Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"It's a screwball..." When he realized this, Kuramochi's entire swing stopped abruptly under his strong control.

After receiving the ball, Qian raised his hands to signal the referee, but contrary to his expectations, the referee raised his hands flat...

"Entangled to the end..."

"I got a walk!"

“Great!”

"He made a mistake..." Mukai frowned, dissatisfied with this conclusion, but couldn't say anything.

"Asshole... I won't always be beaten..." Noticing Mukai's sidelong glance, Kuramochi glared back fiercely.

'They're starting to stop hitting low changeups...' Qian looked at the next batter cautiously, then passed the ball to Taiyang.

"The sun! Two are out!"

"How many pitches were thrown in this inning?" Coach Okamoto asked this question in the dugout after he walked the ball.

"Faced four batters and threw twenty-one pitches."

Coach Okamoto couldn't help but frown when he heard this. From the first inning, he used too many balls to deal with one batter.

"You guys have been slowly putting pressure on him... Kataoka."

"Hmph..." Mukai also noticed that he had thrown too many pitches, but he would not be defeated so easily, "Don't look down on me..."

"call out!"

Ryosuke, who was always smiling in the batter's box, smiled even more clearly when he saw the incoming ball.

"Qiang!"

"Change it to the first ball!"

"The ball went over the shortstop's head!"

“It flew over!”

As the ball moved through the infield, the entire defense was in motion.

"Futani!" After seeing the left fielder trying to catch the ball and carefully chasing the ground ball waiting for it to roll into his glove, the base running instructor Fumuya Kusunoki at third base gave the order without hesitation.

'run! ’

"Pass home plate!"

"!" After hearing his teammate's almost tearing roar, the left fielder who actually blocked the ball looked up and didn't expect the runner to run straight to home plate, "Damn it!"

A long throw was hurriedly thrown back to home plate, quickly passed through the infield and landed in front of home plate. Qian stepped on home plate without hesitation to catch the ball.

But when he turned to tag out, the runner had already slid ahead...

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

"In the bottom of the fifth inning, Seidou scored an extra run! Two outs, runners on first and third base!"

"Now it's the slugger's turn! The third batter, center fielder Izashiki!"

"At this time, if we can hit a hit, we can score another point!"

Didong called a timeout at this time. After all, this situation was really bad for Didong...

"How many shots did the Suns make?"

“It’s over a hundred goals.”

"Tell Kageyama to get ready!" Supervisor Okamoto put his hands on his hips seriously.

'We were two points behind... and judging by the number of goals he scored, we should have made a substitution...'

"But...if he can get through this crisis, he can go a step further."

"I give up low balls before I fall behind, and wait for easy balls... I will continue to fight even if I fall behind..."

"Yeah..." Fujio Mine responded. Qingdao executed this tactic very thoroughly. "The pitcher should feel the pressure."

As long as the ball is slightly higher...

There is a risk of being bitten back.

The game resumed, and Didong took a defensive stance, no longer intending to give the opponent any more points.

When Qian returned to home base, he did not squat down, but took a horse stance and placed his glove to the edge of the center high position.

"Hu..." Xiangjing let out a long breath, as if he wanted to expel all the bad air in his body.

'If you can bite me back...'

"Then let's give it a try!"

"Straight in the middle..." Is it possible that such an easy ball to hit? Isashiki did not move immediately, but waited until the ball was close to home plate before swinging the bat.

"Qiang!"

"It's actually... a floating ball..."

Isashiki looked at the pitcher on the mound with gritted teeth, who was sticking out his tongue and looking sarcastic.

The baseball flew high, and the third baseman raised his hand to signal, running out of bounds with his glove raised.

"Snapped!"

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

"Yeah! Yeah! Didong!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Sun!"

"Faced with a batter who gives up on low balls and only hits certain pitches...are you intentionally throwing higher balls to lure the batter out?" Fujio Mine couldn't help but wonder.

"But if something goes wrong, we might get hit for a long time!" Yamato exclaimed in shock.

'Excellent ball control ability to adjust the ball's weight and path...'

"And the courage to remain unshaken even in the face of such a crisis..."

Because of the distraction just now, Rongchun was completely distracted and could only watch the game, so he saw all the attacks in this half of the game.

"Slim and bold... This pitching style is the essence of Mukai Taiyo."

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Top of the sixth inning...

"Let's attack aggressively from the first ball!"

"Come on!"

"I'm still counting on you!"

When everyone stepped out of the rest area, they all said to today's starting lineup, Jōgōu Tōya, that he performed really well today.

"Furiya..." Kataoka called out from behind the players, raised his finger and instructed Furiya seriously, "Get an out first! Get the first batter out first!"

