Chapter 9: The First Seat

Li Yuanrang stood in the strike zone, and even the opponent who attached the most importance to data collection could not find any reference data that could be used against him at this time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Yono's pitcher, Kenzo Oe, shook his head on the pitcher's mound once, and then waited for a code that he was satisfied with. Facing the batter in the back of the game, it was another practice match, and he didn't want to waste too many balls. After all, the seven people in front of him have already used more than 30 of his goals.

The first goal was a low ball from the outside corner that didn't go all out. I was afraid that the pitch was lower than Oe's own position, but he didn't run out of the good zone.

After deciding that it was a good ball, Li Yuanrang waved his bat decisively. The part of the ball that grabs the head of the stick becomes an out-of-bounds bocce ball.

The second ball is a high ball from the inside corner, although it is still a straight ball that is thrown with the ball in pursuit of possession and pressing the ball quickly. But because of the angle, it looks a lot faster than the previous goal.

Li Yuanrang has not received systematic hitting guidance, and he still stares at the inside corner high ball until the end before swinging the bat. At this time, the ball had already flown into a very awkward position, and it was impossible to hit the bat anyway.

Air vibration, two good balls.

Yono's catcher Shirakawa played the code of the outside corner curl ball according to the previous rhythm. And Oe on the pitcher's mound shook his head, he wanted to throw a quick straight ball on the next ball to solve the opponent in one go.

After waiting for the code he wanted, Oe threw the third ball. The speed is visually more than one hundred and forty kilometers. But the angle is quite easy to fight in the middle of the high.

Li Yuanrang saw that the ball was extremely fast, and his muscles involuntarily tightened. The swing is much faster than ever.

The ball is not hit at the core, but at a third of the way through the bat. The ball flew quickly in the direction of the second swim.

Pitcher Oe made a sideways attempt to stop the ball early, but was unsuccessful. On the contrary, it interfered with the shortstop's field of vision.

The baseball hit the ground in front of the shortstop, then bounced off the ground and finally hit him in the abdomen at a not very fast speed and was stopped in front of him, and the shortstop tried to catch the ball with his bare hand with his right hand before the ball hit the ground, but he was unsuccessful, and instead touched the ball farther.

By the time he picked up the baseball that landed for the second time and was ready to pass it to his teammates, Li Yuanrang had already stepped on first base. And the players on third base had already run back to home plate and started celebrating the score.

The ball was eventually recorded as a shortstop error, despite no hits or points. Li Yuanrang still helped the team take the lead temporarily.

Standing on first base, he first high-fived his teammates who rushed over to pick up the protective gear, and then waved to the crowd. For a moment. Li Yuanrang had the illusion that he was being watched by the audience (about 70 people).

But that pride didn't last long.

The next batter is on the scene. The pitcher immediately passed a containment ball to first base. Li Yuanrang, who was still reminiscing about the blow just now, forgot to step on the base and stood on the spot and was touched.

Three outs, offense and defense exchanged.

The game continued.

Yono's counterattack came in the first half of the fourth inning, and they first relied on the flat fly ball that crossed the three-game to stand on first base. Next, the fourth batter on the left, Asaga Jiro, scooped a good outside corner speedball into a long shot.

The baseball flies to the right field. This is Li Yuanrang's defensive area, and for the first time in the whole game, he faced a "shared" outfield high flying ball.

Lee moved according to judgment until he hit a home run wall covered with cushioning material. The ball barely crossed the wall and was just right for a super-small two-point comeback home run.

Now the leading team became Yono.

Ichihei Fukushima on the pitcher's mound watched the baseball fly out of the wall, bowed his head and swept the dirt from the pitcher's mound with his toes. Then he faced the next beater with a blank face.

Two strikeouts in a row, plus a limp infield boccia. This is the end of the momentum of Yono's attack.

No matter what the situation is on the field, he can always maintain a calm heart, which is one of the strengths of Fukushima Ippei. It's a pity that this is only present when he is practicing for the game.

The bottom half of the next four innings. The first to stand in the strike zone was Haruo Suzuki, the third baton of the Peace Academy. Of the four mediocre sophomores, third baseman Suzuki is the one with the best striking ability. He grabbed a change shot and hit a first-base hit.

