Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"The fourth batter, Yuki, hit a well-timed single to the left field line!"

"That inside corner ball was hit out!" Yamato covered his mouth in shock.

"This is incredible..." Fujio Mine stood up in shock, then slowly sat down again.

'No one usually shoots that ball...'

At the same time, everyone in the stands...

"I actually got a hit..."

"No, how did he get that ball into bounds?"

"It seems that he decided to shoot after seeing the ball clearly..."

At this time, Yuki also stood at second base and looked towards the dugout.

The fact that the runner was standing in the scoring circle also caused a huge cheer from the stands.

"Azhe, you played well!"

"Qingdao!"

"Zengzi! Go down!"

Amidst these hopeful calls, Zengzi walked from the waiting area to the batter's box.

"Damn it..." Zi gritted her teeth and looked at Yuki behind the pitcher's mound. The plan should be fine.

It is difficult to tell what Yuki wants to do from his posture of waiting for the ball, so he will use this safest ball arrangement to deal with him.

"Huh..." While preparing to enter the batter's zone, Zengzi took a deep breath and then focused her eyes on the pitcher.

"Hit your own bat, the most important thing is to advance the bases!" The supervisor did not give any special instructions.

The batters of Qingdao have more or less their own systems and styles, which makes them confident when facing their opponents.

But because of this style, their attack characteristics become extremely obvious, and it is not so easy to deceive the opponent easily.

Let Zengzi fight in his own way, and perhaps there will be unexpected gains.

On the first pitch, Sibon's pitcher and catcher threw out after confirmation.

"call out!"

It was a high changing ball from the inside corner.

Even though it was a ball path that Zengzi hated, he would still hit this kind of ball path whose trajectory could be clearly seen.

So, I swung at the first ball without hesitation.

"Qiang!"

"Snapped!"

"The outside world!"

But this is definitely a shot in a place where he is not good at shooting, and the result is predictable.

'You don't need to rely on the strength of your hands to swing the bat. You can hit the ball by gently moving the bat with the strength of your waist.'

Zengzi let out a long breath, adjusted his posture, and gripped the bat a little shorter, but he had never forgotten his supervisor's teachings.

However, Zengzi's subtle adjustment was still noticed by Sergeant Purple.

There was a glimmer of understanding in Zi's eyes, and then he gave the signal for the next ball.

Haneda on the pitcher's mound nodded, and then with a series of smooth pitching gestures, he threw the ball out.

"Shh!"

Using the power of waist rotation...

At the moment when the bat and the ball came into contact, Zengzi increased the force of the strike and expanded the contact force.

"Qiang!"

"Left center fielder!"

"Tsk..." Shanxia responded and ran up to intercept, but his face was not very good and the position was a bit delicate.

Looking at the ball being hit away, Masuko gritted her teeth and rushed to first base. At the same time, Yuki also ran to third base to give it a try.

There is still a chance to get on base, but if you get caught, you can only accept it.

"Azhe!"

"Masuko!"

"Come on!"

At this moment, Yamashita wished his back teeth were broken, as the ball just barely passed through his glove and ran to the back.

'hateful! ’

"Snapped!"

The ball bounced after landing and was immediately blocked by another glove.

The ball was caught by the center fielder, and with a decisive step and swing of his arm, the baseball shot towards Sano at first base in a flash of white light.

Sano stepped on the base, stretched out his glove, caught the pass and quickly threw to third base.

"Batter is out, runner is on base!"

"Zengzi, good fight!"

"Ishida, good job on stopping him!"

The situation now became that Seidou had two outs but the runner was on third base, while Nishikawa put the runner on third base but got two outs.

It can only be said that both sides have gains and losses...

In this situation, the next batter came.

"Zengzi, good fight!"

As the two passed each other, Chris patted Zengzi, who was obviously a little concerned.

"You have done your duty."

"Sixth batter, Chris."

"Chris! Come on!"

"Chris-senpai!"

"Fight it out!"

Chris stepped into the batter's box amid the cheers, looked at Yuki at third base, stretched his arms, and raised the bat.

Zi only glanced at Chris before directing his infielders to get ready and slightly changing their defensive stance.

That subtle movement, seemingly perfect, had actually been seen by Chris who was pretending to be prepared.

He hasn't realized yet that we have discovered his secret. No matter what other tricks they have, we still have a chance to take advantage of them.

With two outs and a runner on third base, we had to score no matter what.

First ball...

"call out!"

Chris in the batter's box narrowed his eyes, stepped out with his right foot in an instant, aimed at the flying baseball, and swung the bat in his hand.

"Qiang!"

In a short period of time, the baseball traveled a long distance and before the fielder could react, it hit the third base line with a dull sound.

