Chapter 19: Finally! (220 subscriptions plus updates)

Restricting Sawamura's raids, Yamanaka and Uesugi can focus more on dealing with Akagi's current fighters.

There is no information about the first-year player, Jun Matsumoto.

Jun Matsumoto's strike information is almost zero, but he has replaced Feng Xiang and worked as a catcher before.

His strength as a catcher is still remarkable.

At this time, sending him up, Yamanaka thought that in addition to being a catcher, Jun Matsumoto should also have some ability in short fights.

He had already decided that Matsumoto was Sawamura's secret weapon to continue to force points with him in order to steal the base.

The facts seem to prove this, Matsumoto's blow was not good at all, and it was directly striked.

Two outs, two on second base.

In this situation, Akagi has lost almost all the possibility of scoring.

"Sixth batter, shortstop, cool player."

Before the sixth stick Feng Liang stepped into the strike zone, his eyes were red first, and then the whole person became twisted.

Bad state, too much pressure!

The Yokozuna contestants watched the Akagi cowshed act as if they were watching a farce.

Mr. Sano's words of comfort seemed to have no effect.

In desperation, I had to make the decision to replace again, and this time it was also a first-year substitute who stood in the strike zone.

"Sawamura is dragging such a group of guys and pressing us to play seven rounds?"

Not only Yamanaka, but also many of Yokozuna's players have the urge to vomit blood.

In the cowshed.

Feng Liang, who was originally crying, collapsed on the rest chair with a towel on his head.

"This time my face is embarrassed, my brother knows, he has to pump my muscles."

There was a hint of weakness in his voice.

Next to him, Wakana was holding a bottle of water, with concern on her face, but she spoke unceremoniously: "Don't sell it, wait until you win, let Sawamura invite you to a big meal." ”

The camera returns to Sawamura before he strikes.

"If I get on base, then Matsumoto will replace Ashin, and Hirota will replace Xiaoliang."

Hirota understands well, he was originally the first generation of Akagi to fight, and under the guidance of Sawamura, if he simply said that he was fighting, his strength would surpass Yamaguchi, and even surpass Oda.

"Why don't you just let Hirota go up?"

Wakana asked.

"The first agent is too eye-catching, and Yokozuna will be vigilant. As long as Uesugi shows his true strength, Hirota has no chance at all. If you want to go smoothly on your behalf, you have to let Uesugi and Yamanaka careless. Uesugi is better, Yamanaka is a little fox, and it is not easy to deceive him. Therefore, we have to set up a stage for each other to sing. ”

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From the beginning, Sawamura had no intention of stealing the base.

Yokozuna's defense is very solid, and Sawamura himself is not a speed-type player. The success rate of his stealing bases is not high at all.

And even if he succeeds in stealing the base, Yokozuna will move forward and go all out to prevent Akagi from scoring a crucial point.

In that case, although Akagi can't say that there is no chance at all, the chance is really slim.

In contrast, it is better to find a way to make the opponent careless and put the bet on Hirota's blow, and the odds of winning are a little better.

Of course, no tactic is 100% successful, and Sawamura is just trying to figure out how to increase their chances of winning.

Just like now, Hirota is in such a logical situation, and he walked into the strike zone.

Faced with this beater who didn't have any information, Yamanaka and Uesugi didn't care too much.

In fact, there are only two pieces of material in Akagi, except for Sawamura and Fengxiang, which are not very good.

Considering the minimum of two innings, and possibly more play-offs, Yamanaka did not give Uesugi the order to go all out.

If a pitcher throws every ball with all his might, the number of pitches is very limited.

The reason why Uesugi was able to save more physical strength than Sawamura was because he had a certain degree of release of water to other beaters in Akagi in addition to Sawamura.

He doesn't need to throw the ball with all his strength to solve the problem of Akagi Middle School, other people outside of Sawamura.

For each beater's strength, the degree of Uesugi release water is also different.

In a popular phrase, he called it tailor-made.

What hitters to deal with, what kind of pitches to use.

Sawamura was forced to be helpless, and Yokozuna didn't really have a weak chicken beater, so Sawamura could only go all out for every ball.

Now Sawamura is on second base, and the batter is a rookie first-year, considering the two overtime games that will be held in the future......

When Uesugi pitched, he didn't push too hard.

"Whoosh!"

The small white ball, like a laser light, flew above the home plate.

Hirota Feiyi swung the bat on the first ball, and the bat was a full ten centimeters away from the ball.

"Smack!"

"Good shot!"

The blow is inaccurate, the position is loose, and the arm is unstable.

"Trash fish!"

After complaining, Yamanaka defined Hirota.

In fact, Hirota practiced striking before, and there was no one to guide him, he played all the balls in the pitching machine, and his striking posture was originally very amateurish.

Joining Akagi was also a whim.

After entering Akagi, Sawamura once corrected his striking stance, but after correcting it, his striking became completely ineffective.

That loose T-step is precisely his most comfortable striking position.

Although speechless, Sawamura had no choice but to let it go. Now there is an unexpected surprise.

Under contempt, Uesugi is even less likely to use tricky balls against Hirota.

That's waste, and waste is the greatest crime.

In the face of Uesugi's second ball, Hirota decisively swung the bat.

"Ping!"

Without any suspense, the baseball was knocked out. Fall between the first baseman and the pitcher, which is the area where the second baseman is guarding.

But there is no one in this area!

Yokozuna's second baseman, in order to guard against Sawamura's stealing base, has not left second base. He can only catch the ball at any time at the base of second base and kill Sawamura.

Baseball through the guard and into the outfield!

Hirota scored a hit.

"Fooled!"

How smart Yamanaka was, he realized almost immediately that the other party was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. Although Uesugi didn't use his full strength, his ball was not something that anyone could hit. That hitter can hit the ball so solidly, of course, he won't lose his strength.

"Wild beater!"

Dangerous!

Realizing that Hirota is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, the alarm bell in the center of the mountain is loud. At this time, he still couldn't fully figure out Sawamura's plan, but it didn't prevent him from judging Sawamura's next move.

"Pass home plate!"

The left fielder, who received the ball, waited for a while before picking up the ball, and heard the scream of the mountain tearing his throat.

Home plate, why?

A normal hit, but only the batter on first base, at most the runner on second base advances to third base.

Second base runners!

Thinking of this, he glanced at third base, and by this time, Sawamura had already crossed third base and went straight to home base.

"It's too contemptuous of people!"

Yokozuna's outfielder, with a cold snort, passes the ball back to home plate.

I have to say that Yokozuna's players are really good, a fourteen-year-old boy, a fifty-meter long pass, and there is not much deviation.

Yamanaka received the ball and breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily, it was in time.

"Watch me kill you!"

At this time, Sawamura was also approaching home plate.

Yamanaka immediately grabbed the ball and touched the glove towards Sawamura.

And Sawamura faced the touch in the mountains and directly knocked down the sliding base.

Don't!

In the center of the mountain, the glove touched Sawamura's arm to the home plate.

At this time, Sawamura's body turned sideways at an incredible angle, and his arm bypassed the glove in the mountains and touched the base plate bag.

"Safety!"

"Score !!"

At this moment, the audience boiled, and all the audience gave a standing ovation.

Seventeen strikeouts, the last bye hits to be outed, amazed the base-stealing ......

This is destined to become a classic game.

It's just a pity that in this game, the giant Yokozuna Middle School was reduced to a supporting role.