Chapter 22: Forty-eighth home run

One person is out, no one is on base.

Hiromi Tsuka, the ace pitcher of the Kiryu High School baseball team in Osaka, threw a slider at a very high angle and seemed to have the initiative in the game.

Just when everyone thought that he was going to compete with the two core powerhouses of the Qingdao High School baseball team, he still resolutely used the bad ball.

Moreover, it is obvious that the bad ball.

"What do you mean, I thought he did?"

"Looking at his head held high, who would have thought ......"

The fans in the stands laughed from time to time.

The Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, known as the Cosmos Team, is known as the star of all employees.

They thought it was great.

Unexpectedly, he still didn't dare to confront Zhang Han head-on.

Is this going to study in Zhongjing University, and after being beaten out, will you be escorted all the way?

"There was no one on the base, and we won an early number of outs. At this time, if you choose to escort, it seems that you are iron-hearted, and you don't plan to face it head-on. ”

"I really didn't expect that the ace pitcher of the Universe team would be so afraid of Zhang Han."

The surrounding fans were talking about it.

As a supporter of the Seido High School baseball team, Owada Akiko has no way to cheer for the Seido High School baseball team openly like other fans because of her profession.

But that doesn't stop her from being proud.

The surrounding people praised the Qingdao High School baseball team and praised Zhang Han, as if they were praising her.

"I really didn't expect that he had grown to this point!"

As one of the witnesses of Zhang Han's growth, Owada Akiko herself felt unbelievable.

Now she is not a baseball novice.

She has seen the history of the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, so she knows very well what this team means in the high school baseball world.

That's the real giants, the team that stands at the top of the pyramid.

"Kiryu Osaka's choice seems a little unbelievable, but in fact, it makes sense."

Fujifu said.

"Didn't they already catch up with the score, how could it be reasonable?"

Owada Akiko was puzzled.

In her opinion, it would be forgivable if Kiryu Osaka was really behind by a big score and did not dare to continue to lose points.

Now the two sides are only one point apart, and the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team is not completely unconfident, and it will meet Qingdao High School head-on.

Even if they do lose points, they are not unacceptable.

"If the score is behind, the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team can let go and touch the Seido High School baseball team in a ruined way. A team in a desperate situation has no choice but to gamble. But now the situation is different, they have caught up, and the score of the two sides is deadlocked. In this case, the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team can hardly accept an accident, or rather, they don't intend to accept it. ”

Steady and steady, catch up with or even overtake the score.

This is what the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team is trying to pursue right now.

In this case, they should try to avoid all kinds of surprises as much as possible.

The achievements of the Cosmos team are strong, and various legends continue.

As the player who has won the most home runs in this era, there are also many legends about Zhang Han.

As long as the players of the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team do not have a hot head, they will calmly judge the situation in front of them and make the most beneficial choice for them.

Escorting a strong stick is one of the most advantageous options.

It is also the safest option.

"So, isn't Zhang Han without a chance?"

Although the forced Cosmos Team Osaka Kiryu High School had to be escorted, it was also a very enjoyable thing.

But compared to the expected home run, this result alone is obviously still a little regrettable.

"That's not necessarily ......"

The corners of Fujifu's mouth were rarely curled.

Although he will not be as obvious as his partner.

But because he has been tracking and reporting on the Qingdao High School baseball team in the past two years, his position has obviously changed somewhat.

It's no longer as neutral as it used to be.

"With the expansion of Zhang Han's fame, there are fewer and fewer pitchers who dare to face him head-on, and more and more people use offense to make four bad. Ordinary beaters, in the face of such a situation, I am afraid that they can only be escorted obediently. But Zhang Han is not an ordinary hitter, and just a bad ball may not be able to restrain him. ”

After Fujifu said this, Owada Akiko also remembered.

Zhang Han still has that trick, retreating and striking.

Look for opportunities on the move, stagger your position and hit the ball out.

Nationwide, I am afraid that only Zhang Han can do such an unreasonable thing.

"Why isn't there Jingyuan?"

Owada Akiko asked.

Since they are determined to be escorted, the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team should know that it is dangerous to use the offensive four bad to face Zhang Han.

Why didn't they directly respect Yuan, so that Zhang Han wouldn't have a chance at all?

"Isn't Team Cosmos shameless? The use of four bad balls is basically the limit of this kind of top national giants, and if you win the game, the aura will be discounted. If you really choose Jingyuan, the Qingdao High School baseball team really can't get the ball out, but the morale of the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team is afraid that it will also be devastated. ”

This kind of challenge, Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team did not dare.

Zhang Han will be surprised, and it is also because of this.

He originally thought that the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, which topped the title of the country's No. 1 giant, would not use four bad balls when the score was scorching.

After all, this is also a very demoralizing thing.

But it's clear that he underestimated his threat to the Kiryu High School baseball team in Osaka.

Those guys would rather bear the risk of being demoralized than escort Zhang Han.

In the case that there is already a bottom of the number of outs, they obviously think that they can accept the result of escorting Zhang Han.

