Chapter 41: A Tooth for a Tooth
Sawamura's pitching is very impressive, and Mari on the other side is not to be outdone.
With his unique ball speed, it was really difficult for the friends of Akagi Middle School to cope.
The ball speed soared to 135 kilometers, not to mention that it was just a middle school game, even if this ball speed was placed in high school, relying on the ball speed alone, Mari could restrain more than half of the smaller hitters.
You must know that most of the high school players are 17 years old, and although the physical development of this age is not yet fully mature, there are always eight or nine points compared with adults.
Height, weight, strength, speed, and especially skill and experience in swinging the bat. The 23rd grade of high school is already very mature even compared to professional players. The simplest example, in the college world, there are not many people who join a professional team directly as a high school student, but it is not uncommon.
Such a hitter would not dare to say that he could play a straight ball with a speed of 135 kilometers.
Most of the friends at Akagi Middle School are in the second grade, 13 years old. With their current physical condition and the swing they have just practiced for a year and a half. It's a bit more difficult to hit a 135-kilometer straight ball at high speed. This point has not changed even after the introduction of the pitching machine, and everyone's striking strength has grown rapidly.
After all, these little guys from Akagi Middle School are special to Sawamura Eijun, but for baseball, they are just some enthusiasts, and they are not geniuses. Although I have been practicing diligently every day for the past year and a half, there are some things that do not mean that you will be able to do it if you work hard.
Now the friends can play 120 kilometers, which is considered to be the average level in middle school. Such a level, in terms of their own time practicing now, can be called gratifying. But compared with the current opponents of Akagi Middle School, it is still difficult to come in handy with such a level of swinging.
Most of the middle school students are made up of teenagers who are thirteen or fourteen years old. The vast majority of such teenagers have not yet grown up, and their own strength and swinging sticks are very immature.
However, it does not exclude some people who develop relatively early or are gifted. In the ranks of middle school students, it is definitely not without the existence of monsters. For example, in the team of middle school students, who can soar the ball speed to 130 kilometers, they are all monsters, and they can crush seventy or eighty percent of the hitters in the same class.
On top of that, every five kilometres of ball speed increases is a completely different world. Like Mari, who has a ball speed of 135 kilometers, there is no suspense in crushing most of the beaters in Akagi Middle School.
This is also the biggest shortcoming of Akagi Middle School. Except for Sawamura and Fengxiang, no one in Akagi Middle School could adapt to this kind of ball speed. If they want to play Mari ball, they can only rely on guessing and betting.
But the problem is that even if you are lucky enough to guess the way of the ball, block the path and hit the ball, it will be difficult to form a threatening attack.
First of all, at such a fast ball speed, the ball is so heavy, even if you can hit the ball, how far can the ball fly?
Another garrison of Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School is not a dry meal. If you can't hit the ball accurately through the guard, then even if you hit the ball, it will be stopped by the fielder, which is useless.
In this case, the friends of Akagi Middle School are naturally helpless with Mari.
Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.
In the first half of the fifth inning, it was Nagano's turn to attack.
With the previous experience of raiding Sawamura, this time when the friends of Nagano Metropolitan High School stood in the strike zone, they were all scary with high morale.
That's not to say that they have the certainty that they can defeat Sawamura. It's just that when I fought Sawamura before, the people at Nagano Metropolitan High School were really at a loss, there was nothing to do, and there was no hope in sight. But this time is different, this time at least they have found a way, and with a way, they are naturally not afraid of a head-on showdown with Sawamura. Even in their hearts, there is a trace of anticipation and eagerness to try.
When playing against celebrities, there are generally two mindsets, one is particularly frustrated, feeling that they are incompetent, and the other is particularly excited.
The fighters of Nagano Metropolitan now belong to the latter category.
"Then let me see it!"
Sawamura himself was particularly excited.
He was really played miserably by the other party before, as a player in a major league. Well, he doesn't have the strength he had at his peak right now, but he doesn't have a lot of experience in the big leagues.
Sawamura, who is so experienced, was actually played around by a bunch of little kids, how could Sawamura not be ashamed and annoyed.
In the case of shame, there are generally only two manifestations, one is to run away, and the other is to completely vent out their shame.
Sawamura undoubtedly belongs to the latter!
He wants justice from Nagano Metropolitan High School.
Seeing the hitter from Nagano Metropolitan High School standing in the strike zone, Sawamura unhurriedly touched his hat, and then pointed to his heart.
In the catcher position, Feng Xiangao nodded slightly, and then squatted down.
Such an interaction between the two naturally did not escape the eyes of the Nagano Metropolitan High School beater.
Based on the know-how that his coach had taught him, he quickly determined the path of Sawamura's next shot.
Change the ball!
There are two types of change balls, Sawamura's change balls, the upper float and the speed ball, and even if they drag Tsuchihara or Mari out, they may not be able to play well, let alone the other hitters of Nagano Metropolitan High School.
These players from Nagano Metropolitan High School naturally have a higher level of hitting than their friends at Akagi Middle School, but compared to geniuses like Mari and Tsuchihara, they are not half a star behind.
With their level, they would never dare to attack Sawamura's change ball, they only aimed at Sawamura's straight ball, a straight ball with a speed of 130 kilometers.
Here I have to talk about the gap between the wealthy middle schools and ordinary middle schools, these beaters in the wealthy middle schools are generally relatively strong. Take the ball speed as an example, Sawamura's 130-kilometer ball speed, if you throw it at the friends of Akagi Middle School, you can hit only three or four people. In other words, he can use this ball speed alone to get five or six strikeouts in a single round. But Nagano Metropolitan High School is different, and their hitters are counted as one, and they can barely keep up with Sawamura's ball speed. Although limited to Sawamura's ball power and possession, they may not be able to play well, but they can hit the ball. If you tell them to lock the ball in advance, they can even hit the ball safely.
"Whoosh!"
Sawamura's pitch passed through like a laser.
In the face of this ball, the hitter did not swing the bat, and the baseball fell straight into Feng Xiang's glove.
"Good shot!"
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