Chapter 62: Victory in the First Battle (Part 3)
At the end of the three games, the score on the court did not change at all, it was still 3:0!
I have to say that Muto still has two brushes. Oda, Yamaguchi's own striking strength is good, otherwise he wouldn't have seized the opportunity of the pitcher's swing in the first round.
But they were defeated by Muto's pitch one after another.
For middle school students who are not strong in swinging the bat, and have not mastered the skills of pulling, pitchers who control the ball accurately and pitchers who are particularly fast are extremely deadly targets.
Although Muto's own ball speed is not fast, his ball control and the Santai Middle School guard, which has been honed to cooperate with his ball control, the combination of the two, the strength is far more than one plus one equals two.
Oda and Yamaguchi confronted him for the first time, and it was not surprising that they could do nothing.
After that, Feng Xiang swung his bat with all his might, ready to hit the ball over the head of the infielder, but he didn't expect that on the last ball, the opponent used a bad ball. Because Muto's bad balls appeared very rarely, Feng Xiang also caught his way and played a high fly.
On the other hand, Sawamura did not let it go.
At this time, Santai Middle School also discovered that although Sawamura's pitching speed was very fast, strictly speaking, it should be the same type of pitcher as Muto. They all won the number of outs by letting the hitter keep hitting the ball and relying on the goalkeeper.
"In other words, he's also a ball-handling pitcher!"
After Santai's coach understood this, he immediately gave orders to his players.
Pitchers who live on the ball are very dependent on the team's defense. In order to cooperate with Muto, the whole team practiced for a whole year. Is Akagi's team so strong?
With such suspicions, he immediately asked his team to shake Akagi's garrison.
It's just a pity that they have been honing for a year in order to cooperate with Muto. Akagi is also a team with pitchers as the core, and the friends have been concentrating on assisting Sawamura from the beginning of the team.
By now, they have been working hard for a year and a half.
In terms of the strength of the garrison, these brothers in Sawamura are not pestles.
Santai's attack was quickly broken up by the strong garrison of Akagi's friends.
On the other side, in the fourth game, although Sawamura was on base, the friends after that were all solved by Muto one after another.
The game was played until the end of the fifth inning, and neither side scored again.
The score is still 3:0!
At this point in the game, even Akagi himself was surprised. Although when Sawamura pitched, he was a little fishy. But they didn't save their hands when they struck. Until now, Akagi has only won a single hit from Mutoshu's hands.
And the creator of this hit is still Sawamura.
Although Chicheng Middle School is not a team known for its strikes, the kind of garrison shown by Santai Middle School is still amazing.
In other words, their strength is indeed enough to compete with Akagi Middle School. Although the odds of winning will not be very high, there is always a three-to-four percent.
Muto stood on the pitcher's hill and brought a qualitative change to the entire Santai Middle School.
With such strength and such an ace pitcher, it is no wonder that the coach of Santai Middle School is ambitious and wants to create miracles. He even did not hesitate to make the decision to give up the championship of Chiba Prefecture.
It's just a pity that because of a mistake in his decision-making, Santai Middle School completely lost the opportunity to win.
The score of 3:0 is not big, but it is not small. This score alone is really not enough to make the opponent despair on the baseball field.
But if the opponent is Akagi, this score is enough to make 99.9% of the national team completely desperate.
The sixth game began, and in this game, Mutoki's performance was as always.
He first used a drop ball to solve the mountain pass.
As soon as the game is out, no one is on base.
At this time, it was the turn of Feng Xiang Aoyi again.
"Ping!"
As if a volcanic eruption, he swung his stick and swept the small white ball out of the way.
The white baseball, from the moment it is hit out, to the moment it hits the ground, the total time is a blink of an eye.
In such a short period of time, the wild hands of Santai Middle School only had time to symbolically stretch out their gloves, but where is the time? The small white ball, which passed through the guard and flew towards the outfield.
Feng Xiang went to second base in one go.
One out, there's someone on second base!
At this time, it was Sawamura's turn to strike.
Feng Xiang's arm shook and nodded at Sawamura.
He believes in Sawamura's strength!
Sawamura smiled bitterly: When you are a four-stick, you really have a lot of pressure.
Although he complained like this, when he stood on the strike zone, Sawamura's eyes were bright and scary. Every cell in his body seemed to be beating, with a cheerful energy.
The bat in his hand was raised high, his eyes narrowed slightly, and Sawamura's every move made people feel very uncomfortable. Standing in the position of the pitcher and catcher of Santai Middle School, this feeling is even more pronounced.
On the pitcher's mound, a drop of cold sweat oozed from Muto's forehead.
Judging by his own feelings, the entire good ball belt was shrouded in Sawamura. No matter where you throw it, it seems that Sawamura can hit it. Even though he's a pitcher who relies on the guard to get outs, it's a scary feeling.
"Do you need to be escorted?"
Now it's a game out, there are people on second base, and the base bag on first base is empty, and it doesn't have to be a head-to-head showdown with Sawamura.
The catcher saw that Muto was embarrassed and gave him a code, but unfortunately Muto refused without hesitation.
"No way!"
If it's evenly matched, it's not impossible for them to escort Sawamura. But now that they are three points behind, if they want to have a chance of survival, they must take out Sawamura head-on.
First let Sawamura not score points, and then play the next game to recover the points from Sawamura.
These three Tai have a chance!
It's a pity that this is destined to be just Muto's own good wishes.
"Ping!"
Sawamura's swing of the bat accurately pulled the outside corner ball to third base. Let the Santai Middle School fielders, who are guarded by the first base, pounce in the air.
The baseball lands on the ground, forming a long hit.
Sawamura ran to second base and sent Feng Xiang back to home plate.
With an aggregate score of 4:0, Akagi won the additional points.
Of course, this score is not the most surprising, anyway, few people are optimistic that Santai can turn the tables after falling behind by three points.
What surprised them the most was Sawamura!
In the stands.
"Rada!"
In the eyes of the old man Hiromitsu Yamano, the eyeballs were about to fly out.
Due to the physical fitness of secondary school students, they are rarely exposed to the technique of pulling. Even if there is, it is only those who play hard ball youth baseball that will have contact.
Sawamura before, although the striking strength is extraordinary. But I've never shown such striking skills.
"Where is the end of your potential?"
The old fox said with a confused look in his eyes.
……
"Kanto convention, first round, third session. Nagano Akagi Junior High School played in the match against Chiba Santai Junior High School, with an aggregate score of 4:0, and Akagi Junior High School won. ”
Without any suspense, Akagi defeated Santai 4:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals in Kanto!