Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Hi!"

"How's the game going? I just wanted to check the results on my phone but it ran out of battery."

At this time, all the people from the city who were gathered in the Ohmae family's store turned their eyes from the TV to Pingchuan who pushed the door open when they heard the question.

"Pingchuan, you finally came here!"

"Didn't you say you wanted to study?"

"Shut up!" Pingchuan was originally unable to say anything, but now that his teammates had teased him, he became a little angry and couldn't help but yell.

"Ah! Hello, Auntie!" As soon as he saw the elder coming out, Pingchuan immediately changed his attitude and greeted politely, then looked at the TV, "Eh? Inashi was killed by the pioneer?"

As soon as he came on the field in the third inning, Narimiya vented all his anger on pitching, and cleanly eliminated Shirasu, the ninth batter, and Kuramochi, the first batter.

What Hirakawa saw at this time was the duel between Ryosuke Kominato and Narimiya.

Ryosuke Kominato swung the bat and hit an inside corner ball to the right side of the pitcher's mound. Narimiya leaned sideways to let the ball fly out, and then a figure flashed behind him.

"Snapped!"

Shirakawa caught the ball as it bounced, then turned neatly and passed it to Yamaoka at first base.

"Out!"

"No way! The ball didn't go through?" Hirakawa saw that Kominato Ryosuke was only one step away from being eliminated, and slapped his forehead with regret, "It's really hard to deal with!"

"That shortstop must be a sophomore, right?" After seeing Inami's performance, Ohmae had to admit that their strength was indeed quite outstanding.

"Are you cheering for Qingdao?"

Seeing Pingchuan's frustrated look, the others couldn't help but tease him again.

"I didn't cheer for either side!" As expected, Pingchuan yelled back in anger again.

"His ball is still unstable..." Ohmae just muttered, and then looked at Manaka who had been sitting silently, "It seems that Narimiya is not on track yet..."

"..."Makoto didn't respond, but just looked at the two teams on TV who were switching offense and defense.

In the bottom of the third inning, it was once again Seidou's turn to defend.

At the beginning, Chris gave the secret code of the quirk ball.

Even if Inami's batters tried their best to put up a fight, they were inevitably out because it was their first time seeing Sawamura's pitching.

"You couldn't tell it from watching on TV...but this first-year player's pitching caused Inami's batters to be struck out one after another."

Pingchuan seemed a little eager at this moment. Was there some secret that could only be revealed from the batter's box?

"So far, the game is completely in the hands of Qingdao..."

At this time, someone worriedly raised another question, "But Inami's batters are always hitting foul balls, so they won't be struck out easily..."

"There's no need to worry about this. Seidou can still change pitchers..." Manaka heard his teammates' concerns and rarely spoke.

"I think they want Sawamura to hold on until he can't hold on any longer..." Ohmae then expressed his guess.

"Yeah... after all, Tamba hasn't played yet..." After hearing Ohmae's guess, Hirakawa agreed.

"Whoa whoa!"

"Strike out three batters in a row!"

"This...this guy..."

While they were talking, the showdown on TV had ended.

Facing Inami's seventh, eighth and ninth bats, Eijun finished the defense in the second half of the inning at a fairly fast speed, and ended the inning with three ups and three downs again.

"Sawamura! Good job!"

"Good shot!"

"Let's continue with this momentum!"

After the offense and defense switched, Eijun slowly walked down the pitcher's mound amid cheers and ran back to the dugout following his teammates.

"Good pitch..." After Eijun returned to the rest area, Fūtani raised a glass of water, with a proud expression on his face, and turned his eyes away from Eijun's expression.

"……"This time, Furutani did not express his burning desire, but acknowledged Sawamura's performance. Everyone was a little surprised.

"Hmm..." Rongchun was stunned for a moment before he smiled softly and walked into the rest area to take the cup of water. "It's so hot! It would be nice if there was a fan!"

"Fan?" When he heard that Eijun wanted a fan, Fūya's first reaction was to go find the fan. He looked around but it seemed like he couldn't find one.

"Let me fan you..." Seeing Eijun sitting on the bench to rest, Kotani suddenly had an idea and picked up a towel to use as a fan.

"Hehe..." Rongchun's hair was messed up by the strong wind from the gust of wind, but he was in a very good mood, "Thank you!"

Looking at Fūya who was fanning the wind with the momentum of pitching, and then looking at Eijun whose hair was disheveled in the wind, Haruichi walked forward with amusement to help Eijun tie up his messy hair again.

"..." Seeing that they were all fighting with everyone in their own way, Yuki smiled and looked at Senior Chris, "It's only taken 30 balls so far..."

"Ah..." Chris turned his gaze from the three first-years to Miyuki, "Although more balls were hit out of bounds than expected, it didn't affect him..."

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"The third inning is over, and Inami hasn't hit a hit yet." Looking at the score on the scoreboard that remained unchanged, Yamato was somewhat surprised, "I didn't expect it to turn out like this..."

