Chapter 252: Attacking and Defending Each Other

Thanks to the second hit, Masaoka hit that was a little fluke. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info Li Yuanrang was able to stand in the strike zone in the first half of the fourth inning.

The runner is not in the lap though. But it's always closer to scoring than when there's no one on base.

At this time, there were already two outs on the field, and Li Yuanrang didn't have to worry about things like double kills at all. Swing the bat with all your might when you are sure of the ball.

On the defensive side, Fuso is third, and his response today is more reasonable than the opponents he has encountered before.

The purpose of the catcher's match is obviously to induce Li Yuan to give up the stick and play all the shots.

Every ball is thrown in the good zone, but it is in the corner where it is not easy for the right hitter to shoot.

Li Yuanrang let go of the most awkward first goal. The second ball is low from the outside corner and goes out of the touchline against the first baseman's zone.

If the trajectory of the ball is more correct, it is equivalent to giving the opponent a number of outs for nothing.

On the third goal after two good goals, Li Yuanrang also had to concentrate more.

This speed ball is tucked low in the inside corner.

Li Yuanrang hit the baseball almost vertically with a bat.

The trajectory of the ball's flight is almost completely close to the ground. But it didn't touch the ground.

After dodging a flank from the shortstop, the ball found its way to the open left field.

Shooka on first base had already started early, and now he has bypassed the second base pack. Close to third base.

Fuso's third left fielder picked up the baseball and passed straight to home plate.

The third-base runner made a gesture to keep going.

From Masaoka's own point of view, he could not see the trajectory of the return pass. But Masaoka trusts his teammates' judgment.

Because the opposing catcher is standing at a considerable distance from home plate.

This means that the left fielder's return pass is well off target.

The speed of the return pass is not slow. Masaoka, who was close to home plate, watched baseball pass into the catcher's glove with his own eyes.

But against a runner who breaks into home plate, the catcher must touch to get the opponent out.

According to the latest rules as amended. The catcher now can't block home plate in the runner's path.

In fact, in order to receive the return pass, Fuso's third catcher was standing in a position that could not block the runner's route.

Faced with the catcher's first attempt to kill, Masaoka dodged lightly.

The catcher, who had pounced, turned around to try a second time, but it was too late.

Runner Masaoka made a flying pounce, and the whole person pressed on home plate.

The score is now two to one.

The achievement of this point, as the beater, Li Yuanrang, is probably only half of the credit. Masaoka's interception in the face of the opponent's catcher, a light flash, is the magic stroke of this attack.

As for Li Yuan, he took advantage of Zhenggang's running to run the base and successfully went to second base.

The position at second base can be considered to be a point circle. However, his teammates were not able to return him to home plate.

This half-game Peace School only pulled back one point.

Even the narrowed gap didn't last long.

As soon as the second half of the fifth game was out, Fuso's third blow was once again the turn of Kobayashi, who was the first batter.

Yabe's curveball thrown slightly lower than his knee is bitten by his opponent. Baseball went straight to the pitcher's mound.

Yabe's throwing stance tilts his body to the left after throwing the ball.

The baseball passed through this gap and broke through the gap between the two games.

Kobayashi went to first base. The second batter did not hesitate to swing a short bat.

It was a successful striking. As soon as he was out, the opponent still launched a decisive attack, obviously full of confidence in the beater behind him.

Kobayashi on first base was pushed to second base. Standing in the strike zone was the third batter, Tetori, who wore the number 18 jersey.

Lee called a timeout and walked up to the pitcher's mound.

"Let's talk about it first, this situation can't be guaranteed now."

While saying so would increase Yabe's pressure, Lee had to make his partner understand the situation.

Fortunately, Yabe himself is also a catcher. He can see this kind of thing himself.

The third baton is of course a strong hit. But so is Matsuda, who is the fourth batter. and the catcher Toyohara, who is the next fifth batter.

These are all fighters with the ability to fight for a long time. Escorting any of these guys, the beaters behind them have the potential to cause more damage.

In the current situation, it is impossible to escape the opponent by deliberately throwing four bad balls, and the only option is to face head-to-head.

Li Yuanrang carefully guided Yabe's pitching.

Tetori is not an invulnerable hitter.

The simplest slide that escaped from the outside corner actually tricked his swing twice.

But when Li Yuanrang used this trick for the third time. The opponent has probably touched the doorway.

The baseball was put away. The number of balls becomes two good and one bad.

Fourth goal. Lee Wonrang put the ball in the inside corner.

Because of the angle of the base. A right-handed pitcher's inside corner against a right-hitter is more demanding on possession than an outside corner.

Akio Yabe's possession was problematic for the most part. However, this goal was only a little bit short and was not judged a good goal by the referee.

If it's just a ball that doesn't fit into the good zone, that's it.

Kobayashi, a runner on second base, actually launched a base theft in this situation.

The right-hand striker is standing on the left hand side of the catcher. And the goal just now happened to be an inside corner.

After receiving the baseball, Lee had to move a step to the outside corner to pass the ball to third base.

It's already a bit too late.

Since the spring of this year, Li Yuanrang's stealing rate has been close to 60 percent. And today's stealing of Kobayashi's base is the first time he has been stolen on third base this year.

This is not entirely because of Kobayashi's speed and timing. What's more, Li Yuanrang didn't guard against the other party's stealing base at all just now.

Now the situation on the field is two outs and three bases.

On the surface, it seems that as long as the hitter is solved, he can still stop the opponent's attack. But tactically, when the runner is on third base, the offensive team always finds more ways to score points.

Like what...... Forced points.

It's two outs and it doesn't look like a good time to force a point.

And the hitter's hand doesn't look like it's going to launch this tactic.

Lee Wonrang intends to try again for a change of ball from the outside corner. After all, he still has a bad ball count to consume.

And the sneak attack short attack of Tetori was launched at this time.

It was an outside corner, even an outside corner that was slightly out of the good zone, but the batter actually pointed the baseball in the direction of third base.

Kobayashi, a runner on third base, had already started at full speed.

After all, the batter's hand is not often touched, and the ball is not cushioned enough, and it rolls forward to the third baseman at a fairly fast speed.

Third baseman Kojima rushed out and picked up the baseball.

"Pass the first base!"

Before Li Yuanrang could shout this sentence, Kojima had already passed the ball to home plate.

Li Yuanrang received a baseball to kill the runner. But where is the time now?