Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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Yang didn't care about Izashiki's forced scoring at all, and used a tricky curve ball that cut through the edge of the strike zone to force Izashiki back to third base.

Facing a pitch that covered all four corners of the strike zone, Miyuki failed to hit the next two or three pitches well. "It should be easy to play with a pitcher like this... If only Sawamura could be more obedient..."

"..." It seems a bit difficult to get Sawamura to listen to me...

Back to batting, I thought if I were to help this pitcher with his pitching, 'He should be able to pitch...'

"A low changeup from the outside corner is coming for the duel!"

Miyuki Hao didn't hesitate to hit the low changeup to the outside corner, which went straight through the right field defense and bounced all the way to the home plate wall.

"Haha... We hit it off right away! I think we can be a good team..."

Due to Mingchuan's advanced defense, he failed to catch the bouncing ball in time, not only allowing Seidou's second and third basemen to run back to home plate to tie the score, but also allowing Miyuki to easily reach third base.

"Great!"

"He hit a well-timed hit that tied the game!"

The original situation changed suddenly, and Mingchuan had to request a timeout and go to the pitcher's mound.

"Shun..."

"Shunshin..."

"Was the ball just guessed?" He hit the ball without hesitation.

"That should be it... But... Even if it was guessed, how could it be played so perfectly?"

"That's good..." While his teammates were puzzled, Yang Shunchen smiled excitedly, "If they don't play like this, I'll be troubled..."

That's right! This is the kind of baseball he came to Japan to play...

“The fun of the game is just beginning.”

Facing the next batter, Yang used excellent defense to break up Seidou's forced scoring, and stopped Miyuki's slide at home plate, ending the inning.

In the top of the fifth inning, Furutani continued to pitch.

With his momentum still in his chest, Fūya struck out three batters in a row at the start of the inning, but he was entangled in four balls when facing the fourth batter.

With two outs and a runner on first base, Young hit a hit. Perhaps facing the strength of the pitcher who had scored two runs from him, Furutani cheered himself up and threw the last good pitch after two balls and two strikes.

Yang also perfectly continued his precise ball control, directly striking out Furutani, and using three inside corner balls to deal with Kuramochi. Facing the difficult Ryosuke, he threw to him and used defense to catch the ball.

Since then, the two teams have faced the second half of the game with the same score...

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"The conference announced that Seidou High School will change its pitcher... The pitcher who will replace the ninth batter, Furuya, is..."

In the sixth inning, Eijun put on his gloves and ran onto the court.

"Pitcher Sawamura..."

"Oh oh oh oh!"

"Sawamura!!"

"Sawamura!"

"!" Not only the audience was frightened by Qingdao's cheering, but Rongjun himself who was being cheered was also startled. Then he kicked his left foot towards his right foot and fell to the ground.

The scene fell into dead silence for a moment. Yuki, who was closest to Eijun, reacted and rushed forward, "Sawamura! Are you okay?"

"Classmate...are you okay?" Seeing that Sawamura did not get up immediately, the referee hurried forward to ask.

"I'm fine!" Rong Chun thought he might have been frightened, and his heartbeat was a little fast...

Eijun quickly got up and ran to the pitcher's mound at such a speed that the defensive players were stunned for a moment before surrounding the pitcher's mound.

"Hey, hey... Is this first year okay?"

"Calm down!"

"It's okay! Just play your best!"

"Are you nervous?" Ryosuke looked at Eijun with a curious expression.

"You kid! If you're hot, don't wear a mask!" Kuramochi felt hot just looking at him.

"Sawamura-chan! Are you hurt?" Although it didn't look like anything serious, Masuko still asked worriedly.

"No problem! I'm ready!"

Seeing that Rongchun had ignored the laughter from the audience and had a calm face, everyone confirmed that he was really fine, said a few words, and then retreated to their respective defensive positions.

"Sawamura!"

"Just relax and shoot!"

"The cheers from Seidou are so loud!" Yamato was really surprised just now. "This pitcher is very popular!"

"Hmm..." Looking at the pitcher practicing on the field, Fujio Mine thought that Coach Kataoka must have some outstanding qualities to send him to the field.

It was unexpected that a freshman was sent instead of a sophomore pitcher, but it also made Mingchuan certain that Qingdao's ace pitcher would not play.

Now the scores of the two teams have been tied. Regardless of whether Qingdao is trying to hone new players or has other hidden purposes, coach Ogata thinks he should not tolerate it any longer and "attack aggressively!"

"Tsushima!" Yang stopped Ninomiya before he came on the field. "If we can bombard this pitcher, we'll be one step closer to victory!"

Hearing this request, Tsushima grinned, "Hahaha! Leave it to me! I will definitely get to the top!"

“Tsushima! It’s up to you!”

"Don't miss the missed shot!"

In the second half of the game, the two teams had the same score.

Whether this relay scheduling can change the rhythm of the game will be the focus of everyone's attention.

