Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 133 The strength of the line

"Sendō! What kind of team is our opponent today?" Sawamura asked on the way to the practice match.

"I don't know much about it, I just know that it's not a weak team!" Xiandao responded in a bored tone.

"Oh!!!" Then he sighed!

"Didn't you sleep yesterday?" Sawamura shouted speechlessly.

However, Sendao ignored him and arrived not long after. Everyone entered the gate of Fukasawa Middle School, their opponent for this practice competition.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the personnel list was exchanged with the opponent's coach. In fact, neither side had any information on the personnel list, so it was meaningless.

After that, both sides warm up.

Chicheng’s winning streak today is as follows:

One bat, shortstop, wild.

Second bat, right fielder, Aoki.

Three bats, second baseman, Kondo.

Four sticks, catcher, immortal way.

Five bats, pitcher, Sawamura.

Six sticks, stalwart, Omura.

Seven bats, third baseman, big mountain.

Eight bats, first baseman, Akio Takada.

Nine bats, left fielder, Nobu Takeda.

This bat order is also very simple. The first bat is Ohno's reason to hit and get on base, the second bat is after the hitting ability has improved, the skilled hitter Aoki, the third bat is Kondo, the strongest hitter besides Sendō, and the fourth bat is Sendō. Sawamura's task is to use bunts to send Sendō back to base, and then Omura, who is ambushing at six, is second only to Kondo and Sendō's hitter. The latter is to use skills to send bases.

This smoothing is still under experimentation. Sendao has not yet decided on Omura's position and needs to see his performance in actual combat.

Fukasawa attacked first in the game.

"It's so nostalgic! You and I formed a shooting partner!" Xiandao sighed before the game started.

"Long-winded!"

"You're welcome, watch my gloves and throw them with all your strength!" Xiandao said and patted Sawamura on the shoulder.

Seeing Sendao running towards the court, Sawamura had an incomprehensible expression.

Then Sawamura also entered the venue with everyone.

"Start now, the practice match between Chicheng Middle School and Fukasawa Middle School! Ceremony!"

"Please give me your advice!" The two teams bowed and saluted at the same time.

Then Wakana returned to the bench. Although Sendō came on, she still appeared as a substitute. (There’s no way we’re short of people!)

After Sawamura made a few simple shots, the game officially started.

Today was the first time Sawamura pitched at full strength since he and Sendō formed a pitching partner in last year's Sakura Girls' practice game.

Raise your arms, straighten your legs, lift your legs, step, swing your arms, and throw the ball! ! !

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Yo Xi! Nice pitch! Rong-chan!" A voice of encouragement came from behind.

"Not bad! The arm skills are very thorough, and the ball speed... is close to 130 kilometers!!! (Soft balls are faster than hard balls)" Xiandao was also very satisfied with the ball.

This level of fast ball coupled with a quirky ball surprised Fukasawa Junior High School's bat who wanted to observe the path of the ball because he didn't have any information. Even the bench was surprised by Sawamura's ball speed.

"Snapped!"

Then a series of swings and looks followed, striking out two people in a row.

"Yoxi! Yoxi! Yoxi!" Sawamura began to celebrate on the spot.

He himself began to be surprised at his own strength. His usual training consisted of running, running, practicing balance, and doing explosive menus at night. He had no chance to verify his strength. It can be said that after practicing for more than a year, he was finally able to throw with all his strength. .

"This feeling! I can't stop it!" Sawamura was already fired up!

"Snapped!"

"Good ball!" The first ball of the three batters still missed.

Although they discovered that Sawamura's ball could run very well, they started to step forward and try to hit it before it changed, but in this way they could not cope with his ball speed.

So the three-hitters started to back off a little.

"Ping!" ended with a fly ball to the second baseman.

"Bah!" Kondo caught it steadily.

"Three out! Change the field!" the referee shouted loudly.

"Yo Xi! Three up and three down!"

Sawamura got the first three-out count in just 8 pitches.

"Nice pitching!" Everyone started praising Sawamura.

"Is it really that good?" Sawamura put his left hand on his head and said sheepishly.

"Okay, it's our turn to attack, Ohno! Watch the ball carefully!"

"Yeah! Leave it to me!"

After simple preparations, the second half of the first game began.

