Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

On the first pitch, Harada swung the bat generously and missed, and the ball went beautifully over the bat and into Chris's glove.

"very good!"

"That's it! Sawamura!"

"The first pitch was a fast fork ball... the pitching was completely different..." Harada took a deep breath and quickly got back into batting stance.

"There was no confusion when I swung the bat..." Chris looked at Harada with fear as he stood up and passed the ball back to Eijun.

"Since there's no way to dodge him, just throw the ball as much as you can!"

Second ball, quick fork ball change!

"..."Faced with that terrifying swing, Eijun did not have any special reaction. He just quickly responded to the catcher's signal after receiving the return pass.

"call out!"

"Snapped!"

"..." The high-speed ball hit the bottom edge of the bat and Harada missed again. His surprised eyes fell on the catcher's glove, and his brows were furrowed...

At this moment, all eyes were focused on the match on the field, including the players in the Inashi rest area.

Seeing the pitch just now, Yabe Koji frowned tightly, "That guy deserves it so well!"

"After throwing so many breaking balls...I think you should throw a straight ball in the end, right?"

"Maybe..." Although what the senior said was possible, Yabe Koji looked at the weird pitcher and said, "I can't guess what he will throw next..."

"You think too much sometimes..." Cheng Gong, who was squatting in the waiting area, looked at Aya with a serious expression, "Hit the ball back, that's all you need to do..."

"Huh..." Feeling the gaze of the supervisor in the rest area behind him, Harada couldn't help but let out a long breath.

He remembered clearly the instructions given to him by his supervisor before he came up to attack.

"Whether it's the characteristics of the opponent or the current situation... you have memorized them as Narimiya's partner, right?"

"Then let me tell you something as a head coach... In this situation, you should not bat as a captain or catcher, but as the fourth batter!"

"As the fourth batter... I will fight that pitcher!"

Harada gripped the bat firmly, his sharp eyes focused directly at the pitcher's mound.

Harada's momentum suddenly became sharper than before, making people feel that the ball was about to be hit out.

"..." This is the aura that can be emitted from a strong bat. Eijun knows it very well. 'He will be beaten out...'

"Hehe..." Thinking of this, Rongchun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Before the offense and defense switched, Chris asked Eijun if he had any ideas about facing Harada's next attack.

And Rongchun just shook his head, but then added one more sentence.

"When you feel like you're going to get hit, all you have to do is throw a pitch that the batter won't be able to hit."

"..." His idea was so simple that Chris couldn't help but laugh, 'Then... I just need to play a ball that can deal with the batter, right! '

Quick fork ball modification! Throw it right in the middle!

"Three goals in a row!" A flash of white light suddenly appeared before his eyes, and Harada made a quick judgment and reacted.

"Qiang!"

The bat and the ball collided violently, and the hit baseball flew back toward the pitcher's mound at an extremely fast speed.

Obviously, this pitch was not hit well. The ball ran to the bottom edge of the bat, so Harada's swing only hit the top edge of the baseball.

But because the ball bounced too quickly, Rongjun turned around to intercept the ball but failed to stop it in time.

However, the ball continued to roll to the back, which was the defensive range of the second-team room, and was definitely blocked out.

Ryosuke, who was closest to him, also stepped forward to fill the position immediately. The moment he stretched out his gloves and ankle to exert force, a tearing pain came over him.

His body froze due to the sudden severe pain, and although Ryosuke gritted his teeth and tried his best to rush forward, he was still a step too late.

The baseball went over the glove, through the infield defense, and headed straight for the outfield.

"Oooo!"

Harada ran as fast as he could after hitting the ball. When he was approaching first base, he saw Isashiki in the center field just before the first landing point.

He made a split-second judgment and stepped over first base and headed straight for second base.

"Pass to second base!"

Isashiki, who intercepted the ball, heard the defense's scream, gritted his teeth and threw the ball to second base.

Harada rushed to second base and subconsciously jumped...

Even though both parties are trying their best...

"Safety on base!"

"Although his batting posture collapsed, he still managed to hit the ball in front of the center fielder! The team's first hit was scored by the main batter!"

At this time, there was a burst of excited cheers from the broadcasting and the stands, and Harada stood up and raised his fist to celebrate.

But he didn't look very happy...

After all, they only got such a mediocre hit at this point in the game, and it was due to the opponent's defensive mistake.

"What are you doing!" After seeing Ming, Harada showed an unhappy expression again, and it seemed that he would not say anything nice, "I'm so sorry that I hit such an ugly hit!"

"No! I think you are really reliable!" Seeing Aya-senpai's unhappy expression, Cheng Gong found it funny.

"Sawamura! Don't worry about it!"

"Don't think so much!"

