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The next hitter in the Peace Academy is Yamba of the eighth batter. Although there are still runners on the lap. But in the eyes of the Taguchi Inspector of Fuso III. Yamaba is an opponent to be taken lightly.

Yamaba himself did not "live up" to the contempt of his opponents. In a hurry, the result of swinging the big stick was that the second ball was hit by the second baseman, and the ball in front of the second baseman was blocked and eliminated.

The right to attack was put back in the hands of Fuso III.

According to the original play, the next player to hit should be the catcher of the sixth bat.

But it was a substitute wearing the number 14 jersey who walked into the strike zone.

Yoshida, a sophomore who had just entered the arena twice to deliver the overseer's orders, is now appearing as a substitute.

This made Li Yuanrang, who was squatting behind home plate, a little surprised.

It is the sixth stick at all, and it is in the position of connecting the past and the future in the line.

The first part of today's game really didn't do anything in terms of striking at all.

But the catcher is the center of the team's defense, and Taguchi's supervision of this dispatch is tantamount to deducting the responsibility for losing points on the catcher at all.

And Yoshida, who is now on the field, is not a catcher. In other words, there are other people who act as catchers in the following competitions.

Li Yuanrang didn't have time to think about deeper issues. The hitter in front of you is the target that needs to be addressed.

Just by his stature, it can be seen that Yoshida is not a long-range gun. The experience of actual battles also proves this.

As soon as Yoshida came up, he kept hitting Fukushima Ippei's pitch out of bounds. In the end, it was finally ground to the four bad escorts.

And as soon as he got on base, Yoshida took two steps away from the base, completely not hiding his attempt to steal the base.

As a catcher, Li Yuanrang's stealing rate has not been very good. But now in this situation, he is especially looking forward to suppressing the momentum of the opponent's counterattack by blocking the opponent's stealing base.

"It's a probably useless lesson that the more balls a pitcher throws, the higher the opponent's attempt to steal base."

When he first worked as a catcher, Akio Yabe taught a lot of his own experience to Li Yuanrang.

There is also a lot of knowledge about piracy.

A containment is a pass in which a pitcher suddenly passes to a runner's base pack before entering the pitching motion.

Runners who leave base must return to base in time to avoid going out.

According to Yabe, after a pitcher throws two pins, the runner's chances of stealing bases increase dramatically. If you were to say a specific number, the probability would more than double.

Now Yoshida on first base has a very obvious attempt to steal the base, and Li Yuanrang wants to increase the probability of him stealing the base to infinitely close to 100%.

Pitcher Fukushima nodded at Lee's code.

Surprise pass to first base.

Once, twice, all the way up to the third time.

Yoshida, who had just come on the court, had a shirt in front of him that was already the color of clay.

Being able to take two steps off the base, Yoshida is naturally confident in his speed. It's not easy to get him out of this level of containment.

However, after being tossed by the pitcher so many times, Yoshida probably felt that he didn't really steal the base and was sorry for his few flying backs.

That's what Li Yuanrang was waiting for.

Kazuhei Fukushima finally threw his first shot against the hitter.

The seventh baton of Fuso third is the shortstop Toyota. According to the code just made by the superintendent, he now has to cover the stealing of his teammates on the base with all his might.

Li Yuanrang guessed that he would probably pretend to swing a short bat, or swing it casually and then fall to home plate to block the catcher's view.

Either way, there's no need to really throw a good shot at him.

Li Yuanrang played the code of "countermeasures for stealing bases".

This code means a lot. The main point is that the pitcher needs to throw a straight ball from the outside corner.

The ball should not only be wide enough, but also high enough.

That's what Ichihei Fukushima throws.

Toyota, who had made a false striking stance, had to withdraw the bat. But he was still awarded a stick by the referee.

Yoshida, the runner on the base, has already started to steal the base, and there is no possibility of returning.

Lee Wonrang jumped up from the state of crouching, caught the incoming ball in a standing position, and immediately passed to second base.

In terms of arm strength alone, Li Yuanrang's performance is good and bad. But the most critical aspect of passing to a runner at second base is accuracy.

Because of the standing pass, Li Yuanrang's ball passed straight enough.

Second baseman Honda catches the pass at chest height and presses his glove on Yoshida's head, who is rushing to second base.

Without the referee's decision, everyone on the field can see who comes first and who comes last.

Li Yuanrang's pass not only got the team an out. More importantly, it defused the momentum of the opponent's counterattack.

Toyota, who failed to complete the tactical mission, also failed to hit the bases in the following strikes. The same goes for the eighth stick in the back.

Fuso, who replaced his own main battle catcher and gave it a go, failed to get any points back in this game.

Then the top half of the next seven innings. Kuwabara, a sophomore who had been practicing pitching on the sidelines, finally stood on the pitcher's mound.

He didn't replace the original ace Chiba. It's Yoshida, who played on behalf of the last game.

Chiba's new defensive position surprised the audience on the sidelines, and he put on the catcher armor and formed a shooting partner with Kuwabara, who had just changed to the court.

"It turned out that the pitcher was going to squat and catch."

Kazuhei Fukushima sits in the lounge area with his left arm resting on the backrest next to him.

"I've heard it's a common tactic, but I don't think I've seen it before?"

Akio Yabe once told Lee that it is common for catchers and pitchers to swap in amateur baseball. But the only example that Li Yuanrang has seen before is that Yabe, who was born as a catcher, also serves as a pitcher.

"Actually, there are many such schools, but it is really not common to have a prestigious school."

The pitching practice area next to the baseball field, commonly known as the cowshed, according to the English translation of "Bullpen".

In an average elite school, there may be three players with a back number who act as catchers.

A main catcher is in charge of playing, and a barn catcher is in charge of warming up with the rescue pitcher in the pitching practice area.

There is often a catcher on the bench, and this is the substitute when the main catcher is substituted.

There are only two players registered as catchers in Fuso's third player list.

Except for the number two who was substituted at all. There is also a player wearing number 12 who has been accompanying Kuwabara on the sidelines to practice throwing.

Obviously, the number 12 is just the bullpen catcher in charge of sparring. Hiroyuki Chiba is the second choice to serve as a catcher within the team.

The third supervisor of Fuso, Taguchi, let Chiba squat and catch in this situation, on the one hand, in order to put the responsibility for the dispatch and loss of points just now on the catcher who had already ended.

On the other hand, Chiba, who can play the fifth batter when he is not playing as a pitcher, is also an indispensable part of the line. You can't leave the market so early. (To be continued.) )