Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 234 A String of Zeros
"Wow—" The railing of Qingdao's bench was clattered.

The remnants of the first and third bases just now really made everyone in Qingdao realize what it means to be hopeful, and then they are even more disappointed. '

"Aha, you're very capable, kid." Cang Mochi looked at Jiang Gu at first base with admiration.

But he didn't know whether the opponent would switch to the ace in left field. Kuramochi's smile only spread for a moment, and then quickly retracted.

Hayakawa looked at Supervisor Kuniyou outside the bench, but the other party's expression was still motionless, but he gave him a signal.

'Two more outs? 'The catcher who got the information didn't think about the arrangement of supervision in detail. If the pitcher still doesn't change, the most important thing now is how to deal with Cheongdo's bat.

There is no doubt that Qingdou Yichu has a foot length similar to that of Carlos, but the batting rate of the two is much worse.

Such a hitter must not be put on base, even if there is a runner in front of him blocking his way.

Thinking about it this way, Hayakawa already had an idea of ​​how to play the ball.

At the same time, the mentality of the pitcher must also be considered. When someone hits base, the pitcher is likely to miss or miss the catcher's position.

Therefore, for the first ball, Hayakawa still adopted a strategy of not confronting head-on, and placed the glove at the high position of the inner corner.

"Pa——" Kuramo leaned back a little, but his footsteps were completely glued to the strike zone and did not move.

"Bad ball!"

This ball was originally a high-position lure ball, but now Hirano has a mentality problem, and the pitch in this place is a bit too high.

'Still seduced? At this time, Kuramochi can probably guess the psychology of Inashi catcher, "If it is Miyuki, this place will not adopt this kind of strategy. If you blindly obey the pitcher's mood, it will only make the pitcher sink deeper and deeper." '

Hayakawa frowned, and put the glove on the high position again, "Be careful when throwing, this place is to lure the batter to hit the ball." '

Hirano nodded, and looked back at the runner again. This person hit his ball, which was really painful.

"Pa——" Hayakawa received the ball smoothly, but thought to himself, "This ball is a bit too far, but the baits are all put down, and then we will see if we can cast the net out." '

He didn't speak, just opened his arms, trying to calm the other party.

It's two balls now, which is pretty bad for the pitcher.

Hirano on the mound felt a little nervous when he saw the instructions for the next pitch and the position of the glove.

Hayakawa's way of distributing the ball can almost see his principle of handling things. First, he unconditionally backs down, gives up some benefits, gains favor and trust, and then slowly infects his own ideas to other people.

Hirano nodded, he chose to trust the opposite glove.

After another glare at first base, he strides toward the low outside corner.

'Straight ball?slider? Kuramochi decided to wait for a ball to see, anyway, there are no good balls now.

"Crack——" the baseball dropped into the catcher's glove.

"nice shot!"

Hirano heaved a sigh of relief. After being hit and two bad balls in succession, he mustered up the courage to successfully throw into the outer corner strike zone, which gave him more confidence out of thin air.

'Look, as long as you trust me with the ball, you can get good numbers. 'The catcher's return pass delivered exactly that to the pitcher.

"Tsk", Kuramochi actually knew it was a straight ball when the ball was close to the home plate.But he is not the type to swing fast, and during the observation time, he has already lost the chance to hit.

The situation turned into one good and two bad, and the balance seemed to be turned back a little by the catcher.

The pitcher on the pitcher's mound wiped his sweat significantly more frequently. Obviously, this situation has put him under a lot of mental pressure.

Hayakawa patted the ground lightly, thinking about whether to call a shooting timeout to lengthen the gap between pitching.

But after all, he didn't move, but continued to place the glove in the same position as the strike just now.

Hirano nodded, because of that strike, he was less timid about taking the risk of throwing into the strike zone.

At this time, on the strike zone, Kuramochi was still running his brain at high speed, "There is still room for a bad ball. Will the catcher choose to lure the ball and let the pitcher relax?" '

In an instant of thinking, the opponent's pitcher has already turned sideways and shot the ball.

'Whatever else, keep your eye on the straight ball! '

Kuramochi chose the way he wanted to play, and no longer guessed the mood of the catcher like Miyuki, and asked how that guy could still maintain rational thinking in such a highly tense state.

By the time Shirokage approached home plate, the hitter had already stepped out, and the bat swung, creating a gust of wind.

But the trajectory of the ball was not simple. When Kuramochi focused on the trajectory where the straight ball should come, he suddenly found that the shadow of the ball was not in the expected position.

'This slider! ’ What flashed in Kuramochi’s mind was that this pitcher started off with a very good slider, “Suddenly he can pitch well? '

"Touch—" He didn't care about anything else, the ball didn't slide much, and it just hit the head of the bat.

The baseball didn't receive much power, it just turned and hit the infield, the next was caught in the shortstop's mitt, and then the first baseman's.

"Double kill!!"

"Ah, what a pity Qingdao."

"It was the same in the last game, what a disappointment."

"Daoshi's defense is really powerful."

As the target of being double-killed twice, everyone in Qingdao couldn't help feeling annoyed, 'Could it be that Qingdao's fortune is not good today? '

"Two outs!"

"Hirano! There's one more!"

Hirano, who got two outs by accident, wiped all the sweat off his face.

The two bad shots he couldn't control just now made him dare not look at the bench. There seemed to be a hole in his heart, which was constantly absorbing the heat of his body.

But luckily——

Hirano couldn't help grinning when he received the pass from Hayakawa.

Because of the impact of this double play, Daoshi's shooting and defense were particularly invigorated, and he quickly settled the three rounds.

"Three outs, switch sides!"

At the entrance of Inoshi's bench, Hirano waited for his prepared words, "Very well done, your task has been completed."

"Hi!"

Next, it was Cheng Gongming's match.

And this arrangement, Qingdao probably guessed it, just now they almost disrupted Dao Shi's rhythm of changing shots.

In the second half of the third inning, Inashi replaced the ninth pitcher with a left fielder who was the first draft pick, as a pinch hitter.

"That guy is about to appear later."

Xiaochun and Kuramochi exchanged glances.

As the referee called out the last strike, Daomi added a new 0.
Unsurprisingly, in the sound of the broadcast, the one on the mound was Cheng Gongming.

The pitcher, digging his own marks on the sand, keenly sensed the sight from the side, and looked at Takano.

"Hmph—" lowering his head, the pitcher's digging action became more rough.

　I wrote the PPT today and wrote about sending away the whole department. I was wrong. I was really wrong. I shouldn’t have piled up all these things until this week.
　　There is only this update in the early morning, and then the afternoon of the March [-]th holiday, I will make it up!

　　
　
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