Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 118 Tokugawa War

Sunday this week is a sunny day, and the temperature is the most comfortable, neither too high nor too low. However, for the sincere people who currently have an extremely strong desire to survive, today is a fight to the death.

Sendō just returned from submitting the list with Mr. Sano.

"Have you handed in the Dashun yet?"

"Ok!"

"Damn it! Why didn't you tell me about Xindashun!"

"Why are you so obsessed with Dashun? Don't you know it soon?"

"because,……"

"That's enough! I don't want to hear your reasons anymore!" Xiandao directly interrupted Sawamura's speech!

"Why?!" Sawamura protested loudly.

"Stop your curiosity! Today is...!"

"I know!... So I want to go up to the competition early!"

……

"By the way, your statement is so strange! It has nothing to do with your wanting to play and knowing the order in advance, right?" Sendō complained about Sawamura's brain circuit.

"Huh?" Sawamura blinked cutely!

"...Forget it, let's enter!" Xiandao, who wanted to say something, found that the others were unusually quiet. Although I don't know why, everyone had been particularly motivated to fight since yesterday, and today, this feeling is even more intense. strong.

"Oh!" Sawamura replied quietly.

……

"Why am I a five-stick player? Please explain it to me, Xiandao!" Before the game started, a guy without self-awareness started making a noise while pointing at the smooth play between the two sides that had just been shown.

"If your short game hadn't been useful, and those guys weren't that good, I would have thrown you nine sticks!" Xiandao ignored this guy completely and complained in his heart.

“For the baseball fans who came here today, what is about to begin is the semi-final (16 to 8) match of the All-Soft Nagano Summer Qualifiers.

Today's game is between the two dark horses who fought fiercely yesterday, Chicheng Middle School, the winner!

Their opponent is Nagano's past king, Tokugawa Junior High School!

Today’s first attack is Chicheng Middle School!

Players have already started entering! "As the game started approaching, the commentator began to give broadcast commentary.

……

"In the first half of the game, Chicheng Middle School's attack,

One bat, shortstop, Ohno-kun!

One bat, shortstop, Ohno-kun! "

"Finally, the game has begun. Akamai Junior High School's bat, the pioneer is shortstop Ohno-kun!"

"It's a little weird today! These guys are so quiet, but of course one guy is still so noisy!" Tokugawa's third-year catcher thought to himself as he looked at Ohno.

"However, today is different from last time. There is no need to observe the ball path, and our ace was fully rested yesterday!

It's our turn to avenge the last time and defeat you! "

See the signal pitcher nodding!

"The Tokugawa pitching signal has been determined. The first pitch of today's attention! It's pitched!"

"Ping!"

"The outside world!"

"What a pity. Ono-kun hit a powerful ball in his first swing. His batting average was completely different from yesterday's!"

"It's so dangerous! This guy is in good shape today! The ball just now was 135 kilometers away, and it was an inside corner ball straight to the chest. Can he still hit it like this?

This way we have to be more steady! "

"Well! I'll leave the guidance to you, I just need to look at your gloves, Takahashi-senpai!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!" The outside world is low.

"You can see it very clearly! Although Kanda's ball control is not particularly good.

Sure enough, this guy is in great shape today! Then let’s test the next ball. "That's all the Tokugawa catcher could think.

In the first game, he was not the main pick but he basically won.

In the second game, which was the previous practice game, Xiandao hid too much, including small ball tactics and ball selection ability, which completely allowed them to wield the big stick.

It can be said that in the two games, Tokugawa knew nothing about Chisei except Sawamura's game system, while Sendō basically figured them out.

This is why Xiandao said it is not impossible to win.

"The third ball, shot!"

"Bad ball!"

"A change ball from the outside, but Ohno-kun still didn't swing the bat. You can see it clearly! This is two bad balls and one good ball, and the batter is ahead!"

"Damn it! If this is the case, let's suppress it with our strength!"

"Snapped!"

"Strike!"

"Almost the same pitch, but this one goes into the strike zone! So it's a 2-on-2 pitch."

"Snapped!"

"Strike! Batter out!" Finally, it was a straight ball almost in the center, which was almost the same as the trajectory of the slider before the change.

