Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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However, his bat actually touched the ball, and Miyuki felt something was wrong, "He almost caught the opportunity to swing..."

"The ball wasn't as fast as I thought it would be because I threw it directly from a fixed position and it went out."

“Don’t look with your eyes, feel with your body.”

"..." Listening to Yang Shunchen's incomprehensible words, Miyuki asked for another high ball, hoping to trick him into swinging the bat.

Then, a bad ball came...

"Bad ball!"

Because Jōgō felt the different aura between Yang Shunshin and other players, he unconsciously exerted more strength.

Yuki had no choice but to think of a way to make Yang Shunchen lose his desire to hit. "First, use your irregularly falling ball to lure him, and then use the straight ball to the end! This inning must end with him!"

At this time, with the support of his teammates, Kotani was determined not to let them down, and he made an irreparable mistake.

The ball didn't fall because he threw it too hard.

"Don't think about it, just hit the ball!" Yang Shunchen naturally would not let the ball go, and with the pitcher and catcher looking shocked, he swung the bat and hit the ball out.

"Left fielder!"

Sakai was concentrating on chasing the ball and did not hear Isashiki's call not to force it and to use his body to block the ball. The result of his forced attempt to catch the ball was that it went behind him.

"You idiot! Don't make such a risky defense from the first inning!" Isashiki gritted his teeth and accelerated towards the landing point.

At this time, the runner on second base has already returned to the base, and the runner on first base has also bypassed third base.

"Damn it! Stop it!" Although Isashiki quickly arrived and passed the ball back to home base, he was still too slow.

The double error directly resulted in the runner on second base returning to base first, and also allowed the runner on first base to step on the base first, while Yang Shunchen went to second base.

"Mingchuan Academy took the lead and scored two points!"

Although he conceded a timely hit, fortunately, Furutani did not give up. Miyuki also used his strong pitching to guide Furutani and struck out six batters to end the first half of the inning.

"How many pitches did Furutani throw?" Looking at the players leaving the field, Kataoka asked the manager who was serving as the recorder.

"24 goals..."

“You used up quite a few balls…” Looking at the seniors making a fuss in the rest area, Eijun complained, “You’ll run out of energy pretty quickly.”

"..." Chris had nothing to say about this. After all, by Eijun's standards, the number of pitches in this inning was indeed too many. "Keep practicing your pitching!"

"Ok!"

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"Change your mood. What's important is the pitch after the batter is hit out." After Furuya came down, Tamba brought a glass of water to Furuya.

"..." Jōgō was stunned for a moment, and felt as if he was flashed by the bald head of Tamba-senpai, and the fire in the furnace was slightly extinguished.

Tamba handed the water to Furuya and taught him a little secret to be at ease even if the pitching performance was not good, "Listen! If you get hit, just blame it on Miyuki's pitching error. It will be easier to relax this way!"

"I see..."

"Hey, hey..." Miyuki said that people should not teach him strange knowledge, because these pitchers would really find opportunities to harm him without any concealment.

In the bottom of the first inning, Seidou's attack started with first batter Kuramochi.

In order to make full use of his speed, he had to get on base first, and Kuramochi planned to use a short bat to sneak up on base.

"Third baseman! He's going to sneak in a short hit!"

As a result, he was discovered, so he had to temporarily change the direction of his batting and hit it towards the first base line, but was intercepted by Young and thrown to first base, blocking him from being out.

After the second batter Ryosuke came on the field, he used his batting skills to sweep all the difficult balls out of bounds. After hitting seven balls, he picked three balls, with only one ball left.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"……" After hearing the decision, Liangjie looked at the referee in surprise. He thought that the ball was a deviation from the good ball, but he didn't expect the referee to call it a good ball.

Because all the balls the pitcher threw were accurately placed in the catcher's glove, the umpire was impressed by the pitcher's precise ball control.

"If that's the case, all the balls on the edge of the strike zone will have to be hit..."

Mingchuan's momentum grew after striking out two batters in a row, but Isashiki didn't care about the opponent's momentum and directly hit a lob and successfully reached base.

Although he was very reluctant to face Seidou's fourth batter Yuki Tetsuya in this inning, Yang wanted to defeat him in this inning and let the rhythm of the game follow his own, so he chose a head-on confrontation.

First, he used an outside corner to earn good shots, and then used an inside corner to deal with Yuki. It was a good plan...

Yuki swung the bat without hesitation at the last inside corner ball. Although it was squeezed, he still got the ball out.

"Left fielder!"

This was something Yang had never expected. 'Even though he had squeezed the ball, he was able to get it to the outfield...'

As a result, no one expected that Mingchuan's left outfielder actually caught the ball with such terrible defense. In fact, he just fell down and the ball fell into his glove, which boosted the momentum of that side.

"Ohhh...this is too bad! Amazing jump cut!"

