Chapter 57: The Demon Brother Who Became Famous in the First Fight (Tribute to the Flying Knife)
Akutsu calculated correctly, no matter what he threw in the first two balls, Ryosuke Kominato would not swing the bat.
This time, Ryosuke Kominato has made up his mind to choose four bad!
Of course, he did this for another purpose, which was to burn his pitch count.
"Is it that easy?"
Akutsu felt as if he had encountered a very interesting math problem, and he couldn't help but get excited.
Now I'm two goals ahead and I'm absolutely on the initiative. This is equivalent to a problem, all the previous steps have been clearly analyzed, and the rest is just a simple operation.
Next, it's up to you to take the last good ball and strike out the opponent, or let the opponent hit the ball into the field and rely on the guard to win the last out.
In Akutsu's view, these two are the same.
"Whoosh!"
Small white balls, flying to the outer corners.
This ball looks like a standard bad ball!
Ryosuke Kominato has an extremely terrifying eye for ball selection, good and bad balls, he is very clear.
Therefore, he should not swing this ball.
On the pitcher's hill, Akutsu seemed to have seen the dawn of victory, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
As the white ball approached the hitter's hand, it suddenly slid towards the good ball belt. Then he almost stuck to the sideline of the good ball belt in the outside corner, and flew into the open glove of the plain zero.
It's a slider that slides inside from the outside corner and into the good belt!
What was originally a bad ball has changed into a good ball.
"Win!"
In the position of the catcher, a trace of excitement flashed in the eyes of Plains Zero.
Although it is as simple as eating and drinking water to solve the beaters, he still rarely wins strikeouts.
In this match, it looks like it is going to break Yakutsu's strikeout record.
Before the excitement in his eyes faded, a bat suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
"Ping!"
The bat, with precision, hit the white ball with precision, and then touched the ball.
"Smack!"
The baseball that was touched and landed outside the bounds of the first base.
"Out of bounds!"
On the strike zone, Ryosuke Kominato spit out three words in a low voice.
"Third goal!"
On the pitcher's mound, Akutsu, who has always been relatively calm, has also changed his face.
Waiting for the blow, Sawamura spent all his time tapping the bat in his hand with his fingers.
Shura Duji Akutsu, enjoy the generous gifts of my seniors, they will definitely surprise you. Your brain's database, I'm afraid, is going to be refreshed.
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
Another ball was sent out of bounds.
Ryosuke Kominato muttered in a low voice, "Fourth ball! ”
On the pitcher's hill, Akutsu gave up the idea of striking out Ryosuke Minato.
Obviously, Ryosuke Kominato's purpose is not as simple as choosing the four bad. He didn't tell the ball was good or bad at all, he simply wanted to hit it out of bounds.
His aim was to burn my pitches!
That's it!
That's why he even plays throw-ins close to the touchline of the good ball.
You don't need to distinguish between good and bad balls, just just hit the flying baseball out of bounds.
The simple purpose increased Ryosuke Kominato's concentration.
Now he didn't think about anything, just wanted to hit the ball out of bounds.
This approach is almost looking for death, as the saying goes, people have misses, horses have stumbles, sooner or later there is a ball, Kominato Ryosuke will not be able to touch, or it will hit the field.
At that point, that's when Ryosuke Kominato is resolved.
Akutsu knew this, but he was helpless.
Whether the two armies are facing each other, or two people fighting, this is always the truth, the soft are afraid of the hard, the hard are afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal are afraid of the stunned, and the stunned are afraid of dying.
Once a puppet risks his life, he will also explode with astonishing destructive power.
Like Ryosuke Kominato, with the determination to go out, to deliberately consume Akutsu's pitch count, it is definitely enough for a headache.
"I hate this duel the most!"
As a pitcher, there doesn't seem to be any special way at this time, but to be able to hit it hard.
Akutsu doesn't like this kind of duel without any technical content.
But he didn't have any way, when Ryosuke Kominato let out, even if he was out, he would have to pester him. He seems to be able to only hit hard and solve Ryosuke Kominato with pitching.
With his swinging skills, it may be difficult to strike him out with a corner kick.
In this case, you can only fish!
"Whoosh!"
Akutsu changed his strategy and threw a fishing ball.
The little white ball is almost right in the middle!
Straight ball?
Seeing the baseball flying, Ryosuke Kominato, who was in the strike zone, had to swing the bat.
Akutsu gives the impression of being a very smart pitcher with ungodly skills.
But if you ignore his ball power and speed because of this, it would be a bit too underestimating him!
He is not a thin scholar, he has a ball speed of 140 kilometers and a lot of power.
In the face of such a mid-pitch throw, it is not easy to delicately hit the ball out of bounds.
Even with the pull technique, it's a question of whether you can pull the ball out of bounds.
Determining what Ryosuke Kominato had in mind, Akutsu immediately changed his mind, intending to let Ryosuke Kominato hit the ball out, and then they relied on the guard to win the outs.
Faced with this ball full of conspiracy, Ryosuke Kominato gritted his teeth tightly and waved his stick decisively.
"Ping!"
The bat hits underneath the white ball, causing the bats to graze and fly behind the catcher and referee.
"Out of bounds!"
With a long breath, Ryosuke Kominato's eyes continued to stare at Akutsu on the pitcher's mound without blinking.
"Fifth ball!"
"Ping!"
"Out of bounds!"
"Sixth Ball!!"
……
In the process of the next fight, Yakutsu's brain kept spinning, and all kinds of old spicy pitches kept flying out.
There are bad balls that fly to the corners, and even big bad balls.
The kind of ball that is far away from the good ball with the sideline, Ryosuke Kominato chose to let it go gently, and he doesn't play any ball.
And all the balls that are thrown into the good ball belt, even those that are slightly low in the good ball belt.
He sent them all out of bounds!
"Out of bounds!"
“15!!!!”
Now there is no need for Ryosuke Kominato to shout, and the audience at Koshien has found something strange.
Watch as the tricky balls that fly in keep being knocked out of bounds. The casting partner of Xibang High School was about to cry with an expression on his face.
These viewers became extremely excited.
Is there anything more exciting than this scene in front of you?
No, not even a home run had such an effect, watching the ball be swept out of bounds one by one.
The spectators in the stands were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
Fifteen balls!
Ryosuke Kominato alone, let the opponent's hitter consume almost the number of shots he had in the previous two innings.
"What's the total number of pitches the opponent has made now?"
In the rest area of Seido High School, the smile on Superintendent Kataoka's face could not be concealed.
Ochiai replied with a smile.
"Forty balls!"
The previous two games combined allowed the opponent to throw less than 20 balls.
With that number of pitches, it is absolutely impossible to drain the physical strength of the opposing pitcher.
But now the three innings are not over, and the opponent's pitch has reached forty.
That's kind of interesting......