Chapter 118: Because it's an ace
The players on the pitcher's mound returned to their positions. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info was beyond the audience's expectations, and Fusang still did not change votes in the third.
Kuwabara, a second-grader in the pitching practice area, continued to warm up. However, the person on the pitcher mound is still Hiroyuki Chiba.
The ace pitcher, who was the No. 1 on his back, had no reason to be substituted when he was full of energy and the score was leading.
Fuso's third superintendent, Taguchi, is nearly sixty years old and has been coaching the team for more than 20 years. He is regarded as a famous coach in the college football world.
Koshien doesn't say it's an appearance, and it's won more than once.
One of the things that Inspector Taguchi is most proud of is his own vision. Chiba is the ace of his chosen team, and it is natural to have trust in the ace. Even if it takes some risk to maintain that trust.
The next hitter Chiba Hiroyuki needs to face is Akio Yabe.
Compared to the two people in front of him, Yabe is a less difficult fighter to deal with.
After one good and one bad, Yabe waited for his own sniper's slow curveball.
But even if you guess the path and the type of ball. It's still not a pretty shot.
The baseball is shot into the shortstop zone. Not very positive, though. However, the shortstop pounced on the side and kept the ball in the infield.
Li Yuanrang had time to go up to third base. Yabe himself went to first base.
But before Ichihei Fukushima stepped on the second base, the shortstop lay on the ground and passed the ball to the second baseman with a glove pass.
The number of outs became two. Runners take one or three bases.
It was the turn of the shortstop Tokuda to strike.
On the player's roster, Tokuda is a player who throws right and hits right.
But at this moment, he put the protective gear on his right elbow and stood in the strike zone of the left-hand hitter.
Li Yuanrang, who was on the base, was also taken aback.
Tokuda's ball is not slow, and the ball is familiar. He has been advised to switch to two dozen left and right. Tokuda himself occasionally tries to do some exercises.
But in official matches, he never stood in the left-hand striker position.
Even if it were a temporary decision to switch to left, it would not make sense in the current situation.
Hiroyuki Chiba is a left pitcher. Whether or not it is true that the theory of left-hand throwing and left-hand play is not true, it is always one of the principles of the general on-the-spot command in the ball world.
A real left and right hitter will also choose to play right when facing a left pitcher.
What's more, Tokuda also hit a hit as a right-hitter in the last hit.
Lee Wonrang set his sights on the captain Ichihei Fukushima, who had just been out.
Fukushima, who returned to the rest area, made an uncomplicated gesture with both hands.
Because the team in the Peace School does not have a fixed supervision, tactical instructions are rarely given during the game.
If the players want to implement any tactics, they usually communicate with their teammates in the rest area.
Only when the players on the field improvise and make some tactics that require the cooperation of teammates will they send out the code.
And Fukushima's code just now was sent from off the field to the players on the field.
Li Yuanrang remembered this gesture. He turned his head to look at Tokuda in the strike zone.
Tokuda is also responding to Fukushima's code.
Tokuda quickly got into the preparation for the strike, and the attitude of holding the bat was no different from that of the right hand.
The catcher of Fuso's third was simply equipped with a straight ball that was lowered just to be on the safe side.
This is exactly what Tokuda wants.
After the baseball was thrown, Tokuda suddenly changed to a striking stance.
Li Yuanrang immediately left the base.
The code that Fukushima made just now was to let Tokuda force the score.
There are already two outs on the field, and under normal circumstances, the attacking team will not choose the tactic of forcing the score in this situation.
But on the way back to the rest area, Fukushima had a brief whispered conversation with Tokuda, who was about to go on the pitch.
The suggestion of forcing points was made by Tokuda on his own initiative. But before that, Fukushima himself had similar thoughts. The two hit it off.
Tokuda took the position of the left-hand hitter in order to get closer to the first base.
In order to score points on this ball, the hitter himself must first be able to safely go to base.
Not much higher than the knee of this outside corner straight ball. Originally, it wasn't thrown to restrain short fights.
For Tokuda balls who want to make a safe hit, this ball is very comfortable to point on.
The baseball is spotted towards the area between home and third base, closer to the catcher's position.
This is the result of Tokuda's deliberate actions.
In the case of a forced score, the runner running to home plate must be touched to be eliminated.
If the catcher leaves home plate to pick up the ball himself, the other players who are in charge may not be able to arrive in time.
And waiting for the third baseman or pitcher to pick up the ball and pass it back, it may be too late.
There is less than half a second for the catcher to make a decision at all.
He still shouted "I'm coming!" "I rushed out on my own.
picked up the baseball in time, even if he couldn't touch Li Yuanrang, who ran to home plate. Using the block to go out and killing Tokuda can also ensure that the side does not lose points.
But that half-second hesitation became the key.
It took less than four seconds for the ball to start from the left-hand striker's zone and reach first base. Without even using a base pounce or a sliding motion, Tokuda stepped on the base pack before the fundamental pass.
Lee Won rang ran back to home plate with no one stopping.
The score is now a four-four draw.
After returning to the rest area and celebrating the score with his teammates, Li Yuanrang then turned to look at the other side of the field.
Inspector Taguchi, the third in Fuso, sat in his seat with a solemn face. Motionless and silent.
Forced scoring, a situation out of the pitcher's control. The point just lost has little to do with the pitcher's own performance.
Tokuda's short shot has a suddenness. And Fuso's third catcher and infielder's response did not get the best result.
Since he didn't change his pitcher when he was hit in a row just now, wouldn't changing his pitcher in this situation be a denial of his own scheduling.
Kuwabara, a substitute pitcher in the pitching practice area, saw no orders or timeouts. Shaking his head, he continued his warm-up pitch.
The cheers and cheering songs in the first base stands continued. On the one hand, it was to celebrate the equalizer of the Peace Academy, which they supported. On the other hand, it is also because the next hitter is Kawasaki, the third baseman who won the attention of the media and the audience in the previous game.
The two teams are on the same score, and there are people in the circle. In this dramatic situation, if Kawasaki hits a hit, it is likely to turn into a decisive hit point in this game.
However, after the cheers, the player who actually walked out of the first base side of the break area was a blonde foreigner.
Donald Hirata played as a substitute hitter.
The female high school students on the field, who were wearing the uniforms of different schools and holding colored cardboards to watch the excitement, immediately became quiet.
"Don't worry, there will be opportunities for you to perform in the future."
Kazuhei Fukushima in the rest area was the decision-maker who made the dispatch. He was calming Kawasaki's emotions as he was substituted.
Although Kawasaki is a second-year student, what Fukushima said is clearly not a specified year. (To be continued.) )