When both sides have no information about the other party, the competition can only be head-on.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"The first goal is a corner kick?! The speed of the ball is not slow! It's not much slower than when I arrived at Ei-chan! But the ball control is not too bad! Or is this just a coincidence?" Could it be that Ohno recorded the useful information on the first goal? In my heart, he was not the only one who did this.

Seeing the opponent preparing for the second ball, Ohno had to withdraw his thoughts, but he once again felt that it was not easy to be a pioneer. In the past few years, they had basically played games where they had no idea about the opponent's intelligence.

As a result, he who is the first to test will have an extremely difficult time, but this also makes him very capable of entanglement, even the skilled Aoki is far inferior to him.

On the second ball, at this moment, Ohno, who was waiting for the ball normally, suddenly made a bunt!

"Bang!" But the moment the opponent threw the ball and deliberately missed it, he took back the bat.

The pitcher also had to run off the mound, only to find out that the opponent didn't hit the ball at all.

"Bad ball!"

"Is Chicheng such a cumbersome team? They are completely trying to disrupt our starting rhythm!" The opponent's catcher also felt a headache from this.

They are neither strong nor weak. In the general situation where most junior high school games are played on the spot, it is rare to see a team that plays like this, so they lack the experience to deal with it.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!" Same routine, same result.

Fukasawa's players looked like they were being fooled.

"Let him call me!"

"Concentrate on the hitters!"

At this time, the fielder behind began to cheer or say reassuring words to the pitcher.

"Everyone is right! Throw it with all your strength! They can hit whatever they want! We will kill him at first base!" The catcher thought in his mind and gave the pitcher a signal.

The pitcher nodded deeply!

"Is it almost going to be pitched with full strength?" Ohno made a judgment when he saw the pitcher nodding towards home plate and the other person's eyes.

The fourth ball,

"Ping!" Then the straight ball from the inside corner was hit. "Nani?" the catcher said in surprise. This routine seems simple, but few junior high school students can complete this skill.

"Damn it, I didn't fight well!" Ohno said as he ran.

Although he didn't hit the ball well, he still landed safely and allowed Ohno, who was very fast, to get on base.

"Yo Xi! First hit!" Everyone in Chicheng also shouted excitedly.

"Ha!" Xiandao also chuckled!

"Keep going! Aoki!" Then he encouraged Aoki who was taking the next shot.

"That guy Ohno didn't hit the ball well! What kind of ball is it? Let's play it first! That hot-blooded boy Ohno!" Several thoughts flashed through Aoki's mind, and he complained that Ohno was too careless.

"Don't care!" Fukasawa's players were also encouraging their pitchers.

And the next second Aoki made a bunt gesture!

"What an unpleasant team!" the catcher complained in his mind.

But the game has to go on, and the pain has to go on!

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

After that, Aoki made a bunt gesture again!

"Sure enough, these guys don't take shots at bad balls. They just take them back when they see a bad ball." In order to test Aoki's thoughts, Fukasawa chose to throw a bad ball.

"Since I'll let you order it!"

"Phew!" As the ball flew toward home plate, Aoki put away his bunt hand and took action.

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!" This ball went out of bounds. It was Aoki's intention to test the opponent's secret.

"The ball is very powerful!" Aoki made this judgment, then made a bunt gesture again, and then gave Ohno a look.

Having known each other for so many years, Ohno knew that Aoki asked him to restrain him, and then he left the base significantly, more than 5 meters away!

"Did you order something this time?" Seeing this situation, the other party would of course think so.

So the catcher began to make secret signals.

"Beautiful containment!" Aoki was also very satisfied with Ohno's distance from the base.

"Bang!" The pitcher began to throw the ball at Ohno, but of course Ohno easily returned the base as expected.

Fukasawa also knew that he was just asking the opponent not to relax too much and not be too far away from the base without any scruples.

Aoki gave Ohno another look. (Eye expressions are expressed through pupil movements and expressions)

"Ohno nodded helplessly!"

"call out!"

"Stealing a base!" When the pitcher just threw the ball, Ohno suddenly stole a base!

"Sure enough!" The catcher suddenly became excited!

"Bang!" Then Aoki took the bat back, and Ohno also returned to first base, pretending to steal a base!

"Bad ball!"

The catcher was speechless at this time. Now he had no idea what the runner and the batter were trying to do!

Is a fake stolen base just for a bad pitch to make the count more favorable? Or is there some other conspiracy?

