Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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The ball passed over the glove and hit the top railing of the block directly. With a crisp impact sound, it bounced behind Isashiki.

“Almost got out!”

"Runners, run!"

"..." At this moment, Baizhou could only see the baseball bouncing away and could not hear any sound. He just rushed forward without delay and pressed the ball steadily under his body.

Then he quickly stood up, grabbed the ball, and threw it to second base with all his strength.

"What!" The batter, who was originally happy that he might hit a home run, was so scared that he turned around and retreated as soon as he stepped past second base.

"The runner is stopped at second base!"

"Good job, Hakushu!"

"Nice shot!"

The ever-changing cheers suddenly blew up from the Qingdao seats and swept across the stadium.

"..." In response, Shirasu just nodded silently and signaled to Tamba on the pitcher's mound that there was no problem with the defense.

"Senior Danba, two are out!" Yukichi also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he stopped Xianquan's attack in time, otherwise he would be seriously sinned.

"The pitching just now was my fault. I will have to change the ball next time. The next batter is more important."

Although Miyuki took the initiative to take responsibility for the problem, Tamba still looked unhappy. This also proved that his biggest weakness at the moment was the straight ball, otherwise he would not have been hit so far.

"..." Danbo lowered the brim of his hat to hide his unwilling eyes. When he looked up again and saw the secret code, his pupils shrank, 'Forkball!'

Thinking that they wouldn't attack a changing ball, Miyuki hit a curve ball to the inside corner as his first pitch, which was a strike. He then hit a curve ball right in the middle, which the batter hit as a foul ball.

At least the goal of earning a good number of goals was achieved. Miyuki confirmed from the power of the first two goals that Tamba was not greatly affected, and gave the secret signal for the last goal.

"Throw a strong straight ball, Tanba-senpai!" "This is my first starter this summer, but I can only throw a straight ball and a curveball. "Use this to end this inning!"

"Huh..." After taking a deep breath, Danbo nodded affirmatively, 'I have a trump card that the other team doesn't know about!'

After taking a look at the runner on second base, Danbo turned around and raised his leg to throw the ball in the first official game of the summer.

"A straight ball!" The pupils of the three hitters of Xianquan shrank. Do they know that they can hit such a good ball even if they aim at the straight ball?

But the ball's path was so tempting that he couldn't help but hit it. 'As long as it lands, it can...'

The bat was swung out, but there was no obstruction. The batter held his breath and let the baseball pass under the bat. He could only grit his teeth and miss the baseball.

"You're talking about the forkball... I've never heard of this kind of information before!" Director Ukai's originally determined look was suddenly overwhelmed by shock.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

During the exchange of offense and defense, everyone gathered around Danbo, and the first thing they did was touch his bald head as a sign of praise and celebration.

"Nice shot! Tanba-senpai!"

"Nice shot!"

"Hey, hey..." Although I am very happy, Danbo said that it is difficult for me to be happy if you are like this!

"I didn't expect this pitcher to have this kind of ball..." Coach Ukai was really surprised to see a ball that was not in the data, but, 'It seems that the ball just now was not in the best condition...'

In the fifth inning, Maki used his powerful pitching from the beginning to make it difficult for the Aodou batters to start, and he beautifully completed the task of making the batters go up and down three times, and Aodou once again failed to score.

"Be patient...be patient! The opportunity will definitely come!" The offense and defense were switched again in an instant, and Minister Ota was anxious to comfort the players.

"it is good!"

Following his teammates out of the dugout, Miyuki looked at Tanba-senpai who was walking towards the pitcher's mound with some concern, "You're sweating a lot..."

Because I haven't been a starter for a long time, I was in an excited state today, and my nerves were extremely sharp, so I was very clear about my pitching condition.

However, Tanba-senpai's pitching is still good so far, but I don't know when it will collapse. "Try to match the cross-ball with the forkball!"

"Until the fifth inning, there was still no score..."

"Qingdao was completely suppressed."

Regarding the current development, doubts began to be heard from the audience. The pitcher seemed to be struggling, and the batters were suppressed by Xianquan's pitcher until now, which made them quite distressed.

At this time, Inami, who arrived at the stadium early to watch the first game, heard these doubts.

"Only one point? Looks like we're in for a tough fight."

"Although Xianquan is very low-key, his baseball foundation is indeed very solid." Yoshizawa Hideaki followed Harada and said: "And the pitcher named Maki, after all, is very difficult to hit with that angle of pitching!"

"He's just tall." Ming, who was sitting behind a few people with his legs crossed, pouted proudly and interrupted his teammates about their evaluation of the Xianquan pitcher.

Then he proudly expressed his opinion of Danbo, "By the way, it would be better to replace Danbo as soon as possible!"

