Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 61
The opposing team is from East Tokyo, and they are now playing very uncomfortable against Takano.

"This guy is so tall, the straight ball is so difficult to adapt to." The man was struck out by a straight ball low in the outside corner.

"He has 1.85, plus the height of the pitcher's mound, and it fell to the low position of the strike zone by more than 2 meters, which is almost a foul."

The first three hitters were basically settled with straight balls inside and outside. In the first half of the second inning, Gao Zhiye was singled by the fourth batter on the opposite side. The fifth batter hit, but the direction was wrong, and he bounced a few times After that, it obviously rolled towards the sideline.

Two strikes followed by a strikeout, which counted as a strikeout, and Hayakawa yelled at home plate, "Don't touch that ball." Let that ball roll out of bounds, so the five strikeouts were struck out, and the four that ran to second base You have to go back to first base and you can directly catch a double play.

But Takano, who had already formed muscle memory, didn't have time to understand Hayakawa's words at all. When he ran to the ball and picked it up, he turned around and saw that the fifth bat had already thrown to the first base.

Next to him were the sighs and roars of his teammates. Gao Zhiye was a little flustered by this completely unfamiliar situation. He seemed to have done something wrong, but he had no time to stay where he was and think. He could only follow his original intention , Coherently passed the ball to the direction of first base, but the first baseman was affected by the situation just now, and his reaction was half a beat slower, and the ball missed through the top of the glove.

"Run-run--" The bench seat on the opposite side erupted, and five or six people jumped out and shouted.

The first baseman chased after it, the ball was on the ground, but it was not slow, and the second baseman shouted from behind: "Quick-quick-"

All the guards on the field looked at the back of the man picking up the ball. The basemen without the ball seemed to be unable to close the guards of the cage. Zhiye stood alone at the spot where he picked up the ball just now, his blank brain began to spin stiffly, "What did Hayakawa shout just now?" '

Running, speeding up, picking up the ball with his head down, turning around and passing the ball, the first baseman tried his best to make up for his mistakes, the ball quickly returned to the second baseman's glove, and wanted to take the opportunity to rush to the fourth bat of the home plate, immediately threw back to third base, tamed The whips of the beast masters finally rang, and their restless footsteps stopped on the base pack.

"Huh—" At this time, Gao Zhiye finally found the relevant records in the corner of his mind, so it was himself who caused the current crisis situation.

"It's all right." Hayakawa rarely saw the rapidly changing expressions on his partner's face, from confusion to comprehension and finally to self-blame, "It's just the second game, it doesn't matter if you give them a point or two."

The pitcher on the opposite side bowed his head and didn't respond, and went straight back to the mound. Hayakawa was thinking about calling a timeout at home plate, but the gaze on the mound made him dispel this idea.

That look was not affected at all, rather, it was a little fierce because of the mistake he caused.

Then take advantage of the current mood and come up with a high straight ball from the inside corner!

The six bats that were about to hit were frightened by the ball going straight to the goal and dodged.

"nice shot."

The first strike failed, Liu Bang turned to look at his bench, his coach told him to continue to strike, he wiped off the brim of his hat, and put on a strike posture directly.

'What annoyance, do you just want to gnaw a point off of me? Takano looked at the catcher's mitt on the lower edge of the bat, and threw a straight ball with high spin.

"Hiss—" Six-stick's palm was numb for a while. How much effort did this guy use to directly turn into a high-flying ball at the home plate, and was assassinated by the catcher while standing.

The seventh bat also implemented the strike strategy, hitting a ground ball in the direction of first base. Gao Zhiye did not waver in his muscle memory, and directly passed to the direction of first base. At the same time, the chief referee's "safe !"

"Wow——" Finally scored a point from the pitcher, the four batters were covered in sand, and he high-fived the batter and returned to the bench.

Gao Zhiye lost a point, but it does not mean that his high-drop straight ball was cracked. The eighth shot was also very difficult, and the opposite bench was much quieter. He was obviously happy to watch this straight ball later. It should have been capital A small point slowly turned into a heavy pressure.