"The outside world!"

"You don't care about the runners on the bases at all..." Chris glanced at the batting position, "You throw so boldly."

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

After two strikes and one ball, the two sides were in a stalemate.

Chris always assumes a natural batting stance, and the infielders assume a ready-to-action stance for every pitch.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"Huh..." I almost swung the bat, luckily I reacted in time. If that ball had been hit, the consequences would have been bad.

Re-examining Xibang's fielding defense once again, I still think it is perfect and there is no gap at all.

However, nothing is absolute in this world, and even the most perfect defense will always have weaknesses.

"So, where should we attack..."

Looking at the white ball that was thrown again, Chris was surprised. The trajectory of this ball was beyond his expectations.

"Is this your full-strength pitch?"

"Qiang!"

Hit it out!

"Second baseman! Shortstop!"

At the same time, the defense seemed to have predicted what was going to happen, and acted quickly, rushing towards the baseball.

On the other side, Yuki had already received Chris's hit-and-run signal. Although it was strange, he still seized the opportunity and ran quickly.

"Bah!"

To the surprise of Zi and Niwa, the baseball landed on the pitcher's mound on the left side in front of Niwa.

By the time Niwa realized that he was the best person to intercept the ball, he was already a step too slow and missed the best opportunity.

The second baseman and shortstop are still a little distance away from the ball.

"Snapped!"

By the time the ball was picked up, Yuki on third base had already reached base.

"Safety on base!"

To make matters worse, when the ball was passed to first base, Chris had already stepped on the base.

"Safety on base!"

"Oh oh oh!"

"Got a point!"

"Chris! Great shot!"

"The sixth batter, Chris, got a single and sent the runner back to home plate, scoring the first point of the game!"

Yuki ran back to the dugout amid cheers, while Chris raised his fist to celebrate on the base.

Qingdao recovered one point, which means that the situation is no longer completely under the control of Xibang, and the balance that was tilted to one side has moved...

"Ah~"

"..." Amid the cheers, Niwa's heart suddenly skipped a beat and he couldn't help but shiver.

He heard a long, deep sigh...

No, maybe it's not a sigh, it's more like suppressing reason, extremely unhappy...

At this moment, Chris felt a palpitation in his heart. He looked at the sight in confusion and met the pair of shining eyes that were revealed through the mask and hands.

"Have we been discovered..." Chris suddenly had a bad feeling.

And facing such a direct gaze, Chris chose to avoid it. It wasn't that he was showing weakness, but that look...

"He looks very angry..." Eijun looked at the catcher and said softly, "He is getting serious..."

In the following attack, the bad premonition came true.

Niwa threw his strongest pitch of the game, hitting three consecutive inside corner balls and striking out Sakai, the seventh batter.

Their attitude is obvious...

"The Westbonne pitcher showed his determination to never give in. Although he lost one run, he still managed to get the third out and ended the third inning."

"Sibon still holds an advantageous position with a two-point difference of 1:3."

After the offense and defense switched, the Qingdao players took their positions and waited quietly for the pitcher and catcher partners to go to the pitcher's mound.

"how do you feel?"

Chris covered his mouth with his glove and looked down at Eijun and asked softly.

"No problem." Rongchun looked up at Senior Chris and nodded.

After hearing Rongchun's reply, Chris' tone suddenly became serious, "Let's solve them one by one."

"..." Rongchun looked at Chris's serious expression, squeezed the baseball, and a sly smile appeared in the corner of his eyes, "Let's kill as many as we can."

"..." Seeing the look in the child's eyes, Chris couldn't help but raise his lips, 'What a bad little guy.'

The gloves of the two people touched and then separated, and there was an unspoken tacit understanding spreading.

It must have been funny to think of the shocked looks on their faces.

The bottom of the fourth inning begins here.

The score was 1:3, Qingdao was 2 points behind and was the defending side.

Xibang's batting line starts from the ninth batter...

"Ninth bat, pitcher Niwa."

'Come on! Show us your overwhelming pitch!'

Chris' eyes flashed at the home plate, his right hand moved slightly, and then his glove was moved to the opposite position.

The next second, Rongchun raised his gloves high, and when he raised his right leg and stepped forward, his wrist hidden behind his body swung out quickly.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

The ball suddenly appeared in front of people's eyes, bringing with it an extremely powerful momentum, making people feel suffocated and unable to resist.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

The speed of the ball is faster than in the video or in actual viewing, and the sound of the ball entering the ball sleeve is particularly crisp and deep.

"Snapped!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"The batter strikes out!"

The first batter in the bottom of the fourth inning was quickly out with three pitches.

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