Chapter 31: Three Strikes Like Rain (Part 2)
This, how is this possible?
Hattori's eyes were about to fly out, and he looked at the figure on the pitcher's mound as if he were looking at an ancient beast.
Sawamura's face was cold, with a smell of slaughter all over his body.
"Uh~"
Hattori swallowed with difficulty, thinking about the ball Sawamura had just thrown, and the disbelief in his eyes continued to spread.
The ball goes into the inside corner and then sinks suddenly.
If such a ball appears in the outside corner, the short stick can still reach it.
But if you appear in the inside corner, even if you use a short stick, you may not be able to hit the ball!
When the hitter plays short, he holds two hands, one on the handle of the bat, and the other as the fulcrum held in the center of the bat. In this way, the ball is in the middle and outside corners, and the bat can naturally be adjusted more easily.
However, if the ball is in the inner corner, it is very close to the player's body, and the player's flexibility to adjust the bat is greatly reduced. Of course, because the short play posture allows the hitter to better see the ball path, and the bat is prepared in advance, it is still no problem to play the short game.
At this time, the ball sinks in the inside corner!
The bat's bat and body will sink with it......
How many blocks does the ball have? When the ball sinks at hand, the hitter may be able to keep up?
In this way, even if it is a short shot, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hit Sawamura's ball.
"Sawamura! Sawamura !! ”
Seeing that Hattori's short fight failed, the brothers of the Red Heart Brotherhood in the stands swayed wildly as if they had eaten ecstasy.
Sure enough, their Sawamura is invincible in the world.
Even if the hitter uses a short shot, I will make you miss the ball.
in the corner.
Yamanaka and Uesugi looked at each other, and both saw shock in each other's eyes.
When they played against Sawamura before, they had this hunch, but I didn't expect their hunch to be really right.
Even if it's a short fight, Sawamura has a way to make the beater's swing miss.
"Should I say, is it worthy of the Great Demon King?"
Tokyo, Narimiya's family.
A serious expression appeared on the little boy's angel-like face.
"Naruto, what's wrong?"
Mother asked with concern.
The screaming boy shook his head and signaled that he was fine.
But one of his fists clenched.
It's great to be able to participate in the national tournament of the Soft Ball League. I didn't expect that there are such monsters in the country!
Although he had heard the name of Sawamura before, based on the arrogance of the top players in the hard ball league, he did not take the so-called national overlord Yokozuna seriously. Yokozuna didn't pay much attention to it, and he naturally didn't pay much attention to Sawamura, who took seventeen strikeouts from Yokozuna.
In contrast, Haruka Nanami, who had won him in the Young League era, made him mind more.
Unexpectedly, the Great Demon King, who he didn't care about before, actually had such strength.
If Sawamura's pitching in the first three games just made his eyes shine, then Sawamura's final shot that made Hattori's short shot miss was really different.
Even a teenager named Naruto across the TV felt a huge threat of the same level from Sawamura.
The audience in the stadium was like a boiling pot, surging non-stop.
In this regard, Sawamura was unmoved, and he indifferently threw his second ball.
"Whoosh!"
Hattori made a very strong determination to put on a short-fight posture again.
Fortunately, at this time, no audience said that he was cowardly, or even faintly, and the audience was still looking forward to his second short fight.
Here comes the ball!
The ball flew towards him.
Will hit me!
In the face of the upcoming touch ball, Hattori's eyes subconsciously closed, but his body did not retreat.
He had already made up his mind that even if the ball fell on him, he would rely on the touch ball to get to base.
Hattori, with his eyes closed, waited for a long time, but his body didn't feel any pain.
Odd~
As soon as doubts rose in his heart, the crisp sound of a baseball in his ears sounded.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!"
This, how is this possible?
Hattori, who was in the strike zone, turned his head like a fool to look at the white ball in Feng Xiang's glove.
From his point of view, Sawamura's goal would definitely have hit him. Even if it didn't hit him, it should have been a bad ball outside the inside corner, how could it be a good ball?
The number of balls is two good, and there are zero bad. The beaters were chased.
At this time, Sawamura threw his third ball.
Hattori, who has been played stupidly by Sawamura, has a stiff body.
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!
Second stick.
"Good shot!"
"Good shot!"
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!"
Two strikeouts in a row and two outs.
If the previous short hit of Hattori failed, and people still have doubts, seeing that the second short hit of Tenryu Temple failed, the audience has no doubt in their hearts.
As unbelievable as it may be, the truth is that Sawamura does have a way to frustrate the beater's short fight.
"Nine!"
"Nine!"
"Demon King, Great Demon King!!"
In the audience, a voice suddenly sounded.
Then all the people around came to their senses.
Yes, with this out, Sawamura has already scored nine strikeouts. Does that mean that the horror record that they thought was ironclad that there was no one before or after will be refreshed again?
Now by the end of the game, there are still ten beaters in Tenryuji, which means that Sawamura can still win ten outs!
Ten outs, more than eight strikeouts, this thing is put on someone else, and no one believes it.
But if the pitcher is Sawamura, it doesn't seem impossible.
After all, at the beginning, Sawamura had won seventeen strikeouts from the giant Yokozuna. Since 21 outs could have won 17 strikeouts, it is not impossible to get more than 8 strikeouts in 10 outs now, right?
Two outs, no one on base.
"Third batter, pitcher, Haruka Nanami."
Tenryu Temple, the strongest hitter, stood in the strike zone.
Not every team, the strongest hitter is placed in the four-batter. Because of the different tactical arrangements, there are also teams that put the strongest batter in the first or third bat.
Tenryuji dominates the world with mobility, and their first and second bats are fast hitters, and the third batter puts the strongest home sweeper.
Haruka Nanami's eyes, like the headlights of a car, stared at Sawamura.
He didn't put on a short stick, and it looked like he was determined to go toe-to-toe with Sawamura.
Pitcher mound.
After a year, Sawamura once again felt the breath of a beater from Haruka Nanami.
"Interesting!"
When he saw Hattori swinging a short stick, Sawamura knew that he had guessed correctly with Feng Xiang, and Tenryuji should have planned to launch a tactical attack in this game.
At this time, he let Hattori and Tenryu Temple give the second stick, the short hit failed, and the three strikes against them were tantamount to completely disrupting the layout of Tenryu Temple.
Haruka Nanami's original mission was to help Hattori return to home plate.
Whether it's a short hit or a normal blow, his purpose is the same.
"Are you confident you can hit my ball?"
Sawamura looked at Haruka Nanami, whose momentum was swelling in the strike zone, and a wicked smile rose at the corner of his mouth.