"Eijun! Focus on the hitter!"

When Eijun nodded to Chris-senpai to show that he was fine, he glanced at Ryosuke who was secretly gritting his teeth...

"..." It was just a passing moment, Rong Chun did not show any other emotions, and looked ahead calmly.

The first ball, a straight ball from the outside corner...

"The outside world!"

After several balls were hit out of bounds, Eijun stopped attacking and responded to Chris's signal.

"He struck out three inside pitches in his last at-bat. Given his personality... he should still remember it..."

Therefore, it is impossible to hit an easy inside corner ball.

'Use this ball to take him down!'

Starting in the final, Rongjun's condition has not been affected at all, and his performance so far can be said to be very good.

There is no need to waste too many balls to pave the way, as it might even affect Eijun's rhythm.

"A weird ball that hits the center! No need to make too big a change!"

"..." After Rongjun nodded, he paused abruptly for a moment, and then suddenly threw the ball quickly without any warning.

"call out!"

The baseball was like a streak of white light, flying across the field toward home plate.

'Inside corner! '

Cheng Gong, who was waiting for the ball to come, swung the bat boldly before the ball approached home plate, but he did not expect that the ball in the inner corner would suddenly turn to the center.

"Qiang!"

The hit baseball flew into the sky above the outfield.

Harada, who was on second base, ran to third base as fast as he could the moment the ball was hit, while Narimiya ran to first base as fast as he could, complaining angrily...

"Damn! The feel is so subtle!"

On the other side, Hakushu in right field was chasing a baseball that was already falling.

"Fly!"

"Land!"

At this time, the players in the rest area of ​​Daoshi were all nervously watching the ball path. As long as the ball landed...

However, what they saw was that where the ball was about to drop, the right fielder was already waiting.

"Snapped!"

After receiving the pitch, Shirasu quickly passed it to Ryosuke at second base, but Harada, who had received instructions in advance, almost returned to second base in time.

"Catch and get out!"

"The runner is pinned on base!"

"Ah~ what a pity!"

Amidst the cheers and cries of regret, Narimiya ran back to the dugout with his head hung in frustration, not forgetting to glance angrily at Sawamura on the pitcher's mound.

"There are still two outs..." Rongchun muttered and pressed down the brim of his hat to block the sunlight.

Standing in the batter's box, Yamaoka immediately assumed a swinging stance and stared closely at the freshman pitcher on the pitcher's mound.

"You don't know your own limitations..." Facing the batter, these words suddenly popped up in Eijun's mind.

Then he raised his glove and swung the ball...

"Three people are out! Attackers and defenders switch!"

Without giving the opponent any chance, Seidou used six changing balls and struck out the sixth batter Yamaoka and the seventh batter Hirai cleanly, stopping the opponent's attack.

And Inami didn't score any points in this round.

At this time, cheers were heard from the audience in the stands.

"Well done!"

"Sawamura! Good job!"

The players who came off the field were all happily praising Sawamura for his beautifully finished fifth inning.

"Yes!" Rongchun responded to everyone and raised his hand to bump fists with Chris-senpai's.

"Well done!" Chris was very pleased that the initiative in the game was still in their hands.

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The sixth inning was about to begin, and the Qingdao players formed a circle before going on the court to cheer each other on.

"Beat him up!" Isashiki was the first to be hit and shouted fiercely.

"Oh oh oh!"

"This is so tough..." He never expected the game to turn out like this. Cheng Gong curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

"A Ming..." Harada, who had put on his equipment in the back, walked behind Ming and told him his next plan, "Throw more changeups in the next half inning!"

"The game has entered the second half, and we need to make them more aware of this kind of ball."

"So you are thinking!" Cheng Gong teased Aya with a smirk on his face. Although the senior looks evil, he is very serious...

"Stop talking nonsense!" Harada became angry when he heard Ming's inappropriate tone.

"Even their efforts will be shattered..." Harada put on the mask and his expression became serious, "You need such a strong idea to be able to stand on that stage!"

"Humph!" Even though Inami's situation remained the same, Narimiya was still confident and proud, "Anyway, I will kill the guy who gets in our way!"

Game 6...

The first batter to come up was the second baseman Kominato.

Facing Ryosuke Kominato, Harada threw a changeup in his first pitch.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

What Ryosuke didn't expect was that after Narimiya threw a changeup in the first pitch, the second pitch was also a changeup.

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

It wasn't until the third pitch, a low ball from the inside corner came towards home plate, that Ryosuke, who was already at a disadvantage, had to hit the bat.

"Qiang!"

The moment the ball was hit, Ryosuke threw away the bat and ran to the bases desperately, enduring the severe pain in his right ankle and speeding up to get to the base.

"Out!"

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