Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 246 Frustration after a bang
'An inner corner, or an inner corner. 'Whether it's a straight ball or a changing ball, they all come towards the inner corner, making it impossible for Dao Shijiu to exert any power at all.

"Bump—" It was another ball with two seams. Nine sticks felt wrong in his hand.

While running, everything that happened on the field is in his eyes.

The ball bounced off the mound, went eerily high, and went almost straight over the second baseman's head.

Xiaochunyuan didn't expect this kind of bouncing trajectory, so his body started slowly, and when he jumped to the highest point, the baseball had already passed the glove.

'opportunity! ! A burst of panic disrupted all Xiaochun's thoughts, and his heart sank suddenly, "It's just an infield bouncing ball. . '

At this moment, the sound of a baseball being inserted into a glove came from behind.

"First base!"

When Xiaochun turned his head to look, the shortstop had passed the ball in time.

"Out!" In just three balls, Dao Shi's nine-ball was out.

"Feel sorry--"

Kuramochi shook his head, "No, the ball bounced irregularly, it's not your fault."

"Hi—" With such a partner, there seems to be an impenetrable wall behind Xiaochun, "Partner, what a beautiful word."My brother stood here like this before, he must be the wall behind Kuramochi-senpai. '

On the pitcher's mound, Gao Zhiye also heaved a sigh of relief. His calmness just now almost failed because of this bouncing ball.

"Huh—" The pitcher shook the non-slip powder bag, prolonging the pitching time, the sequelae of the violent base running just now, he lost a lot of energy quickly.

'Come back soon', Gao Zhiye lowered his head and looked at his chest, where there seemed to be a chain tied to a beast called 'energy'.

In the last game, it was released from the body and wandered around the field, but it did not return to the temporarily empty chest.

It can only come slowly, the pitcher pretends that everything is fine, and maintains the basic confidence in the field.

But the next hitter has already reached the strike zone. Daoshi's pioneer, Carl Rose, has a footwork that is not inferior to the Qingdao Cheetahs, and an excellent hit rate, which makes his threat suddenly rise to a level.

"One out!"

"Takano, come on!"

Amidst the sound of cheering, Gao Zhiye nodded slightly.

'I didn't seem to shake my head in this game. It should be said that I rarely shook my head at Miyuki's signal. '

But as soon as this idea came to mind, the pitcher felt a little bad, 'Going away. .Is it just because of the run in the last inning that I lost my focus? '

No, there should be more. For example, he is the one who faces the loss of one point. The frustration after a bout of effort affects people's fighting spirit very much.

'Don't think about it, remember the feeling of throwing the ball, the feeling of fingering the ball. He kept chanting sutras in his heart and told himself that Gao Zhiye still looked so confident on the outside, he took a big step and threw the strength of his body through his arms.

A white light suddenly came into the batter's sight. Carlos didn't hit the bat, and his sight closely followed the ball shadow until it turned outward obviously in front of the home plate.

"Bad ball!"

It is very different from the previous style. Against the first shot of Carlos, Miyuki's first ball turned out to be a lure ball.

"Haha, it's exactly what I thought." The batter's words came to the catcher's ears with a chuckle.

'What's the meaning?Did you guess it just now? 'However, if you think about it, it's clear that everyone has seen the strength of Qingdao Ace's run just now.Naturally, it will be associated with the pitcher's lack of physical strength, and the catcher's strategy of increasing the proportion of changing balls in pitching to create outs.

Furutani had been off the field just now, and the only pitchers Seidou could use now were Kawakami and Eijun.But once another pitcher is pulled up, the left fielder will inevitably go out, which means that Gao Zhiye will return to the pitcher's mound later, and the left field's defense will be weaker than other positions.

"Takano, it's possible to face Inomi's first bat in this inning, can you?" Director Kataoka asked the pitcher before everyone went on the court, his eyes were very sharp, almost looking into Takano's heart.

"No problem, I can rest while I'm pitching."

After saying this, everyone laughed, and then complained about this guy in their hearts, "It's really too arrogant. Fortunately, he is on our side, otherwise I really want to beat him." '

Director Kataoka was not satisfied with such an answer of blatantly belittling his opponent. What he hoped for was a thoughtful answer from the pitcher.

Being stared at by the supervisor like this, Gao Zhiye felt a lot of psychological pressure, so he could only reply seriously: "In this game, add a change ball to the straight ball, so that they can't hit the center of the ball." This can save some balls to some extent. number.

Miyuki, who is the ball distribution center, originally planned this way, so when the supervisor glanced over, he nodded honestly: "For this game, let's distribute the ball like this." The game is about to enter the second half. The tenacity of the pitcher.

However, after hearing the batter's muttering, Miyuki forgot all these thoughts. If there are extra lure balls, Inashi's people can't swing, so don't create more balls.

'Bravely throw in it! 'Even if the energy is a little low now, take the courage to throw in,'Your throw is enough to deal with them. '

Strongly urging the energy of his body, Gao Zhiye stepped out fiercely, and the power from the ground did not completely transform into a sense of support at this time.

Under the two-phase compression of the ground and the feet, the pain that had been relieved just now seemed to be faintly traced at the ankle.

But not much, Takano could bear it.

The pitcher's throwing action is smooth, without any pause, and full of power.

Karl Ross had originally said that he was ready to face Qingdao's stormy attack, but now he stepped out, the bat drew a circle fiercely, and swung towards the expected position of the white shadow.

But in an instant, the shadow of the ball seemed to disappear from the hitter's eyes, "Is that the changeup again?" '

That changeup was almost a re-imitation of Ming, and even when he hit it, it was a headache.

"Stinger——" Narumi Naruto made a rather ear-piercing noise on the bench, and he was aggrieved when he thought of the changeup, "That brat is worshiping me secretly, Hayakawa! Otherwise, why would he want to imitate me? That changeup ball!"

"Hey~ hey~ who made that pitch so perfect? ​​I think any pitcher will feel itchy when he sees it. Even the first time I caught Naruto-san's changeup, I couldn't help feeling overwhelmed. Hayakawa has mastered the perfect compliment technique, that is, not to simply respond, but to dig out the details and create a sense of reality in the compliment, so that the pitcher feels that he has not been dealt with.

"Hmph, you can really talk."

(End of this chapter)