Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Let's go...let's go..."

"Um..."

Without even giving Sakurazawa time to be happy in the rest area, Cheng Gong Ming pushed the game to the fourth round at the fastest speed.

"The attack ended too quickly..."

"Even if we defend desperately..."

"In this case...how can we get points from this pitcher..."

Looking at Chengmiya Ming's back, Sakurazawa's team members walked out of the rest area with heavy steps in near despair.

"Everyone, please hold on..." Coach Sanae was quite worried when she saw the heavy moods of the team members.

"His pitching tempo is so fast, it should be impossible for him to last until the ninth inning..." Chang Xuming straightened the brim of his hat and pursed his lips unwillingly, "As long as we can hold on to the end, there will definitely be hope..."

In the top of the fourth inning, Inami's attack was led by second batter shortstop Shirakawa.

When Baihe walked onto the field, he noticed the third baseman's stiff and uneasy movements and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

"No... we can't lose any points..." The third baseman was so tense that he didn't notice that he was being targeted as a breakthrough point. "We can't make any mistakes..."

Facing the first pitch thrown by Nagao Akira, Shirakawa swung the bat directly, hitting the ball and cleverly sweeping it towards third base.

The third baseman, with his body tensed, never expected that the first ball would hit him. His face turned dark, and even his subconscious defensive action was not enough to stop the ball from hitting the ground.

Sakurazawa made his first defensive mistake...

The ball went over the glove and directly under the third baseman's crotch.

With a runner on first base and no one out, Baihe took an aggressive approach and stole the base immediately, effectively increasing his chances of scoring.

The situation suddenly changed to one with no one out and a runner on second base.

"Everyone, don't worry about the runners!" Realizing that his teammates were too nervous, Nagao Ming tried his best to keep smiling and shouted to his teammates, "Come one by one!"

"Oh! Come on!"

"Focus on the hitters!"

Seeing the players encouraging each other on the field, Coach Sanae was very pleased, "That's right... Talk to your teammates around you calmly. You have overcome this crisis several times and have come this far..."

"Huh..." After calming himself down, Chang Xuming looked at the third batter in the batter's box, and then threw the ball in his hand.

"Qiang!"

A groundout hit between first and second base startled everyone in Sakurazawa.

"Second baseman!" Nagasu Ming turned sideways and shouted to the second baseman in panic. He also saw Baihe approaching third base from the corner of his eye, "No way to pass to third base! Pass to first base!"

The second baseman also quickly came to the front of the ground ball and stretched out his glove to catch the ball. Just as the ball was about to bounce into the glove, it hit the edge of the glove...

"Ah...the ball bounced!"

By the time the ball was caught, it was already impossible to pass to first base. Another defensive error exacerbated the already bad situation.

Now Sakurazawa has to face Inami's main force, Harada, with no one out and runners on first and third base.

"Oops... Oops..." Coach Sanae could see that if this terrible situation could not be controlled, there would be a big problem. She hurriedly raised her hand to signal to the referee, "Time out!"

"..." Eijun looked at the Sakurazawa team surrounding the pitcher's mound, and the first thing that came to his mind was, 'That pitcher is going to collapse...'

Missing out on an out that you clearly have a chance to get because of a mistake can put a lot of pressure on the pitcher.

In addition, Ming pitched so hard from the first inning in order to put heavy pressure on the opponent on the pitcher's mound and create this situation.

'If we lose just one point, we will lose the game...'

Once such thoughts invaded their consciousness, the people of Sakurazawa became nervous and their defensive movements became stiff.

At this time, the Qingdao team on the other side also realized the reason and looked at the situation on the field with serious expressions.

Chris used this as an explanation to the two freshmen, "Why did the defense suddenly become problematic?"

Miyuki also looked at Inami's rest area with a serious expression, "The Sakurazawa players probably don't think they can score against Narimiya..."

"That's right..." Chris whispered, "For Sakurazawa, who relied on the opponent's self-destruction in their rush to capture the butterfly ball to win, this should be the first time they have felt the overwhelming gap in strength."

“……”After hearing this, everyone wiped their cold sweats.

From Chris's analysis, it can be seen that he is watching the game very seriously, but... 'What should I do... It's so cold...'

"Sawamura! ! "

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"Snapped!"

On the pitcher's mound, which was deeply mired in depression and annoyance, a discordant sound suddenly occurred, shocking everyone so much that they trembled.

"Hahaha! Are you scared? Are you scared?" Chang Xuming, the instigator, made fun of his teammates heartlessly.

"Aming..." Ri Suo Hao was already angry at this sudden action. It was already this late.

"Why are you making that expression?"

"what?"

"We haven't lost any points yet, and it's only the fourth game." Looking at his nervous teammates, Nagao Akira smiled calmly and said, "Anyway, no one thinks we will win."

