Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"hateful!"

"Bah!"

"Asshole! Asshole!"

As soon as Cheng Gong returned to the rest area, he pulled down the brim of his hat, gritted his teeth and went into the locker room without saying a word.

"What the hell!"

"Snapped!"

Then there was a burst of roaring and the sound of smashing things and venting madly from inside.

"what!"

"Son of a bitch!"

The people outside were all looking at the locker room door quietly. After all, he was robbed of two points in such a situation, so one can imagine how angry he was.

“Wow—this feels so good!”

After a lot of yelling, smashing and cursing, the door of the locker room was opened again. Cheng Gong threw his towel and hat on the bench with an unhappy look on his face, and turned around to put on his equipment.

"You didn't vent at all, did you?" Even though he didn't turn around, Bai He still said this when he heard the sound of Cheng Gong throwing something hard.

"No! I've already vented it! I just vented it! Now I feel really refreshed!" Cheng Gong put on batting gloves, turned around and retorted.

"The game isn't over yet!" After putting on his protective cap, he took his bat and walked out of the dugout, "I didn't lose to them!"

"I didn't expect you to be so calm..." Shirakawa was quite surprised to see Chengmiya who was well prepared for the attack.

'I thought he would be very panicked...' Carlos was also quite surprised.

'Just the fact that he didn't show it on the court is amazing...' Harada thought that was already good enough.

"We still have two more half-innings of attacking opportunities. We won't give up like this..."

"In the bottom of the eighth inning, Daocheng Industrial's attack."

"The fifth batter is pitcher Cheng Gongming."

"..." Eijun looked at Narimiya-senpai who was standing in the batter's box. He looked like he was going to eat someone. It was obvious that he was very angry. 'It seems that he just lost his temper...'

"Show your perseverance..."

"I heard it, Grandpa..." Feeling that the stadium seemed to have become quiet, Eijun nodded to Chris, "Why do you all look so worried..."

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"First pitch changeup! The batter missed!"

"Tsk..." Although Chengmiya was very unhappy, he still seriously prepared himself to hit again and looked at the pitcher's mound intently.

'Honestly... I didn't expect him to be such a great pitcher...'

In my impression, Sawamura looks weak and sickly most of the time. When we first met him, everyone thought he was a girl...

"You still think I'm bad at the game..." As the pitcher made his move, Narimiya tightened his grip on the bat, "But... you've reached your limit..."

"Qiang!"

"Left field!"

"It hit the inside corner!"

"..." Eijun turned around to look at the flying baseball. In his peripheral vision, he saw Narimiya-senpai running past first base to second base. 'What a pity...'

"falling down!"

"Runner on second base! Daocheng Industry immediately launches a counterattack!"

"What a beautiful shot..." Eijun muttered and glanced at Narimiya who was cheering at second base.

Such a beautiful hit ignited Inami's morale, and the players in the rest area were also full of fighting spirit.

"Continue the attack!"

"Go on!"

"In the bottom of the eighth inning, there's a runner on second base with no outs, and the sixth batter is first baseman Yamaoka."

"Eijun..." Chris called out to Eijun because he noticed that he was distracted, and drew his attention back, 'Leave the runners to me... You just need to focus on the batters!'

For the first ball, Chris gave a very detailed pitch path, 'Throw it to the corner, it doesn't matter if it's a bad ball, just try to keep it as low as possible!'

When dealing with Yamaoka, the most important thing to be on guard against is the long hit...

"A weird ball that hits the outside corner low..." Eijun nodded, raised his glove, and then made a series of pitching movements to throw the ball.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Damn..." The ball seemed to be far away, but Yamaoka judged it to be a bad ball, but it was actually judged to be a good ball. Without giving him time to think, he immediately got into a batting stance.

"Qiang!"

"Foul ball!"

The second ball had the same path, but the direction of drift was different, so Yamaoka didn't hit it well and it went out of bounds. Seidou was the first to get two strikes.

"Damn it!" He began to get a little anxious because there were no easy balls to hit, but thinking of the coach's words, Yamaoka tried to calm down.

"Don't let your pitcher-catcher partner control the rhythm easily. His ball is not a surprising ball that can't be hit at all. Just keep sticking to it and you will definitely get a good ball."

"Qiang!"

"Outfield!"

"That was... a cross ball... so heavy!" Although the hit didn't feel good, Yamaoka still hit it with force, dropped the bat and quickly ran to the bases.

The ball flew high, but after passing the infield it began to fall and landed in the left-center field.

"Damn it!" Isashiki in the outfield saw at a glance that the ball was not hit well and ran forward quickly, but they were too far away.

"awesome!"

"Run!"

The baseball landed in front of Kadota and Isashiki who had arrived. Because they were too afraid of the long hit and retreated to defend, they actually became vulnerable here.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

"No one is out, runners on first and third base! Qingdao is facing the biggest crisis of this game!"

