Chapter 69: A Valuable Opportunity

Before Yabe and Fukushima could finish their conversation, they heard the crunch of a metal bat coming from the field. The two of them looked at the outfield together www.biquge.info pen "Fun" and did not find the landing point of the ball.

But Donald Hirata on the field has already begun to step on the base bag one by one.

Kikusui high school pitcher Yamato Yamato throws a fast, straight ball that is not very accurate, and it happens to meet Donald Hirata's bat with no target.

Despite the weight of the ball, Donald relied entirely on brute force to pull the ball towards the left side of the field.

The baseball flew out of the home run wall at the very edge of the left field close to the sideline marker, which was the shortest flight path required to hit the home run at Fuchu Civic Field.

After scoring on home plate, Donald returned to the rest area, where his teammates lined up to high-five him.

And Yamato Yamto on the pitcher's hill stood with his hips crossed as if nothing had happened. Wait for the game to continue.

The score is now 1-0, with the School of Peace leading. But except for the home run that Donald hit just now. The atmosphere and pace of the game remained unchanged.

The next three hitters at the Peace School failed to get to base.

It is also difficult for Kikusui University to make a breakthrough.

After one out of the first half of the eighth inning, it was Kikusui's turn to hit Yamato, the captain of Kikusui's four. He's the only player on the team who will actually try to take on Kazuhei Fukushima with a strike. Others will choose to hit short and try to get to base with speed even when no one is on base.

Fukushima took the initiative to call a timeout at this time, and beckoned Lee to come to the pitcher's hill.

"I want to cast a four-bad guarantee."

Fukushima covered his mouth with a glove and whispered to Li Yuanrang.

"But it's not good to use the ball in college baseball......"

The so-called Jingyuan refers to the four bad escorts who stand in a position that the hitter can't hit at all at the beginning to catch the ball. The match record is different from the four bad balls picked in the general selection. This kind of escort will be recorded as "respect" or "respect".

From the perspective of college baseball, it has always been an unwritten rule that you can't throw a ball from Jingyuan. Although not really, all teams will comply. But Li Yuanrang felt that it was definitely inappropriate to blatantly escort the other party now.

What's more, Captain Fukushima usually doesn't seem to be the type to easily admit defeat to his opponent. Nor is it in line with his usual style.

"Because I want to win today."

Fukushima explained.

"If you want to win, this kind of scene is even more inappropriate with Jingyuan, and there is also the possibility of putting the opponent on base to cause more points to be lost."

"Look at the scoreboard behind me."

"The score is 1-0."

"I mean the part outside of the score."

"One out."

"Right!"

The right side of the scoreboard records the number of hits and turnovers by both teams.

Kikusui High School's current hitter number is zero. And there was a mistake on the side of the Peace Academy.

So far, Ichihei Fukushima has a record of no hits and no points conceded.

"How many times does a person have that in their baseball career? I guess this is the only time in my life. ”

Fukushima Ichihei still followed the taboo and did not say the words "no hits and no points lost". But his eyes were filled with longing for the record.

According to his life plan, there is probably no hope of entering professional baseball after graduating from college. Then you will aim to enter a university that is a famous baseball player.

In that kind of college, Fukushima didn't have the confidence to continue his baseball career as a pitcher. He could be a shortstop or an outfielder in the future.

There is really only one chance to set a record of no hits and no points conceded in an official game.

"I see, but at least I'll match the ball to a point where it doesn't look like Jingyuan."

Lee understood Fukushima's thoughts. Ran down the pitcher's mound.

This time, the first ball was a shoulder-height straight ball from the inside corner. The location is, of course, an area that is absolutely impossible to hit with a bat.

The hitter, Yamato, dodged backwards and let the ball go. Then he turned his head and stared at Li Yuanrang angrily.

"Don't worry, I didn't mean to take revenge on you."

In the previous game, Li Yuanrang was almost hit by Yamato's out-of-control inside corner. Yamato Yamto was originally a little weak about this. With this ball just now, he almost decided that his opponent was going to throw a dangerous ball for revenge.

However, in fact, Fukushima Ichihei's possession has always been accurate. The ball just now is actually ...... It's just to increase the number of bad balls so that you can complete the delivery.

The average team doesn't use inside corners when they deliberately protect their opponents. Li Yuanrang just hopes that in the eyes of the audience and the referee, he and Fukushima are really fighting against the beater.

The second ball, the outside corner speedball.

The alternating inside and outside balls look normal. However, this goal is not ordinary for Yamato.

It was the most obvious bad ball he had seen today. There is no reason to swing the bat. Two bad balls.

The third ball, a slider with a low outside corner. Based on the code played by Li Yuanrang and the position of the gloves, the ball in the plan looks slightly like a good ball. But most of the trajectory falls outside the good ball zone.

No one is going to use the change ball to pay attention to the opponent. Li Yuanrang just hopes that the four bad things can be more realistic this time.

But this plan is not foolproof.

Fukushima made a rare move with no change.

A slippery ball that misses a shot is essentially a slower, less powerful straight ball. And the ball is still in the good zone.

Li Yuanrang stared at the flight path of the ball, and his heart tightened.

Regarding the opponent Yamato, there are not enough statistics to be analyzed. The area he is good at hitting is still a mystery.

Lee Won-rang hopes that the opponent is better off not liking outside corners like himself.

But the development of events is not subject to his will.

Yamato Yamato swung hard. Hit a baseball.

Although it is not the center of the core. But the power of the metal bat still sends the ball to the outfield.

The ball flew towards the position between the stalwart and the right fielder.

Donald Hirata moved unhurriedly in the direction of the ball.

“Stop!”

The stalwart Miyagi shouted. Not knowing if it was the right word at this moment, his shout stopped Donald.

Miyagi sped past Donald to avoid a collision. Then pounce on the ball where it lands.

Behind home plate, Lee stood up and took off his catcher mask. And Ichihei Fukushima on the pitcher's mound also turned to stare in the direction of the outfield.

Miyagi, who was lying on the grass, raised his gloved left hand in the air. Showing teammates and referees the white ball that was securely caught.

“Out!”

The opponent's most troublesome hitter was picked up and knocked out. And Fukushima and Lee Won also relieved the shooting duo that they no longer have to deliberately send four bad balls to ensure delivery.

The change ball that just missed the shot was equivalent to helping Fukushima Ichihei.

Now he can move toward his goal of a no-hitter, no-point game.