"Although the changeup is still sharp as before, the straight ball is really weak! If you try too hard, the consequences may be disastrous!"

Then, Danba threw a curveball and it was hit out of bounds by the batter. Ming added confidently, "Look... that ball just now was really dangerous! Kazuya really had a hard time!"

"..." After listening to Ming's evaluation of Danbo in silence, Harada said in a low voice: "Ming, I told you before that you underestimate Danbo too much."

"Unlike before, his weak attitude was no longer exposed. After that hit, the guy took a big detour and finally successfully transformed and returned to the court."

As if in response to Harada's affirmation, Tamba on the pitcher's mound threw a perfect outside corner forkball and struck out the batter.

"Ahhhh!"

The ace's roar and the powerful pitching he displayed aroused cheers from the audience.

"great!"

"Good job! Danbo!"

'There is a limit to just momentum...' Ming turned his face away in dissatisfaction, refusing to admit that he did have great momentum, and that was nothing great.

Then he stood up quickly, put his hands in his pockets, and said, "I'm going to buy a bottle of drink."

"Ah... ran away!"

"Wait a minute... Ming!"

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With another exchange of offense and defense, the game has entered the sixth round.

The stagnant score gave Maki confidence in his contempt for Qingdao.

Qingdao was the school he had wanted to go to, but... in the end, they never paid any attention to him, which made him feel so proud that he absolutely did not want to lose to this school.

"Even if the opponent is Seidou, my pitching will work..." Facing the first batter, Maki adjusted his hat and prepared to pitch.

The glove is at a higher angle than usual, lowered while the right leg is raised, looking down at the batter's perspective, 'I want to win this team to prove... my own worth!'

The pitch is said to be the highest pitch in Japan, and the people at home plate can feel it most directly.

The ball was thrown very high, but it suddenly fell rapidly in front of home plate. The huge drop caused Ryosuke to miss the first pitch.

"Good! Nice throw!"

"Maki, that's good!"

“The batter didn’t seize the moment!”

"The power of the wrist swing, the angle of the pitch, and the transfer of weight are all in excellent condition..." Maki's pitching performance has not declined, which also makes coach Ukai very pleased.

When coach Ukai went to watch Maki's game when he was still in junior high school, he knew that Maki's qualities were absolutely top-notch, but he just didn't know how to use his physical advantages.

At that time, coach Ukai was sure that he could train him into a first-class pitcher, so he continued to cultivate him carefully...

'Today, he may evolve into an unstoppable monster...'

"Qiang!"

A hit over the second baseman's head slightly interrupted Xianquan's momentum.

"If you throw the same pitch today because you're in great shape, you'll suffer." Ryosuke smiled and admired the pitcher's shocked expression, and easily reached first base.

"Great fight! Senior Liang!"

"Don't underestimate us, asshole!"

There is no one out and there is a runner on first base, so it's the center fielder's turn to bat.

Isashiki stepped onto the field with his bat, glaring at the pitcher's mound with gritted teeth, "I've already caught the timing of the curveball, don't be so arrogant, bastard!"

"Considering how tired Danbo is, I really want to decide the outcome of this round..." Chris was somewhat worried.

It would be very disadvantageous for Qingdao if the stalemate continued at this score. If they couldn't break through this situation, the final result would be hard to predict.

"Kominato, get ready and go swing your bat to warm up." At this time, Kataoka, who had been paying attention to the situation on the field, turned his head and told Haruichi, who had been watching the game carefully, "When the opportunity comes, I will let you bat as a substitute."

Haruichi was stunned for a moment, then responded with great surprise, "Yes!"

"What!" He stepped into the batter's box confidently, but the first pitch he hit was a ground ball to third base...

Ryosuke successfully reached second base...

Isashiki, out...

"Jun, watch me!" In order to comfort the defeated Jun, Yuki swung the bat actively and hit the ball out on the first pitch.

A beautiful hit to right field allowed Ryosuke to reach third base, and Yuki also easily reached second base.

"Oh oh oh... keep going! Masuko~~" Feeling comforted by Yuki, Isashiki shed two lines of tears of unwillingness and cheered for Masuko with a scream.

"Jun-senpai's hitting was also great..." Kuramochi laughed and symbolically comforted the defeated Isashiki-senpai.

"How verbose!"

Now there was one out and runners on first and third base, a great opportunity to score. Masuko stood in the batter's box, ready to swing the bat at any time.

Coach Ukai rubbed his chin and looked at Seidou's five-bat baseball. This batter cannot be taken lightly, but if he adopts a bases-loaded strategy and decides the outcome with six bats, the risk will be very high.

"Here, let's choose to face the batter head-on..."

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