Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Let him hit you! Maki!"

"We will definitely defend it!"

After receiving the signal from the supervisor for a head-on confrontation, Xianquan's infield defense player immediately cheered for his ace while moving forward to defend.

Masuko in the batter's box didn't notice any of this, and was concentrating on silently saying, 'Aim for the low ball, and if a curve ball comes, don't hesitate to shoot directly...'

Ryosuke, who was at third base, saw Masuko's concentration and asked the supervisor in the dugout if he was planning to steal a base. After getting the supervisor's approval, Ryosuke prepared himself, "If it's a curveball, run!"

As if in response to the will of the two, Maki on the pitcher's mound quickly made a series of pitching gestures, and the baseball that left his fingers flew towards home plate at an extremely fast speed.

"Here it comes! Curveball!" The two people who were aiming at the curveball attacked at the same time when they saw the ball.

"Qiang!"

The ball wasn't hit perfectly, but Zengzi had enough strength to pull the ball over the third baseman's head.

“Third base!!”

Although the ball went over his head, the third baseman reacted in time, intercepted the ball before the left fielder came to make amends, and threw it back to home plate.

The ball was handled perfectly, which made everyone feel relieved.

'The base is blocked... this guy!'

At this time, Ryosuke, who was already close to the base, noticed the catcher's behavior, but he could no longer care about so much. He made up his mind and rushed to home plate.

Amid the flying dust, Ryosuke endured the pain from the collision and reached out to touch the home plate that was blocked between the catcher's legs. He charged without hesitation and knocked the catcher out.

The referee who witnessed the whole process saw the white baseball fall from the catcher's glove as the two men fell to the ground in an unstable position, and then made a loud announcement.

“On base!!”

"Same score at Qingdao High School!"

"Ohhh! Nice run!"

"Nice run! Senior Liang!"

"Damn it... He rushed at me without hesitation..." The catcher gritted his teeth in pain and looked up at the runner who was smiling and brushing off the dust on his body, "This guy... has a really strong aura..."

Ryosuke held his cap steady, high-fived Miyuki who was about to go on the field, and passed by him. "He almost obstructed the baserunning. You really can do that..."

"He actually made such a dangerous charge..." Coach Ukai rubbed his chin and looked at the rest area opposite thoughtfully.

The runners started running the moment the batter hit the ball, and they kept a positive attitude to score points, constantly putting pressure on the opponent team. "It can be seen that Coach Kataoka's playing style is quite strong..."

"..." Rongchun, who would look up at the game from time to time, naturally saw what just happened, and also noticed the subtle changes in Ryosuke's walking posture when he walked off the court.

If all the books I learned were not in vain, all the injuries I suffered were not in vain, and all the suffering I endured was not in vain, then I must have been injured...

'Since it has happened, then something like this must have happened in my previous life...' Rongchun didn't remember it very clearly.

However, given Chris's previous example of concealing the truth, Ryosuke probably wouldn't tell anyone about it, but would just endure the pain and continue on the court.

However, judging by his reaction, it probably didn't hurt that much, he was just subconsciously checking his body's condition after the collision...

"Hmm? What's up?" Noticing that Eijun had been looking at him since he left the court, Ryosuke asked with a smile, "Is Sawamura tired of reading books?"

"..." Eijun shook his head, took out a lollipop from his pocket and said with a smile: "Because big brother's base running is super cool! I was shocked!"

"Thanks..." Ryosuke hesitated for a moment, took the lollipop, and looked at him strangely.

Then Eijun patted the dozing Fūya to remind him, "If you feel sleepy, get up and watch the game..."

"Um..."

“……” Kuramochi noticed this scene and looked at Senior Ryosuke in surprise.

Everyone knows that Rongchun likes to share snacks with others, especially candies...

But he usually doesn't share his lollipops with others easily, at least Kuramochi has never seen it...

And knowing how important these candies are to him, no one in the team would ask him for them...

Facing the sixth batter, Miyuki, Senquan adopted the bases-loaded strategy without hesitation and walked Miyuki with four balls.

Then Maki vented his dissatisfaction with letting Miyuki get on base on the pitch, which directly increased the power of the pitch and struck out Sakai with three pitches.

"This actually made the pitcher more motivated..." Miyuki glanced at the coach Ukai who was smiling triumphantly in the opponent's dugout, "Could it be that the coach knew this and did this..."

"Tamba..." When Tamba was about to go on the field to bat, coach Kataoka called him.

Following the broadcast from the stadium, Haruichi Kominato walked towards the home plate with his wooden bat.

"I'm here to pinch hit in place of the eighth batter, Tamba-kun... Kominato Haruichi-kun!"

"Hmph... Here's a substitute for the ace..." Coach Ukai looked thoughtful, "I heard he's also good at follow-up pitching strategies, so his intentions are obvious now..."