"So... this is our first time partnering up in an official match!" Miyuki was actually a little excited, and he had already "thoroughly" re-understood Sawamura's pitch last night.

However, based on his usual attitude towards me, '...will this kid cooperate with me?'

As it turned out, Yukichi was worrying too much.

On the first pitch, Eijun threw it perfectly into the catcher's glove.

"The stick is too slow!" In Yang's opinion, it was more than a little slow.

Before the batter could react to the previous pitch, the second pitch came. He hastily swung the bat and hit the ball to third base, and was caught out.

"What are you doing?"

"It's obviously a pitch speed that's easy to hit!"

"No..." Back in the dugout, facing his teammates' confusion, Tsushima didn't know what to say, "It's hard to get the timing of his swing when pitching. When his left wrist was blocked by his body, it suddenly stretched out..."

"Batters out!"

In just a few words, the seventh batter was out for no apparent reason, and the eighth batter went out to bat without getting any useful information...

Hashimoto returned to the dugout with a serious look on his face. To be honest, facing his teammates' doubts, he himself was also confused, "The ball suddenly changed direction... That pitcher's pitch was very weird!"

"The batter's swing is so slow. The pitcher must have more secrets than this..." Yang Shunchen looked at the pitcher on the field, his curiosity uncontrollably expressed.

One pitch later, the batter hit a ground ball to the pitcher, and Eijun threw it to first base to get him out.

"Oh, oh, oh! Mingchuan's batter got three up and three down!"

"Sawamura! Nice pitch!"

"Shun... I'm sorry... that guy's pitching was really weird..." The batter apologized to his teammates with regret after leaving the field.

"The wrist shows up late when pitching..."

Young said it was okay and was ready to pitch. 'It seems that he is not just a pitcher who is pulled up to consume innings...'

'interesting! ’

In the bottom of the sixth inning, facing the center batting line of Seidou, Yang used defense to deal with Isashiki, but was afraid of Yuki's hit, so he chose to walk Yuki to get on base. He then dealt with Masuko and allowed Miyuki to get a single.

With two outs and runners on first and second base, Mingchuan made the steady choice to use defense to complete the third out.

No matter how many balls or innings he pitched, Young firmly believed, "As long as we don't let the opponent score, we won't lose the game!"

"So awesome! Yang..." Rongjun couldn't help but sigh, his unyielding spirit was fully revealed in his pitching.

"The ace pitcher who crossed the sea to Japan... I'm sure he wants to make this last summer the best summer yet!" Eijun walked to the pitcher's mound and pressed his hat down, "But, I'm sorry... I also want to make this summer the best summer..."

"Mingchuan is really amazing..." At this time, the city junior who was watching the game in the audience could not help but sigh, "Facing Qingdao's batting line, they only lost two points in the fifth inning! It's a great performance..."

"I didn't expect this game to turn out like this...especially before I saw Young's pitch..."

"The first-year pitcher from Seidou... he hasn't even been on the bench during the Kanto tournament!"

Manaka looked at Eijun who was going to play and thought, "He is a pitcher who would not hesitate to keep Tamba or Kawakami and let him play..."

"In short, the key to the game lies in which side will score first..."

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"That's amazing! He's in great shape..." Haruichi Yutada exclaimed when he saw Eijun getting the batter out with one pitch.

"..." Then looking at Yang Shunchen in the Mingchuan rest area, Chunshi couldn't help but hold the railing tightly, 'Although he often takes the inside corner ball as the winning ball, he still often shoots the outside corner ball. '

"Minato, go swing the bat and get ready to go at any time."

"!" Chun Shi looked at the supervisor in surprise, and then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, 'I have a chance to play! '

"Is this round also three ups and three downs?"

"Why can't I get a hit? Can't I just throw straight balls?"

“But he was throwing in a good rhythm and felt like he was throwing it well.”

"The pace is so fast, it's over already..." Unlike the audience, even Kuramochi who was on defense couldn't help but sigh, it felt like he just came up and then came down.

"However, the ball will keep flying towards me, and it feels real." This was the conclusion Ryosuke came to while defending behind Eijun.

"Are you going to let this game go into overtime?"

Coach Kataoka's words stopped everyone in their tracks. The game had already entered the seventh inning, and it would be disadvantageous for them to continue the stalemate with this score.

"If you really want to dominate the country, then try to score as many points as possible in the remaining innings!"

At the beginning of Qingdao's attack in the second half, the announcement of player substitution was heard.

"Seodou High School made a substitution. The one who replaced the eighth batter Sakai was... Kominato Haruichi."

The catcher looked at the batter standing in the batter's box, "It's the next batter's turn... They want to decide the outcome..."

"Xiaochun! Let's have a good fight!" Rongchun squatted in the waiting area and cheered Xiaochun up, "You can do it!"

"Hmm..." Haruichi nodded softly.

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