Chapter Forty-Eight: Inexplicable

On the baseball field, the players are guarded, and they all have their own positions.

But in addition to the catcher needs to be fixed in the receiving position, the pitcher needs to stay on the pitcher's mound. The other fielders in the team do not have to be fixed in their own garrison position, they can freely adjust their garrison position, which is also the change of garrison formation.

The reason why the fielders are all in a fixed position is because this fixed position is the most beneficial to the garrison.

From the perspective of the beater, the position of the garrison is generally three, two, three, divided into three rows.

The pitchers in the first row are in the center, flanked by the first and third basemen. The field on first and third base will not be too far away from the base, so that they can return to the base in time in case the runner steals the base. After all, baseball is all about capturing and defending baseballs.

And then behind the three, in the middle of the two gaps, stood the second baseman and the shortstop. The second baseman forms a triangular position with the first baseman and pitcher, which ensures that the second baseman can return to second base and also fill first base. On the other side, the shortstop and pitcher, as well as the third baseman, form another triangle position, and the shortstop can also fill in the second and third bases.

This is the infielder's defense, and the three outfielders are crossed with the shortstop and second baseman.

In this way, a three-two-three guard lineup is formed, and after the layers are crossed, no matter where the ball falls, even if it breaks through the first layer of guards, it will be stopped by the second and third layers of guards. If the infield is guarded, the second baseman receives the ball, and the shortstop goes to fill second base, and the shortstop goes to catch the ball, and the second baseman can also return to second base to fill in. The first baseman catches the ball, and both the pitcher and the second baseman can fill in the blanks. It's the same with the other third baseman receiving the ball, with both shortstops and pitchers filling in for the ball.

Theoretically, no matter how the garrison formation evolves, it cannot be separated from this set of rules.

But what the hell is Akagi Middle School doing now?

Now the garrison of Akagi has completely departed from the three-two-three model. In the first row were the first baseman and third baseman, both of whom were almost going to stand between first and third base and home plate.

Behind first and third base, the pitcher and second baseman, the shortstop who crosses with them.

This is not the most bizarre thing, the most bizarre thing is that second base is completely unguarded, and the shortstops and second basemen move to guard the first and third bases, and they are unable to turn around and go to second base to fill in the position.

The left and right outfielders, although they are guarded by the infield, are still some distance away from second base.

The traditional garrison lineup is three-two-three, and now Akagi's garrison has become two-three-two-one, and it is a strange garrison with a vacancy of second base.

You must know that now, Tianlong Temple has people on first and third base, which is almost the most effective scoring situation on the baseball field. At this time, isn't Akagi afraid that the runner on first base will steal second base?

The answer is yes, they are certainly not afraid. Now second base is like an open pocket, waiting for the runner on first base to enter.

But the more Chicheng arranged it like this, the people of Tianlong Temple were not able to act.

There are people on first and third base, why is it easy to score?

It's because runners on first base can advance to second base at any time, runners on third base aim at home base, and pitchers have to deal with hitters while staring at them.

Single-mindedness and triple use are too much of a test of the pitcher's nerves, even in professional baseball, scoring when there are people on first and third base, it is commonplace. There are so many tactics that can be used in this.

And now, Akagi has made it clear that he will let go of second base, which means that I don't want second base, and you can go on it if you want.

When Akagi is out of the way, he would rather suffer the disadvantage of one out and someone on second and third base. Tianlong Temple has no way to take advantage of the favorable situation of people on first and third bases to create scoring opportunities.

In the stands, Fukuda Kang said with emotion: "It's amazing! ”

In the face of Tenryu Temple, a sharp short hit, a base-running offensive. Instead of collapsing, Akagi Middle School came up with a countermeasure. It's a bit of a strange solution, but it's very effective.

The infielders are moving forward so much that they almost block all of the hitter's short play routes, and all they can do is go head-to-head with the pitcher. The runner on first base is free to move to second base, and the pitcher doesn't have to be distracted.

Overall, while the runner on first base advances to second base, the pitcher can concentrate on the hitter and ignore the runner on the base, while also allowing his fielder to concentrate on the hitter and the runner on third base.

Thinking about it, Yasu Fukuda looked at the cowshed of Akagi Middle School, and Sano stood in front of the cowshed with his arms crossed.

Is that him?

No, it's not! He should not be the one who can come up with such a countermeasure.

Then, he turned his gaze back to the Pitcher's Mound. It is precisely because of the previous interview with Akagi that Yasu Fukuda is more sure of who the real core of Akagi is.

It's him! The real soul of Akagi Middle School, Eijun Sawamura.

At only twelve years old, he has extraordinary strength. Of course, this is not the most amazing thing for Yasu Fukuda, what amazes him the most is Sawamura's terrifying ball businessman. This boy seems to have been born for baseball.

He knew that Sawamura had more than 20 years of baseball experience. After all, this is too mysterious, and in comparison, he still prefers to believe that Sawamura is talented.

Sawamura threw the first shot, and Nanami was far from it, advancing to second base.

That way, as long as the four bats hit the plain, they can score two points in one go.

"Plains, you have to fight."

Nanami had a faint premonition, they seemed to have been led by Sawamura's nose, which felt very bad, as if the other party had specially prepared a sleeve waiting for them to drill.

Four-stick plain, gave up the short fight, and concentrated on the battle with Sawamura.

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Out-of-bounds!!"

Hiraharas twice knocked the ball out of bounds, and the ball he hit was not at all something that Akagi's friends could reach.

The defense of the infield has been strengthened, and the outfield of Akagi is left with the lone seedling of Yamaguchi, and it seems that as long as the hitters of Tenryuji can fly the ball to the outfield, they will be able to score points.

Now, Pingyuan is aiming at the outfield to play, but it's a pity that he didn't hit the bounds with two goals.

"It's really tough, it's all in the corners, so it's hard to hit the ball in bounds."

Subconsciously, Pingyuan held the bat short, ready to hit the ball indeed. Sawamura's pitching wasn't fast, and he should be able to hit the ball into the outfield even if he didn't swing it with all his might.

"Whoosh!"

Don't let him think too much, Sawamura's pitch came, and this goal, aimed at the inside corner. Pingyuan exhaled and swung his stick calmly. It's just strange that Sawamura's ball speed suddenly increased a lot, and before he could swing the bat and touch the ball, the baseball passed through the good ball belt and burrowed into Feng Xiang's open glove.

"Good shot!"

"Strikeout!"

Stunned in the plain, his face was inexplicable.

Who can tell him what just happened?