Higashimurayama Gakuen is a school. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although it is private, the tuition fee is not expensive. As a result, most of the students are also from nearby regions.

This characteristic is reflected in the game style of the baseball department, that is, the team cooperates tacitly and has a high degree of coherence in the play.

In the face of this kind of opponent, Li Yuanrang's goal is to avoid letting the first hitter of each game go out as much as possible.

But the first half of the game didn't go as expected.

Higashimurayama Gakuen's first pitcher, Tsurutani, faced Akio Yabe, who made a cameo pitch, and hit the first ball into a mid-course hit over the pitcher's head.

The arrow ball speed is about 120 kilometers away, and the angle of the base is not tricky, and the straight ball is obviously not enough to suppress the really strong hitter.

Next, Higashimurayama used the process they were used to advancing the game. Tsuruya stole the first base, and the second batter sacrificed the strike. Kikuchi, the third bat, was originally intended to make a flying ball that Goofy sacrificed to hit, and because of the movement speed of outfielder Tanaka Guki, it landed and became a hit.

Three hitters in a row hit the ball, and Peace School fell behind by one point.

Fortunately, the four sticks on Higashimurayama's side, Takashino, played a double kill "in time" and ended this half game.

"I was unlucky to lose a point in the first game."

Li Yuanrang, who returned to the rest area, said to the captain Fukushima Ippei, who was recuperating off the field in this game.

"Actually, it should be said that I only lost one point, and I was really lucky, so that Takashino, who had a total of 29 home runs in college, played a double kill."

"Twenty-nine rounds is a lot?"

The so-called college general calculation of home run numbers generally includes the data of practice games and regular games. The private baseball club plays dozens of practice games a year, so in this day and age, it is not uncommon for players to hit 40 or 50 home runs just after being promoted to the third grade.

"The number of practice competitions in the East Village Mountain School Park is relatively small.,Twenty-nine rounds is already a lot.。 However, it is true that this Takano rarely fires in official competitions. ”

So far, Takano has hit a total of five home runs in official matches. That also includes two consecutive hits from the previous game.

"Anyway, I was prepared to lose points at the beginning of today, and I will bring the score back in the next half of the game."

Lee Wonrang's striking sequence today is the fourth bat, and in RB's baseball culture, the four-way batter is the core of the line.

On the one hand, it is required to have excellent long-term playing ability. On the other hand, it is also necessary to have a more stable performance in situations such as scoring laps and running.

In the Peace School Baseball Club, this position has been held by captain Ichihei Fukushima. But today, for the sake of recuperation, Fukushima did not play at all.

After several trade-offs, the burden of the four sticks fell on Li Yuanrang's shoulders.

"It's the first time you've played four bats in an official tournament."

Fukushima asked.

"I haven't played in an informal game."

"You always know what is the most important thing about the four sticks, right?"

"To be able to hit a home run?"

The recent experience of actual combat, coupled with the game footage he usually watches, Li Yuan has deeply rooted the impression in his mind that four bats are equal to strong hits.

Listening to Li Yuanrang's answer, Fukushima shook his head.

"You have to be reliable to your teammates in the key moments of the game. It's like saying that the opponent's four-stick Eagle just now played a double kill with a chance to expand the lead. It's not a reliable four-stick. ”

In RB's baseball culture, the four-way hitter is an alienated label. It is given a meaning that goes far beyond a strike sequence.

According to this definition, in fact, Fukushima Ichihei is not a typical RB-style four-way hitter. His strikes, while threatening, lacked the ability to make the difference between victory and defeat.

There is an item in baseball's stats called Score Lap Percentage. Refers to the batting average when there is a person on second or third base. Fukushima's statistic is one of the highest among the players at the Peace Academy. But compared to his own average hit rate, it is a bit low.

The data of the score lap rate is to some extent a withdrawal of psychological quality. Most of the beaters will have a lower rate than usual. For good home runners, this stat tends to be higher than their usual average.

Under this statistic, Li Yuanrang's situation is different from most players.

Li Yuanrang's score lap rate is almost no different from usual. He is rarely affected by the situation on the field when he is striking.

Whether the team is ahead or behind, there is someone in the lap. Li Yuanrang will attack at his own pace.

"Stability" is one of Li Yuanrang's strengths. This is due to the fact that he doesn't have much to lose in baseball.

"Anyway, if you don't play baseball well, you can still go straight to college."

This idea has always been a pillar of his peace of mind when he participates in baseball club activities.

At this time, it was the attack of the Peace School on the playing field.

Miyagi, the first bat, made a successful base. The two sticks are played by Masaoka to push the runner to roll the earth.

The third stick is Tian Gu Wu, who appeared as a starting member for the first time today.

"I'm going outside and swinging my stick to find a feeling."

The competition was held on a cloudy day with no sun exposure. Li Yuanrang chose to go to the strike waiting area to practice swinging the bat.

But before he could walk out of the rest area, he heard a crisp sound from the field.

Taguwu hit a through ball from opposing pitcher Tsurutani deep into the left field to form a hit.

Miyagi, a stalwart who had already played base, naturally returned to home plate to score easily. But Tagu seemed to have a bit of trouble going up to second base.

He started to hit the base four or five meters away, and finally when his body stopped sliding, his hand still didn't touch the base.

Kikuchi, the opposing second baseman, received a return pass and knocked out Tako, who was trying to get up and continue to run the bases, before second base.

"It's strange, when I was in elementary school, I could get on base like this!"

Tian Gu, who returned to the rest area, couldn't figure out how there could be a problem with the base according to his own experience.

"You forgot that the distance between bases in high school games is longer than in elementary school games."

Masaoka, the first baseman who had known Tako since he was in elementary school, reminded him.

Baseball at the elementary level is only about 23 meters apart, while college and adult games are more than 27 meters.

But in any case, this blow to Tagu equalized the score. Now the score is 1-1.

Li Yuanrang, the fourth baton who originally planned to complete the task of clearing the base, is now in the strike zone. The three bases in front of me were empty.

The opposing pitcher, Takeshi Tsurutani, is a right-handed pitcher. The top speed of the ball has been 143 km/h. But at that time it was a very occasional record. Most straight ball speeds are actually in the second half of 130 km/h.

There is only one type of pitch that is not very good.

Compared to his ability to strike, defend and walk bases. Tsurutani's pitching is just a matter of athleticism and speed.

But even so, he was the best pitcher on the team.

Throwing weak and strong has always been a problem that Higashimurayama School Park has been unable to overcome in the past two years.

"I have interesting information about this Tsurugaya here."

Tian Gu, who returned to the rest area, picked up his small notebook and read the information on it for everyone to read.

"Until last year, Tsurutani thought he was a right-hander, but because he was advised by his coach, he switched to left-handedness. I feel very comfortable. I went to the hospital for a check-up and confirmed that I was left-handed. ”

"Then why don't you change to a left throw?"

Masaoka only started to practice left-hand shooting when he was in middle school, and it has become a habit.

"It seems that it is too late, and now I have switched to my left hand with chopsticks, but I still have my right hand for writing and pitching."

In the Internet era, there are more and more channels for information dissemination, and the unintentional comments or discussions of teammates or classmates on the Internet may become information for opponents to grasp.

It's just that this piece of information collected by Tian Gu doesn't seem to have any impact on the outcome of the game.