Chapter 195: Long Breath
In the top half of the fifth inning, there was someone on second base. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info now Hayada Sho stands on the batting zone, and the player is the first baseman Enomoto.
This is a natural left-hander who throws left and plays left. There doesn't seem to be much to do with the blow. Not the kind of left-hand hitter who relies on hitting the left closer to first base to run a higher base-off rate.
To deal with such an opponent, Li Yuanrang did not have many means at his disposal.
Akio Yabe is a right-handed pitcher, and the variation ball he can use can be somewhat dangerous to attack the opponent's inside corner.
And the straight ball lacks enough power.
These are all problems that can be found in the last duel.
So judging by common sense, catchers should try to avoid inside corners when it comes to matching.
But Li Yuanrang also knows that concentrating the base point in the outer corner is very easy to form a visual habit for an excellent hitter like Enomoto. This is tantamount to self-destruction.
Fortunately, in the previous encounter, Li Yuanrang had already verified the information collected before the game. The opponent's swing is sometimes more about strength than precision.
So at least on the first ball, when the opponent's foothold is not stable, the inside corner can still try again.
Yabe's straight ball is not powerful, and the inside corner change ball is somewhat intimidating.
However, the result Li Yuanrang wanted was scary.
The slider with a high inside corner makes the trajectory of the baseball fly as if it were getting closer and closer to the left player's chest.
Lee Wonrang set the ball on the edge of the good zone.
The average hitter may hesitate or dodge when encountering such an inside corner.
But for the opponent's first baton Enomoto today, this ball is still within the range of his own swing****** corner kick should be swung earlier, which is something that Li Yuanrang has always known but can't do well. Enomoto, of course, understands this.
The bat is not only swung early, but also fast.
After the baseball was hit, it flew straight and with great force.
The spectator closest to the landing point in the first base side stands had a clever flash, but he was not hit by the ball.
The first one, it was a throw-in.
In the next second ball, Li Yuanrang still matched the ball in a high position.
The ball is a straight ball and is placed just above the center of the good spot.
Although the golf ball has the effect of inducing the hitter to swing the bat. However, even Li Yuan may be able to see that Yabe's ball is really high.
When receiving the ball, Li Yuanrang almost stood up. And the hitter is naturally indifferent to such a bad ball.
What worked in the last encounter failed to achieve the intention of inducing the opponent to swing the bat.
However, since he threw such a high ball in the first ball, Li Yuanrang decided to count the third ball.
Swing the ball from the far and near outside corners to the bottom corner of the ball area.
Because of the difference in the sense of space and speed of the previous ball, this ball looks very far from the perspective of the hitter.
Enomoto in the strike zone swung his stick this time. The results were not ideal.
The baseball rolls towards the pitcher's mound.
Yabe rushed out and picked up the ball.
He turned to look behind him.
The runner on second base has retreated.
Now passing to first base is the only option.
Although it took some time to observe the situation, the hitter Enomoto is not a speed-type player after all.
Pass the ball to first base earlier than the hitter.
Blocked out.
Li Yuanrang let out a sigh of relief. Compared to the first duel, there is a certain element of luck that this table can get out.
Solved the hitter just now, although most of the time he just used his brain to match the ball, Li Yuanrang felt that he was more tired than his teammate Yabe on the pitcher's mound.
Now the situation on the field is two outs. The beater below, the second shortstop Ishiwatari is more of a tactical executor.
Although there are runners on the base now. However, because of the number of outs, it is not enough to leave enough space for the opponent to execute the tactics.
Of course, this does not mean that the School of Peace can be taken lightly at this time.
Although Ishiwatari is not so good at making hits on his own. However, his sticky play can still cause a lot of problems for the defensive side.
Li Yuanrang was glad that Yagi supervised the principle of division of labor among pitchers that he was now promoting.
At least at this time in the fifth inning, he doesn't have to count the number of pitchers in the starting pitcher on a pitch-by-pitch basis.
Peace School is not without sticky beaters on its own team.。
In the practice before the game, Masaoka, the first baseman of the Peace School Park, used as a sparring partner to help Li Yuanrang and Yabe study the coping plan for sticky fighting.
"I don't know about other people's situations, but if I say my own, once I stick up, I don't have the experience to care about whether I can fight or not."
This is a little experience shared by Masaoka at that time.
Li Yuanrang knew that the completion of today's opponent's players was probably much higher than that of his own side.
is also a sticky beater, Ishido may not have the same weaknesses as Masaoka.
But Li Yuan also let himself know that the "sense of rhythm" is indeed very important for the beater.
The core idea of baseball's matching theory is actually the rhythm of the opponent.
Whether it's a drop or a speed difference, a change ball or a straight ball.
One of the main premises of the principle of ball matching is to use the afterimage of the ball in the player's brain to transform and match.
Of course, there is another key element, and that is what kind of mentality Ishiwatari himself has in this mat.
Li Yuanrang semi-tentatively matched an inside corner change ball.
Ishiwatari didn't wait and see where the baseball came from, but directly waved the stick and sent the ball to the audience.
Then the second ball, a straight ball in the low post.
Yabe's shot wasn't very good, and the baseball was slightly lower than his knee.
It's a bad ball.
But the beater Ishiwatari still came out of the stick.
It's out of bounds again.
Lee now understands that the sticky hitter's striking strategy does not allow them to watch baseball to the end, and must start with a throw-in that is not on target.
"But how do you get escorted in that case?"
Li Yuanrang put himself in the role of a beater to consider this matter.
The sticky beater's constant out-of-bounds goal is nothing more than avoiding the ball he is not good at, and only sniping the ball type and path he wants.
However, most of the time, sticky hits to base rely on four bad ball escorts.
Lee Wonrang intends to challenge the range of the opponent's selection in the current tight situation.
Bad balls that barely stick to the edge of the good zone have proven not to be badly distinguished.
So how about the obvious bad balls?
With this purpose in mind, Li Yuanrang chose a relatively safe outer corner.
The lateral coordinates of the ball may not be crooked. However, the batter should be able to perceive that the baseball is running at eye level from beginning to end.
Since the longitudinal height is the position of the eye, the ball cannot be a good ball.
Faced with such a goal, Hayata's guerrilla Ishito hesitated slightly. In the end, he didn't swing the bat.
The ball count is now two good and one bad.
Ishiwatari, who was the attacker, earned a ball this time.
But as a defensive side, Li Yuanrang felt that he had gained something too.
Now he's not just testing the limits of his opponent's selection. It can also break the rhythm of the opponent who keeps hitting the ball out of bounds.
At least Li Yuan now thinks that in the next ball, the opponent may not be able to return to the sticky mode intact, and now it may be a good time to fight for the third out.