"Have you stopped trying to use force to press? Sure enough, I deliberately conserved my physical strength yesterday and there will be almost no physical crisis today unless it reaches an overtime." Xiandao thought after seeing the ball.

"Second bat, right field, Aoki-kun!"

"Second bat, right field, Aoki-kun!"

"It's really tricky! This pitcher! Try to pester him as much as possible!"

"Strike!"

"Inner corner?"

"Ping!"

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

"Sliding ball! Damn it, you're out in just two balls!" Aoki gritted his teeth after being ruled out.

"Three sticks! Backbone, Omura-kun!"

"Finally, it's time for the center hitter of Chicheng Middle School! What kind of matchup will we see with the center hitter who takes his first turn?"

"Strike! Batter out! Change the field!"

"After struggling for 5 goals, we finally changed sides! It seems that Chicheng's line play is in good condition today!"

"What do you mean?" Sawamura complained fiercely.

"That's what it means! We are in very good shape to be able to fight like this with them!" Xiandao interfaced.

"You guy! Where are you from?"

"you guess!"

"Uh-huh!" Sawamura was about to explode!

"So, for the opportunity that I don't know when it will come up, I'm begging you! Eijun!"

"Huh?...I...I know!" Seeing the unserious Immortal Way suddenly turn serious, Sawamura was really not used to it!

"Okay, everyone, it's not easy to hit the opponent's pitcher. Change your mood and follow the previous discussion. The infield and outfielders should move forward to defend, and wait for the opportunity to appear!" "Tch! This is the most reliable time! Xiandao You guy!" Sawamura thought as he walked to the pitcher's mound.

"Come on!" After the pitching practice was over, the batter's heart was filled with fighting spirit.

"This pitcher's ball needs to be at the front and hold the bat short..."

Why? Are the infield and outfielders moving forward to defend? "Tokugawa's stick was a little confused when he saw Chicheng's formation and glanced at the bench, but the bench let him continue without making any changes.

“Yesterday’s big tail was trying to force his way to the outfield, so he was dealt with.

Just follow through on our swing! Our strength is definitely stronger, there is no doubt about it! "Coach Kunimi on the bench has already made up his mind.

"Snapped!"

"Strike!"

"Sure enough, it's hard to adapt after not seeing each other for a month! This guy's ball!"

"Ping!" The second ball hit an infield ground ball!

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

In the next two shots, the first ball was thrown out!

And three sticks entangled four balls.

"The sincere ACE Sawamura Eijun also stabilized the first three batters who suppressed Tokugawa! The two teams are currently evenly matched, and the second game will begin soon! Both batters started with four at-bats!"

……

"Kondo, be careful!" Sawamura shouted to Kondo.

"Well! I see!"

"Four bats, second baseman, Kondo-kun!"

"Ping!"

"It's hit, but the second baseman has already run past, will it hit the ground? Oh! Out! Got it, four-bat Kondo is out!"

"Hahaha! Let me avenge you!" Sawamura stood up and started swinging the bat wildly, while the entire bench completely ignored him and looked at the mountain of six bats!

Dashan looked so embarrassed that he walked into the preparation area!

"Hou, xia!"

"Hui, xia!"

"Hu, xia!"

"Strike! The batter is out!" It really lived up to expectations.

"Six bats, third baseman, big tiger!"

"Six bats, third baseman, big tiger!"

Dashan still didn't hit the ball and was struck out on the fifth ball!

"I didn't expect that today's team would have so many people in good condition! It's not easy to play! Today's game! Although with Kanda pitching, I don't think we will lose points casually, but we have to find a way to attack that pitcher! "Tokugawa catcher Takahashi walked off the field with this thought in mind.

The situation was just as Takahashi expected. Akasei Junior High School, which performed beyond its standard, performed extremely stably. Even Sawamura on the pitcher's mound felt the fighting spirit of his teammates. The game was evenly matched after five innings, with the opponent only getting 5 hits.

But Chicheng did have zero hits, not even a batter on base. This made everyone extremely frustrated and angry. They were angry at their own weakness, but what they didn't know was that the opponent's defense also had a big problem. Pressure, several balls were lucky balls, otherwise it would not be a zero hit.

"hateful!"

"What's wrong? Are you already scared like this?" Xiandao asked, looking at everyone's angry expressions.

"Who is scared! We will win!" At this time, the only one who could refute Xiandao was Sawamura.