"We finally have the chance to play baseball in a place like this. Let's not worry about the result, but show our style until the end!"

Everyone looked at their pitcher in surprise, "Amin..."

Their ace is still working so hard, how can we, as the ones protecting him, just give up like this...

"Oh oh oh!"

“Try your best!”

"Catch them one by one!"

"Shout out!"

After the pause, everyone in Sakurazawa dispersed and returned to their own positions.

"Hu..." Nagao Ming took a deep breath, then looked at the batter Harada Masamiya standing in the batter's box. This person was not so easy to deal with, but this time he had to...

"Steal a base!"

Chang Xuming, who had already made the pitching motion, heard the shouts of his teammates, but he did not worry too much. Instead, he gritted his teeth and threw the ball, "Run if you want!"

"Snapped!"

The drifting ball went directly into the catcher's glove, and the runner immediately afterwards successfully stole a base, and the situation became one with no outs and runners on second and third bases.

At this time, Ming, who was in the batting cage at the back, once again shouted to stimulate his fourth batter, "If you still can't get a hit by now, you won't be allowed to bat the fourth time!"

"Shut up!"

Faced with this rare and excellent opportunity, there were bursts of cheers from the audience.

"Hit him out! Harada!"

"Aya!"

"bring it on!"

Amid the cheers that resounded throughout the stadium, there was hardly a sound of support for Sakurazawa. Even the sounds from their own rest area were drowned out by Inami's cheers.

In such an environment, Nagao Akira still holds firm to his belief, "It doesn't matter even if anyone on the court...doesn't want us to win."

"nice shot!"

"I still... believe in this kind of ball!"

"Bad ball!"

"..." After watching three balls in a row, Harada's brows were still slightly furrowed. It was still difficult to catch the ball when even the pitcher didn't know where it would land. 'But... the opportunity will come...'

"The pitching rhythm has become slightly faster." At this time, in the dugout, coach Sanae looked at Nagao Akira on the mound, feeling a little uneasy, "We need to really lengthen the pitch..."

But at this time, Nagao Ming's heart was no longer calm, and he was eager to deal with the batter in front of him. "As long as I rely on this kind of ball... I can realize my dream... and step onto that stage..."

"!" Coach Sanae's expression changed drastically when he saw the quick pitching action and Nagao Akira's changed momentum. "A...Aming! Don't be in a hurry to pitch! Don't forget the spirit of Zen..."

"I want to stand on the Koshien court with them...with them!"

At this moment, Risuo Haoji, who was squatting at home base, opened his eyes wide in shock.

This ball no longer had any erratic movement...it also had some spin.

"Qiang!"

A dull and long sound of impact hit Sakurazawa's eardrum hard, sounding extremely harsh.

Harada's three-run home run completely turned on Inami, and he attacked in a straight line without wasting a single hit and swinging the bat without mercy.

"Sakurazawa's ace, calm down and pitch!"

As a result, Harada's three-run home run completely made the Sakurazawa players lose their guard, and the firm belief they had built up so far collapsed.

In the top of the fourth inning, when Sakurazawa finally got three outs, he had lost a total of eight points, while Inami scored eight points.

In the bottom half of the inning, Narimiya Mei's strong pitching once again left Sakurazawa's batters with nothing to gain, ending the inning with zero scores.

In the fifth game, although everyone tried their best, the defense was quickly broken by Inami.

Even though his teammates made mistakes, Nagao Ming still tried very hard to pitch, but in the end, he still pitched too hard...

Finally, in the top of the fifth inning, the Sakurazawa team ended their defense by losing three runs.

Standing on the pitcher's mound, Nagao Ming looked up and gasped for breath. The almost hopeless score difference made it impossible for him to even have the illusion of victory.

How were they going to get that many points off that pitcher?

"..." Watching the Sakurazawa team walking back to the rest area, Eijun looked up at Narimiya Mei who was walking up to the pitcher's mound.

If the mood is slightly shaken, the butterfly pitcher's ball will also be affected.

But what’s even more terrifying is Cheng Gong Ming’s pitching, which can even affect the opponent’s defensive rhythm.

Ming looked back at the dugout as he stepped onto the pitcher's mound.

I saw that Coach Guoyou twisted his body as usual, making a lot of noises, and looked at Cheng Gongming with sharp eyes, "Let's decide the winner!"

"Hee..." Ming understood and grinned happily, 'That's exactly what I meant!'

Staring fiercely at Cheng Gongming who was preparing to pitch on the pitcher's mound, the batter tightly gripped the bat, "How can I just let them finish me off like this!"

As the pitcher raised his legs and swung his arms, the batter gritted his teeth and swung the bat. The baseball and the bat met head-on, but there was still no expected sound of collision.

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!!"

"strike out!!"

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