Chapter Seventy-Six: The Mortal Catcher! (Tribute to the small origins)
"Whoosh!"
The white ball, after approaching home plate, flutters.
This makes the hitter in charge of the blow very passive.
Yoichi Kuramochi is like this now, and he feels that after the baseball is in his hands, there is still a big change.
"Damn, don't move!!"
The bat in his hand subconsciously held short, and Kuramochi changed his mind and wanted to hit accurately.
Watanabe noticed this.
In fact, any truly qualified catcher will not let go of the observation of the beater.
The simplest ball matching, which also corresponds to these subtle changes, came into being.
For example, the position of the hitter, to a certain extent, exposes the path of the ball he is aiming at, whether it is the inside corner or the outside corner. If you hold the bat long, you want to play long, and if you hold the bat short, you want to hit it accurately......
Correspondingly, the catcher will also adjust the ball according to the intentions shown by the hitter. For example, if you aim for the inside corner, he will play the outside corner, and if you aim for a long shot, he will match some corner variations to make you difficult to swing. Once you have a short grip on the bat, he can play some strong balls......
In short, you have the words, and he has the words.
Theoretically speaking, if the two partners cooperate well, it is not difficult to turn the beater around. Similarly, if the hitter is proficient in the routine, he can also ask the opponent's shooting partner to throw the ball where he wants.
On top of this, there is a routine of matching the ball.
On top of that, it's about understanding the other person's thoughts......
As the casting partner evolves, the hitter will naturally evolve with it.
Promote each other, fight wits and courage......
That's the charm of the ball, and that's the charm of the shootout.
After realizing Kuramochi's thoughts, Watanabe matches Sanada.
On the pitcher's mound, Sanada nodded slightly.
"Watanabe-senpai, he's really reliable."
"Whoosh!"
Small white balls whizzed out.
In the striking area, Kurachi, who was behind with a good ball, hurriedly swung his baton in order not to be chased.
"Ping!"
The white ball is hit and lands out of bounds.
The rest area of Seido High School.
Sawamura frowned and looked at the throwers and beaters who were fighting each other.
"This catcher of Yakushi High School is a bit interesting!"
Chris nodded.
"When I partnered with Mino before, I was limited by the ability of the pitcher, and there were not many places where this catcher called Watanabe could play. But after the pitcher was changed to Sanada, it was immediately different, and the ball distribution was very rich! Although it is not possible to guide the pitcher to attack like Miyuki. But the ball is very solid, basically what the hitter hates, he deserves. Pressing step by step, with Sanada's pitching rhythm, makes the hitter very uncomfortable. ”
Xiaogu was on the side, and he didn't know if he understood, so he nodded there.
"Man, do you understand?"
Sawamura thought it was funny and couldn't help but tease him.
Descending Gu Xiao nodded solemnly: "That catcher, it's very powerful!" ”
Sawamura, Chris, Miyuki, and the three were suddenly petrified.
Terrible!
Although they all think that this catcher of the pharmacist is a bit interesting. But if you want to say that it's powerful, I'm afraid it won't reach that level.
A powerful catcher with a strong sense of presence.
Watanabe didn't have the slightest sense of presence.
If it weren't for Sawamura's experience, Chris, Miyuki was keenly observant.
Ordinary people really can't see what Watanabe has, what is different.
"This is a catcher who is strong when he is strong! It was not bad to partner with Mishima before, but he was stunned to lead Mishima, who had a very average strength, to lead him to be invincible. ”
Miyuki objective evaluation.
When it is strong, it is strong!
Sawamura didn't expect Miyuki's evaluation of Watanabe to be so high.
"No, he's not even close. When he is strong, he is not strong, at most he can give full play to the strength of the pitcher. ”
Shibuyani Xiao looked at Sawamura suspiciously, is it not good enough to be able to give full play to the strength of the pitcher?
Miyuki and Chris glanced at each other, but understood what Sawamura meant.
Catchers don't just play and catch!
"This may also be an idea of the strategy pharmacist."
Faintly, a trace of thought came to Miyuki's mind.
The kung fu that several people talked about, and the duel on the field continued.
"Ping!"
After three balls, Kuramochi gritted his teeth and hit a ball, then spread his bat and flew to first base.
After the baseball rebounded on the ground, it was directly caught in the glove by Sanada.
"You're so unlucky!"
The ball flew towards the pitcher's mound.
Sanada is aggrieved for Kuramoto, if it weren't for falling here, Kuramochi should have a good probability of getting on the base.
"Out!"
As soon as the game is out, no one is on base.
Qingdao started the first bat, but failed to make the base.
"This damn guy has a great pitching rhythm!"
Including Kuramochi, everyone's eyes were on Sanada, who was pitching, and no one noticed the silent guy squatting in the catcher position.
It's as if he's a backdrop.
"That's a skill!"
In the past, when Qingdao was studying opponents, the catcher's matching strategy was a key research item. For beaters who use guessing the ball as a weapon, this kind of information is very precious.
But before the match with the pharmacist, Qingdao didn't know anything about the pharmacist's ball-matching strategy, that is, Watanabe's ball-matching guidelines!
can pretend to be a transparent person, and to this extent, it is impossible not to be admired.
"Second baseman, second baseman, Ryosuke Kominato."
At this time, it was Ryosuke Kominato's turn to fight.
After Ryosuke Kominato was in the strike zone, he put on a short strike posture at the beginning.
"Shorts? Right now? ”
Now it's one person out, no one on the base!
Catcher Watanabe's body was momentarily deadlocked, but he quickly adjusted and didn't delay Sanada's pitching rhythm.
But it was this stalemate that made Miyuki and Sawamura confirm their guesses.
"It looks like Ryosuke Kominato's senior, too, found out."
"The problem is, Sanada's quirk ball, even if you know the routine, it's not easy to play."
As if to confirm Sawamura's words, after entangling a few balls, Ryosuke Kominato hit a ball out, hit an out-of-bounds high fly, and was caught and killed.
"Out!"
Two outs, no one on base.
"Third bat, Nakamidain, Jun Izaki."
All three of Izuoshiki's balls were all swings with all his might, but unfortunately, he didn't hit a single ball.
"Good shot!"
"Good shot!"
"Good shot!"
"Strikeout!!"
Another three-up, three-down!
Pharmacist High School opened the open hanging mode, and did not let the people of Qingdao score again.
At the end of the six games, the score remained at 10:7.
"That's great, Sanada!"
"Sanada, senior, good, handsome!"
"Junping, go on, go on!"
"What Qingdao is, there's nothing to be afraid of at all!"
The supporters and contestants of Yakushi High School cheered up one by one.
They seem to have seen hope of victory.
If the game goes on like this, there is really hope for them.
In the first half of the seventh inning, Pharmacist High School attacked.