Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"The atmosphere of the entire team has completely changed. It turns out that person is the ace of this team..." Miyuki couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the atmosphere of laughter and joy among the pharmacists.

"Yeah..." Kataoka also agreed with this change.

The game resumed. Sanada on the pitcher's mound threw down his anti-skid powder and looked at the first batter he was about to face. "One out, runner on second base, the batter is a strong fifth batter... My duty is to completely suppress the arrogance of this team..."

Thinking of this, Sanada smiled confidently and made a pitching gesture, "I'll suppress that guy in one breath!"

Seeing the pitcher preparing to throw the ball, Zengzi gripped the bat tightly and stared at his complete pitching posture. Seeing the flying baseball, Zengzi was startled and consciously wanted to avoid the ball that might hit him.

"Ouch..." The ball hit his left hand guard hard, causing him to lose his movement.

"Ah..." Sanada himself was surprised by the first pitch he threw.

"Touch ball!"

Following the referee's announcement, Masuko dropped her bat and ran to first base, while Sanada lifted his hat to express his apology.

"..." Masuko ran to first base and took off her protective gear, still remembering the ball clearly. "What a sharp ball. I was aware of it, but I couldn't dodge it..."

"The crisis has been escalated immediately..." Eijun couldn't help but laugh secretly, changed into protective gear and walked to the waiting area vacated by Chris-senpai, "But that kind of extremely aggressive pitching is indeed his style..."

"Sixth batter, catcher, Chris..."

Seeing Chris standing in the batter's box, Sanada adjusted his hat. This guy was one of the people he had to pay special attention to. He actually hit a hitball on the first pitch. "That's bad..."

While Sanada was observing Chris, Chris was also observing Sanada, "It was a hit ball right at the start... This pitcher looks even wilder than when I was watching from the sidelines!"

We should be able to score another point in this inning. Thinking of this, Chris glanced at Rongchun behind him and said, "We need to make it easier for the pitchers to throw..."

The inbounds ball that was just thrown to Masuko was sharper than expected, so Chris chose certainty over a long hit and held the bat shorter.

"You're not going to miss any easy pitch, are you?" Seeing Chris holding the short stick, Sanada admitted that he was a little excited.

The first ball Sanada threw was an inside corner ball that just brushed past his shoulder and could have easily turned into a hit ball, forcing Chris to step back. The second ball he threw was an inside corner ball that brushed past his thigh.

"Bad ball!"

"The score is now 0-2!"

"You can see it clearly, Chris-senpai!"

"The pitcher can't throw a good ball!"

"What pitch will you throw next..." Even though he just threw a hit ball, his expression is still relaxed, which shows how strong this pitcher is.

However, Chris would not be suppressed like this. His goal from the beginning was very clear: "Just aim for the straight ball!"

"Here it comes!" Keeping his eyes on Sanada who was pitching again, Chris caught the straight pitch he was waiting for and swung at it at the right time.

But just as the ball reached home plate, it suddenly bent toward the inside corner and hit the bat, and was hit out again.

"Second baseman!" The ball bounced twice towards the pitcher's mound and was caught by Sanada, who turned around and passed it to second base.

"First baseman!" The second baseman received the ball and passed it sideways to first base, completing a beautiful double play.

"Great!"

"Nice throw! Sanada-kun!"

"Sanada-kun!"

Sanada's performance aroused cheers from the audience of the Yakushi, and Lei Shi was no exception, "As expected of Sanada-senpai!"

However, Qingdao was caught off guard by the sudden changeup. Minister Ota was also quite surprised. He looked at Chris who had returned in panic, "What happened to that ball? The timing should have been just right!"

"Sorry! I didn't play well!" Chris took off his cap and bowed his head to apologize.

"What was that ball just now?"

"It's a Carter shot..." Chris answered the supervisor's question with difficulty, looking at Eijun who was taking off his protective gear, "And his Carter shot is even trickier than Eijun's."

"It's even trickier than Sawamura's!" Everyone looked at Eijun in surprise. They had all experienced Eijun's Carter Shot set, but they didn't expect Sanada's Carter Shot to be even trickier.

"Isn't that amazing!" Eijun said as he stepped forward and pushed Miyuki aside, helping Chris-senpai change his equipment instead.

“Hahaha…” Miyuki raised his eyebrows and laughed in a questioning tone, “But we are the ones leading now, Sawamura, you can suppress the next batter well!”

"Of course! Even if I can't pitch, it's Senior Chris who's pitching!"

"Does that mean you admit that you can't pitch anymore?"

"No, I'm just distinguishing the catchers in disguise."

"what!?"

"Since it was Chris-senpai who was pitching, it was my fault if I failed to suppress the batter. If it was Miyuki-senpai who was catching the ball, it would be a different story..."

"It's still possible..." Everyone watching the excitement laughed, "It really is the difference between the catchers..."

“You two…” Chris had no choice but to stop the two who were ready to fight, and held Rongchun’s shoulders and pushed in the opposite direction, “Okay, hurry up and get on the court!”

