Chapter 15: Game 5
By the bottom half of the fourth inning, Sawamura changed his pitching rhythm and began to mix in the quirk balls.
The path that I couldn't hit when I wanted to hit suddenly became easier to find. Even if they knew that it was a trap, the players in the third high school of the city university had no choice.
This is probably the most aggrieved thing for all the opponents against Sawamura Eijun.
Knowing that the opponent was deliberately seducing him to swing the stick and using the guard to win the number of outs, he had to act according to the opponent's wishes.
Otherwise, if you don't swing the bat, after the ball counts two good balls and takes the lead, Sawamura Eijun will definitely unceremoniously continue to use the change ball.
By that time, you won't even be able to hit!
The white balls were knocked out again and again, and they were finally stopped by the guards of Qingdao High School. Sawamura smoothly won three outs, allowing his opponent to go up and down three.
On the surface, his rhythm was very smooth, but he didn't know that in the rest area of the third high school of the city university, Superintendent Tahara was also greatly relieved.
They finally made it through!
The opponent is Eijun Sawamura, because he will bring great despair to his opponent from the beginning. So Qingdao High School's offensive in the first few rounds was very scary.
If you don't deal with it carefully, you get a lot of marks from Seido High School at the beginning. Sawamura Eijun is likely to continue strongly!
At that point, there is even a risk of ending the game early......
Now Sawamura Eijun has deliberately slowed down the pace, which also shows that the unstoppable momentum at the beginning of Qingdao High School is gone.
The junior high school of the city university has survived a very major crisis.
"The situation has changed, so let's go on steadily. Block the offensive of Qingdao High School in the fifth game first......"
Supervisor Tahara carefully arranged the players before they went on the field.
On the other side, the rest area of Seido High School.
Superintendent Kataoka was not to be outdone.
'The defence has already made the opponent feel desperate, and then it's time to show our attacking power.'
Don't look at the game, only four innings were played, but because Qingdao High School scored more hits, in the fifth inning, they could actually take the turn of the third round to play the upper line.
This round is also the round in which Qingdao High School is most likely to explode its strength.
With the retirement of the previous third-year seniors, the current Seido High School has become a world of skill-based fighters.
For such a hitter, scoring consecutive hits in the second half of the game is the current characteristic of Qingdao High School.
"Yes!"
The friends of the baseball club of Qingdao High School have clear and bright eyes. Of course they listened to Inspector Kataoka's words.
They themselves also felt that they had gradually caught the rhythm of Tianjiu Guangsheng's pitching, and should be able to hit the ball out now.
In the first half of the fifth inning, Qingdao High School attacked.
The first to stand in the strike zone was Kanemaru, who was the ninth batter.
He was perfect in the last game and his fighting spirit and form this time was good.
After standing in the strike zone, it is very aggressive.
In the face of such a beater, Tianjiu Guangsheng seemed to be at ease.
"In this Qingdao High School now, your blow is the weakest!"
It seems that he doesn't take Shinji Kanemaru seriously at all, and he is very free when pitching.
Here it comes!
Seeing the white ball fly over, Kanemaru felt all the cells in his body beating excitedly.
Although in the first game, Tianjiu Guangsheng lost several points. But after that, his state was surprisingly good, and he never let Qingdao High School expand the score.
In this process, Tianjiu Guangsheng showed the strength of the top pitchers in the country.
What Kanemaru lacks now is to prove himself with such a player.
As long as he can hit the ball of Akuku Mitsusheng here, he will be able to prove it to Superintendent Kataoka and all the friends in the baseball club of Seido High School.
The main position of his golden pill is qualified enough.
At this moment, Kanemaru's spirit was highly concentrated, and there was no hesitation in the process of swinging the stick.
"Buzz!"
Because the speed of swinging the stick is too fast, Takami, who is in the catcher position, can even faintly hear the sound of Kanemaru swinging the stick breaking through the air.
This sound of breaking the air is still very shocking for Gao Jian.
You know, it's not the core hitter or power hitter of Qingdao High School who is standing in the strike zone now. It's the most inconspicuous ninth bat, and it's also the weakest one in Qingdao High School right now.
Even his swing of the stick can have such a sound of breaking the air.
Although what is really famous in Qingdao High School now is their invincible pitcher formation.
But the strength of their playing line is definitely not to be underestimated.
At this point, she glanced thoughtfully at her partner on the pitcher's mound.
Tianjiu Guangsheng!
Although there is still a gap compared to Sawamura Eijun, he can suppress the line like Seido High School without any temper at all, and his partner is definitely a rare pitcher in the country.
The key to today's game is not in Tianjiu Guangsheng.
If the city is three high, if you really want to turn the tables. It's up to them to see if they can get Sawamura's pitch.
That's the key to today's game.
"Ping!"
The white ball was knocked out, and the expression on Kanemaru's face was a little stunned.
Just now, he suddenly had a very strange feeling. It's as if the opponent is deliberately waiting for him to hit the ball.
It's incredible!