"The ball must have fallen into the glove by accident!"

At the start of the second inning, Furutani was able to keep the ball down well. Although he used a lot of pitches, he still got three strikeouts with runners on first and second base.

Yang Shunshin was not to be outdone, and struck out Qingdao's lower batters in a row, pushing the game into the third inning.

Fūya slowly recovered his performance, but he still let the batters reach first and second base in this inning. Although the subsequent performance turned first and second base into residual bases, the opponent's momentum was still very high.

In the bottom of the third inning, Furuya came up to bat but was struck out. From then on, Seidou's batting line took a turn.

Kuramochi hit the first ball in his second at bat, but the first baseman made a mistake in catching the ball and it flew out. This would have been a good opportunity for Kuramochi to get on base, but it was saved in time by Yang's timely substitution.

Although Ryosuke, the second batter, continued to consume Yang's pitches with his unyielding swing, he hit a fly ball in front of the pitcher and was caught out.

At this point in the game, the functions of the first and second batsmen have been completely blocked by Yang Shunchen, and Qingdao has failed to score again...

As the temperature got higher, Chris also asked the two pitchers to go into the dugout to rest and replenish their water.

After settling Rongchun, Chris leaned over to the manager and looked at the record book, "How many pitches have been thrown?"

"It's already more than 60 goals..."

Chris was also distressed when he heard this number. "If he keeps pitching like this, it will soon be 100 balls... Furutani's condition is hard to predict, and the temperature is rising. It's a question of how many innings he can last."

"We can't let the opponent score any more points!" At this time, Minister Ota's distress was no less than Chris's, only more than Chris's. "We were two points behind after three games, and Mingchuan was completely dragging down our rhythm!"

On the other side, Mingchuan also tried his best to deal with Fūya. While increasing Fūya's number of pitches, he also used a short stick to trick Fūya into running up and down to consume his energy.

For them, as long as they can completely destroy Furuya and force Seidou to send out a relief pitcher, the rhythm of the game will be easier to control, and it would be best if they could score one more point at the same time.

After throwing the ball, Furuya immediately ran down the mound, but the batter didn't hit the ball. Furuya breathed a sigh of relief, but, "It's annoying that he didn't swing at the short bat..."

Seeing Furuya running up and down the pitcher's mound, Chris's distress turned into worry. "Even though I'm thinking about not being fooled, will my body still react? I hope I don't make Furuya's pitches more rigid..."

"..." Kataoka also had his own thoughts on Furuya's performance on the field, "If someone gets on base in this inning, Furuya will be substituted out."

"I guess Ichidaisan is also watching the game in the audience. We can't expose Furuya's weakness to other teams..."

"That's right. If Furuya completely collapses in this match, it will be difficult to use him in the following matches." Chris turned his head and looked at Eijun who was reading a book in the back.

"If you are too anxious to push your relay ace into the game, you will play into the opponent's hands."

"Sawamura, get ready to play!"

"...Yes." Eijun replied, and slightly diverted his gaze to look at Furuya on the pitcher's mound, "Is it going to be over?"

"It's almost time to replace Furuya..." Miyuki had this feeling. After all, he didn't act optimistically, and it would be troublesome if he was defeated...

The batters on the field could see that the pitcher was exhausted, but they would not show mercy, "Our team also wants to win!"

The batter tried to cheat and just as he was pulling the bat back, the ball had already flown into the catcher's glove.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"What... this kid, the ball speed has increased again!"

Although it was one out, it was not a good sign in the eyes of any discerning person. Not only did it completely prevent the batter from swinging the bat, but it also increased the speed of the ball to intimidate the batter.

"This guy... is really stupid..." Yukichi couldn't help but frown.

"Tsk...this idiot..." Isashiki smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, and the other defensive players also looked at Furuya on the pitcher's mound with serious expressions.

If this continues, he will destroy himself sooner or later...

"Huh... As expected, you are just a first-year pitcher, and you are on the road to destruction..." Yang Shunchen sat on the bench, watching the pitcher on the mound throwing the ball with all his strength, "Then we will destroy you without any hesitation!"

"How can I let the seniors' summer end like this? I must pitch to the end!" I finally got the second out, just one out short.

But Furuya can't even throw a fast fork ball with power...

"Four bad balls!"

"Ah..." After hearing the referee announce four balls, the audience sighed, "Four balls at this critical moment!"

"It's such a pity that two people were eliminated after so much effort..."

"Request a timeout." The batter reached base, and Kataoka announced the change of pitcher without hesitation, "Miyuki, change the pitcher!"

"Changing pitchers at this time?"

"It's too fast! It's only the fourth game."

"Great!" Mingchuan's rest area suddenly became lively, "We beat that fastball pitcher!"

"Who's the next pitcher?"

"Is it the side shot or the ace?"

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