"Yes!" Rongchun smiled and jumped out of the rest area in an instant, not forgetting to turn around and make a face at Yuki, "Slightly..."

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In the top of the fourth inning, the batter for Yakushi was the second batter Akiba.

"A slow, straight-on weird ball..." Eijun nodded after receiving the signal, and made a series of pitching movements before throwing the ball hard.

"What...what's wrong with this guy's pitching posture!" Because he couldn't grasp the timing, Qiuye was irritated the next moment, "He actually hit a red ball on the first pitch!"

Feeling that he was completely underestimated, Qiu Ye gritted his teeth, aimed at the ball and swung the bat, but at this moment, he was surprised again, because the ball suddenly moved slightly before hitting the bat.

The baseball that failed to hit the center was hit between first and second base. Ryosuke intercepted the ball at the right spot and quickly passed it to Yuki at first base, perfectly blocking Akiha.

Facing the next batter, Chris hit another weird ball right in the middle with his first pitch, but this time it was a heavy version.

Eijun blinked and couldn't help wanting to laugh. He was really looking forward to the batter's expression. He then made the exact same series of pitching movements and threw the ball.

"!" Mishima looked at the incoming ball and wanted to kill Eijun. He actually hit the target with the first ball to two batters in a row. Was he being underestimated?

Unable to contain his anger, Mishima took a big step forward and leaned forward to hit the ball before it changed direction. This time the ball hit the center of the ball. Mishima's smug smile only ended halfway before he collapsed. 'Is this a baseball or a shot put?'

Mishima gritted his teeth and forced the ball out, but still lost to the quality of the ball. The ball just rolled weakly towards the pitcher. Eijun took the opportunity to pick up the baseball, turned around and passed it to first base.

"Out!"

"Tsk..." Director Hong couldn't help but hold his forehead and click his tongue. Although it has the characteristics of a quirk ball, he didn't expect that it could control the speed of the ball. And judging from these two hits, there should be other things. "Mishima! What's going on?"

"Tsk..." Mishima clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction when he thought about that weird pitcher, "I wanted to hit it before the ball changed, but I didn't expect his ball to be so heavy, just like hitting a shot put."

At this point, Mishima clenched his still slightly numb hands. That ball was really beyond his imagination. It did not have the speed of the previous pitcher, but it had the power of the previous pitcher.

Coach Todoroki looked at Yamauchi in the batter's box and then at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound. "I didn't expect that this young pitcher from Seidou could use his pitching characteristics so thoroughly. No wonder such a seemingly ordinary pitch can cause so many batters to fail."

Eijun quickly took care of the four batters, ending the inning. After leaving the field, he quickly got ready, as it was his turn to bat after Furuya.

Furuya's at-bat ended unexpectedly quickly, as Sanada threw a cutter in the first pitch, allowing Furuya to hit a high fly ball to left field and be caught out.

"Please advise!"

After greeting the umpire, Eijun stepped into the batter's box and cast a calm gaze upon the pitcher's mound.

"nice shot!"

For the first pitch, Rongjun just chose to watch without moving, with only his eyes following the ball, and then he gripped the bat tightly and looked back at the pitcher's mound.

Although Sanada did not pay too much attention to Eijun's batting ability, he did not dare to underestimate it, especially his posture of waiting for the ball, which was a feeling that most pitchers would hate.

"Sanada-senpai's stamina wasn't that good in the early stages..." Since the coach didn't give any special instructions, Eijun decided to use a tactic of harassing the opponent and clearing all the difficult balls out of bounds.

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"..."

"Sawamura! You're spot on!"

"That's it!"

"I didn't expect this little pitcher to be so good at sticking to the ball..." Sanada wiped his sweat, it was already the seventh pitch, "Hahaha... What an amazing little pitcher..."

"The balls are getting trickier..." Although this is a big campaign to use up Sanada-senpai's energy, he can't use up much energy by himself, and there are no easy balls to hit.

Seeing Sanada-senpai lift his leg, Eijun stared at the ball and swung the bat, thinking that he should be able to hit it out. However, the ball suddenly bent to the inside corner, hit the bat very close to his hand, and jumped out lightly.

"First base!" As soon as the ball bounced, Sanada saw that the runner was already close to first base. He was shocked and rushed forward to catch the ball and quickly passed it to the first baseman, "Is this kid so abnormal even in base running! "

"Out!"

"Good job! Sanada!"

"Nice throw! Sanada!"

"What a shame..." After getting entangled in so many balls, Eijun turned around and slowly ran back to the rest area, "Hakushu-senpai, please hit it out!"

"Yeah." Shirasu nodded and walked past Eijun, heading up to the batting mound.

"Eijun, you did a great job!"

"Yes!" Rongchun took off his hat and moved closer to Chris, asking for more praise. "It's rare for me to get tangled up with so many balls. It's amazing, right? I'm serious about this!"

"Hmm..." Chris patted Rongchun's head in a funny way to show his praise.

Then Hakushu was struck out...

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