The catcher has to think a lot. The series of moves of Chicheng's one-two-stick combination, the exquisite technique, high tactics and tacit understanding, plus the complete lack of information about the opponent, make it completely unpredictable. What kind of playing style Chicheng is like? .

"This way you'll be fully prepared!" Aoki once again assumed a bunt stance, then gave Ohno another look with a smile.

Then Ohno left the bases by a large margin again!

"Come back?" It's not the catcher's fault. Now they have two bad balls. It's very possible to repeat the same trick to make the ball full and force them to have no way out.

"Fight!" He finally surrendered and gritted his teeth!

then!

"Stealing a base!" first base yelled again as the pitch was being pitched.

"Sure enough!" However, before the proud expression showed, he saw Aoki retracting the bat again and assuming a normal hitting posture, and Ohno did not go back.

"Ping!" A hit went straight through the infield, a hit in front of left field!

"Hit and run? And you managed such an advanced tactic without a secret code?"

"Yo Xi! Two consecutive hits!"

Ohno took advantage of the advantage of leaving the base early and ran directly to third base. Since he almost bounced directly into the left fielder's glove after landing, Aoki only reached first base!

But even so, with tacit cooperation and a series of psychological tactics, Chicheng completed a perfect start with zero outs and one third base.

Then there is the most trustworthy hitter besides Sendao!

When Kondo stepped into the strike zone, Aoki and Ohno left the bases significantly at the same time, putting defensive pressure on him.

"Well done! Ohno! Aoki!" Kondo also sincerely praised the two's opening performance.

"These guys have really become stronger!" Xiandao in the preparation area also sighed sincerely.

"What kind of team is this?" The catcher thought of this and stood up to call a timeout. The first two shots showed very high tactics and skills. When it was the center's turn to hit the line, he had to be careful.

"What's going on with these guys? Are we sure we're not playing against a youth baseball team?" When the catcher walked up to him, Fukasawa's ace spoke directly and complained to his partner.

"Who knows!

Next is the center hitter. The strength of this team is unknown, but from the performance of the first two bats, it is not difficult to see that the three, four, and five bats of this team are not easy to mess with!

Never mind the runner going all out against the hitter! Be prepared to lose a few points in this round! "

"Well! I see!"

"Besides, playing against us with such a powerful team will also help our growth! Come on! Everyone!" Finally, the catcher encouraged everyone again.

Because they have no talent, these catchers who love baseball are willing to think, so although the tactics may not be great, their mentality will not be too bad.

Standing on the strike zone, Kondo turned around and glanced at Sendao, who played him a careful change ball, aiming to hit a straight ball that grabbed the ball.

After all, the first two tactics were used so much that one still didn’t know what the opponent’s ball changes would be. In addition, with this perfect start, Xiandao was not willing to give the opponent an out number easily.

"Three bats, there won't be bunts, right? But just in case!"

See the signal pitcher get up!

Lift your feet!

"Park!"

"Snapped!"

"safe!"

The pitcher suddenly pinned the ball to first base again, but the distance from the base was a bit exaggerated for them.

However, Aoki, who has been trained for a long time, is also very fast in returning to base.

"No way! We have to deal with the batter first!" The catcher recognized the reality and could only let them stay so far away from the base, but if they were further away, he would definitely continue to contain them.

However, everyone in Chicheng seemed to have some confidence in Kondo, and Aoki maintained a distance of 5 meters from the base!

"It's decided!"

"Hmm!" The catcher confirmed the signal and was about to start a head-on showdown with the three-pronged Kondo.

"Steal a base!" the first baseman reminded again.

Aoki will not let them really get what they want!

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Snapped!"

"Safe!" Aoki suddenly stole a base alone, success!

However, this ball was a direct inside corner kick, and Kondo did not take a shot. He saw the signal Aoki gave him and knew that the opponent's ball was very heavy, so he should not take risks when he stole the base.

"Damn! He stole another base! This team's base-stealing skills must be too good!" Fukasawa's catcher looked at Kondo who was slapping dirt at second base, feeling very helpless.

As soon as the game started, the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Fukasawa.

This inning may also affect the direction of the game.

　I'm almost late today, I'm scared to death, I only wrote this after it was released.

　　I feel like this tactic worked pretty well.

　　Finally, please vote!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)