Chapter 14: The Fourth Straight Ball! (1st Update)
When Sawamura realized that the Akagi High School baseball team had no chance of winning if it was a normal game. He immediately decided to strike out the core of Yokozuna Middle School.
Speaking of which, this is the second head-to-head battle between Sawamura and Yokozuna, and through the previous games, these hitters from Yokozuna Middle School have begun to gradually adapt to Sawamura's pitching.
If Sawamura just wants to solve them, he can use a completely different pitching rhythm than before. Now Yokozuna's hitters have just adapted to Sawamura's fast pace, and at this time, Sawamura slows down the pace and uses the guard to win the number of outs.
After all, let the hitter hit the ball and rely on the guard to win the number of outs, and Sawamura is also a big player in this regard.
But there was no way to help Akagi win with such a pitch. Yokozuna's hitters who were unable to hit Sawamura's balls now have been able to hit Sawamura's balls, and instead of being intimidated by Sawamura's pitches, they will become more and more confident in the game.
In such a situation, for Sawamura, who is gradually exhausted, it is tantamount to chronic suicide.
If Akagi wants to win, he must use all the situations he can use to put pressure on Yokozuna and completely crush this group of imps of the king's army.
In fact, Sawamura also knows that such an approach may not be effective. After all, the reason why Yokozuna has not collapsed so far is not because Sawamura's strikeouts are not enough, but because they have not lost points until now.
No matter how superb Sawamura's pitching is, it is useless, and with a score of 0:0, it is impossible for Yokozuna to give up resistance. If Akagi could score first in this game, then the current Yokozuna would have been over a long time ago!
Knowing that this is the case, Sawamura has no other choice, after all, if they could get the score, they would have won the score a long time ago, where would it drag on until now?
Now Sawamura can only hope that his adventurous strikeout can shake Yokozuna's determination a little.
At this time, they didn't expect to let Yokozuna collapse, as long as they shook their insistent beliefs, Akagi Middle School would have a chance.
Here, Sawamura made up his mind to strike out against his opponent, and it was impossible for Yokozuna Junior High School to give up the offensive opportunity in this seventh game.
"Now in the game, we have to admit that the opponent in front of us is an unprecedentedly strong opponent!"
Superintendent Takeda affirmed Sawamura's strength.
In fact, he doesn't need to be sure, Yokozuna's players also know that Sawamura Eijun is definitely the strongest pitcher they have ever encountered.
With Yokozuna Middle School's previous brilliant record, they have also played against other top pitchers, and those heavenly kings definitely don't have the strength of Sawamura.
Don't talk about it, just say the seven seas of Tianlong Temple. That's also a nationally known super pitcher, what was the result of the match against Yokozuna Junior High School.
Lost six hits, three points!
The opponent is the national overlord, and Nanami Haruka's achievements, as well as the past he explained, are worthy of his title as one of the twelve heavenly kings.
But Haruka Nanami's results are compared to Sawamura, so it's ......
The gap is huge!
If Haruka Nanami and Ken Uesugi are already the top players in the country, then what is Sawamura?
The Great Demon King?
These thoughts flashed through the minds of Yokozuna, and they didn't know that many of the spectators, fans, and reporters at the scene had exactly the same thoughts as them.
This is a later story, so let's not mention it for the time being, just talk about Yokozuna's tactical arrangement.
Superintendent Takeda still has two brushes, and at this time he also faintly discovered some small flaws in Sawamura that can't even be called weaknesses.
"The two times we hit the ball solidly, it was because of the short play! I don't know why Sawamura's pitch is more ordinary when he faces a short shot, but this is our chance. As long as the starter can get on base, we will score the first point by hitting the shield and stealing the base. Although the garrison of Akagi Middle School is good, there are still many unskilled areas in the connection. We have a good chance of scoring! ”
As he spoke, Superintendent Takeda looked at Yamanaka, who was on the third side.
It's easy to talk about short fighting, but Sawamura has developed this skill to the point of a miracle skill. But this is certainly not the case, otherwise such a striking posture would have been rampant throughout the universe.
There are great limitations to short-term deception. As mentioned above, in order to hit the ball better, the hitter needs to fix the hitting position when he first practices. For such a hitter, the bat is withdrawn and then swung, and they may not hit the ball at all. Moreover, such a striking stance also limits the striking power of the striker......
Generally speaking, don't look at this skill as inconspicuous, but it doesn't mean that everyone can use it.
Even in the Big Mac Yokozuna Middle School, there are only two people who have such striking skills.
One is the all-rounder Moriki Nishimura, and the other is their third bat, Kanosuke Yamanaka, who is known as a wise general.
If Takeda's analysis is correct, it will be a real opportunity for Yokozuna.
Is Takeda's analysis correct?
That's right!
In the face of short-hit opponents, Sawamura rarely throws floating balls and speed balls!
If the ball changes, it will inevitably affect the power of the ball, and the power of the ball will be affected, and the player will naturally be easy to unload, and it will be easier to hit the ball where he wants to play.
In order to avoid this, Sawamura deals with short hits, and generally uses the straight ball with the greatest ball power!
In the first half of the seventh inning, Yokozuna Middle School attacked.
"Third stick, Catcher, Yamanaka-san!"
At this time, Yamanaka stood in the strike zone.
In the beginning, he hit with a normal posture. The first ball, no swing.
After a good ball is behind, he swings his bat decisively.
But this ball came belatedly, and when he finished swinging the bat, he got into Fengxiang Aoyi's glove.
This is, Speed Ball!
In the face of Sawamura's superb pitching, Yamanaka was a little helpless, and the number of balls was two good balls, and the hitter was chased.
At this time, the mountain swings out of the short stick.
This doesn't look like a tactic they negotiated before, but a choice made by the beater who was forced to do so.
On the pitcher's hill, Sawamura didn't know about Yokozuna Junior High School's crooked minds, but this did not affect his determination to strike the other party in the slightest.
I can't afford to fight for a short time, I'll strike you the same!
The middle and index fingers buckled on the baseball, and Sawamura threw his third ball.
"Whoosh!"
The small white ball, like a sharp arrow from an elf's hand, shot above the home plate.
In the strike zone, Yamanaka's eyes never left Sawamura's pitch.
Here it is, it's now!
Biting the right time, Yamanaka retracted his bat and shot decisively.
The ball is in the inside corner, the ball is straight, and Yamanaka is confident that he can hit the ball out.
"Buzz!"
With a low swing of the bat, the bat and the baseball staggered.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!
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