Chapter 17: Home Plate Heavy Artillery (3rd Shift)
Tanba's wonderful performance gave the players of the Seido High School baseball team a reassurance.
Two strikeouts in a row, but also forced the opponent's third bat, and hit the rolling earth.
Most importantly, they felt Tanba's fighting spirit and state. As long as Tanba is in good shape, then he is the best pitcher in Tokyo.
When Zhang Han was not injured before, although he could already soar the ball speed to more than 150 kilometers. Zhang Han didn't dare to say that his pitching must be stronger than Danbo.
As long as there are no problems with the pitchers, then the players of the Seido High School baseball team can basically sit back and relax.
Even the opponent in front of them is much stronger than the information they have found before.
Not only does he have excellent ball power, but he also uses a knuckle ball. This pitcher, named Aikawa, was several times stronger than they knew.
But even so, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are still confident that they can score points from each other.
Or even break him!
The score is certain, and the next thing is to see when the score is?
And this time may be coming soon.
The next beater to stand in the Qingdao strike zone was their fourth batter, Zhang Han.
Time went back a little, and yesterday when Superintendent Kataoka ordered the formation, he not only assigned the main players, but even lined up the players.
You know, since the seniors of the last third grade left the team, it has been 8 months since their team was pulled up.
After the fall competition and winter training camp, plus a few practice competitions at the end of the third semester.
Today's Qingdao High School baseball team is already a very mature team. It's not that every position in the team can't be changed.
However, several core main forces, especially the first few sticks, are fixed.
But this time, Superintendent Kataoka not only moved, he also moved the most central position.
That's the fourth stick.
Zhang Han was arranged in the fourth bat, and Tetsuya Yuki was arranged in the fifth bat.
When the results were announced, everyone was stunned.
Although it is said that Zhang Han's blow is not under Yucheng, they have already honed their maturity before.
There's no reason to change it?
Besides, Captain Yuuki didn't make a mistake. In which game did he not complete his task perfectly?
He didn't make a mistake, and although his striking strength was not stronger than Zhang Han, it was not bad.
In this case, why replace Yuuki?
Could it be that Superintendent Kataoka really didn't think about it at all.,Yuuki's position as a captain and senior?
Now is the era of the third grade, even if the line after Qingdao High School will be led by Zhang Han, will it be earlier to give the baton to Zhang Han now?
What do those third-graders think?
Zhang Han himself is also unknown.
He even wanted to just get up and refuse.
The seniors have always taken great care of him, and Zhang Han himself has never thought of seeking to usurp the throne.
Besides, Zhang Han really doesn't think that there is anything to grab from these four sticks.
And it's not a trump card?
If it's an ace, then there's still value in the fight, after all, there's only one pitcher mound.
If you grab it, you can play, and if you can't grab it, you can only sit on the cold bench.
As for the third or fourth bat, what's there to fight about?
In professional baseball teams and many high-ranking high schools, they will even deliberately place the strongest hitter in the third base.
In terms of the importance of the strike, the importance of the 3rd baton is actually not much worse than the 4th bat.
If there is any difference in this, it is probably a difference in reputation.
After all, four batters are the representative of a team's strongest hitter, and three batters can only be regarded as one of the core hits.
For the sake of such a false name, go to make the seniors unhappy and make trouble for yourself.
Zhang Han was not happy.
But before he could stand up, he was forced to retreat by Inspector Kataoka's stern gaze.
"With our fame and strength, there will be more and more times when the other party is strong. In order to avoid being escorted, the order of strikes in each match will be temporarily adjusted according to the situation and the needs of the game. ”
As soon as Superintendent Kataoka explained, everyone was relieved.
It turned out that Zhang Han was not really set at the fourth stick, he was just one of the rotations.
But even then, it's pretty powerful.
This shows that in the minds of Kataoka's supervisors and coaching staff, Zhang Han's striking strength is second to none in the entire team.
It's just that everyone still has doubts in their hearts.
It's still those people who play the fight, is the order change really that important?
Kataoka is not very sure about this.
