Li Yuanrang didn't expect the formation of his own hit. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's an inside corner speedball. This time, Li Yuanrang did not deliberately swing the stick in advance.

Semi-open batting stance, plus adaptation to today's pitcher on previous hits.

It was only natural that the ball was pulled towards the left field.

The baseball flies on a straight trajectory and doesn't look like a home run.

However, in the end, the ball hit the home run wall entirely, and it also showed from the side that Li Yuan made this ball solid.

With this hit, Li Yuanrang went to second base.

Captain Kazuhei Fukushima stood in the strike zone.

And at this time, Saito, the opponent's catcher, stood up. Stand in the outside corner of the hitter.

"This is to be escorted."

Li Yuanrang thought to himself.

Compared to professional games, college baseball has a much smaller escort tactic.

In particular, it is rare for a tournament like Koshien to be broadcast nationwide.

Although the rules do not prohibit it, the vast majority of teams still feel that it is not honorable behavior.

Even the Peace Academy, which usually doesn't care about the use of escort tactics at all, has been agreed before the start of the game in the Koshien stage, even if it is Jingyuan, the opponent must disguise it as an unintentional four-bad escort.

And now the catcher of Fuso Daihida stands up and catches the ball without caring at all.

"Looks like I'm being slighted."

Fukushima was escorted to first base, and Yabe, who was next to enter the strike zone, said to the opposing catcher next to him.

"Isn't it a normal tactic to escort a four-batter."

This is the answer of the catcher Saito.

Saito's words are true.

However, according to the earliest tactical deployment, even Li Yuanrang was to be escorted in this round. The head-to-head confrontation with Li Yuanrang just now was the result of Saito's own struggle.

Unexpectedly, he was hit by the opponent.

It is precisely for this reason that the decision to send Fukushima to Fukushima was so resolute.

"The opposing hitter has gradually figured out the pattern of the sister's pitching. Avoid going head-to-head with their strong beaters. ”

These were the words of the Kyogoku Supervisor of Fuso Daihida before the start of the game.

"But now that you've dodged this time, won't you have to face their central hitter in the next round?"

That's what Saito asked at the time.

"There's not necessarily the next blow."

Overseer Kyogoku pointed to his right leg. The area that had been injured in his youth now aches dullly.

"This place is much more accurate than the weather forecast on the TV station."

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Akio Yabe's ball path is a straight ball. Compared to the elusive slider ball, the straight ball of the sister lane is extremely fast. However, it is relatively easier to deal with arrows with narrow fields of vision wearing glasses.

The first ball is high in the outside corner. Yabe deliberately let it go.

Then there is the knuckle in the outer corner. It's a bad ball.

In this case, if you throw a curveball, the ball will continue to land low in the outside corner. Yabe guessed that the opponent's catcher would not match the ball like this.

"It's the inside corner!"

Yabe had this idea in mind, and as soon as the ball was shot, he swung it directly at the inside corner.

In order to increase the strength of the strike, Yabe used a moving center of gravity play that takes a step forward. The direction of the step is skewed to the side of the inside corner.

This leaves room for swinging the stick.

The baseball flew over the shortstop's head and straight into the gap between the stalwart and the left fielder.

And due to the lack of attention to Yabe's long punch, both outfielders stood slightly ahead.

"It's a hit!"

Li Yuan, who was on second base, instantly flashed such a thought in his mind.

Not only him, but before the baseball landed, the teammate in charge of running the base on third base made a forward move.

Li Yuanrang ran to third base, full of expectations that he would be able to score on base this time.

But after bypassing the third base, there was a shout from his teammates asking him to turn back quickly.

Eima, the stalwart of Fuso Daihida, rushed to the landing point of the baseball with incredible movement speed. The final step is to take advantage of the slippery turf in the field to pounce.

The high flying ball was caught and Akio Yabe was out. Not only that, but runners who are off base now have the obligation to return to base.

The Jiangma is now lying on the lawn, so naturally he can't pass back directly to the infield.

However, his team-mate left fielder Hirose has already arrived to fill in.

Eima throws the ball with his gloves, and Hirose passes to second base.

Li Yuanrang, who didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity and return to base, was out of the game.

What was supposed to be a great chance to score disappeared in an instant.

Next, the next shortstop Tokuda hit a powerful rolling ball in the direction of third base.

Tokuda has a pair of fast legs, and if there is no one on the base, he will definitely be able to run the ball to hit the infield.

But now Fukushima on first base must move on to second base.

The third baseman of Fuso Daihida easily passed to second base to block the runner.

This was the end of the first half of the seventh inning.

In the gap between attack and defense, there was a muffled thunder.

"The rain is near."

Sister Xiaolu, who had put down her pitcher gloves, sat down next to the superintendent.

"Well, I'll just say it."

The Kyogoku superintendent seems to be unsurprised by this.

In this half-inning, the first hitter of Fuso Daihida was first baseman Uchijima.

The university has a record of 30 home runs in three years. The batting percentage is also the first in the team.

The only statistic that is inferior to the team's four is the playing point. And this aspect is somewhat related to his smoothness.

However, in the face of Fukushima's pitch today, Uchijima, like the other eight teammates, has yet to hit a hit.

This mat was supposed to be the same result.

The first ball is empty, the second ball is out of bounds.

Just before the third throw was made, the raindrops, which had been interrupted for a while, fell again.

"Can you still play in the current situation?"

Li Yuanrang asked the referee behind him.

"Only to this extent will not be interrupted."

Although the raindrops were much larger than just now, the density of the rain was very low, and it was obviously not enough to interrupt the game.

In the third ball, Li Yuanrang was paired with an outside corner slider. This is his old trick to trick the other party into swinging a stick. It should also be useful this time.

But just as Fukushima's pitching action had already started, a drop of rain dropped next to Fukushima's index finger holding the ball.

The rain was not thrown away with a wave of the arm, but seeped between the fingers and the baseball.

A burst shot over the top of the hitter's head.

When there was no one on the base, it would not have been too serious.

But now it's a two-good situation. Uchijima, the hitter, swung his bat into the air. Then run to first base.

It was an immortal strike strike of his own making.

After Lee Won rang turned around and picked up the baseball, Uchijima was already moving towards second base.

"Take the ball and don't pass!"

Fukushima Ippei's words were shouted too late.

Lee Wonrang passes to second base in an attempt to block Uchijima.

In addition to the rain just now, the surface of the ball is now covered with mud.

The baseball flew over the second baseman's head and went straight to the outfield.

By the time stalwart Miyagi picked up the ball and passed it back, Uchijima had returned home plate safely.

The score became 0-1.

A bolt of lightning struck over Koshien. This was followed by a crisp thunder. (To be continued.) )