Chapter 197: Execution Deployment
Two outs in five innings. On the first base of the pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info is Hayata Sho's second shortstop Ishiwatari on the first base.
According to the data, this is the most dynamic player in the opponent's lineup.
Li Yuanrang guessed that the opponent would definitely start stealing the base in the next game.
Before he started pitching, he glanced at his opponent's rest area.
The other party did not give any instructions.
But that's not surprising. For players like Ishiwatari, many teams will leave the decision to steal bases to the players themselves.
Only when it is forbidden to steal the base is the code is played.
Because it's already two outs. In a brief meeting on the pitcher's mound just now, Lee Wonrang and Yabe had agreed to ignore the runners and concentrate on winning the third out.
But it's still important to make the opposing runners feel some pressure.
Before Oya, the batter at the third baseman, started pitching, Yabe threw three back-to-back shots at first base.
The opponent's runner, Ishiwa, is a veteran of stealing bases, and he also has a set of ways to deal with it.
None of those three pindowns threatened him.
But moving the center of gravity back and forth, ready to return to base at any time, somewhat wears down the runner's spirit.
After three pins, Li observed that the distance between the runners on first base had become somewhat conservative.
So the pitching code was issued.
The ball slides in the outside corner, and the opponent shooks in the air and grabs a good ball.
"Good vote!"
When passing the ball back to the pitcher's mound, Li Yuanrang quietly glanced at the hitter next to him through the mask.
Daya was clearly looking in the direction of his team's oversight.
Li Yuanrang glanced at the other party's rest area again.
Superintendent Matsumoto just typed out a set of codes.
It's a code for the hitter, not the runner.
Of course, Li Yuanrang couldn't crack the other party's sign language. However, in this situation, there are only a few deployments that the Overseer will make.
The hitter is good at swinging a big stick, and the shot is not accurate. It doesn't look like the kind of hitter who is suitable for a hit-and-run strategy.
So...... For better or worse, it's not uncommon to swing to cover teammates for stealing bases.
After weighing the pros and cons, Li Yuanrang played a straight ball code.
Yabe understood and threw a straight ball with the outer corner high in as sharp a pitching stance as possible.
The ball is higher than the top edge of the good ball area, but the goal is not to swing the batter but to allow the catcher to get up quickly to catch the ball and avoid the distraction of the hitter.
And the performance of the beater Daya was completely unexpected by Li Yuanrang.
He obviously didn't aim at the baseball to swing this ball, but leaned forward as much as possible to interfere with the catcher's line of sight.
Li Yuanrang's ball matching helped him. Get up when you catch the ball. Because the ball was in the outside corner, it also perfectly avoided the blockage of the hitter's body and was able to pass the ball to second base at the first time.
Needless to say, Ishiwa, who had already left the base early, had already begun to sprint.
Lee Wonrang's ball arrived at the base pack at about the same time as the runner.
However, the ball passed slightly high, and it took a few tenths of a second for the second baseman to bend down and touch it.
It was this gap of a few tenths of a second, Shidu safely got on the base, and the stealing of the base was successful.
Taking off the mask, Li Yuanrang showed a disappointed expression.
But I'm afraid it's all acting.
In fact, the above goal fully met the expectations at the beginning.
Didn't let the batter touch the baseball, and earned a good ball count.
Although the runner went to second base, the number of balls also came to two good and no bad.
Next, it will be much easier to deal with the beater, Daiya.
Ishiwatari, who went to second base, was not satisfied. It's still far from the base.
At this time, it is completely possible to let Yabe throw two more pinning balls to interfere with the runner.
However, Li Yuanrang did not choose to do so.
The outside corner ball that just swung into the air can be used as a foreshadowing.
Now it's time to throw the next ball while the remnants of the hitter's mind are still remembering.
The next ball is high in the inside corner.
The hitter Oya dodged slightly and let the ball go.
Li Yuanrang shook his head. This time, I sincerely regret it.
Yabe couldn't keep the ball in the good zone and almost hit the hitter.
But the hitter only held up one more ball.
In the fourth ball, Li Yuanrang was paired with a curved ball.
Among the many common variations, the pitch is the most different from the straight ball. The stance of holding the ball in the hand is also quite obvious.
Ishiwatari on second base probably saw through Yabe's ball, and the ball was already running before he could shoot.
However, this steal had little impact on the progress of the game.
The hitter Oya, who had just been disturbed by the inside corner high ball, inevitably made some mistakes when judging the curveball that fell to the outside corner.
It's not a strikeout.
The bat barely rubbed against the baseball.
However, first baseman Masaoka did not have any difficulty in handling this kind of frontal roll.
The third out of this half-inning is finally in hand.
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Now the score is 2-1, and Hayata Sho maintains the lead.
And in the second half of the fifth inning, the Peace School hit the real "late sticks".
Kawasaki, who was seventh in the batting zone, didn't shoot two change balls in a row.
The number of balls becomes one good and one bad.
"I told him to only play straight."
Superintendent Yagi leaned back in his chair and whispered to the team members around him about his deployment.
"But more than half of the pitchers on the opposing side have changed the ball."
Hayata's pitcher Komuro isn't too slow, but it's not fast enough to be used as a winning weapon.
On the contrary, it is a change of ball, because his pitching posture has become quite distinctive.
Slipped the ball the most often against the right-hand hitter. And the stretching card ball with little change but sharp trajectory is also a powerful weapon.
If you only stare at the opponent's straight ball and play, it is not surprising that you may wait for a strikeout.
"Then strikeouts, it's okay."
Rather than rashly shooting one ball out, waiting for three goals can be regarded as consuming the opponent's physical strength.
Overseer Yagi's deployment seems to be somewhat disrespectful to the strength of the next few fighters. But at this stage, it seems to be an option.
Of course, it is impossible for the opponent to have no straight balls in the ball.
The fourth ball after two good and one bad, the hitter Kawasaki finally waited for such a straight ball.
"It's time to swing the bat."
Li Yuanrang in the rest area was more anxious than Kawasaki himself.
Kawasaki swung his bat, and the ball flew straight towards the pitcher's mound before smashing on the edge of the pitcher's mound to change trajectory.
If the pitcher is still standing on the pitcher's board, the ball may be caught in the first place.
However, the pitcher has a habit of leaning to the right after pitching.
The baseball, which had changed direction, flew through the gap and passed through the gap between the two games to the outfield.
This time Ann came by a bit of a fluke. But a hitter is a hit.
Kawasaki, who is not even optimistic about his own supervision, is now on the first base.
The next hitter, second baseman Honda.
Looking at the sticks, I also know that the beater who is least hopeful.
"Now you won't let the hitter wait for three balls to be striked, right?"
Li Yuanrang asked the Yagi supervisor beside him.
"Of course."
Although the answer is so, judging by his expression, it is likely that Superintendent Yagi is not ready to go to base at the beginning of this inning.