Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 65 Missed?
Standing on the mound, Gao Zhiye could feel the attention from the strike zone. The pitchers of the two teams and four batters almost represented the strongest combat power of the team. In the last round, Gao Zhiye didn't get any benefit.

So the first ball was a high straight ball from the inside corner. Hayakawa's idea for this hitter was to use the speed difference to destroy his hitting rhythm, so the first ball let him feel the speed at close range.

"Bang—" The hitter on the left batting felt that the ball was coming straight to his face, "Bad ball!"

The second ball, another very far outside corner kick, brushed the sideline very skillfully, "Strike!"

"I'm so envious, this ace has great control over the ball." This is what ordinary pitchers would think when faced with Takano's pitch.

Then there was another outside corner kick, and Yong Ming's four sticks did not dare to let it go again.

After two strikes, there is more space for the ball to be played. Hayakawa thought about it and decided to play the changeup, but the ball had to fall on the edge.

"Bang——" Another foul ball was thrown, and Yongming's four sticks knocked the ball out dangerously, and re-glued the batting glove tightly. He looked at the bench, and the coach didn't give any instructions, and then stood still again. .

'As long as the ball touches the boundary, I will touch it out. Are you afraid that the referee will pick up the ball? 'And the hitting skills of this four-stick are very powerful. Just now, he obviously didn't guess that it was a changeup ball, but he adjusted his posture abruptly, hit the lower edge of the ball, and knocked the ball into the air.

Two good and one bad, the next ball was a high straight ball from the inside corner, hit four sticks with three outside corner kicks in a row, and directly hit the ground and struck out.

"One out!"

Gao Zhiye bent down to pick up the powder bag, and the wind got in from his neck, and there was a coolness on his back. After only playing for a while, his clothes were soaked with sweat again.

As the saying goes, "When the sky falls, there will be a taller person to hold it up", but when the taller person is really under pressure, if you are not careful, it means that the team will lose to others.

Wipe the sweat off his face, and the next batter is the fifth batter. This is another two-hitter type. He may be a little taller, and his body is really fat. Looking around the Yongming Little League bench, it seems that except for the fat ones are The particularly thin and well-proportioned one is their trump card, but he also grows suddenly tall, what a strange team.

"The batting average of the fifth bat is also very good. It's about [-]% these days." Hayakawa reviewed the data of this hitter in his heart. Teams from other districts that don't have data, only count the situation in the past few days of training camp.

Hayakawa had a very good plan in his mind. This hitter has a strong will to swing, so he can use a bad ball to hang, but then he felt that something was wrong with the pitcher. He couldn't say what was wrong. Having already nodded to the code, he could only let go of the doubts in his heart.

The first ball is a carter ball from the outside corner, because this hitter is taller than others, and the wingspan is also, so a straight ball from the outside corner may touch the ball out of bounds for others, but for him Will hit just right, but Carter will move laterally toward the outside corner, and the original sweet spot is gone for this hitter.

'But—' Takano's face changed a little from the moment the ball was thrown, and then Hayakawa's expression changed drastically, "Why didn't it change? It's a straight ball? ! '

Wu Bang was overjoyed, the outer horn was almost fed directly into his mouth, directly piercing through the second room, and the situation turned towards Yongming Young Club in an instant.

"time!"

Hayakawa hurriedly asked about the ball just now.

"Sorry, I didn't hold the stitches right just now." Fast Carter's grip was taught by Shibasaki, and it is very similar to the straight ball grip, except that a few seams are moved to the side, and the rest is exactly the same as the straight ball.

This answer made everyone feel unbelievable, Gao Zhiye would miss the shot?
"Are you okay, is the pace of pitching too fast?" Lang Zhi asked.

"It's okay, I'll keep an eye on the runner." First baseman Nakajima Koji's speech slightly changed Takano's expression.

"Then let's slow down for a while." Hayakawa shook the glove to attract the pitcher's attention to him, but after thinking about it, he thought that Gao Zhiye was still the most reliable pitcher in the team, and then the coach asked what he said. . .

"Oh! Please."

After the timeout ended, everyone in the infield dispersed anxiously. Gao Zhiye raised the brim of his hat and covered his face for a second. There was no writing under the brim of his hat, and it was empty.

He knew Lang Chi's hat read 'fighting! ’, under Shibazaki’s hat was written ‘Japan One’, and under Sato’s hat was a girl’s name, “This is written by my childhood sweetheart!” Sato, who said so, still obediently carried Others seemed to have all kinds of things signed on the bottom of that hat, so the blank space under the brim became a feature instead, and the blank part was Takano's hat.

'Hey, why the more I think about it, the further I go, now is the time to deal with the seventh stick. '

Hayakawa opened his hands, his brows seemed to be furrowed.

Inner corner straight ball, outer corner changeup, inner corner carter ball, the seventh bat hits the third base, Lang Chi bends over to pick up the ball and passes to second base, blocking the first base runner, but it is too late to pass the first base, the seventh bat By luck, he got a first base with an infield hit and a teammate was out.

'The inside corner is fast, the outside corner is slow, this pitcher's deviation is very high, be careful. ’ The seventh bat quietly gave a signal, a little farther away from the base.

Hayakawa stared at him, but didn't give a signal to Takano, now two outs, the runner is on first base, as long as the eighth bat is struck out, what do the runners on first base do, besides - don't know Takano What is the situation in the wild.

Sure enough, the first ball, "Stolen base——", Gao Zhiye seemed not to hear it, and he threw the ball normally, but missed eight bats, "Strike——"

Then, at a slower tempo, the second pitch was a changeup that fell to the lower edge of the strike zone, and it came down nicely, eight sticks followed carefully to the end, "Strike—"

Now Hayakawa wondered, what ball did the hitter choose?

Trying a straight ball with a low outside corner, eight sticks hit out of bounds, "What's the matter with this team, have you practiced hitting out of bounds?" '

Another straight ball from an inside corner hit out of bounds again.

After three or four goals like this, Hayakawa knew it all. Presumably the coach over there saw Gao Zhiye's absence and wanted to make him mess up, "Did I call a timeout to give them a signal just now?" Hayakawa was a little annoyed.

'It's the last ball, use the power of the ball to suppress him! 'In human terms, it is better to throw more effort!Speed ​​up a little bit!Last ball, call it a day!

This straight ball, which was full of the wishes of the two of them, caused the eight bats to fail to touch, and the ball turned into a small fly ball at home plate, which was easily caught by Hayakawa, ending the half inning.

Everyone ran back to the bench, only dared to speak in a low voice, and ran two quick steps to get in before the two men were shot.

Sure enough, the next second, the two were blocked at the entrance of the bench: "What happened to the ball just before the timeout, did it miss?"

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