Of course, Zhang Han didn't plan to give up.

The Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team chased the score so tightly that even the lower hitters were so aggressive.

In this case, a one-point lead is too little.

In this game, no matter what, you have to pull the score away again.

So he can't just be escorted, he has to hit the ball, at least to second base.

Only in this way, when Tetsuya Yuuki scored a hit, he was able to return to home plate smoothly and help the Seido High School baseball team get this point back.

With this determination, Zhang Han opened his posture and patiently waited for the second ball to fly over.

The offensive four bad balls are aimed at the inside corner.

Although there is a difference between up and down, as long as you take a step back, you can now touch the ball that you originally missed.

Unless the opponent doesn't want to be embarrassed and throws the ball directly at his body.

At this point, Zhang Han thinks that the possibility is not high.

As a friendship school, Zhang Han still knows the guys on the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team very well.

They are all true geniuses, all of them arrogant.

They can't do that kind of indiscriminate thing.

In this case, you just need to choose the right time, and you should be able to ......

"Whoosh!"

Just when Zhang Han was rehearsing and striking the scene in his mind.

A white baseball, whizzing.

According to Zhang Han's original plan, as long as the baseball flew over, he should not let it go.

But this one, he had no way not to let go.

The white baseball deviated from the good ball belt.

But not in the inner corners, but in the outer corners......

This made Zhang Han, who was in the strike zone, look very ugly all of a sudden.

When all the balls are aimed at the inside corner, even though the baseball is off the good ball belt, even though the normal batting stance is simply not able to shoot.

But as long as he uses the step-back strike flexibly, there is a high probability that he will hit the ball.

This batting rate may be a little less than when you play well, but overall it's okay.

Zhang Han is sure.

But now the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team has begun to use the outside corner.

Such a pitch is basically equivalent to a semi-surrender.

They threw their faces to the ground and stomped on them hard.

Zhang Han didn't have any way at all.

The fans in the stands also booed.

"It's too open-minded!"

"Use such a ball to protect the four bad, it's better to choose Jingyuan directly."

"Is the third baseman on the Seido High School baseball team really that scary?"

A fan who came to see high school baseball for the first time asked suspiciously.

As soon as he asked this question, those fans who were originally talking about it seemed to be suddenly stuck in the neck.

Is Zhang Han really that scary?

Scored 47 home runs, tying the all-time 10th all-time high school career home run record.

You know, the current competition mechanism is different from the past competition mechanism, and it is difficult to win this result.

And this is the historical achievement of nearly 100 years since the beginning of Koshien.

What's even more terrifying is that Zhang Han is only a second-year player.

Predictably, this will definitely not be the end for him.

His end must be even farther away.

With that in mind, go back and think about the question that the fan asked.

Originally, they didn't understand why the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, the ace of the dignified universe team, was so gutsless?

Now, the answer is out at once.

It's not that they don't have guts, but the strength of the opponent in front of them makes them have to be jealous.

"Smack!"

"Bad ball!"

Hiromi Kan managed to take the second bad goal.

This statement is a bit strange, but for now, many fans at the scene think so.

Although Kiryu Osaka lost a little bit of his face, in terms of effect, it was still good.

At the very least, their strategic purpose has been achieved.

They managed to take the second bad goal.

And then the third ......

Another outside corner.

Zhang Han seemed to be stupid in the strike zone, watching the baseball fly in front of his eyes, and failed to make any reaction.

"Smack!"

"Bad ball!!"

That's already three bad balls, and the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team only needs to take the last bad ball to accomplish their strategic goals.

"Whoosh!"

The white baseball flew again, and it was a straight ball.

Seeing the baseball flying in, Zhang Han took a step back and swung his bat.

In the face of this bad ball in the inside corner, although he touched it, the effect of the blow was not ideal.

"Ping!"

The white baseball, slamming against his bat, bounced behind the catcher.

When Arai saw this scene, his eyes flashed with essence.

"Out of bounds!"

That's three bad balls, one good ball.

was escorted, Zhang Han must be unwilling, so he will definitely make a move.

If he doesn't make a move, there is nothing the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team can do with him.

But as long as he chooses to make a move, then I'm sorry......

If you swing a baton in the face of a bad ball, it is equivalent to expanding their good ball belt by several laps.

"Do you really think you're invincible?"

A normal matchup is not that the players of the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team are arrogant.

Their family's trump card is indeed not on the same level as Zhang Han and Yuki Tetsuya.

Even Narumiya, who is known as the No. 1 pitcher in the country on the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team, can't do anything.

Although their family's trump card laughs like a demon, when it comes to strength, there is obviously still a gap compared to Cheng Gongming.

Cheng Gong Ming can't help it, and their ace is even worse.

But if Zhang Han made it clear, he wouldn't even let go of the bad balls around the good balls.

Then it's a different story.

The normal good ball duel is not good, but it does not mean that the ball that expands the range of the good ball is not good.

"Let's tackle this number one monster in the country."

Arai's momentum is out!

Hiromi Kan on the pitcher's mound also looks enthusiastic.

