Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 82 Before the Final

After the results of the preliminaries are out, the players will be given two days to rest. Everyone who has finished relaxing yesterday decided to take a good rest and prepare for the competition in the hotel these two days.

The scheduling of the pitching team is also a problem. In the preliminaries, there were 5 games, including Takano, and a total of 2 pitchers completed pitching. In the other two games, 6 pitchers were supported by the bullpen. Time, there is no rest time in the finals, and it is directly arranged on the day after the second preliminaries.

Among the pitchers of the Japanese team this time, only Takano's ERA was less than 1. Except for the game in Russia, all the others were above 5. Takano finished pitching on the fourth day. After three days of rest, he will probably be in the Playing in the first game of the rematch, and then resting for another day to play the final game, of course, this is the most ideal situation. In the worst case, Gao Zhiye needs to play in all three games to make hemostatic bandages.

"An interview?" Gao Zhiye didn't hear the news, and Hayakawa wanted to be interviewed as a team representative, so he said something.

"Well, the U15 game didn't get as much attention as the U18 game, but there were also two media reports."

"U18, three years later." Gao Zhiye murmured.

"Yes, generally there are more U18 media, because the attention of high school baseball is already high, and there is a high probability that players from Koshien will be selected for the game, and the topic will be even greater." Hayakawa tidied himself up, and said yes Everyone behind made a camera gesture, "You guys have to work hard, I will probably shoot the practice scene in a while."

"Hi—" Gao Zhiye, who has no partner, can only play catch with other pitchers.

After an hour or so, Gao Zhiye went to the bathroom, went back to the room to get something, and then went down, everyone said that he had finished filming, and he happened to miss it at that moment.

"Damn it, if Lang Zhi finds out about this, he will definitely suspect that I didn't come at all." Gao Zhiye had a very headache.

"Who is Lang Zhi? Don't you know after watching the game?"

"My brother, he doesn't care if it's true or not, as long as he catches me."

"My family also has a younger brother..." Everyone practiced swinging their clubs, and then started chatting again. Only at the end of the afternoon, did everyone suddenly realize the urgency of time, shut their mouths, and hurry up according to their own Weaknesses to practice.

The first match of the preliminaries is against any team in Group B. The Japanese team is facing the South Korean team. The Korean team is also No.2 in Group B, but their score ratio is 2.5, which is slightly lower than the Japanese team. .

If there is no accident in this game, Gao Zhiye will be the main voter, and depending on the situation in the future, the bullpen will take over.

I am used to seeing the height of other races, and when I meet an Asian team again, I am very friendly. Gao Zhiye has never watched a Korean professional baseball game, and only after listening to other people chatting, did he know that when the Korean professional baseball game is played, Will there be a dedicated beauty cheerleading squad?

"Don't we have it too?"

"It wasn't there during the game. It seems that South Korea has a cheerleading team during the game."

"If that's the case, it's really a good place." I don't know who is whispering next to me.

When everyone was discussing, Gao Zhiye was still seriously memorizing the characteristics of Korean batters. Although the Korean team's score ratio was only 2.5, they won 5 games in the 4 preliminaries and only lost to the United States. The rules are based on the team's winning percentage in the first two rounds.

'Out of the 9 at-bats, 5 hitters were above 3%, 4%, and 5%, and the pitcher who played today is also in a state of undefeated, which is really tough. '

Takano closed the cheat sheet. The Japanese team's first bat hit, the first half of the first inning, although it was difficult to hit the first and third bases, but did not score. It was time for him to play and give the opponent three duck eggs.

The South Korean team put the most powerful hitter in the first bat today. As expected of a hitter with a batting rate of more than 5% during the preliminaries, Gao Zhiye felt trouble and bit seven balls tightly. An inside corner near the knee, a bat was missed, and was blocked at first base.

Takano heaved a sigh of relief after sending one stick away. The remaining two hitters couldn't pose a threat to him for the time being. Hayakawa wanted to consider saving Takano's physical strength at the beginning, so he allocated a change ball and handed it over to the defense to solve the problem. .

"Yoxi, change the game!"

After a round, both sides are zero eggs, but the order of playing lines is fast or slow.

"Touch—" the eight-bat Gao Zhiye hit a hit that crossed the first and second bases, reached the first base, and sent six bats to the second base at the same time. As a hitter with a 3% hit rate, he was ranked at the bottom , can effectively string up the hitting lines and save energy at the same time. From this point of view, the coaching staff pays more attention to Gao Zhiye's pitching ability than his hitting.

In the second inning, one was out and there were people on the second base. It was the turn of nine bats, and both sides were deadlocked with 0 points.

Nine Bats received instructions from the coaching staff to hit the runners to attack the second and third bases. There were two people in the scoring circle. When it was the turn of the first inning, they hit a single and a bat. Today, the coaches of the Japanese and Korean teams seem to have discussed it. , put the most stable hitter first.

In such a situation, it is impossible for the South Korean team not to lose points. Fortunately, they have two outs and cannot hit a ball. They hit a straight ball with a stick and hit a deep position in the middle field. Gao Zhiye listened to the "gogo" of the third base instructor. , without even thinking about it, went straight to the home plate, and after a while, the Japanese team scored two points in a row, and at the same time, a runner stood on the second base.

The next two bats hit a fly ball in the direction of right field, ending the first half of the second inning, and now the Japanese team leads by 2 points.

