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If the catcher fails to receive the pitcher's ball in a proper position at the first time and there is no runner on first base, the batter can move from home plate to first base.

At this point, the catcher must find the baseball in time to pass to first base in order to block the runner.

Saito, the catcher of Fuso Ohida, touched the baseball several times near home plate.

It's too late to pass another first base.

Miyagi of the Peace School has been safely put on the base.

In this case, it is the so-called "immortal strikeout." ”

Or as Japanese baseball circles call it "Shake Escape".

As a catcher, Li Yuanrang certainly understands this rule.

But this was the first time he had seen such a situation in actual combat.

The first hitter is on base.

The next second batter, Masaoka, came up and put on a striking and sacrificial stance.

The opposing pitcher's sister Xiaolu also seemed to be prepared for the strike.

Two powerful drop-down balls. Masaoka couldn't even put the baseball in bounds.

On the third ball, I had to revert to my normal swing stance.

An inside corner kick with a speed of 145 km/h. The beaters simply didn't have time to react.

This time, the catcher caught the baseball steadily. Strikeouts, and the hitter is out.

"Do you have any countermeasures after watching the pitching video?"

Before Li Yuanrang walked to the strike zone, Fukushima leaned over and asked.

"I hope I don't play a double kill."

Since the start of the West Tokyo Games, Lee has never been knocked out without swinging a bat in a game. He made more double-kills because he was obsessed with hitting baseballs than strikeouts.

As the center hitter, Li Yuanrang certainly won't touch the short hit.

Now in this situation, the best is hitting, followed by pushing the runner to roll the ball.

Strikeouts are not the worst-case scenario. Double kill is.

……

"We'll meet again."

As soon as Li Yuan let him stand in the strike zone, Saito, the catcher of the other party, threw out such a headless sentence.

"Again?"

"The day before yesterday at the pizzeria in Umeda."

"Oh, it turns out that the monk head at the next table is you."

"At the time, I just felt familiar, but I didn't dare to go over and say hello."

The Peace School made its debut in Koshien a few days ago, and it was reported on TV, newspapers, and online media.

It's not uncommon to be recognized on the street by other opponents.

Forty-nine teams participated in the Koshien Games in the summer. There were as many as seven or eight hundred contestants.

In addition, the baseball club members who came with the team did not have a number and the non-participating teams came to Koshien to watch the game.

Recently, the Kansai region has gathered thousands of teenagers with shaved "owners' heads".

Except, of course, the School of Peace.

Most of the players in the baseball club of the Peace School did not shave their heads. Only captain Fukushima and a few others shaved their bald heads to save them sweat during the hot summer races.

……

Facing Li Yuanrang, the first ball of Sister Xiaolu was the signature slider.

This variation ball is somewhere between a slider and a curveball. Because there are many subtle differences in each pitcher's habits when pitching.

Even when the same pitcher throws a ball, not every ball has the same curve, depending on the intentional or unintentional action at the time of the shot.

Especially in today's drizzly game, both the resistance of the air and the humidity on the surface of the baseball are different from usual.

Even the pitchers themselves dare not say that they can completely predict the trajectory of baseball's flight.

This baseball almost crossed the entire good ball area in front of Li Yuanrang's eyes. Finally, it is deflected out from the low position of the outer corner.

Li Yuanrang did not swing the bat.

The speed of the ball shown on the big screen is 124 km/h.

"Good vote!"

The catcher shouted the ball back to the pitcher.

Li Yuan also makes himself a catcher, and generally in the game, the catcher must constantly encourage the pitcher to throw the ball. It's just that Fukushima, the pitcher of the Peace School, is a third-grader. During the game, Li Yuanrang rarely used this way to communicate with his seniors.

The way the catcher spoke clearly showed that the pitcher was throwing the ball to fulfill the original intent of the ball. It's just that Li Yuanrang was not fooled.

The second ball is an outside corner high ball. The ball speed reached one hundred and forty-six kilometers.

Compared with ordinary beaters, although the factors of urgency and gap are less disturbing to Li Yuanrang, they are not without impact.

The high outside corner was originally his best area. But the swing of the ball was still a little slower.

The baseball flew close to the sideline, past the first baseman and out of bounds.

The opposing right fielder did his best to catch the ball. But it still didn't make time.

Throw-in.

The number of balls is one good and one bad.

After two outside corners in a row, the next third goal was probably an inside corner.

At least if Li Yuan lets himself match the ball, it should be such a strategy.

And so it turned out.

A straight ball with a high inside corner with a ball speed comparable to the previous ball.

Although it is no longer a "dead end", the high inner angle is still a weakness for Li Yuanrang.

This is something that the opponent will see if he has carefully studied the game statistics.

So far, there are probably two ways for Li Yuanrang to crack the inside corner high ball.

Either barely out of bounds. Either you preset the target in advance and attack with the strategy of swinging the stick early.

This early swing has also accumulated a lot of hits so far.

Because of this, not every opponent's pitcher can restrain Lee's blow by attacking the inside corner.

But today this sister is different.

The top ball speed is close to 150 km/h. With the effect of the pitching posture and the point of shooting, the angle at which the baseball enters the base is also sharp.

If there's anything that stops the sister from attacking the inside corner. I'm afraid it's ball control.

A pitcher who is as common as a big throw, a four-ball and a strikeout is not outstanding in ball handling.

In this case, the attacker runs the risk of sending a touch to the inside corner and angering the opponent.

And now, I don't know if the ball on the sister road is good luck or other factors, it just goes straight to the dead corner of the good ball area.

Li Yuanrang had already prepared, and he did his best to swing his stick quickly.

The price of early swing is the reduction of the accuracy of the rod control.

The baseball rubs along the bat. Hit the net behind home plate.

It's a throw-in.

The number of balls is two good and one bad.

There aren't too many chips left for the hitters. And there's still a lot of room for catchers to match the ball.

Fast finger pruning ball with low outer corner. The change is not much, but it falls just right outside the lower edge of the good zone.

Li Yuanrang did not swing the bat.

"Bad balls are useless to me."

Faced with the subtle differences of this ball, not every batter can resist swinging.

Li Yuanrang didn't turn his head in the direction of the catcher, and said such a sentence directly.

Rather than choosing a guarantee, Li Yuanrang now wants to face off against his opponent head-on.

And using this sentence, he hopes to arouse the fighting spirit of the other catcher.

"Come on, inside corner high straight ball!"

Li Yuanrang thought so in his heart. (To be continued.) )