But when Coach Ochiai brought it up to him, the expression on his face was very confident.
Kataoka thought to himself that since he didn't understand, he might as well listen to the professionals and give it a try.
An important game is definitely not good, but a grassroots opponent like Yutian should not be a big problem.
It's just that Kataoka didn't expect that at the beginning of today's game, the players of Yutian Animal Husbandry would give themselves such a big surprise.
In the course of their previous matches, they even retained their strength!
Fortunately, Tanba's performance was good, and he didn't have to worry too much about today's boldness.
Zhang Han is the first time to be a four-stick stick.
Don't look at him, he became the core and main player of Matsukata Junior League very early, but when he was in Matsukata, he was always the fifth baseman. Even in the last year, it was Hoshida who served as the fourth stick, not him.
It was a very memorable day!
It was the first time he had stepped into the strike zone as a quadruple for the team.
Zhang Han's mood is very complicated, he has a trace of expectation, and at the same time carries a bit of responsibility.
As the fourth baton of the team, the burden on his body is obviously much heavier. Today's opponents, especially Tamada's ace pitcher, really exceeded the expectations of the Seido High School baseball team.
At the beginning, Aikawa gave Qingdao a dismount.
At this time, if the other party does not face off with him, it will be better.
But once the other party decides to fight against himself and be solved again, the blow to Qingdao will be too great.
Once the strongest 4 bats are solved, players will naturally see Aikawa as the top pitcher.
When they played each other, they were scared by three points first, how can they fight?
You have to hit it, and at least get a hit.
Zhang Han secretly made up his mind.
According to the information that Kuramochi said before, there are not many changes in Aikawa's pitching itself, and the only change ball he will make is a finger fork ball.
The most surprising thing about Aikawa is his terrifying ball power.
It's enviable!
According to Zhang Han's understanding, the ball is so terrifying, does it mean that the ball spins faster than the average straight ball?
The size of each person's palm, the length of their fingers, and the way they hold the ball are all different.
This means that even if it is the same straight ball, the speed is the same, and the power of the shot is not the same
It's like throwing a long shot, even if two pitchers have the same initial ball speed, they can throw far from each other. The one who threw far, no matter what the reason for the far, must have more power than the one who threw close.
Zhang Han shook the long stick hard.
He is in Qingdao, how much progress has he made? The next blow is about to be seen.
Xiang Chuan has a bit of the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, even in the face of Zhang Han, he did not escape at all.
Instead, he went all out and threw the baseball in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
When the baseball flies in.
Zhang Han had already seen the direction.
The ball speed of this ball is average, and the position is about three balls in the middle and down.
Aikawa's pitching relies on momentum, and his own ball control is actually rotten to death.
Pitching is basically concentrated around the middle of the belt.
The catcher has probably given up on matching, and with Aikawa's ability, it is already good to be able to throw the ball into a good ball belt.
It's good to come!
The white ball came to Zhang Han's eyes in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Han stomped heavily on the strike zone with both feet, starting with his legs, then his waist, and finally his arms and wrists.
At this time, Zhang Han's whole body was like a coordinated machine, with full horsepower.
Seeing the flying baseball, Zhang Han unceremoniously swung the baton out.
"Ping!"
The contest of speed and speed, the collision of power and power.
At this moment, the power of Zhang Han's whole body completely exploded.
The body, which can throw a ball speed of 154 kilometers, has become even more terrifying when used for hitting.
After all, compared with pitching, Zhang Han's blow is undoubtedly more comfortable.
"Whew!"
The small white ball that was knocked out flew directly into the sky.
In the stands, thousands of pairs of eyes were firmly locked on the small white ball. They felt like the ball was going straight into the sky, as if it wasn't going to fall.
Baseball will fly like this until it reaches the deepest part of the universe......
They really didn't see the baseball fall.
Facing the spring breeze, the white ball rushed directly out of the court, turning into a small white dot, and I don't know where to go.
Zhang Han raised his hand high.
"The first to score points was the Seongdo High School baseball team. The fourth batter, Zhang Han, swept out the home run, and the white ball rushed directly out of the court. ”
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