Chapter 118: Breaking the Legend (Part 1)
"We can't keep being unlucky!"
This sentence was said by Kurachi.
At that time, Yukiichi had just been banned and out, and the morale of Seichi High School had suffered a big blow.
Kuramochi, who is the vice captain of the team, stepped forward at this time and swore a swear.
Beside him, the front garden kept nodding his head.
"It's just the beginning of the game, we have chances."
The players listened to the impassioned speeches of their two vice-captains and were very encouraged.
They are ambitious and waiting to defeat Hongo Masamune.
But as the game progressed, they suddenly realized that this did not seem to be an easy task.
In the next game, they also didn't score.
The lower hitter has no way to attack Hongo, which is not an accident for the players of Seido High School.
Last summer, even the super tough seniors weren't getting a lot of hits from Masamune Hongo.
Except for the core hitter, there is no other hitter.
Today's situation should be the same for Qingdao High School, if you want to defeat the monster of Hongo, you still need these people from the core beaters to take action after all.
And in the first half of the fourth game, it was the core line of Qingdao that started from Minato Haru City.
"Strikeout!!"
In the second half of the third game, after Yu Xing's training, the combat power of Xiaogu completely exploded.
The bottom half of the second inning, the bottom half of the third inning. He didn't put any hitters from Troll Otomaki High School on base.
The performance is excellent, which makes people look at it sideways.
"The fastest ball speed is 157 km/h, and the ball speed is almost always around 155 km/h. Possession of the ball is not yet good, but it can also fall into the good ball belt. ”
Fujio, a veteran reporter for Baseball Kingdom magazine. With great emotion, he looked at Xiao Yu, who was crazy about expressing himself on the pitcher's mound.
It's amazing!
Although there is the big demon king Sawamura Eijun in the team, the growth and performance of Akira Shibuyani are still amazing.
His strength is so good that even if he is placed in the country, he can be ranked first.
The troll Ofushimaki High School from Hokkaido is the best in the country in all aspects, and the same is true for its attack power.
can suppress the troll Otomaki High School's playing line to this extent, even if it's just the first three innings.
Xiao's performance is very shocking.
Now the only problem is offense!
As long as in the next game, Qingdao High School can overtake, even if it is just to tie the score.
They will all take the absolute initiative on the pitch.
In the first half of the fourth inning, Qingdao High School attacked.
"Second baseman, second baseman, Haruchi Kominato."
No hurry!
I remembered what Superintendent Kataoka had told everyone in the rest area. Kominato Haruichi is very aware of his current task, and Hongo Masamune is in the limelight at this time.
There's no need to go toe-to-toe with him.
The main purpose should be to pester his pitch count, of course, if there is an opportunity.
If you can get a hit, it will be more perfect.
After all, standing behind Kominato Harushi are the two strongest fighters in Seido High School.
Eijun Sawamura and Kazuya Miyuki.
As long as they can get to base, the two of them should be able to send themselves back to home plate.
It was with this purpose that Kominato Harushi stood in the strike zone.
The wooden stick in his hand caused a lot of discussion in the audience.
In the professional baseball arena, there are not a few beaters who use wooden sticks. But on the baseball field in high school, everyone prefers metal sticks, and there are very few hitters who actually use wooden sticks.
With his good looks and the use of wooden sticks, Kominato Haruichi has already caused a lot of talk in the Koshien arena.
Not to mention, he's also scored a few hits in his previous three games.
This made him even more famous.
Now that Xiao Minato is standing in the strike zone, there are even many voices in the audience cheering for him.
"Koshien is such a great place, and as long as you do something here, you will definitely be remembered."
Coach Ochiai touched the mustache on his chin and thought deeply.
Today's blow from Kominato Harushi attracted him very much.
According to his original wishes, he hoped that Kominato Haruichi could change to a metal rod. But Haruichi Kominato has his own insistence and has not followed the advice of Coach Ochiai.
In such a situation, Coach Ochiai naturally can't force it.
He hopes that this Koshien will be used as a yardstick, and if Kominato Haru uses wooden sticks in Koshien this year, he will still perform well. He won't talk about it again.
But if he is on the field in Koshien, the performance is average.
Coach Ochiai thinks it's necessary for him to have an in-depth conversation with Kominato Haruichi.
"I'll see!"
He watched the duel on the pitch with keen eyes, and the duel quickly came to an end.
After tangling a few balls, Haruichi Kominato had to swing his bat.
With two good balls behind, there are no good balls, and his goal is just to hit the ball out of bounds.
"Ping!"
The moment the white ball touched the bat, Kominato's face became extremely ugly.
Straight ball!