"This guy has a pretty good mentality."

"What's the matter, my hands are still a little numb now." The pitcher threw the first ball after making a mistake, and he threw it extra hard, and the six-bats were very unlucky as the first person to face him.

The eighth bat was also out during the talk.

"By the way, he hasn't made a change ball yet, so he probably will."

The players began to talk a lot. Seeing this scene, the coach clapped his hands to stop their discussion: "I will think about the attack later. Now is the time for defense. Don't think about it, focus!"

"Hi--"

When Gao Zhiye walked to the bench, he happened to hear Qiqi's response from the other side.

"Cut", he made a sound with the corner of his mouth slanted, and when he raised his head, he met Coach Ninomiya's eyes, and the expression on his face quickly disappeared. Fortunately, the coach just stared at him and didn't say anything, so he quickly slipped to his Sit well.

"Hey hey——" Lang Zhi bluntly walked aside, pretending to teach his brother, but was stared at by a stare, and then said with an aggrieved look, "Can't I care about you?"

"No! I'm fine!" Gao Zhiye's voice raised half a degree, and everyone could tell the anger inside.

"Then drink water?"

Gao Zhiye shook his head and refused, pushing the people around him: "Sit over there, it's so hot!"

Lang Zhi had no choice but to put the water glass aside, picked up his bat and went to the strike zone. He had six bats this time, and Takano, who was four bats this time, probably because he was not familiar with four bats. In the last inning, With people on the first and second bases, he just hit an infield grounder and sent the opponent a double play, so the five-bat Hayakawa Qiu is hitting on the field now.

Standing up and sitting down again, Takano felt uncomfortable all over his body. He always felt that this game was not going well. He was aggrieved and impetuous like dust making him unable to breathe smoothly. "Could it be because of the high altitude?"I used to be taller than them. . ' The thinking pitcher, forgot how he laughed at those who were going to hit home runs while the air was thin.

"Touch——" Hayakawa hit a double, six-bat Langzhi played, the quality of the opposing pitcher's straight ball was average, but the slider was very sharp. He tried twice and still couldn't hit it. base.

In 6 minutes, the people around me went out and came back.

"Do you still drink water?" Lang Zhi asked.

"No need." The itching on his body that he always wanted to do something passed, and Gao Zhiye returned to his usual composure.

When he finally played again, the score had become 1:1, a draw. Even without the strength of his teammates slapping him on the shoulder when they passed by, Takano felt a sense of strength in his heart.

In the third game, Gao Zhiye began to mix change balls into the straight balls. After a round of line play, the difficulty of the game was increased.

"Sure enough, there is a change ball. Damn it, it's hard to hit the ball at that height."

"That's a changeup."

A changeup that fell to the ground made it impossible for the opposing hitter to catch up, and he went off the court in a hurry.

After four innings, the batters on the opposite side gradually adapted to the straight ball with such a high drop, and they could hit it occasionally, but their own pitchers were completely adapted. Go out, or persist until the time of three outs.

At around 4:5 pm, the first practice game of the Kinoshita Junior League training camp ended, the score was 1:[-], everyone sang and walked down the ramp, the ice pack made Takano drowsy, and Shibazaki pulled Watching him walk, the three pitchers were punished by Coach Ninomiya for copying baseball's out rules three times. Maybe tonight's homework time will be used to deal with this.

But this mistake, to be honest, I can’t blame Gao Zhiye. At the moment when every second counts, the human body will only use subconscious movements. The pitchers have trained not only tens of thousands, but also thousands of times. The ball, the first thought will only be 'hurry up and hit first base'.

'But Hayakawa was the first to realize that this guy has been calculating, and the catcher is indeed the most brain-intensive position in the game. Gao Zhiye, who was blinded by the sun, still has time to tease others at this time.

　Today, the leek box at the entrance of the company has not been sold again. It has a lot of stuffing, crispy skin, and full of fragrance. It has been advertised by colleagues for a long time, and I haven’t eaten it once.

　　
　
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