The next four bats Fukushima shook decisively in the face of the first ball, and stood on first base, while Suzuki stood on third base.

In the fifth, Honda hit an infield fly shot. And the sixth baton Kawasaki waited for the four bad balls to be delivered.

When Akio Yabe stood in the strike zone again, Yono High School had to face a full-base crisis.

After throwing more than 70 balls and letting opponents get to base one after another, Kenzo Oe, a pitcher who has become a little irritable, is the type Yabe is the most reluctant to face.

No one knows where he'll throw his next shot.

In order to prevent a double kill, Yabe didn't want to rush into the stick.

After the missed ball was turned into a hit, Yono's Oe now shakes his head whenever he sees the code of the change ball, and he throws four speedballs in a row. Two good and two bad. Yabe doesn't have the money to wait any longer, and his eyes have somewhat adapted to the current ball speed.

The fifth ball was thrown, and sure enough, it was still a speedball, and Yabe aimed at his preset ball path and swung hard, and this time he hit the target.

The ball goes over the shortstop's head and lands in front of the left fielder. It was no longer possible to pass back to home plate, so the outfielder passed the ball to third base.

Fukushima arrived at about the same time as the pass. His foot hit the base, and the third baseman's gloves pressed against his shoulder. The referee saw the whole process clearly and opened his arms to signal the runner to get to base safely.

The score was equalized, and it was still full base.

"The opposing pitcher is now in self-destruct mode, and he will only blindly fly the ball speed, so be careful of touching the ball."

Before Li Yuanrang went on the field to strike, Tian Guwu, a member of the IT department who had been immersed in recording game data, reminded him.

"This is what you just analyzed through the data?"

Li Yuanrang asked.

"No, it's a gut feeling as a four."

Tian Gu lifted his glasses and looked at the pitcher mound with resolute eyes.

He used to be the fourth batter of Musashino Tenma. That's a ...... Elementary school teams.

Lee Wonrang stood on the court for the second time, and recalled the instructions given to him by Fukushima, as the captain, before the start of the game.

"A good ball must be hit."

However, Oe didn't hit the good ball zone for two consecutive balls.

The third ball is a high-angle fastball that Li Yuanrang is particularly good at at at present, and it is another air vibration.

Lee Won's clumsy striking stance was seen by Yono's catcher Shirakawa, who saw that it was his opponent's weakness.

In the fourth ball, Shirakawa decisively played the code of the inside corner high ball again. Oe on the pitcher's mound also nodded in satisfaction.

Kenzo Oe is hot-headed now, and he doesn't want to throw the ball at all, he just wants to use his ball speed to fight hard with his opponent.

He used all his strength in this ball, trying to use the ball to overwhelm the opponent's momentum. But after the ball was shot, it went straight to the strike zone.

Li Yuanrang flashed backwards, and the ball flew almost against the tip of his nose. In the end, it was miraculous that there was no violent investment.

Catcher Shirakawa stretched his left arm and held the ball firmly in his glove.

Oe on the pitcher's mound took off his hat and bowed, symbolically apologizing to Li Yuanrang. Li Yuanrang waved his hand at the other party, saying that it didn't matter.

The game continues. Now the scene is one good and three bad, as long as there is one more bad ball to be able to go to base.

But the fifth goal was a good one.

Li Yuanrang has no reason not to swing the bat.

Despite the complete out-of-shape of the strike, the ball smashed firmly into the bat and flew towards the left field.

Li Yuanrang belonged to the late base, and the previous blow did not show the power of the long hit. So the opponent's defense made a deployment of outfield advances. The ball balls straight and ends up hitting the ground behind the outfielder who is pressing too forward.

Fukushima was the first to step on home plate, and then Kawasaki ran back. By the time Yabe rushed back to home plate, the ball had not yet reached the shortstop's glove.

Li Yuanrang cleared the base bag with the first hit of his baseball career. Win three points in one fell swoop.

"You can ...... in this position"

Oe on the pitcher's mound muttered in a low voice, his tone full of disbelief.