School rest area full of false alarms: "Wow~~ It's so dangerous!" ~”
After seeing that the second ball was hit by the opponent, the catcher Dohara Kuma was shocked into a cold sweat: it was so dangerous, he was almost hit! ~ It seems that this hitter is very familiar with Watanabe, and it may be Watanabe's former friend, which means that he should be very familiar with Watanabe's pitching path. But now we are 2 good goals ahead, and the third goal can be decided, so ......
Thinking of this, Kumata Tsuchihara made a secret call to Watanabe on the pitcher's mound, implying that he threw a fork ball in the third pitch to decide the winner.
But at this time, Watanabe Hisachi shook his head and refused, and said in sign language on the pitcher: "No, the finger fork can't deal with him, he is very familiar with my ball, and the finger fork is easy to be blasted out by him." ”
Tsuchihara Kumata was surprised when she saw it, and hurriedly replied with sign language: "Then what should I do!?" ”
Because the opponent is someone who Hisachi Watanabe is familiar with, Kumata Tsuchihara did not give a match code again, but asked Watanabe to see how he coped.
Watanabe Hisatochi stood on the pitcher's mound and touched the front of his hat naturally and without a trace, made a sliding motion, and then touched his knee, the code of this action is: throw the curved ball, you want to low the ball in the outside corner, it's good to hit the bad ball, and you must not throw the high ball to him.
Tsuchihara Kuma agreed, so he hammered off the glove and immediately moved his body to put the glove in the position agreed with Watanabe and prepared it.
At this time, Akihisa Inuya, who was in the strike zone, saw the pitcher Hisachi Watanabe playing a code, and without thinking too much, he knew that the next ball was definitely not the good way he wanted to wait. So he complained in a low voice: "Stain~~ It's really not planted!" But do you think you can easily pass the test if you don't shoot well!? Hey~~"
On the third ball, Watanabe really threw a high-speed curveball, because he knew that if he threw a slow-speed curveball according to his previous habit, it would definitely hit the hitter's dogtooth.
The ball flew out from Watanabe's right side, making a sharp arc in the air and moving faster than the usual curveball he throws, making the batter a little uncertain when he hit the bat, and didn't swing the ball until it was about to hit the zone.
"Great! ~”
"Throw-in! ~”
"It's so dangerous~"
Watching the ball being hit to the back, everyone else thought that the ball could be fought by both sides, but Watanabe and Inuya, who were the two sides of the pitch, invariably showed a natural look.
It can be seen that if the two sides of the pitch are familiar with each other, then it is really not easy to end the pitching duel in this round!
The game continued, and the fourth ball catcher Tsuchihara gave the ball path code is an inside corner slide, which is low.
After the discussion was decided, the catcher Tsuchihara's gloves were placed next to the beater's inuya's knee, if it weren't for the position of the inuya's station not too leaning out, it is estimated that the position of the gloves placed by the dog's body would be likely to be covered by the beater's body.
Of course, that's what Tsuchihara wanted, so after seeing that his partner was ready, Watanabe immediately understood what it meant, which meant that Inuya could only hit the third base infield ball to divide the victory, or directly continue to chase the hitter and let him hit the ball out of bounds!
Watanabe took a deep breath and began to throw the fourth shot.
"Whew"
The route of this ball is very tricky, just to the place where the hitter's knee is a little higher, it can be said that Watanabe's throw is very fatal, because this position is at the foot of the foot, so even if the hitter canine teeth and sticks, at most can only barely rub the teeer, and the distance to fly out should not be far.
However, these are all speculations by Watanabe and Catcher Tsuchihara based on the current situation, but when Inuya raises his leg in the strike zone and steps out diagonally, Watanabe and Tsuchihara immediately feel that something is going to be wrong: Nani!? Hit the ball with the center of gravity after the outside step~
That's right, when he saw that his former friend Watanabe actually threw this inside corner kick, the dog tooth in the hitting area immediately used this special strike method to deal with the inside corner kick, and knocked the ball out like a golf ball-like swing.
"Pay attention to the right field, the ball is flying very off, hurry up, you must catch it......" Hisachi Watanabe immediately turned his head and shouted behind him as soon as the ball was knocked out.
However, the flying ball does not fly at a high altitude, so its speed is relatively fast.
The baseball flew in the air for about 50 meters before falling to the ground, then bouncing all the way towards the home run wall in the right field.
The right fielder didn't receive the ball in the first place, and by the time he picked it up, the opponent's hitter Akihisa Inuya was almost on second base.
When the ball came back at the end, Inuya managed to send himself to the second base bag with a 2nd base hit, giving his side a good start to attack!
The first-year team of the Aoba High School baseball club dug a hole for itself at the beginning of the game, and faced the danger of losing points at any time.