Zhang Han was caught in a dilemma.

Either let go of the bad ball and be escorted honestly.

Either break the kettle and go head-to-head with the ball band a few laps wider.

In the stands, Akiko Owada from Baseball Kingdom magazine nervously clutched the camera in her hand and muttered to herself.

"Why didn't you get out?"

She originally thought that Zhang Han would definitely be able to hit that inside corner.

Although the ball deviated from the good ball belt.

But it's not the first time Zhang Han has done this kind of thing, others may not have hope, but he is still very sure.

Owada Akiko has faith in him.

"It was those two bad balls in the outside corner that disrupted Zhang Han's rhythm at the beginning."

There is a very important reason why Zhang Han was able to play the offensive four bad balls before, that is, because what he wanted to aim at was the bad ball in the inner corner.

In this way, even though the baseball is thrown in an extremely tricky position, he can force the ball out by adjusting his position and staggering his position.

But when the bad ball in the outside corner appears.

This situation has changed dramatically.

In the past, Zhang Han only needed to aim at the inner corner, and it was an extremely internal angle position.

Now he has to juggle the whole good ball belt and the range around him for several laps.

To put it bluntly, he used to only need to use his dynamic vision to find the baseball and hit the ball.

Dynamic vision alone doesn't work anymore......

"Is there really no way?"

"Unless he can predict that the baseball will be thrown to the inside or the outside? Otherwise......"

Fujio's voice just fell.

Hiromi Kan had already thrown her fifth ball.

It's still an inside corner.

But this time, it turned into a sharp slide.

In the face of the sudden change of the ball, and in this extremely uncomfortable swinging position, Zhang Han could only barely touch the ball.

The white baseball was touched and landed outside the touchline of third base.

"Throw-in!"

In this way, it is two good balls and three bad balls.

Originally, he had already made up his mind to use four bad balls to protect Zhang Han's Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team.

actually chased Zhang Han.

One person out, full ball.

All the fans at the scene were attracted by the wonderful duel between the two and stared at them intently.

Obviously, these fans are also wondering, what will happen next?

Who will be able to gain the upper hand in the next showdown?

They want to know, and some can't wait.

When it came to the last ball, Kan Hiromi was also very cautious.

The demonic smile on his face became more and more obvious, as if he had just escaped from hell.

And then......

"Whoosh!"

Without warning, the white baseball went straight into the outside corner.

It's not the bad ball, the baseball goes into the good ball belt.

First two outer corners, then two inner corners!

After Zhang Han retreated twice in a row, the sudden appearance of an outside corner kick made the die-hard supporters of the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team excited at once.

"Handsome!"

"The outside corner that came out of nowhere, we won!"

They seem to have seen the outcome of the showdown.

The third baseman on the Qingdao High School baseball team, Niu Bang was reluctant to be escorted.

The result?

Do you really think that the signature of their Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team, Team Cosmos, is a joke?

"It's time for them to see the strength of the country's number one giant."

Just when the supporters of the Kiryu High School baseball team in Osaka couldn't help but cheer.

An accident happened.

Zhang Han did not retreat.

It was as if he had guessed in advance that it must be an outside corner.

Stand firmly in place, waiting for the baseball to fly over.

At the moment when the baseball flew into his hand, Zhang Han suddenly made a move.

The bat in his hand whistled out.

In an instant, it seemed to drain all the air in the strike zone.

Squatting in the trapper's position, Arai felt that even his breathing had become difficult.

"Without any wavering?"

"There was no sign of retreat, and there was no hesitation when it came to strikes."

He guessed!

The only reasonable explanation that Arai could think of was that Zhang Han guessed their match in advance.

But he thinks it's unlikely.

He thought of this strategy temporarily, seeing that Zhang Han was unwilling to accept the four bad balls, he planned to make a plan.

If Zhang Han can be solved here, it will undoubtedly be of much greater significance to the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team.

Originally, they had already caught up with the score, and the two sides were only one point apart.

Anyway, taking this opportunity, the Osaka Kiryu High School baseball team can completely control the situation on the field and firmly control it on their side.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Han actually guessed it.

He aimed straight at the outside corner and hit it beautifully.

"Ping!"

Under the incredible gaze of those die-hard supporters of all Osaka Kiryu High School baseball teams.

White baseball, soaring into the sky!

A huge arch was drawn in the sky and smashed heavily on the stands in the outfield.

A little boy who saw the baseball fall on the seat behind him ran backwards without stopping.

In normal home runs, the adults don't compete with them.

But Zhang Han's home run was different.

Those adults, at this time, won't even want to be cheeky.

The snatching is much more active than the child.

Fortunately, there were fewer spectators here, and the adults were slow to move, but in the end, he was one step faster and took the rebounding baseball into his hands in advance.

Behind him, an uncle, about thirty years old, returned to his seat with a look of regret.

Obviously, it's a shame to miss the goal.

I just don't know if that uncle is a fan of Zhang Han or a simple fan of money.

"The Forty-Eighth !!"

……