Chapter 86: Losing Points under Perfect Garrison (First Update)
To make all of this clear, we also need to play the footage back.
One is out, and there is someone on second base.
In the current situation, the beater is Narumiya Narumiya, and the runner is Carl Ross.
Sawamura deliberately pinned down Carl Ross with his gaze before pitching, just to prevent him from getting too far away from the baseball. As a result, the other party was very honest and had no intention of stealing the base at all.
At this time, Miyuki and Sawamura took it for granted that Inagi's strategy was to make Sawamura and Inagi's next third and fourth sticks go head-to-head.
That's great!
Although Narumu Narumiya and Riku Yamaoka are not easy opponents to solve, if it is a tough shootout. Miyuki is still very confident in Sawamura's pitching.
He believes that if he does that, it will be Sawamura who will win in the end.
It's just a pity that it's not just Miyuki and Sawamura who have the same idea, but also another man.
This man was the founder of the Inaki Dynasty, and it is now widely rumored that the best overseer in the Tokyo area, Kunitome Hiroshige.
He also didn't think that in the first round of the meeting, Narumiya Narumiya and Ryo Yamaoka would be able to get hits clean from Sawamura. So, he thought of another countermeasure.
He gave a secret signal to the players on the field, let Carl Ross steal the base, and let Cheng Gong Ming strike!
Of course, this is a tactic based on detailed intelligence.
Sawamura has a stunt that other pitchers don't have.
That's the privilege of being the last to strike!
To put it simply, even if Sawamura throws the ball, as long as the ball has not left his palm, Sawamura can freely control the landing point of the ball.
This skill is useless against the beater. After all, after Sawamura changed the direction of his pitch, he could only throw some simple straight balls, and he couldn't throw the change ball.
But it works wonders against the runners who steal the bases.
Wouldn't that runner have a headache when he encounters a pitcher like Sawamura?
Sawamura, who has the privilege of shooting backwards, has even been touted by the media as a runner's nemesis.
If you don't go head-to-head, you can't be defeated!
Such an aura of glory shrouded people subconsciously thought that Sawamura's personal skills were perfect and impeccable, and they would not have other ideas.
And Guoyou Guangzhong is different from ordinary people, he likes to think backwards.
If he had a pitcher like Sawamura under him, what would he fear the most?
Reasoning in reverse, the conclusion reached is very incredible. The more perfect something is, the more it has an Achilles' heel. Sawamura's post-shot privilege, which looks good and powerful.
But it also has an Achilles' heel.
That's the ball that is missed, just the most ordinary straight ball. Again, the ball was missed, beyond the hitter's striking range. But if the hitter knows in advance, it's not that he can't hit it at all.
The rest of the question is very simple!
As long as you find a way to force Sawamura Eijun to adopt the privilege of making a later move, it will be fine.
At the beginning of the game, Carl Ross went to base, which the friends of Qingdao High School naturally did not expect, in fact, the people of Daocheng Industry were also very surprised. However, Kunitome Hiroshige found that this was a good opportunity, a good opportunity to take advantage of Sawamura's privileges.
So, he had White River escort Carlros in the first place.
This creates a situation where one person is out and the runner is on second base.
Next!
That's the best part of the tactics.
While Sawamura was pinning down, Carl Ross stayed at second base and didn't move. When Sawamura wanted to pitch, Carl Ross suddenly stole the base!
In the face of Carl Ross, who suddenly stole the base, Miyuki didn't have time to think about it, he subconsciously deviated from the original squatting position, which was tantamount to giving Sawamura a code.
Sawamura on the pitcher's mound also knew that Carl Ross was stealing the base, and he didn't hesitate to throw the ball off the ball. Deflecting the ball out of the outside corner of the good ball zone makes it easier for Miyuki to receive the ball and can block Carlros immediately after receiving the ball.
Sent to the door out, don't be in vain.
The actions of the two are not decisive, but all this has been calculated.
Just after Sawamura threw himself away, Narumiya Ming, who was originally a normal blow, stepped out. In this way, the original big bad ball becomes an ordinary straight ball in the outer corner.
"Ping!"
The bat hit the baseball, and Narumiya's face turned red.
The ball, heavier than he thought!
In just two months, Sawamura's progress has been all-round.
Originally, Nari Gongming planned to win a home run, but now it seems that it will not be possible.
The baseball flew out and landed behind Sawamura.
Sawamura was dumbfounded for a moment when the ball was hit, but he reacted quickly.
He jumped to his feet, ready to catch the ball.
But his height and bounce were clearly not enough, and the baseball arced and landed behind Sawamura, halfway between the shortstop and second baseman.
"Good!"
"It's landed!"
"Run, !!"
In the rest area of Inagi Industrial Co., Ltd., in the stands of Hachioji Stadium, enthusiastic cheers rang out.
What do they see?