"That's good, the game has just begun!"

"But, Sen-chan, we still haven't had a hit! We're not strong enough!"

"That's not necessarily the case. Although I don't know what happened, your attack was also useful to them. They were just saved by the guards before and had a little bit of luck. You were just deceived by the appearance." Xiandao looked at everyone and continued. Open your mouth.

"Although we didn't have a hit, they already threw enough change balls. If we do this, we won't be able to survive until the end. We will have to reduce the number of change balls in the last few innings! We are only junior high school students, and our bodies are still very fragile! If you continue to throw so many change-ups, it won’t be long before the change-up gets out of control.”

Hearing what Xiandao said, the depressing atmosphere instantly eased. He had been working hard before and didn't think so much at all.

“Then you should know which pitch to aim for, right?

You guys have done a great job before, letting them throw so many changeups, now it's our turn!

Now we don’t need to hide anything, give up all the change balls, aim for the straight ball and hit it!

Our tactics can only be used if there is someone on base. No matter what method you use to put me on base, and then steadily advance one base and one base, I will help you in the final inning! Try to score! "

"Hi!!!" I don't know why everyone used this answer without knowing it.

"And it's the end of the game. Everyone is highly concentrated and exhausted. The previous suppression is almost reaching its limit. I'm afraid this game will turn into a battle of blows.

And our first and last chance to score is in the last inning." Xiandao did not say this in the end, and the chance to score was in the seventh inning of the next inning, not in this inning.

"In the first half of the sixth round, attack from Chicheng Middle School!"

"Seven bats, first baseman, Takada-kun!"

Akasei's line attack is completely from one to six bats. Unless the seven-hit Takada hits a home run, it is impossible to score with Takada, Takeda and Wakana. After all, the weak opponent is a strong one, so the line arrangement is extreme. .

Speaking of which, the score in the previous practice match was also Takada's winning one-hit long hit!

So, with seven sticks for Takada, eight sticks for Takeda, and nine sticks for Wakana, the opponent only needed 8 balls to win.

However, Chicheng Junior High School is facing a huge crisis. The opponent's line starts from the center line of the three sticks.

No matter how the outfield moves forward, even the nine-man infield like yesterday's cannot hold such a large infield range. It's just that yesterday's hitters were not Tokugawa's hitters. No matter how good the group at Oio is, they are still a group of players. In the first grade, there is still no comparison with the well-trained team.

"In the second half of the sixth round, Tokugawa Junior High School's attack!"

"Three bats, first baseman, Sumiyoshi-kun!"

"Three bats, first baseman, Sumiyoshi-kun!"

“Finally it was Tokugawa’s turn to attack.

Now in the dugout is Sumiyoshi-kun, a three-hitter who had three hits and two hits today.

Unlike his four-bat slugging, Sumiyoshi is a hitter who is very good at catching the ball. "

“An eye-catching first goal!!!”

“Pitch! Bad ball!

The outside world is obviously biased towards the bad ball in the strike zone!

It seems that Chicheng's ace ball control is starting to have problems! This is not good! "

"Snapped!"

"play!"

"The second pitch was still outside, but this one was in the strike zone! Sumiyoshi-kun watched this pitch!"

"Although the ball in the outside corner is not depressed, you can't take more shots! There is only one target!"

"Ping!"

"Hit. The ball flew over the shortstop's head and landed, a long hit to the left field! Sumiyoshi-kun has already reached second base. The left fielder of Akamai Junior High School is a girl, but she can still pass the ball straight to second base. , What an amazing ability to control the ball!

But in this case, Sumiyoshi-kun has four hits and three hits, and the strike zone is four bats!

Although Chi Jun, a four-bat hitter today, has a low batting average, it still cannot change the fact that Chicheng is in crisis! So how should Chicheng respond? "

"Four sticks, strong hand, Mr. Chi!"

"Four sticks, strong hand, Mr. Chi!"

The sound of the radio was like a sharp thorn that stimulated the hearts of Chicheng Guards, but no one flinched!

"At this time, Xiandao stood up, pointed at the field and started giving signals!"

"Chicheng's bench is beginning to move. Akira Sendō, this man is the de facto coach of this team. What kind of instructions will he give?"

(End of this chapter)