In the second half of the first game, the game quickly entered a state of two outs, and Li Yuanrang was about to stand in the strike zone of Koshien for the first time, and before going on the court, teammate Akio Yabe deliberately ran over and whispered a few words to him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What's new about the opponent?"

Captain Kazuhei Fukushima was also preparing to enter the strike preparation zone, and he was very interested in what Yabe had explained.

"Sure enough, the media and the general audience only care about the appearance of the game. Fortunately, Tian Gu found that blog. ”

Although he had only seen two seats, Yazawa's instincts as a catcher had already made some clues. The course of the match was exactly what he had seen before the game.

The name of Tsuneshima, the catcher of Rentian Industries, will be searched on the Internet and there will be several pages of content. But it's almost all about his power as a hitter.

Probably turning to the third page of the search results, a college baseball enthusiast who few people noticed wrote about Tokishima's matching characteristics in his blog.

Tian Gu noticed this article while collecting information and included it in the opponent's intelligence. However, it seems that only Akio Yabe has found value in this article.

The catcher Tsukishima himself is a strong fighter, so he understands the mentality of the beater.

Adhere to the strategy of "good ball first" when matching the ball.

This distribution mode is based on the number of balls Count.

At the beginning of the game, try to get a good number of goals on the first ball. After that, try to keep the ball in a situation where there are more good balls than bad balls.

Hitters at the college level rarely relax completely when hitting.

As the number of good shots increases, most hitters will swing more carefully. They even use methods such as holding a bat with a short grip to pursue hitting a baseball at the expense of long hitting power.

This is because there is a theory in college baseball that is enshrined as truth.

"Hit the ball out and you'll have a chance."

Even Yamauchi, the overseer of Niten Industries, is a believer in this theory.

But Tsukishima, who is a strong fighter, understands. This mentality, which is prevalent among hitters, makes the number of good shots even more important.

After a good shot, the hitter becomes afraid to swing a big stick, and after two good shots, the mentality becomes that even if he can't hit a hit, he will touch the baseball.

The result is often the opposite.

Therefore, in the game, the good ball is matched first. Even if you are hit by your opponent in the back, you can suppress the long fight to a certain extent.

Tsuneshima's partner is named Hasegawa. He is definitely one of the best pitchers in Kyoto Prefecture.

However, on the national stage, he is just a right-handed shot with a ball speed of more than 140 and a high-pressure throw.

Hasegawa's ball control is acceptable, which is also the premise for Tsuneshima to be able to use his own ball-matching theory.

In terms of change balls, it is mainly slideballs. He can throw both longitudinal and horizontal sliders.

"So you think Li Yuanrang has a good chance of aiming for the first goal?"

After listening to Yabe's explanation, Fukushima understood what he had just explained to Li Yuanrang.

"If you are a player, even if you know it's a good shot, you don't know what angle your opponent will throw, so you may not be able to hit it. But Lee's words are a different story. ”

"If the first goal has to be a good one, then I can play it."

Fukushima carried a bat into the strike preparation area.

Yabe looked at his back and shook his head slightly.

And Li Yuanrang is about to face the first seat in Koshien.

According to the previous analysis, there is a good chance that the opponent's first ball will be a good one. But what about bulbs? What about angles?

Li Yuanrang put himself in the position of a catcher and thought about it.

Probably an outside corner kick looking for safety.

Since it is a pursuit of good balls, it will not be a lateral slide that is easy to slide out of the good ball area.

Sure enough. The opposing pitcher, Hasegawa, threw a straight ball that was nearly 140 kilometers per hour.

The baseball was thrown with a high-pressure shot, with a drop of nearly two meters, straight to the low corner of the good ball area.

Not every collegiate hitter can easily hit a straight ball with this kind of ball speed and drop.

But Li Yuanrang can. Especially after you have guessed the way of the ball.

Li Yuanrang swung the stick in a "sweeping" way. The baseball flew in the direction of the second game.

Pitcher Hasegawa reached out to intercept the attempt. The ball penetrated the infield defence and came to the stalwarts.

Li Yuanrang went to first base safely. Peace School hit the first hit of the game.

In the rest area, the manager gently poked the arm of the "superintendent" of Aragaki next to him with his finger as a reminder.

Aragaki, who was nominally the team's supervisor, is now the first female supervisor in Koshien Stadium.

With a presence on first base, it's a great time to launch a variety of tactics. In this state, the camera will also have a camera focused on the lounge area at all times.

As long as the supervisor makes a code, it will be captured by the camera.

Lee remembered what Aragaki and Sa had said before the game.

He glanced in the direction of the rest area. And the eyes happened to meet with the slightly nervous Aragaki .

Aragaki and Sa know the sign language code used by the Peace School Baseball Club.

But in this situation, she hesitated for a moment, and still typed a meaningless code made up randomly.

According to the pre-match agreement, this meant that there were no instructions.

Li Yuanrang nodded vigorously in a pretentious gesture, and also replied with a code that had no real meaning.

All of this action was not only captured clearly by the camera, but also shown in front of the national television audience. Catcher Tsuneshima, who was crouching behind home plate, also noticed this.

Boots? Hit and run? Or some other tactic?

Tsukishima is not afraid of the opponent stealing the base.

Passing the ball directly to second base in a squatting position, this technique that Li Yuanrang also came into contact with a few days ago is Tsukishima's specialty.

At this year's Kyoto Games, runners were successfully stopped many times. In the game after the semi-finals, the opponent no longer dared to steal the base in front of him.

Compared to these, Tsuneshima is now more concerned about the following matching. He is now facing against the four batters of the School of Peace, who is also the main player of the team. And doubles as an ace.

After several trade-offs, Tsukishima still decided to "good ball first".

A strong hitter will be tempted to swing a high ball from the inside corner.

When Ichihei Fukushima saw the baseball flying, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly.

"It's got to be a good ball."

With this in mind, Fukushima swung hard.

The baseball grabs the edge of the bat. After changing direction, hit the net behind home plate.

Throw-in.

Pitcher Hasegawa's height and high-pressure shooting style make for a huge gap in the baseball base.

This caused Fukushima to misjudge the longitudinal space of the inside corner high ball, which was closer to the line of sight.

Interestingly, this pitching feature is actually a way for Ichihei Fukushima to suppress the hitter when he was a pitcher.

Akio Yabe, who was crouching in the strike preparation area with a bat in both hands, heard the sound of hitting the ball, and when he looked up, he realized that it was only out of bounds.

So he continued to bury his head between his arms and not watch the game.

The pressure of Koshien's debut is coming at him little by little. (To be continued.) )