It's nothing short of a miracle.
Sawamura Eijun, who is almost invincible in Koshien and has not been conquered by anyone, is he about to lose points?
In fact, it's possible.
As long as this ball flies out, with Carl Rose's speed, he will definitely be able to get to base safely.
Come to think of it.
The eyes of the spectators watching the game around were red.
Their hearts are beating and pounding, and the adrenaline in their bodies is soaring.
Witness the miracle!
It's time to witness history!
Just when the audience, trembling with excitement, waited to watch the miracle.
A mutation has occurred.
The baseball that was knocked out was about to fly to the outfield and form a hit.
A sturdy figure suddenly pounced.
He pressed the ball under his body.
Pitcher mound.
Sawamura felt as if he had been redeemed. Although the ball was hit before, it can't be completely his responsibility. But the ball was always thrown by him, and Sawamura couldn't do the thing that he threw the ball himself and was beaten out, and relied on others to blame it.
"Spring Market!"
He looked gratefully at the not-so-athletic figure.
Kominato Haruichi, in terms of garrison, is not inferior to his brother Kominato Ryosuke.
"Hip hop!"
At this time, Kurachi arrived at the horse!
He rushed to help.
Kominato Haruichi did not hesitate, took out the baseball under his body, and still followed Kurachi. At this time, his whole body was falling, and there was no way to pass the ball.
"Die!"
Kuramochi's movements, like those martial arts stars who play stunts, sent the ball to first base like a sharp arrow.
can personally send Cheng Gongming out, Kuramochi will not mind.
Carl Rose, who stole the base in advance, had already reached third base. By the time Sawamura pitched, he had already started running. Kuramochi knew there was no hope of touching him, so he passed the ball to first base.
It's just that he didn't notice that Carl Rose, who was supposed to reach third base, didn't stop.
When he saw Kuramochi pass first base, his whole body was like an African cheetah, pounced on his prey, that is, home plate.
This move cannot be said to be unassuming, but not many people have noticed.
Even the spectators at the scene, now more eyes are also following the ball to first base.
The ball and Narumiya arrived almost in no particular order on first base.
The first-base referee, who had already helped Inajo once before, found out in his conscience this time, raised both hands, and then separated.
“OUT!”
"Out!"
"Whew!!"
The friends of Qingdao High School breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation from the position of home plate.
"Pass home plate!"
The muscles on Qianyuan's face were shaking, and he didn't think much about it. During the game, he trusted Miyuki's judgment very much, so he passed the ball directly to home plate.
By the time the front garden turned his head to look at home plate, his eyes were about to pop out.
Carl Ross was less than ten meters from home plate.
With the speed at which he was running with all his might, it was only about a second to reach home plate.
The pass is 0.5 to 0.6 seconds, and the rest of the time, Miyuki has to touch and kill.
It's too late!
Maezono knew this when he passed the ball.
However, he still stubbornly passed the ball over.
Whether there is hope or not, he has to do it.
If you do it, you can succeed, but if you don't do it, you will never succeed.
"Smack!"
The ball landed precisely in Miyuki's glove.
Miyuki's body reacted faster than his brain, reaching straight for Carl Rose.
Carl Ross was also unambiguous, and the whole person was like a black fish, and pounced out.
I lay my body flat and touched the base bag with my hand.
"Safety!"
……
Qingdao High School's competition against Daocheng Industry was even more intense than everyone imagined.
There was a comedic change at the beginning of the first game alone.
The great demon king Sawamura Eijun, who kept his golden body in Koshien in the summer, lost points!
The audience who saw this scene first thought of not cheering, but dumbfounded.
They just looked at everything on the pitch stupidly, and nothing happened.
It's incredible!
The Great Demon King, the omnipotent Great Demon King, the Great Demon King who lost zero points in Koshien.
Unexpectedly, it was just a loss of points.
Not only the audience, but even Qingdao High School's own friends were also a little confused.
To be honest, they probably didn't expect this scene in front of them.
Rest area in Inagi.
The superintendent of Guoyou, who is usually very calm, waved his arm excitedly.
It worked!
Although there were many deviations from his original plan, the results speak for themselves.
Sawamura, not invincible.
As long as you are well prepared, as long as the players work hard enough, it is not impossible to get points from him.
"Good!"
In this pitcher battle, being able to score points first means that you have the initiative.
Unlike the summer game, the initiative in this game is firmly in their hands.
No matter how shocked the scene was, the game still had to go on.
Two outs, no one on base.
It's the turn of the blow, the fourth stick of Inagi, Yamaoka Riku.
At this moment, Qingdao, who had just lost a point, called a timeout.
Miyuki walked up to the pitcher's hill and discussed with Sawamura what to do.
The situation just now, the impact on Miyuki and Sawamura, is very huge. They must clear their minds as soon as possible, otherwise the situation will only get worse.