"Yeah." Jōgōu also nodded seriously in response.

"..." Rongchun put away his book temporarily with a bored look on his face, and watched the contestants go on stage quietly.

Then he took out a lollipop from the bag. It seemed that the surface of the sugar had melted a little due to the high temperature.

"Eijun's hands are all covered with sugar..." Haruichi, who was standing next to him, saw that when Eijun opened the package, his hands were covered with syrup, "I'll go find something to wipe it off..."

"..." As Haruichi turned around, a hand placed a handkerchief in front of him.

"Use it with water." Chris chuckled and gave Chun Shi a glass of water.

"Well, thank you, Chris-senpai..." Haruichi turned back to Eijun with a slightly red face, and a sentence flashed through his mind, 'As expected, Chris-senpai is really considerate...'

"Well, thank you, Xiaochun and Chris..." Rongchun smiled happily and put the candy in his mouth. Sure enough, the lollipop became a little soft, "It's so hot..."

"yes..."

"..." Chris smiled gently and looked at the players on the field.

Indeed, although the sun is much weaker at this time, the temperature is still very hot and humid. Such weather is particularly unfriendly to the native locals.

What's more, he came from Hokkaido...

'His physical strength must have reached its limit...'

On the other side, while Qingdao was on the field, the players of Teito gathered in front of the rest area.

“This is the round! Let’s make a concerted effort in this round…” Coach Okamoto stood in the middle with great momentum.

"I was going to say that! But everyone calm down." Director Okamoto pretended to be calmer while speaking, "Even though the opponent's pitching and catching duo will start to play some changeups..."

"But our goal is still to hit the straight ball." As he spoke, Director Okamoto showed his ferocious look again, "But don't forget to hit the easier balls! If you rush to hit the ball now, you will actually help the opponent."

"Let the pitcher throw more balls to consume the opponent's energy... When he throws the ball to a good spot, then... bite it!"

"Learn from the tiger! You have to become a tiger!"

As the supervisor made exaggerated language and body movements, the contestants in the rest area at the back couldn't help but whispered in amusement: "Today we are imitating a tiger..."

With Seidou leading by two points, the game entered the second half...

From now on, the true strength of the pitcher will be exposed to the sun...

The batters also stood on the field with the resolution that they could not lose...

"strike out!"

"One out!"

"One person is out!"

"Huh..." Fōtani wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked at the batter who was staring at him menacingly as he walked out of the batter's box.

The batting line starts with the second batter. For those balls that are hard to hit even if you look at them, the batter won't swing the bat. If the batter falls behind, he will keep struggling...

So when facing the first batter, Furutani threw a lot of balls.

The next thing to face is the opponent's strong stick.

The third batter's strategy was the same, but more thorough, only letting go of obvious bad balls. Although he never waited for a better ball,...

"Bad ball!"

"Four balls and a walk!"

"Ah! I got a ball!"

"The next batter is..."

"The fourth batter is the catcher."

This was the third time that it was Qian's turn to bat in the match, and he knew very well that if he didn't do something, Qingdao would completely take control of the game.

"Hsien-Gang, pay attention to the first pitch... If he throws the first pitch too well to get a strike count..."

'Just use all your strength...'

'Bite it!'

Like a tiger...

"……" But considering the way his supervisor imitated a tiger, Qian imagined what a paper tiger looked like.

The first ball was crucial, and Yukichi moved his right hand slightly to make the signal of the cross ball.

'No need to throw a good ball...just dampen his enthusiasm.'

"……"After seeing the secret signal, Jōtani nodded, then quickly made a series of pitching movements, using his fingers to throw the ball.

"call out!"

Watching the ball coming to home plate, Qian focused his eyes and hit the ball without hesitation.

"Qiang!"

"How..." The ball didn't fall, and Yuki looked at the fly ball in shock, "How could you throw an uncontrolled ball at this time?"

The ball flew very far, and the defender chased it all the way to the home run wall before it landed with a thump.

"The ball flew right between right field and center field!"

"Teito's powerful batting line attacks the young pitcher!"

"Come on! Come on! Didong!"

"Come on! Come on! Didong!"

"What...what should I do! What's going on?!" Because the game had been going smoothly before, Minister Ota had been silently cheering for the team. But suddenly it turned out like this, and he was so anxious.

"Chris, let's go practice shooting!" Seeing the situation on the court, Danbo couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up and called Chris.

"Ah..." Chris stood up and followed him with a smile, 'He can't wait to play...'

"Jiang Gu! One person is out!"

"Give them the vote!"

"In the top of the sixth inning, the situation became one out and there were runners on second and third base!"

"The Qingdao fielders adopt the tactic of driving forward and defending!"

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