Chapter 221: The Result of the Red and White War
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This ball is exactly in the middle of the second game.
Pitcher Shimabukuro couldn't stop the baseball in time.
However, second baseman Fuchida reacted quickly. A quick lateral movement stops the baseball backhand.
Because of the forward momentum when receiving the ball, second baseman Fuchida is now on the left side of the field. And still turn your back to the direction of first base where you want to pass the ball.
Normally, the second baseman has two options at this time.
The quickest way to do this, of course, is to throw the ball with a glove to a shortstop next to you, who then passes the ball to first base.
However, Fuchida and his current guerrilla partner Narita had only been training together for a few days. did not develop a tacit understanding to be able to throw the ball with gloves.
Then the only option left is to turn around and pass the ball yourself.
As an infielder, Fuchida does not have a high center of gravity, and his turn is considered dexterous.
But just now, in order to intercept the baseball, the distance brought by the inertia of rushing forward was very bad for him.
Before the baseball reached first base, Tokuda had plenty of time to step on the base.
It was a hit, but to be fair, second baseman Fuchida's defense was nothing to fault with.
Overseer Yagi applauded in the rest area. It's hard to say which side he cheered for the performance.
The second hitter in the senior group was first baseman Masaoka.
He went back to his familiar Dashun.
Don't wait for someone to give instructions. Masaoka himself turned the bat sideways.
Compared with the pioneer, Masaoka is more suitable for the role of propulsion.
As far as Yagi's personal tactical habits are concerned, he doesn't subjectively like to launch strikes and sacrifice strikes.
The reasons for not liking it are not professional.
I just feel that the tactics of hitting and sacrificing don't seem to be "domineering" enough.
In the author's literary and artistic works with limited professional knowledge and baseball-themed works, in order to show the "justice" of the protagonist's side, he often cuts the slightly conservative tactic of hitting and sacrificing.
In this climate, although Inspector Yagi was fully aware of the need to launch strike tactics at the right time. But for the sake of vanity, the outside world is still reluctant to use this tactic easily.
But practice games are different.
The Red and White War in the Peace Academy is a purely internal exercise, with no outside audience.
What's more, the response of the rookie group's infield after the attack sacrifice is also the goal of the key assessment of the Yagi supervision.
So before the start of the game, Superintendent Yagi specially greeted the senior group.
If there is a person on first base, it will be hit.
Now it's the case that there are people on first base. And the hitter in the strike zone is Masaoka, who is the best at short-hit tactics in the senior group.
Tokuda didn't mean to start early, but he was quite far from base based on habit.
Confront the batter who swings the bat.
The pitcher, Shimabukuro, first threw two consecutive balls in the direction of first base.
This poses no threat to Tokuda. The distance he was from the base didn't mean to converge at all.
Matsudaira, the catcher of the rookie group, does not intend to continue to entangle with the runners. Played the code of the high curve ball in the outside corner.
This practice of placing balls with significant falling changes in height is a common way to deal with strikes.
Masaoka wasn't surprised.
In the autumn and winter training, I don't know how many times I practiced using strikes to deal with this kind of changing ball.
The ball was spotted on the side of third base. It's a pitcher's zone.
It's obviously impossible to get both of them safely on base.
However, the pitcher Shimabukuro was not sure to pass to second base to complete the double.
He chose the most robust strategy. Straight to first base. Let's get a number of outs first.
Masaoka has completed the task. The rookie team didn't go awry defensively either.
In the case of someone in the circle. It was the turn of Lee Wonrang who hit the third bat.
This game is a practice match. The score doesn't matter. Superintendent Yagi moved his striking order forward by one place purely out of the mentality of letting Lee Wonrang swing a few more times.
This is not only a workout for Li Yuan. Or a hone for the rookie group pitchers.
Rookie pitcher Tatsuya Shimabukuro has nothing wrong with his pitching.
The straight ball is powerful, and the curved ball trajectory is quite sharp.
It's just that it is still a little difficult to suppress Li Yuanrang by relying only on ordinary high-pressure throwing methods and ball speed of less than 140 kilometers.
In order to add some difficulty to his blow, Li Yuanrang even chose to let go of the change ball and not play.
After one good and one bad, an inside corner kick was delivered, apparently under the direction of Yagi's supervision.
Li Yuanrang calculated the amount in advance and skillfully swung the bat.
The white ball is fished out to the left field.
Despite the high parabola of the trajectory, the left fielder could not reach the first landing point in time.
Tokuda, who was on second base, came back to score without a hitch. Li Yuan also gave himself plenty of time to go to second base.
The senior group has the first system. Yabe, who was temporarily the four-bat batter, added a second point.
To some extent, pitchers who can figure out the ball by Yabe should be pretty good on the ball.
Tatsuya Shimabukuro's possession is above average, and as a rookie from a high school, he now has only one type of ball in his hands.
Coupled with the rookie catcher Matsudaira who is partnered with him, the matching strategy is too simple and straightforward. Yabe managed to hit a hit with a guess shot.
Overseer Yagi swapped Shimabukuro to the outfield in the bottom half of the third inning. The score was three to one. And the senior group captured second and third base.
Shimabukuro's left-handed thrower Ichiku Ikto flew over 140 kilometers with the first goal.
But the next ball was a big shot.
The runner on third base returned to home plate to extend the lead further.
The rookie team changed four pitchers, and the senior team also had three players who could pitch in turn. The practice match ended with a score of 7-3.
It's a bit of a delicate score.
On the one hand, the rookie team's striking strength and defensive ability are in line with pre-match expectations. Several of these players are clearly instant players who can be in the squad immediately.
But on the other hand, the rookie pitchers, who had high hopes from the Yagi supervisor, did not perform satisfactorily.
Tatsuya Shimabukuro is currently only a material-type player. Kudo, who throws on the left, has a powerful straight ball, but he doesn't control the ball well.
Okano, a newcomer who rose from the soft baseball club of Peace School Junior High School, is a weakened version of Yabe. There is no more complementary value than being able to digest the number of innings during periods of intense fixtures.
After the red-and-white battle, the Yagi supervisor did not immediately announce the main lineup of the next team.
The baseball club was not immediately divided into one army and two armies.
At present, there are just over 30 members in the baseball club. For daily training, there is no need to group yet.
The increase in the number of students in the new school year is better and increases the training intensity.
The rookie pitchers, who are not particularly useful, are now also taking on the responsibility of feeding the ball during strike drill.
Compared to an automatic ball machine. Rookie pitchers have limited ball speeds, though. But the quality of the ball thrown has its own characteristics. On the contrary, it allows the fighter to make more progress in training.