Peace Gakuen's first baseman and second baseman Masaoka didn't have the slightest weakness when he stood in the strike zone. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he has heard the saying that the left thrower is left and the left is played for a long time, in the actual game, his batting rate against the left pitcher and the right pitcher is actually almost the same.

Or to put it another way, the results in the face of both hits are not very good.

Three years of desolation in middle school transformed him from a strong hitter to a propulsive second batter who relied on tactical execution.

Today's pitcher, Hideyuki Kanamori, is said to be quite strong. Because of this, Masaoka didn't have much pressure in the first place.

In this game, the primary goal he has set for himself is to adapt to the opponent's pitch.

As soon as the match began, Akikawa's catcher played a straight ball in the outside corner.

Pitcher Kingson nodded and threw a quick straight ball from the good zone.

Masaoka had intended to miss the first ball, and after the ball was thrown, he kept an eye on the ball and watched the baseball enter the catcher's glove.

The second goal was again an outside corner. The ball type is a slideball. The ball is turned out of the good ball area and becomes a bad ball.

The ball failed to deceive Masaoka's swing, and the number of balls became one good and one bad.

The next ball was a straight ball, again in the outside corner. Now Masaoka's eyes have adapted to the ball path from this angle. With a decisive swing, the ball was hit to the net behind home plate.

Then came another outside corner slide. Masaoka once again saw through the opponent's ball. Two good and two bad.

The four balls in a row were all outside corners, and in the eyes of the general audience, Akikawa's catcher Ando was quite bold with the ball today.

But for Akio Yabe, who was sitting in the rest area, this strategy of his opponent was not at all surprising.

In the field of baseball, the so-called left-handed shooting is a left-handed statement, in addition to the left-handed player's inability to see the left-handed shooting point, in essence, sometimes it simply takes advantage of the left-hitter's weakness of not adapting to the left-handed shooter.

The most important point of this is that the left-hand hitter is not used to changing the ball from the inside corner to the outside corner.

In the field of professional baseball, you will encounter any kind of pitcher, and you will see many types of variations.

However, at the collegiate level, most pitchers can use the variation ball in the form of a curveball or a slider.

So left-handers have long been accustomed to facing the right-hand pitcher's changing ball that jumps into his inner corner.

On the other hand, many hitters choose to play left in order to be able to go further on the bases.

Since Ichiro Suzuki, who can almost be said to run the base while hitting the base, has become famous, and the number of left-hand hitters who are ready to start at any time when swinging the bat at the bat in college games has gradually increased.

This imitation of the striking form of first-line stars by young players who are not solid enough makes it more difficult to deal with outside corner kicks, especially outside corner change balls.

Because of this, Akikawa's shooting partner just now threw four outside corners in a row, which can be said to be not a very special matching pattern.

It's just that according to the current situation, the beater Masaoka did not fall into the trap of the other party. It's easy to distinguish between good and bad balls.

The next fifth ball is a straight ball that deflects into the corner.

Without hesitation, Masaoka swung the bat and knocked the ball out of bounds in the direction of first base.

Sixth, throw-in at third base.

The seventh ball hits the outside of the net behind home plate.

At this time, Ando, the catcher of Akikawa High School, called a timeout and walked up the pitcher mound. Covered his mouth with a glove and whispered with pitcher Jinson.

Masaoka in the strike zone took the opportunity to adjust the rhythm of his breathing and reconfirmed his swinging stance.

Matches resumed.

The eighth ball was thrown, this time with a straight ball from the inside corner.

Instead of swinging his bat, Masaoka turned his head to look at the referee behind home plate.

“Ball！”

Now it's two good and three bad with a full ball.

The ninth ball is a curved ball. Hang from the center of the good ball area to the outside corner.

At first, Masaoka didn't plan to swing the bat, and with the speed of this ball, I am afraid that it will be a slow curveball with a lot of variation.

But what he didn't expect was that the ball didn't change enough to get the baseball out of the good zone.

The hasty swing turned into an empty shock, and the three strikes were out.

Annoyed, Masaoka tapped the ground under his feet with his bat. He wasn't discouraged by the lack of hits, but mainly that he felt he shouldn't have misjudged with his ball speed in the first place. If you have been keeping an eye on the incoming ball, you may be able to continue to take throw-ins.

"If I hadn't swung that ball, it would have been a good shot."

Before leaving the strike zone, he turned to the referee next to him.

"Yes."

After getting the answer, Masaoka returned to the rest area satisfied. In the blow just now, he at least figured out the referee's penalty scale.

Next, it was the turn of Li Yuanrang, who was the third batter, to appear.

To his surprise, the first goal was a straight ball high into the inside corner.

Li Yuanrang swung his bat early, and the ball was swept in the direction of third base, flying out of bounds over the head of the third baseman.

Since discovering that every opponent he plays against will try to attack the inside corner, Li Yuanrang has also increased the targeted training of inside corners.

Although from a personal preference, I still don't like this kind of ball. But it's not the point where you don't know how to swing a baton when you see an inside corner.

Before the second pitch was thrown, the catcher spent some time communicating with the pitcher on a coded basis.

Just after the pitcher nodded, Li Yuanrang felt a red patch of color in the afterglow of his right eye move to the right.

Red is the color of the Akikawa high school cap and school crest.

"Could it be the helmet of the other catcher? Or some other part of the catcher's body? ”

Such a thought flashed through him in an instant, and before he could think clearly, the opponent's outside corner kick was ushered in.

The position of the ball was a little ambiguous, and Li Yuanrang trusted the referee's decision without swinging the bat.

“Strike！”

The referee ruled that the goal was a good one.

It is no exaggeration to say that since serving as a catcher, this is the first time that Li Yuanrang's judgment of good and bad has produced different results from the referee.

"I'll just say it, the referee's good ball area is a bit big today."

Masaoka Ji, who had removed his strike helmet and protective gear, was leaning back on his seat and drinking a drink.

In the play just now, he had figured out the scale of the referee and shared his experience with his teammates in the rest area.

And Li Yuanrang didn't hear what Masaoka said because he had already played a blow. It's still based on previous experience to make selections.

In fact, in many previous games, the reason why Li Yuanrang was able to understand the referee's penalty scale from the first seat was due to the fact that the Peace School was attacking and defending first in those games.

Li Yuanrang squatted behind home plate as a catcher, and was the most intuitive player on the field to judge the good ball area among the players on both sides of the court.

Often in the first half of the game, the referee's temper has been figured out.

And in today's game, the Peace School Park attacked first and then defended, and Li Yuanrang had to be in his own seat to learn about this information. It's a small disadvantage.

Now the number of balls has become a situation that is both good and bad, and it is definitely in the favor of the pitcher.

According to common sense, catchers can start with some inducing bad balls to lure the batter into the batter.

But whether Ando, the catcher of Akikawa High School today, is an opponent who plays his cards according to common sense, this is the question.