"Yes." Fujio Mine had the same opinion.

"It's Seidou's turn to hit..."

"If Seidou can score one more point in this inning, they can win in one go..."

At this time, Isashiki swung the bat with the momentum of scoring again.

"Drink ah ah ah!"

After a roar, the hit baseball flew high into the outfield, and Carlos in the center field quickly came to the landing point and caught the ball.

"Ah! A high fly ball to center field!"

"Pity!"

"But I can hit his ball!"

"No problem!"

"Chief Azhi!"

"team leader!"

Although Isashiki's elimination caused a burst of regret, it was quickly replaced by loud cheers.

"Fourth batter, first baseman Yuki."

As Tetsuya Yuki came on the court, Qingdao's brass band played his percussion cheering song at the right time.

"Ah... it's so noisy..." At this time, Cheng Gong, who was preparing to pitch on the pitcher's mound, was really feeling extremely unhappy.

"It's only the third game, don't get too carried away!"

"nice shot!"

"Two good shots!"

"strike out!"

The fourth batter of Qingdao was struck out again, which was the most shocking thing to everyone.

However, Cheng Gong turned around and showed a flamboyant and confident smile. For him, this was an expected result.

Miyuki in the dugout frowned slightly when he saw Inami's pitching and catching. "This time he used a changeup as bait... and finally threw a straight pitch..."

"It seems that I paid too much attention to the changeup and was taken advantage of..." Chris muttered helplessly and walked to the waiting area and squatted down.

On the other hand, Izashiki, who noticed the difference, was so angry that his expression twisted, "That guy... is obviously better than when he dealt with me..."

Masuko, who came on next, hit a ground ball to third base from Narimiya's pitch, but was blocked by the defense and was out.

"Three out, exchange offense and defense!"

"It was Seidou's turn to hit in this inning, and it was also three ups and three downs! Inami's ace pitcher Narimiya is gradually getting on track!"

"It's so hot..." Cheng Gong slightly lifted the brim of his hat to breathe, and his complaints were mixed in with the commentary on the radio.

"Just now when Yuuki went on the field to attack..."

Yamato watched Narimiya pitching in this inning facing three batters, and felt that he understood something, but looked at Mine Fujio uncertainly.

"That's right, he definitely wanted to strike out Yuki on purpose..." Facing Yamatoda's doubts, Fujio confirmed her guess.

"Doesn't this mean... that he didn't put his full effort into dealing with batters other than Yuki..." Yamato didn't expect that Narimiya would still retain his strength when facing Seidou's batting line-up.

"Because in order to strike out a batter, you have to throw the ball at a certain speed... He should have only used 70% of his strength in pitching, in order to minimize the number of pitches..."

In addition, he knows who to suppress with strength, which can put the most pressure on Qingdao's players.

This means that he has been pitching this way since the first inning...

"How many pitchers in the country can do this?" Fujio thought to himself, thinking that there must be very few.

And Cheng Gongming... is only in the second grade... and he is already so amazing...

"It's really amazing..." Pingchuan, who was watching the live broadcast on TV, couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not that he's in bad shape, but he's holding back against batters other than Yuuki... If he didn't completely despise his opponent, he wouldn't be able to pitch like this..."

"..." After hearing this, Manaka chose to remain silent.

This shows that Narimiya is quite confident in his pitching.

"In this case... the pioneer point we got in the first game is of great significance..." Ohmae also has some insights into the current situation, "Inami is attacking from behind..."

"Compared to the one who is chasing the opponent, the one who is trying hard not to be caught by the opponent will have greater mental pressure..."

"And starting from this round, Inami has already played in the second round..."

If you want to avoid losing points, you can't let runners get on base easily...

"Impossible..." Eijun's calm gaze fell on Carlos in the batter's box.

"You won't let anyone get on base, right..." Looking at Rongchun who was standing high on the pitcher's mound, looking down on the crowd, Chris gave a firm signal.

"Carl Rose!"

The batting order was renewed, and Carlos's appearance was highly anticipated, and the support was much higher.

"We can't always be beaten by the first-year students..." After swinging the bat, Carlos smiled.

They will play more aggressively next time...

On the first pitch, Carlos saw the opportunity and swung the bat...

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Snapped!"

"The outside world!"

"Snapped!"

"Good ball! Strikeout!"

"Three changeups in a row! The pitching and catching duo of Seidou mainly used straight balls in the first three innings, but now they have changed their pitching!"

Compared to the passionate broadcast, the stadium fell into a brief silence. Everyone looked at the pitching and catching duo in shock, and then burst into cheers.

"Ohhhhhh!"

"Sawamura!"

"Nice throw!"

"..." Carlos in the batter's box had an extremely gloomy expression on his face at this time. He even glanced at the pitcher's mound out of the corner of his eye as he walked down the batter's box.

'He threw the ball...'

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