Next up is the seventh batter, second baseman Hirai.

Perhaps this is Rongchun's biggest crisis since he joined the competition...

"They will definitely use a sacrifice bunt..." Chris looked at Eijun who seemed to be a little concerned about Narimiya on third base, and raised his hand to comfort him, "Eijun, don't worry..."

"Huh..." Rong Chun took a deep breath and nodded to Chris to indicate that he was fine.

Narimiya at third base began to boldly leave the base again, and Hirai took a stance as if he was going to hit safely as soon as he came on the field.

"It's really far away from the base..." Chris glanced at Cheng Gong on third base, and then gave a signal for a ball to the outside corner.

"..." Rongchun was silent for a while, then nodded, raised his gloves, and prepared to pitch...

"!" When Cheng Gong saw the pitcher preparing to throw the ball, his next step stopped abruptly, and his body reflexively rushed back, desperately reaching for the base.

"Safety!"

"The pitcher made a sudden and sudden move, and the runner on third base made it back to the plate!"

The announcer screamed in shock, and Inashi was also startled, but they were completely unaware.

"That was a close call..." Cheng Gong slowly climbed up, patting his chest with lingering fear, "That kid... suddenly threw himself at me."

"But... we can't give in..." Even though he was almost eliminated, Narimiya continued to move away from the base without fear.

Since they showed that they would not give in easily, there was not much point in restraining them, so Eijun got ready again and quickly threw the ball.

"Qiang!"

As expected, the batter hit the ball, which slowly rolled toward third base.

"Third baseman!" At this moment, Chris's brain was working rapidly, quickly analyzing the current situation before the defense blocked the ball.

The runners started early, and passing to home and second base was a bit difficult. Now they were ahead by three points, so maybe they should get the outs just to be safe...

"pass..."

At this moment, Masuko's movement to block the ball suddenly stopped, and Eijun just broke straight into Masuko's defense.

"Snapped!"

"Sawamura... don't force yourself..."

"It will be too late..." The moment the ball entered the glove, Eijun confirmed the position of the runner with his peripheral vision, and his body also made a judgment first, turning around and throwing the ball directly to home plate with his glove.

"Snapped!"

Chris at home plate saw what Eijun was going to do next and made a quick decision, catching the ball and turning around to tag the runner.

On the other side, Zengzi suddenly stopped dodging, and seeing that Eijun's unbalanced posture was wrong, she quickly ran forward.

"Out!"

Narimiya was tagged out at home plate, while Hirai and Yamaoka advanced to the bases, leaving the situation with one out and runners on first and second base.

"Sawamura!"

"Masuko!"

When the defense was completely settled, everyone looked at the two people who collided with each other in horror.

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The game was paused, and the defensive personnel and referees quickly surrounded the game. Supervisor Kataoka was so scared that he rushed out of the rest area.

"Sawamura! Masuko!"

"How are you guys?!"

"Eijun!"

Seeing the two people climbing up with the help of everyone, the stands were filled with discussion for a while.

"The pitcher rushed too fast and couldn't stop..."

"I saw Zengzi carried her up there by herself..."

“Is he trying to protect the pitcher?”

"Two people collided violently!"

Seidou survived the crisis of losing points, but the current situation is even more worrying.

"That kid is crazy!" Cheng Gong returned to the rest area angrily, slammed his butt on the chair, and covered his face with a towel to indicate that he didn't want to talk.

Although I was unwilling to be eliminated, the sound of the two people falling down was quite loud.

"Although that is a move that only fearless first-year players would make..." Coach Kunitomo twisted his neck and looked at the situation on the field calmly, "But the result represents everything... It shows that the initiative is still in their hands..."

Although both said they were fine, they were ordered to return to the rest area for a physical check-up.

After the referee and medical staff checked and confirmed that there was nothing abnormal, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Because Zengzi hugged him in time, Eijun's back hit Zengzi's body, and his strong body could withstand Eijun's weight.

Although they both fell down due to the loss of balance, Masuko hugged Eijun tightly and protected both himself and Eijun well.

"That's great... Everything is fine..." Minister Ota was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. He felt relieved only after confirming that everything was fine.

"It's a blessing that neither of them was injured..." Chris squatted in front of Rongchun nervously and held his hand tightly.

"Sawamura-chan, please don't do such dangerous things again." Masuko said with a worried look on her face.

'We are the ones leading now...'

"I hope there won't be a next time!" Liangjie said with a sinister smile.

"We still have the initiative..."

"If you do that again, I'll kill you!" Isashiki threatened.

'Why do you act like we'll lose if we lose a point...'

"If we lose points, we will fight back," Yuki added seriously.

"Sawamura..." Outside the circle surrounded by the third years, Kataoka looked down with his arms crossed and a gloomy face.

"If you do something reckless like this again... you'll be out right now!"

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