Chapter 7: Sawamura VS Yokozuna (dedicated to the webmaster)

After Yamanaka Kanosuke stood in the strike zone, he also put on a short-handed stance.

His intentions are a bit obvious.

"Want to cover a runner on third base?"

Sawamura glanced at Yamanaka and thought with wariness.

I have to praise here that the tactical training of Yokozuna Middle School is excellent.

As far as this short cover is concerned, it is definitely not something that ordinary middle schools can do. The runner on second base steals third base, and at this time the batter cooperates and puts on a short stance. It's going to be very easy to focus everyone's attention on yourself.

In this way, on the one hand, it provides cover for the runner, and on the other hand, he himself can bend over very reasonably because of the short hit. The figure of the beater, to a certain extent, obstructs the catcher's line of sight.

When the pitcher throws the ball, the hitter suddenly retracts his short bat. What would be the reaction of the catcher to a ball that would have been shortened and suddenly got into his own glove?

No matter how strong the catcher's psychological quality is, it is certain that he will be caught off guard to a certain extent.

A slight mistake is a thousand miles!

As long as there is a little time difference, it is enough for the runner to complete the base steal.

Such a small trick, Sawamura saw countless when he was in the major league.

But what is that? There's the big leagues!

The baseball players gathered there are some of the best baseball players in any country in the world. They've taken baseball to another level.

The little tricks that belong to the big leagues appear in the middle school games, which makes people speechless.

From this point, you can also see the strength of Yokozuna Middle School and this team. Compared with them, the original three kings of Nagano Prefecture are tantamount to local chickens and dogs, and they are vulnerable.

Not to mention strength, if you talk about tactics, it's too amateurish!

"It's just a pity that such a little trick doesn't work for me."

On the pitcher's mound, a sneer erupted at the corner of Sawamura's mouth.

Thinking about it, Sawamura secretly adjusted his position, and then threw his ball with all his might.

Small white balls that flew like laser light towards the catcher's glove.

Ball! And it's a bad ball at a super low angle!

Such a ball, if the hitter wants to play short, it is difficult to touch.

When Sawamura made a pitching move, Nishimura, who had already left second base and touched into third base, started with all his strength and ran to third base.

"Steal the base!"

Ashin exclaimed.

On the pitcher's hill, Sawamura looked indifferent. Things are exactly the same as he imagined, and he has already given Feng Xiang a code before. Now all you need is Feng Xiang to catch the baseball and pass it to Yamaguchi at third base.

If Feng Xiang is not mentally prepared, the possibility of the success of this set of tactics in Yokozuna Middle School is very great.

But since Sawamura gave Feng Xiang a code, and now Feng Xiang is mentally prepared, then the theft of the base at this time in Yokozuna Middle School is equivalent to sending out the number of rounds.

Almost at the same time, Yamanaka, who had been holding the short bat, took the bat back as if he had written the script and acted it out.

Sawamura smiled in his heart: "Well done!" ”

Wait, wait!

Sawamura's smile hadn't fully unfolded yet, and he suddenly froze in place as if he had been frozen.

Yamanaka, who had taken the bat back, swung it out again.

This guy actually cheated and beaten!

Wait, no, it's not that simple.

While swinging a stick in the mountains, Nishimura is also stealing the base.

Cheat, hit and run!

After realizing this, Sawamura himself felt incredible.

The players of Yokozuna Middle School, such tactical execution, are very close to professional baseball.

How do they practice?

Sawamura's question, no one can answer.

Fortunately, Sawamura himself does not expect anyone to answer himself.

Now Sawamura, there are more important things to do.

"Ping!"

The baseball, which was tricked into playing, flew straight to Sawamura.

This, of course, Sawamura calculated. Originally, Sawamura's position on the pitcher's mound was infinitely close to first base, so that after his ball was thrown, it was a diagonal line at a large angle, and when the ball bounced off after touching the bat, it also rebounded at the angle of the diagonal line, and generally bounced in the direction of third base.

This time, realizing that the opponent might really adopt a short-play and escort strategy, Sawamura quietly adjusted his position before pitching. Now the ball he throws is a straight line!

If the ball lands straight into the catcher's glove and everything goes as expected, that's certainly the best outcome.

But if the other party is determined to fight shortly or cheat, Sawamura also has preventive measures.

An ultra-low angle ball that flies in a straight line, even if hit, will bounce back to the pitcher's front.

Just like now!

A small white ball rolled straight towards Sawamura's open gloves.

After Sawamura received the ball, he didn't pass to third base, because it was too late to pass third base at this time!

Sawamura sent the ball directly to Oda Hono on first base, and blocked the hitter Yamanaka out of the game.

The situation turned into two outs, and there were people on third base!

This electric and flint-like confrontation is dizzying to the audience.

It's so exciting!

The only regret is that they didn't understand what was going on.

Who won this encounter?

To put it mildly, a runner advancing to third base is stepping into home plate with one foot. But at the same time, Sawamura won another number of outs steadily.

The two sides were tied.

"Two out!"

When the situation is evenly matched, Sawamura is the first to speak, giving people the feeling as if they have taken advantage.

"Two out!"

"Let them call!"

These friends from Akagi Middle School are worthy of being old partners who have cooperated with Sawamura for more than a year.

As soon as Sawamura spoke, they understood.

As the saying goes, the first strike is strong, and the last strike suffers, at this time, it is undoubtedly advantageous to speak first and take the initiative on your own side.

The audience didn't understand what was going on, but at this time Akagi spoke first, and in fact, they did win two outs.

It feels like Akagi won the fierce confrontation just now!

"Akagi! Akagi !! ”

Don't underestimate people's malice. When these melon-eating masses saw the giant Yokozuna Middle School being suppressed, their hidden evil thoughts completely exploded.

Faintly, they were looking forward to it. Looking forward to the moment when the national overlord Yokozuna Middle School capsizes in the gutter!

In such an atmosphere, the players of Yokozuna Middle School were very aggrieved one by one.

They had a very powerless feeling towards Akagi, especially the pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

It seems that no matter what they do, there is no way to escape the palm of each other's hands.

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

Even if it was their batter's turn to be the fourth baseman in the core at this time, there were still people on third base, and there was no way to dispel the gloom in their hearts.