In the cowshed of the Tenryuji Middle School baseball team.

The assistant coach, watching his own players hit on the court, asked the little old man Hiromitsu Yamano suspiciously: "Mr. Yamano, are you sure that the long stick will work?"

I can't say why, the assistant coach just doesn't feel sure.

If the Akagi Junior High School baseball team is really so easy to deal with, then Nagano Metropolitan High School will not lose to them by saying anything.

Whether it is the players of the Nagano Metropolitan High School baseball team or their coach Toyoshi Ryuyi, they are not soft persimmons.

"If you don't try it, how do you know?"

The old man said angrily: "Whether you can succeed or not depends on whether the pitcher of Akagi Middle School is really capable."

"But didn't he suppress Nagano Metropolitan High School's line before? The strength should be unquestionable. ”

"One game, it doesn't mean much. And, don't you want to see what the other party is going to do? Why leave second base empty? ”

Baseball is the sport of attacking the base pack and defending the base pack. In the offense, any base bag has a very special significance. Second base was already close to the scoring circle, and a slightly better hit would be enough to get the runner on second base back to home plate. When guarding, vacating second base is simply cutting off one's arm.

Even the old fox-like Hiromitsu Yamano couldn't figure out why Sawamura did this?

The game continues.

Sawamura's reaction to the big stick attack adopted by Tenryuji Middle School was very calm, and he began to concentrate his pitches in the center as expected.

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!"

"Strikeout!"

Although the baseball flies in the middle, the strange thing is that once the hitter hits, the bat always passes by the baseball, and the two never touch each other. It feels like the beaters of Tenryu Temple, when they hit, they always keep swinging in the air.

Anxious, they can't help but want to settle the fight with a solid hit or a short hit, believing that as long as they stabilize the bat, they will definitely touch the ball.

But look at the inner field of Akagi, the little thought they just rose up was snuffed out by themselves.

The fielders on first and third base, clinging to the strike zone, felt that the distance between the two sides was not even ten meters. Behind them were also poked pitchers and second basemen, shortstops. The first half of the Uchino has been filled by the five people of Akagi. There are also two outfielders in the rear, eyeing the ......

At this point, hitting the ball into the infield felt like I was deliberately trying to give it to Akagi.

Soon, Akagi Junior High School won three outs and completed the defense of the second game.

In the cowshed of Tianlong Temple, the little old man Yamano Hiromitsu laughed a little cunningly. Faintly, he had already seen some of Akagi's plans.

"Nanami Kid."

"Daddy!"

Nanami looked at the old man in the mountains in bewilderment.

"Remember, no matter how sharp the ball is, it must be paired with a straight ball to be powerful. Straight balls are the core, you know? ”

"Understood!"

"Good ball, good ball, good ball, strikeout!"

"Strikeout!"

"Strikeout!"

Under the sharp straight ball, Akagi's friends could only disarm and surrender. In just four or five minutes, Tianlongsi Middle School won three out of the second game.

The game was played in three rounds in such a back-and-forth encounter.

In the second half of the third game, after two outs, Sawamura was directly struck out by Haruka Nanami with a curved ball with a straight ball.

In my impression, this is the first time that Sawamura has been hit by such a clean strikeout.

Even if he has the experience of his previous life, in the final analysis, striking is not Sawamura's specialty. And Haruka Nanami is also one of the best pitchers in the entire Nagano and even the Kanto region.

At the end of the three games, the grassroots-like Akagi Middle School still had a one-point advantage ahead of King Tenryuji Middle School.

In the first half of the fourth game, Tianlongsi Middle School attacked.

'Zhisuo' Yamano Hiromitsu, who has always been as steady as Mount Tai, has made a move.

"Don't be confused, just swing the stick with all your might! The more you try to hit a solid hit or a short hit, the more you can't concentrate on swinging the bat. Put aside those little thoughts and go all out to hit the ball! The pitcher's pitch was technically straight. It's just that by pressing the wrist and raising the leg, the spin of the ball is increased and the ball floats. That's how we got around our bats! Next, whenever you see him throwing with his high leg, aim for the two balls above the straight ball and swing the bat. Once you swing again, hit the two balls above you and choose one of them. We have at least three chances to hit a mat, and if we calculate the probability alone, our chances of winning are higher than those of the opponent. If the opponent doesn't throw the ball with a high leg, then we aim for a straight ball two or three centimeters above it......"

An old fox is an old fox.

The old man had also watched the match between Akagi and Nagano Metropolitan High School before, and there was speculation at the time, but he was not very sure. After today's three-game game observation, he finally determined Sawamura's strength.

Although it's still a little worse than Nanami's stinky boy. But there's no doubt that Sawamura is also one of Nagano's top pitchers.

There are no big problems with pitchers at this level, ball speed, ball power, and ball control.

There are specific ways to deal with unstable pitchers, and there are naturally ways to deal with pitchers with good ball control.

Now, Hiromitsu Yamano is using Sawamura's ball control to deal with Sawamura.

At the end of the day, 125 is less than 13 balls, which is still too slow in comparison.

"Fourth baseman, first baseman, plain-san!"

After Hirahara came on the court, he swung the bat with all his might, and in the face of Sawamura's high leg, he chose to aim for the two balls above him to swing the bat.

"Ping!"

The little white ball was hit and flew away.

Using a new striking strategy, Tenryuji Middle School finally hit an outfield hit, and the white ball kept flying, and kept flying, until it flew seventy or eighty meters, and then landed.

"Smack!"

The baseball landed, and the plains were already close to first base, and he unceremoniously crossed first base to second base.

Now the little fat man hanging at the back of the line from Akagi Middle School has not picked up the baseball, and he has a chance. It wasn't until he crossed second base that the little fat man dragged the fat and picked up the baseball.

From a 100-metre underfield, it takes at least three or four seconds to get the ball forward, plus their long passing skills.

Here's a chance!

Vaguely, Plains felt he had a chance to run back to home plate and help the team recover that point.

By this time, he had crossed second base and was approaching third base.

The base-running instructor of Tenryuji Temple watched Yamaguchi just pick up the baseball and wanted to pass it back.

If you have a chance, keep running!

Without hesitation, he gave the plain a code.

Plains, ruthless in his heart, stepped on the foot of the third base bag, did not stop at all, and continued to run towards home plate.