Chapter 255: The probability of hitting
The most hated thing is that there are runners behind the hand, and now they are facing a full base. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Tetori is always anxious about the fact that his opponent can see the catcher's code and see how he holds the ball in his glove. It made him feel insecure.
It's ridiculous to say that the anxiety of hand-picking is also ridiculous. The only ball he can play with is a straight ball. It doesn't matter if the opponent can see the ball or the catcher's code.
Regardless, the runner behind him indirectly affected his ball control.
The ball count quickly came to one good and three bad.
Of course, the three bad balls weren't entirely because there were people behind them.
Tetori doesn't want to give the opponent a four-bad ball guarantee directly. But he didn't hesitate to send a four-bad ball guarantee.
In the face of Li Yuanrang, the hand shot was quite dodgy. Every ball is a dead corner. But almost every goal can't be stuffed into the corner.
The next fifth goal. Still trying to stuff into an ambiguous position, but possession of the ball was off the rails of a fast straight ball.
Li Yuanrang, of course, could see that the outside corner kick was a little high. But he was not willing to be escorted.
The team is now two points down. Even if he was escorted, he was still one point behind.
It's not that Li Yuanrang doesn't believe in his teammates behind him. But in this situation, at least his fate is still in his own hands.
The hitter swung the baton at the bad ball.
The outside corner is considered to be a considerable angle away from the hitter, but as long as the posture is well adjusted, the length of the bat is still sufficient.
Of course, Li Yuanrang's ball was not solid enough. I just picked up the baseball with the head of the bat.
The ball flew lightly towards the right field. Landing between the right fielder and the stalwarts.
Runners on second and third base certainly have time to run back to home plate.
The return pass from the opposing stalwart was deflected between first base and home plate.
It is impossible for a catcher to touch a runner after receiving the ball.
This allowed Kojima, a runner who started from first base, to return to home plate in one breath to score.
Four to three, although it was not a home run, this second base hit was enough to turn the score around.
Fuso's third catcher went up to the pitcher's mound, and the infielders also came around.
On the other side of the arena, the Yagi superintendent of the Peace School was extremely excited. High-fives each runner who runs back to home plate to score.
And the main general, Akio Yabe, had already put on the strike armor and was about to walk to the strike preparation area with his helmet in his hand.
In this game, Yabe's mission as a pitcher has long been completed. In the last game, he had been transferred to the outfield zone.
Now Yabe remains on the field purely because Inspector Yagi still wants him to make a difference in his strikes.
"Anyway, Li Yuan let him finally perform on a critical occasion this time."
Superintendent Yagi said to Yabe's back.
"But is a one-point lead really enough?"
In the bottom half of the ninth inning, the opponent will be the center of the three, four, and five sticks.
It's really not enough to be one point ahead right now.
"Now the runner is still on second base, so he has to get on the lap."
Just as he was speaking, the five-batter Tian Guwu hit the flying ball above the catcher's head with just the second ball. It's really out of the wind.
Yabe buckled his helmet to his head. Strode into the stadium.
"Got it, I'll try to extend the lead."
After a few minutes......
“Strike!”
Keep reminding yourself to relax, don't rush to play the bat, and miss the opportunity to swing the bat. See the escape strikeout out.
Now the Peace School is already two outs.
It was the turn of Donald Hirata, an international student who hit the seventh bat.
"It seems that we have to try to hold on to this advantage."
Akio Yabe said as he returned to the rest area and placed his helmet on the shelf.
"Not necessarily, but now it's Donald, who is the best at hitting straight balls."
Superintendent Yagi clasped his hands on his chest and observed the situation on the field with a relaxed expression. The opposing pitcher relies entirely on the speed of the straight ball to suppress the hitter.
And Donald has never been afraid of ball speed.
"It's Donald who can only hit a straight ball. The strike rate of formula warfare is only two out of eight. This is still the result of the spring games against those weak teams. ”
Yabe wasn't complaining. Donald was originally this type of hitter. And his long-term fighting power is indeed irreplaceable in the team.
It's just that the odds are really his weakness.
If you put it in the professional baseball arena, a batting rate of 20 out of 8 can be considered a passing grade, which is not too bad.
But college competitions are different.
There is a huge gap in strength between the strong and the weak teams. The strong hitter on the team often has a batting average of more than 50% in official matches.
In comparison, Donald's 20% hitting rate is really not a passing result.
Fortunately, Donald has the strength to play long. Occasional surprise home runs put him in the seventh base, a position akin to an "ambush."
But you can't expect anything from him on a really critical occasion.
At times like now.
"From a probability point of view, Donald should have a hitter too, and he's been hitting a lot of games in a row."
Superintendent Yagi's tone was still optimistic.
"Maybe he'll continue to set new records."
On the playing field, Tetori threw a speedball with a speed of more than 150 kilometers per hour.
Donald didn't hesitate to swing his bat. Just didn't hit anything.
Unlike most of his peers. Donald is not at all emotionally affected by his own air vibration.
Every swing of his bat is full of energy. And if it weren't for the overseer's specific tactics, Donald would have targeted a home run with every swing.
On the surface, it seems that the pitcher only has a weapon called the speedball.
And Donald's amazing swing speed can completely undo the speed of a speedball pitcher.
But Donald never thought about controlling the timing of his swings.
On the second ball, he was still full of confidence and swung with all his might.
But this time it was too early.
A straight ball low in the middle is fanned straight towards the left field. It's about to go out of bounds.
Since swinging the baton is a bit advanced. This ball is certainly not the center of the ball.
The baseball flew so flickering that everyone thought it was going to be a throw-in.
After two outs, the runner on the base must start. This is the basic rule on the pitch.
Li Yuanrang on second base had no choice but to run the base with all his might.
And after the baseball flew sixty or seventy meters, I don't know if it was because of a stall or a strange rotation angle. Suddenly fell and smashed to the ground.
The landing point is the touchline on the left side of the pitch.
The baseball smashes right above the white line.
The referee made a gesture in bounds.
Defenders caught off guard by fill-in. And Li Yuanrang has already begun the final sprint to home plate.
Although it is not a signature king-size home run. However, Donald Hirata's blow finally contributed to the team.
"Probability-wise, maybe Donald has to go a few more games without a hit?"
Yabe half-jokingly asked Superintendent Yagi.
"Probability? The ...... that thing doesn't exist."