If they can get through this round, the trend of the game will still be on Xianquan's side, and it all depends on Maki's performance.

"Fight well, Xiaochun!" Rongchun in the rest area took a note from his book and cheered Haruichi on.

"Hmm..." Haruichi chuckled and nodded in response, looking at his brother who was sitting next to Eijun and wiping his sweat, "I'm playing as a substitute for Tanba-senpai, this at-bat is of great significance..."

"But the coach asked me to play in such an important occasion..." After greeting the referee, Haruichi quietly stepped into the batter's box and stared at the pitcher's mound with a sharp gaze, "I will definitely respond to everyone's expectations of me!"

Besides... this is our first and last chance for the two of us to go to Koshien together. I really want to go to Koshien with everyone.

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In the top of the sixth inning, with two outs and the bases loaded, pinch hitter Haruichi Kominato came on to the field in place of the ace pitcher, which represented a pitching change and naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Maki looked at the player in the batter's box, his eyes darkened, "And he's a first-year student..."

"Maki, stop their arrogance here!"

"Let them fight!"

"He's a first-year student..." Following the catcher's guidance, Maki threw the ball angrily straight to home plate.

"Snapped!"

"Good! Nice goal!"

"Strike him out with a low ball!"

At this moment, the rest area of ​​​​Xianquan also responded with warm support, and coach Ukai was also very satisfied with the power of the first goal.

Although I don’t know what’s going on, Maki’s momentum is amazing, so there’s nothing to worry about.

The second ball was a bad ball to the outside corner, and Chun Shi watched it calmly.

"Very good, you looked very carefully!"

"Minato, look very carefully!"

"The pressure I felt standing in the batter's box was greater than I thought..." Haruichi didn't pay much attention to the team's support at this time, but just stared at Maki, "But... the trajectory of the straight ball is very similar to the ball thrown by the coach yesterday..."

Also... before being chased by the opponent, as long as you can see the trajectory of the curve ball clearly, you can hit it!

"Qiang!"

Although the second ball was not a curveball, Haruichi hit it with full concentration and swung it out of bounds.

"Ahh... I'm being chased. This kind of situation is really too stressful for a first-year!"

Supervisor Kataoka remained very calm and did not react to this development, which was in stark contrast to Minister Ota who was worrying too much.

Chris was already used to Minister Ota's fuss, so he didn't react and just watched the situation on the field seriously.

Coach Ukai was also looking at Haruichi in the batter's box. All he knew was Haruichi's pinch hit performance so far, a 100% batting average with two hits in two at-bats.

The pitiful amount of information available is almost unavailable for reference, but as a freshman, since he was given the task of playing as a substitute, it means that he has the ability to do so...

"But this batter doesn't have the ability to hit long..." In this regard, Coach Ukai believes that there is no problem with Maki's pitching. "This kind of batter can be suppressed with a straight ball. With your ability, there will be no problem!"

"Will there be a curveball... or will it be straight balls in the end..." Haruichi's face gradually became solemn as he stared at the pitcher intently and guessed at the next pitch.

Noticing that Haruichi was nervous, Ryosuke was somewhat worried, "Don't think too much. If it were you, you would be able to handle any ball well..."

At this time, Maki on the pitcher's mound was furious at the batter's stubbornness. He raised his left leg high and looked at the batter with increasingly cold eyes.

"It's too early for you, a freshman, to wear that jersey! ! "He wanted to use his best curveball to deal with this kid who made him extremely unhappy.

'Curveball!?'

It was a curveball that he was targeting, but Haruichi was a little suspicious for a moment, but... "I can hit it!"

While keeping the front part from collapsing, the rotation of the waist and the push of the ball are beautifully transferred to the ball and hit it out.

"Qiang!"

Coach Ukai was also shocked. Why was this pitch a curveball? "Could it be that the pitcher's desire to strike out exploded..."

"Left fielder!"

After hitting the ball, Haruichi dropped the bat and ran away, "I hit it a little too high..."

Xianquan's left fielder also quickly retreated, chasing the direction of the ball, because he underestimated the batting ability of this first-year player, thinking that he could not hit a long hit and therefore moved too forward.

The left fielder jumped up with his teeth clenched in frustration, and the ball passed by his glove just one pitch away and hit the ground as his posture collapsed.

"Oh oh oh oh oh!!"

"Put it through!"

The passionate cheers instantly covered the stadium. The runners who had already started ran back to home base one by one. When the last runner on base ran back to home base, Chun Shi also successfully occupied second base.

"In this round, the score difference was narrowed to three points in one go!"

"Great! Nice shot!"

"here you go!"

"Appeared, blushing and stiff in celebration pose!"

"Can't this be changed?"

"Hahaha!"

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