Chapter Thirty-Eight: Pitcher, Sawamura! (3rd Update)
Seeing the actions of Kiryu High School in Osaka, Yukiichi was first shocked, and then couldn't help but laugh.
He was shocked because he didn't expect Kiryu Osaka's reaction to be so fast. Of course, there are reasons for his carelessness with Sawamura, but you can think of countermeasures in one game, and you can't help but admire Osaka Kiryu's supervisor Takahiro Matsumoto, who is indeed very set.
But it is precisely because of this that Yu Yuki is a little funny.
The temporary strain shows that before this game, Osaka Kiryu did not specifically study Sawamura's information.
Come to think of it, it's just a practice competition, how could Kiryu Osaka spend several days studying Sawamura's materials and practicing accordingly.
Unexpected opponents are more effective in practice.
When you get to the tournament, the opponent's profile isn't absolutely transparent. Most teams will leave one or two hands to press the bottom of the box, either for offense or for defense.
In short, it's a trick to ensure victory.
Playing practice matches against opponents without any intelligence can improve the team's ability to deal with such unexpected situations to a certain extent.
From the perspective of practice competitions, this is also more practice-effective.
"However, it's a pity, if you haven't studied Sawamura's information before, then how are you going to deal with Sawamura's pitching?"
Miyuki chuckled and gave Sawamura a code.
"Don't be lazy and get to work."
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura pouted dissatisfiedly. He knew that it was impossible to last long with ordinary pitching alone.
But it doesn't matter!
If you can't fish in troubled waters, then it's better to hit it hard.
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura pulled out of the pitch and prepared to pitch.
Looking from the beater's point of view, he saw that the glove on Sawamura's right hand had been covering the front of his body.
'Curious Sweet Preparation Pose'!
The thought had just come to mind, and the beaters had not yet realized what was going to happen next.
Then, strange things happened. Until Sawamura stepped forward, he didn't see Sawamura's left hand to put the ball.
Can't see the spot?
The hitter is a little awkward in his heart, for them who are used to grabbing the point of hand, it is difficult to judge the timing of the swing when they can't see the release point.
However, at this time, he was not too shocked. Even if you can't see the drop point, you always have to wave your arms when you pitch, right? As long as you wave your arms, you can always see something.
Then, the unthinkable happened.
Sawamura's arms waved like a whip, and they didn't rise above his head at all. Coupled with the shielding of gloves, the beater can't see anything.
Standing in the beater's position, you can only see Sawamura's glove pushing forward.
What about balls? When?
The beater's mood involuntarily became nervous.
"Whoosh!"
The last bit of white light flashed, and the hitter didn't have time to react before he saw the ball quickly burrow into the trapper's glove.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!"
The number of balls, one good and zero bad.
A big drop of cold sweat oozed from the beater's forehead.
He looked incredulously at Sawamura on the pitcher's mound.
Just the ball, so fast! It's incredibly fast.
Sawamura's pitching in a covered stance would have given the batter the illusion that the ball was very fast. This illusion is eight to ten kilometers. This illusion, combined with Sawamura's own ball speed, made Sawamura's pitch seem to be more than 145 kilometers in the eyes of the hitter.
At this time, the beater is standing in the front.
This way the ball speed is faster!
Although Sawamura's real ball speed is only about 138 kilometers, from the perspective of Osaka Kiryu's hitters, this ball has at least a speed of more than 15 kilometers.
The ball speed is 15, that's a little legend.
The beaters of Kiryu Osaka are almost scared out of their urine.
With such a fast ball, not to mention that they play the line in the lower position, they change the upper line and the core line, which is enough to choke, right?
Looking at the frightened expression of the beater, Miyuki chuckled in his heart.
Without any psychological preparation, just put it right with Sawamura?
He didn't know whether to praise the bravery of Kiryu Osaka, or whether he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Without any preparation, you will face Sawamura and you will wait to eat deflated. When Sawamura uses all the means, the game will be over.
A rest area in Kiryu, Osaka.
Before the players could figure out how they got out of the game before, they saw their friends again, as if they were stupid in the strike zone.
"Swing the stick!"
"Swing the bat actively, and hit the ball when it comes."
"The ball speed is not very fast, what are you afraid of."
The friends were excited.
In the strike zone, the beaters were pale.
Not fast?
You're messing with me.
Even if this ball doesn't have 15, it definitely won't be slower than the previous pitcher, right?
And, unlike the pitcher who pitched poorly, Sawamura's ball control was also terrible.
Whether it's the inside or the outside, he can tell the difference very clearly.
Trouble~
The beater had just received the guidance of his own superintendent, and he had planned to solve the problem of Sawamura lightly, but he didn't expect this to be the case. Now let alone solve Sawamura, he can't even touch Sawamura's ball.
Waiting for the ball to come in, it's too late. You have to swing the stick in advance!
If the hitter didn't figure out what was going on, it was naturally impossible to hit Sawamura's ball.
"Good shot!"
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!
"Strikeout!!
"Strikeout!!
In the blink of an eye, three strikeouts, three up and three down.
The alumni who were watching suddenly had a feeling of raising their eyebrows.
Look, we are not without good pitchers.
As soon as the trump card is shot, stupid, right?
A rest area in Kiryu, Osaka.
Matsumoto Takahiro supervised, there was still a little image of Maitreya Buddha before, and the facial features on his face were about to be distorted.
"What the hell?"
The beaters who were staring at him were frightened and silent.
"Supervisor, really don't blame us. That guy's pitching, you can't see the release point at all......"
Listening to his disciples, Matsumoto Takahiro quickly understood the characteristics of Sawamura.
I see.
The soft body gives the pitcher a unique quirk ball. The unique stance combined with his arm swing took Sawamura's pitching to the next level.
No wonder he was able to make a splash at the Kanto Conference.
"Already a pitcher with a high degree of completion!"
Considering the line of play seen before, and the pitcher Sawamura.
Matsumoto Takahiro's heart was inexplicably a little more jealous.
"This year's Qingdao is really terrible."
Fortunately, I didn't share it in the same division as Qingdao, otherwise I wouldn't have been killed.
"Wait, the other party is already at the end of the strong bow, and we can wait for work. It's a bit of a no-brainer, but there's no way to get the players to gain more confidence. ”
Takahiro Matsumoto had a plan in mind.
Speaking of which, he is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice. Now Kiryu Osaka's team is not the same luxury lineup that won the Koshien quasi-victory last year.
However, because of this, this year's team is more united.
"In the next five rounds, don't let Qingdao score another point."
Restoring his kind smile, Takahiro Matsumoto said to his disciple.