And it's a very strong kind.
It was not easy for him to force the ball out of bounds with his bat.
The white ball is touched and rolls into bounds.
The troll's first baseman rushes forward, picks up the ball, and stomps on the base.
"Out!"
In today's game, Kominato's performance was a little weaker.
His lack of strength was vividly expressed. Even if you can keep up with the speed of Hongo's Masamune, there is still no way to hit the ball.
Two strikeouts, one strikeout, and one blocked.
This is how the Kominato spring market behaved today.
"When this Koshien is over, you should seriously think about whether to continue to use wooden sticks or change to metal rods?"
When Kominato Haruichi walked back to the rest area, Ochiai touched the mustache on his chin and said to him.
If Haruichi Ominato had just used a metal rod, even if there was no way to get the ball to hit, at least there was hope that the ball would be forced out of bounds with a metal rod.
In this regard, the Xiaominato brothers have talents that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
As soon as the game is out, no one is on base.
It was Sawamura's turn to strike.
By the time Sawamura Eisuki stepped up to the strike zone, the atmosphere at the scene became extremely warm.
"Let's make a big shot, this moment has to be yours!!"
Under the leadership of the Second Army, the scene even directly sounded the song of the blow.
Beautiful melody that makes people intoxicated.
This feeling can only be experienced in high school, in Koshien. After entering the profession, it is gone.
Sawamura had a comfortable smile on his face.
He wasn't sure he would be able to hit the flying baseball.
But this time, he's willing to give it his all for the team.
Sawamura Eijun is very rare to put on a short posture directly.
The scene is one person out, no one on base.
At this time, Sawamura Eijun put on such a striking posture, of course, he didn't really want to use a short hit, so his purpose?
100% hits!
The answer is clear.
The audience, who was already in a very enthusiastic atmosphere, behaved even more crazy at this moment.
They roared wildly, as if now Sawamura Eijun was not just striking, but had already won the hit.
In the position of the catcher, Renji was extremely excited.
He looked at Sawamura Eijun who was in a short fight posture, and his eyes were extremely eager.
Is this the legend, 100 percent hits?
The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.
In the same class, everything about Sawamura Eijun is very familiar to everyone.
Needless to say, an old opponent like Renji, even if it was a different player who had not fought against Sawamura Eisumi before, he knew the horror of Sawamura Eijun's striking posture.
In my impression, Sawamura's 100% hits have not been missed.
"It's time to appreciate the legend!"
Renji didn't have the slightest intention of backing down, but his fighting spirit was extremely high.
Before playing against Seido High School, they had studied everything. Sawamura Eijun's various striking postures are naturally also the top priority.
The way to deal with it has been thought of a long time ago.
According to the information they had before, Sawamura Eisumun's 100 percent hit, and there was no time when the swing of the bat.
It is unrealistic to want to rely solely on ball speed and change to let Sawamura's swing fail.
In this case, there is only a duel in strength.
A stable striking stance can naturally increase the accuracy of Sawamura's strikes.
But it also limited the power of his blow and explosion.
In this case, the type of pitching they can use is actually quite obvious.
Straight ball!
Use your strength to compete with Sawamura Ei-jun.
Come on!
No one dares to guarantee whether they will win or lose after the duel.
The only thing they can guarantee is that they have the determination to defeat their opponents.
This is true of Renji, and so is Hongo Masamune.
And Sawamura, when he put on a short stance, also had such psychological preparation.
"Boom!"
The pitch, which seemed to be falling apart, suddenly came out, catching people off guard.
Sawamura Eijun had a cold face, his eyes were fixed, staring at the flying baseball.
The bat in his hand was clutched tightly by both hands.
The moment Masamune Hongo threw the ball, Sawamura Eijun had already taken back the bat in his hand.
The path of the ball is clear, and the speed is about 150 km/h.
The timing of the stick has already been calculated in Sawamura Rongchun's heart.
In the end, this kind of calculation is just a feeling.
If you really want to use any detailed principle to explain, Sawamura Eijun can't explain it, it's just that he has played too many of this kind of ball, and he naturally has a number in his heart.
It's like the words of the oil seller.
Without him, only familiar with it.
Skill comes from practice.
Even if the ball speed is 150 kilometers, Sawamura's swing will not miss.
"Ping!"
The bat struck the white ball with precision, sending the white ball far away.
At this moment, the smile on Sawamura's face was very bright.
Very good!
Although it doesn't feel like it will fly out of the court, it can be regarded as hitting the last side of the extension.
This result is acceptable.
It's just that the smile on his face hasn't bloomed yet, and when he sees where the ball lands, it immediately becomes tense.
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