In the second inning, Hayakawa still adopted the method of distributing the ball to save energy, and more often used the changing ball to make the batter not hit well. The team forced both batters to strike, sending four bats to third base.

"Why do they play like this? You can't hit a six-stroke, but you can try to hit a five-stroke. Don't you have the confidence to hit the ball?"

"Probably want to get a point first."

"But the next bat is the pitcher."

Under normal circumstances, pitchers' strikes are ranked at the back of the bat. They are more focused on pitching practice, so their strikes will be slightly weaker. Of course, this is a normal situation. Carried out the baseball alive.

But apparently the pitcher wasn't the type, and an infielder grounded out.

After the two rounds, the level of the two sides has almost reached each other, and the Japanese team is slightly better, leading 2:0.

"How many balls?" Coach Ninomiya asked.

Recorder: "The opponent has 36 goals, we have 25 goals."

Takano will not shoot too much, and will probably end in the 4th or 5th inning, so now is the time to open up the score. Coach Ninomiya ordered the players who will play in the next moment one by one.

By the fifth inning, the score had been stretched to 5:6. Gao Zhiye only faced one hitter and was replaced directly.

He shot 78 shots in this game. He will probably face the Chinese team again tomorrow and will not play.

At the end of the first preliminaries, Japan won 8:3 against South Korea, and both sides changed more than one pitcher.

In the temporary office at night, the coaching staff began to discuss tomorrow's playing list.

"I agree with Gao Zhiye's continuous appearance. Today, the Chinese team and Venezuela have lost a game each. Now Cuba, which is competing with us for the first place in the group, has a score ratio of 3. We are now 2.6. Cuba will play against the Netherlands tomorrow. I want to see that they have won the two wins in the rematch, if we win tomorrow, it will be two wins, the wins are the same, and the score ratio is the same, maybe we can win the first place in the rematch group stage."

What this coach said was also what some people present thought, because in the final, the champion will be determined in the No.1 of the two groups, and then the rest will naturally be the runner-up. Will compete with No.2 from another group for the third place.

"So, should we put the outcome of the final first? But don't forget, Cuba's score ratio in the preliminaries is 4.45, and we only have 3." Coach Ninomiya calculated in his mind, "And if we don't go to Takano tomorrow, even if If we lose, we still have one win and one loss. Compared with the Chinese team, which also has one win and one loss, our score ratio has always been at an absolute advantage."

In this case, if you can win the group No.2 steadily, you will have an advantage on the way to the third place.

The coaches discussed it very late in the office, and finally decided to hold on to the trump card tomorrow and compete for the third place. The No. 2 team on the opposite side is likely to be South Korea or Mexico, and they are also difficult teams to deal with. To be honest, the Japanese team wants to The chances of competing with the Cuban team for the first place in the group are not high. The Cuban team has a very good first baseman. They have hit two home runs so far in the game. They also have 8 players with 345 hits and two very good players. No matter how you look at it, pitchers are not something that the Japanese team can shake.

"Today is a down day..." Coach Ninomiya didn't even put Takano in left field, but he will probably go up to hit when the pitcher is changed.

"Tomorrow's opponent is Mexico, please take a good look at their information." Today is the night game again, and in the daytime game, the No.2 opponent in Group B has already been confirmed to be Mexico.

Cuba played Venezuela 9:0, so they won both games, and the score ratio reached 7 or more. Fortunately, the coaches were not blinded by ambition and coveted the first place in the group.

"That Cuban first baseman hit another home run yesterday. It's the third home run. It's the highest so far."

"Yes, that shortstop is also good. He has a beautiful skill, what's it called La?"

There were occasional chatters on the bench, and at the same time, the situation on the court was changing. In the first two innings, the Japanese team was biting the score, maintaining 2:3, and entered the third inning with a 2-point lead. Then the pitcher was hit consecutively. After four balls, the score was tied, and the Japanese team could only open the bullpen again, but there were not many pitchers available, and finally lost to the Chinese team by one point 1:5.

After the game tonight, tomorrow's ranking and game order will be released. The competition between the No.4 groups will start first. The night game is the championship game, and the third place match of the Japanese team will be at the Intercontinental Baseball Stadium at 2 pm.

"Come on, ace," Hayakawa cheered up his roommate before going to bed. If Takano doesn't have obvious problems tomorrow, the coaches will definitely let him vote to the end. "The third place is also very good. The Japanese team has not had a third place for several years." .”

Gao Zhiye replied: "After the game tomorrow, I have to leave early in the morning the day after tomorrow. This is my first time here, and I haven't done much shopping yet."

"Don't think so much, I've turned off the light." Another companion informed and turned off the voice in the room.

The final is tomorrow. Gao Zhiye originally thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but he fell asleep within 2 minutes. It seems that insomnia is not suitable for heartless teenagers.

　On Friday, although I told the editor on Monday, I forgot to remind him on Thursday. I don’t know if this chapter can be successfully launched. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. It’s either this week or next week. The work report is over on Friday. Except for the project before the Chinese New Year There is no longer a report.

　　Years ago, I was ready to study the speed of the hour
　　PS: I found that the starting point lacks SOPs about the author's common sense, such as the need to open a new volume after being put on the shelf, which I found on Zhihu, as well as the previous ones. I don't know much about the difference between putting on the shelf and signing A poster is very clear, writing - signing - contacting the editor - putting it on the shelf - etc.
　　
　
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