Without thinking much about it, after the ball was hit, Kanemaru immediately spread the bat in his hand and ran desperately to first base.
But where is the time?
The city's junior fielders weren't vegetarians either, and they beautifully blocked the ball and passed to first base.
"Out!"
There was no doubt that Kanemaru was banned and out of the game.
Such a result is of course a big blow to Kanemaru himself. But for the surrounding audience, it is a normal thing.
Even the mid-level hitters of Qingdao High School have no way to take their opponents. Not to mention the ninth stick of Kanemaru.
The game continues.
At this time, it was the turn of the upper hitter to hear the high school line.
"First bat, shortstop, Kurachi."
Of course, the first to stand in the strike zone was the first striker Kuramochi of Qingdao High School.
The situation is one out and no one on base.
For Kuramochi and Seido High School, the current situation is not bad.
As long as Kuramochi can get to base, it will be Sawamura's turn to play the line.
If it's against another team, even if it is Sawamura's turn to play the line, it may not have any effect.
But today's game was very different.
The ace pitcher of the third highest school in the city, Tianjiu Guangsheng, is very good for the masters, and he has no intention of escaping the beater.
In other words, if it is really Sawamura Eijun's turn, even if there are runners on the base, Akusa Guangsheng will choose to face Sawamura Eijun head-on.
For Seido High School, this is certainly a good thing that can't be better.
That means they have a big chance to extend their scoreline.
"Gotta get on base!"
With such determination, Kuramochi standing on the strike zone gives the impression of being very cautious.
I've been entangled with the sky for a long time!
The opponent's pitch is so sharp that it's hard to find a good ball to hit the ball.
Of course, Kuramochi himself doesn't mind this very much. What if you can't find a good ball? The most important thing is to be able to get on base.
That is to say, for Kuramachi, even if it is escorted by the four bads, this result is not unacceptable.
He has only one goal, and that is to get on base. As for how he got to base, he didn't mind at all.
This is also a sign that Kuramochi is truly mature!
"It's tough!"
This point is also clearly felt by the casting and fishing partners of the three high schools in the city.
Takami frowned and looked at Yoichi Kuramochi in the strike zone.
I was thinking about how to deal with him!
At this time, it is difficult to solve the position by ordinary means.
This guy is far more terrifying than the information they've gathered.
Now that he is completely familiar with the pitching rhythm of Tianjiu Guangsheng, even the tricky slider can be touched and flew out of bounds!
That's it!
Unlock it!!!
It has only been used once against Sawamura Eijun before, and has never been used against other players in Seido High School.
The pitcher's gaze was a little complicated. He had fantasized many times about when he would be able to use his real tiebreaker.
Aside from Sawamura at Seido High School, who else is worth using the tiebreaker himself?
He had thought a lot, and he had a lot of guesses.
I only didn't think that the first time he used a decisive ball was against Kuramochi, except for Sawamura Eijun.
"Cunning monkey, die!"
The complicated emotions in his heart were left behind by him, and at this moment, his whole person was like a sharp sword out of the sheath.
Razor-sharp.
"Whoosh!"
The little white ball arrived in front of Uncle Kuramochi in the blink of an eye.
Here it comes!
Looking at the small white balls flying in, Kuramochi was not ambiguous at all.
Directly waved the bat in his hand.
He looked at this ball very carefully, it was a slider.
Seeing that the bat was about to hit the white ball, the ball suddenly fell.
Fall?
Such an unexpected change made Kuramochi feel bad.
I really didn't expect that he would see the decisive ball of Tianjiu Guangsheng under such circumstances.
Vertical sliders!
The change ball is thrown by different pitchers, and it feels completely different.
It's like the longitudinal slide of the Heavenly Glory Saint, just like the executioners on the chopping table.
A clean and neat slash down!
When the hitter is caught off guard, the white ball is already in front of you.
Kuramochi, of course, wanted to struggle as well, but he couldn't, his bat couldn't touch the ball.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!
At this moment, the audience was silent.
Tenku Kosheng had also used the same change ball on Sawamura Eijun before, but that ball was caught by Sawamura Eijun, so there was not much surprise left for the people on the scene.
Everyone just felt that the ball must be very powerful, but that's all.
But now it's different, and the position that swings the baton very quickly doesn't even touch the ball.
This feeling is very abnormal.
One by one, they were dumbfounded.
And that's not all.
After Yoichi Kuramochi of the strikeout, he faced Haruichi Kominato, who was very skilled in striking skills.
Tianjiu Guangsheng threw two very sharp sliders one after another.
These two balls did not let go of a single goal, and all of them flew out of bounds.
He seemed to be expecting, expecting that Tianjiu Guangsheng could take out his pitch at the bottom of the box.
Tianjiu Guangsheng did not live up to his expectations.
The last ball was really a longitudinal slide!
"Smack!"
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!
The strike strength is very superb Kurachi, Kominato Haruichi, and in this way, he was knocked out by three strikeouts.
In the stands, the supporters of Seido High School looked at each other one by one.
Who can tell them what just happened?
Three outs, offense and defense exchange!