Chapter 246: Breaking the Balance

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Akio Yabe, the owner of the Peace Academy, who has always liked to guess the ball, originally liked to deal with pitchers who were good at controlling the ball. But this time he found it difficult to crack the opponent's ball-playing pattern.

Yabe has been a catcher since elementary school. Plus I work harder. Not only does he have his own set of experience for college-level competitions. When watching professional baseball games, I often try to reason about the ball distribution strategies of both sides in my own way.

So far, Yabe's guessing strategy has always been effective against pitchers who are good at controlling the ball. But today the situation is different.

"Is it really the pitcher who is matching the ball?"

Yabe remembered what Lee Wonrang had said to him in the rest area during the exchange of offense and defense.

I also remembered the opponent's catcher's glove position, which never changed and was only placed in the center of the good ball area.

In this way, the possibility of a pitcher matching the ball is indeed not small.

Generally speaking, though, even if the pitcher is the leader, the ball must be played according to normal ball logic.

And today's superstar college matching has no logic at all.

Not only does it completely not adhere to the common sense of matching the ball such as diagonal or urgency. They are also often matched in a completely illogical order.

Nakamura mainly uses three variation balls. Curveballs, sliders, speed balls. According to the data, he also has a record of throwing finger fork and jet ball in previous games.

The average pitcher always has his own tiebreaker. The deciding goal is not used in inconsequential situations.

Yabe once made assumptions about how he would match the ball if he was paired with Nakamura.

He's probably going to use the speedball for the deciding shot.

Nakamura, on the other hand, is probably confident in his pitching skills. In his menu with balls, the change balls account for about half. The three main species account for roughly the same proportion.

Considering that Nakamura's own straight ball is very powerful, this strategy of using a lot of changing balls. At least in the eyes of Yabe, who was born as a catcher, it didn't seem necessary.

But in the actual combat test, this unconventional strategy with the ball has achieved good results.

A few hitters in front. Tian Gu's touch aside, it doesn't count. The others failed to hit the core solidly.

Even if it was the one that Lee Wonrang hit. I have to say that it was also a bit of a fluke. Assuming the opposing fielders have a larger range, this will be a catch-and-kill out.

Yabe let go of Nakamura's first shot. He just wanted to see where the opponent was going.

And the opponent's ball was thrown outside the good zone. It was a bonus.

The second ball was still a straight ball. Yabe watched as the ball entered the trapper's glove.

Without mental preparation, Yabe did not have the confidence to hit this straight ball with a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour.

And now when there are runners on first base, it's better to stand still than to rashly swing the stick to create a double kill.

According to previous estimates. More than half of the opponents change the ball when they pitch.

After two straight balls in a row, the third ball should probably be a change ball.

Yabe's own preparation was to hit a curveball if he saw it.

Nakamura's curveball is the kind of slow curveball that has a slow speed and a large range of variation.

If combined with his straight ball speed and slow strategy to distract the hitter, this change of ball can be very threatening.

However, for Yabe, the slow pitching strategy was not so effective.

Akio Yabe, who wears heavy myopic glasses and has some astigmatism, is insensitive to speed.

The speedball just now didn't leave much of an afterglow in his eyes.

If you don't plan to hit the ball guessing, you can aim directly with your own eyes. Slow curve is probably the most likely way for Yabe to hit.

But the opponent's third ball was still a straight ball. Yabe had no choice but to let the ball go.

The number of balls is two good and one bad.

"The next ball is going to swing anyway."

Despite concerns about double kills. However, Yabe was not reconciled to stand still and be struck by himself.

On the next ball, no matter what kind of ball or angle, he plans to swing the bat and try it.

If it's a slower change ball, it's naturally best.

If it's really still a straight ball......

Yabe didn't have time to think about it anymore. The opponent's fourth ball has been thrown.

He subconsciously waved his bat. The baseball was struck deep into the field.

The backbone of the superstar colleges and universities is not only not wide enough. And it also seems too far forward in the position of this ball.

He despised the force of Yabe's blow.

Throughout the winter ahead, Yaba's strengthening of his arm muscles was not just useful for pitching. It can also play a positive role when swinging the stick.

The speed of his swing did not only make it possible for him to hit a straight ball that could go at a speed of more than 140 kilometers per hour. The distance of hitting the ball has also been strengthened.

Li Yuanrang, who was on second base, ran back to home plate with a bang.

And Yabe himself stepped on second base.

In fact, Yabe would have had plenty of time to make his way to third base.

But his teammate Tagu had already stopped on third base.

Tian Gu's judgment was correct, and with his speed, if he rashly attacked home plate, there was a considerable chance that he would be touched by the opposing catcher after receiving the return pass.

One to zero, the Peace School has taken the lead point. And the situation on the field has become no one out, second and third base.

It doesn't look like it's going to be too hard to extend the lead.

But the next three hitters, whether it was Donald who played long, or Fuchida and Kawajiri, who played fast games, failed to make the bat in their hands touch the baseball.

Nakamura, the pitcher of Superstar High School, created the crisis himself, and resolved it with consecutive strikeouts.

The difference in score on the field was just one point.

For a baseball game, that lead is simply insignificant.

When Nakamura exited the pitcher's mound, he didn't care about his side's temporary backwardness.

But he didn't anticipate how difficult it would be to equalise afterwards.

The superstar colleges and universities won the first few rounds by a modest margin

There are only two players in their line who can really be relied upon.

Three-stick pitcher Nakamura and four-stick catcher Hosokawa.

The attack under the second game started with Hosokawa in the fourth game.

Hosokawa, who is one of the few on the team who has the strength to hit a home run, is almost the only way to break the balance in a stalemate.

As a catcher, Hosokawa is not the type who likes to use his brain. That's one of the reasons why he left the ball to his partner.

Hosokawa's specialty is physical fitness and basic skills. It's true when you're defending, it's the same when you're attacking.

He is confident in his swing speed.

Akio Yabe's straight ball of less than 140 kilometers was a piece of cake in Hosokawa's eyes. That's why he's been expecting a straight ball.

But there are two balls in a row, and they are all two-seam fastballs that look a little subtle.

In today's professional baseball arena, with the gradual increase in foreign pitchers and returning players in the major leagues, two-seam speedballs are not uncommon.

But that's not the case in the amateur arena.

Hosokawa didn't want to swing the ball he wasn't sure about easily.

But after two good shots, he has no room to pick and choose.