Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 285 Coach Kataoka’s Judgment

"This is for you! Kazuya!

The goal is to earn a good number of straight balls! "

"Pfft!" Gongming took the second ball without hesitation.

"Ping!"

"Ah!" Tanbo, who wanted to suppress this round, opened his eyes wide.

"Left field!"

Fang Gu's shortcomings of inexperience were revealed again. He actually stepped back step by step while watching the ball flying at high speed in the sky.

"Furuya! Run back at full speed! This ball won't go out, but it will go very far!" Sendao glanced at the parabola and immediately shouted to Furuya.

After Xiandao said, "Run back at full speed!" Fang Gu had already sprinted obediently.

If it is pure mulberry, the reaction of Jiang Gu may not be so fast.

"Yo Xi!!!"

"Oh!!!" The audience obviously couldn't catch the ball and already cheered.

"Although I can understand the issue of instability in the pitching lineup, there are many opportunities for two inexperienced first-year players to participate in the field." Coach Kunito thought.

"It feels good this time too!" Cheng Gongming finally showed a smile.

"Boom!"

“The left field wall! Straight hit!!!

The runner on first base returns! Eight to seven!

The game is back to one point difference!

It's like using actions to prove that the points you lost will be earned by yourself!

Narimiya's timely hit to second base! ! ! "Yes, at the critical moment, Cheng Gongming will not forcefully rush to third base like before, but will obediently stop at second base!

Looking at Narimiya, who raised his left arm and looked down at all living beings, Miyuki sighed inaudibly.

"Nice strike! Ming!"

"Naru-kun!"

"Naomiya!"

"It's amazing!"

"Crack!"

At this time, Coach Kataoka took a step from the bench!

"Ah!" Senior Danba glanced in the direction of the bench sadly.

"Change pitcher?"

"Is Qingdao finally giving up his trump card?"

"There is nothing we can do! When the straight ball is already targeted, the impact of his changing ball on the hitter is already very limited!

The next batter is Yamaoka who hit the home run before!

At this critical moment, Qingdao doesn't want to take risks anymore! "

The three members of the Academic Team made guesses one by one.

"Notice of changing players from Seido High School!

In exchange for Tanba-kun, it’s a pitcher! Kawakami-kun!

Nine sticks! Pitcher, Kawakami-kun! "

Although he was unwilling to give in and hated his performance after being hit by a home run when he first came on the field, as a senior, Tamba lowered his head and adjusted his mentality.

"Kawakami!"

When Kawakami ran in front of him, Tanba called him.

"Tamba-san!" Kawakami murmured in a low voice as he looked at the sad Tanba-senpai.

"You are the ace from now on! Shoot hard!" He put the ball into Kawakami's glove and squeezed the ball hard like a legacy.

This is the last thing he can do as a senior and a member of this team.

"Tanba-san!" Kawakami was speechless and choked as he looked at Tanba-senpai who was smiling and facing him.

"Tanba!" Captain Zhe called to stop Tanba-senpai who was leaving with his head lowered.

"We will win!

again! ...sure to have you on the mound again! "

Tanba didn't know how many times he had cried!

He didn't dare to turn around!

"We will avenge you!" shouted Jun Sang in right field.

Kawakami swallowed a mouthful of spit!

This is the biggest difference between him and Sawamura. Kawakami feels the burden, but cannot turn it into motivation.

This was the decision made after the conversation between Coach Kataoka and Sendō.

The game has not yet reached the real final inning, and the score is one point ahead. The pitcher is allowed to make some mistakes, giving him a chance to adjust.

Kawakami is not the kind of player who has the ability to perform stably when one ball determines life and death.

In that situation, he is very likely to have problems, and his big heart is the life-saving straw at critical moments.

This is what Coach Kataoka thought clearly from Sendō’s words.

At the very least, judging from past performance, Sawamura with a big heart can still maintain his fighting spirit and resist.

Moreover, Sawamura's ball cannot be caught in a short time, but it is the most suitable player for life and death.

Due to Sawamura's immaturity, the fewer innings he plays, the better in theory.

The rest is left to fate.

This is the tragedy of not having a decisive ace. Fang Gu dare not replace him easily, which can only make him a loophole in the left field.

Fortunately, due to the tactical rationality of this training method, the method that most hitters practice the most, and which is also the most beneficial method for runners, is to hit right field.

This led to the famous players who were trained professionally and often forced themselves to play right field.

Although left field is comfortable, there will always be some problems due to lack of training.

This is also the precious thing about Harada and Sendō’s wide-angle style, that is, a strong hitter who can freely move to the right or left.

However, the number of balls going to left field is only relatively small, and loopholes are still loopholes. If he is targeted, it will be very dangerous for an inexperienced outfielder like him, even if he handles poorly hit balls.

Not to mention that Onisan was injured and there were holes in the infield defense.

This is also a knock-on effect of a weak pitching staff.

Otherwise, it's just that Onisan is injured, or he is selected in the left field. With Sendao's terrifying defensive range, one and a half can be used.

However, there is no guarantee that Immortal Dao can completely fill the two holes at the same time. It can only depend on the on-the-spot reaction, but cannot guarantee anything.

All Qingdao can do now is pray that Kawakami will not be overwhelmed by the pressure and jump to the bottom.

Without the existence of immortality, Coach Kataoka would not be able to turn this small corner at all.

Of course, in his previous life, Tanba ended the game early due to the heat and insufficient joint warm-up. Aomichi could not have been so spare. In the eighth inning, there were still two and a half pitchers who could make up for it at any time. With the long relay situation, even if coach Kataoka came over When I came here, I didn’t dare to go up the river in advance.

(Jiangu can only be counted as half, after all, his current situation with someone on base is too unstable.)

Then again, Tanba's lack of injury was also an unintentional act of Sendo, and he couldn't be said to be a prophet. It was considered a butterfly effect.

"Axian! Be careful with your vote!

The next hitter needs to be careful about the long hit!

Don’t forget your own characteristics! Miyuki said to Kawakami, whose expression was a little stiff.

"Yeah!" Kawakami took a deep breath, put down the pressure temporarily, and responded.

"Six bats! First baseman, Yamaoka-kun!"

"Come on! Hill!"

"Destroy him before he has a firm footing!"

"Hill!"

"Axian!"

"Senior A-Xian!"

"Let's solve it one by one! Ah Xian!"

"Let them fight over!" Senior Pudding spoke again.

"Concentrate on the batter!"

"A-Xian! Let's deal with him here!" Maezono's loud voice interrupted.

"Kill them one by one!"

“Bottom of the eighth inning! No one out, runner on second base!

The hitter is Yamaoka who has the ability to hit long!

Can Kawakami, the reliever, suppress this inning and carry the lead to the final inning? "

“Don’t be afraid to swing short and use your swing to put pressure on the pitcher!

This pitcher has a very delicate heart! "Coach Kunyou thought in his heart.

Of course, the pitcher's weaknesses have been communicated long before they started, and the players naturally know that this is just the Kunitomo coach talking to himself.

"That's great! The more critical the situation, the more you need to stay calm!

Even if there are still two bases open, even if you put two people on base, you only need to deal with the third person! "Kawakami recalled the guidance of senior Chris and hoped that he could regain his composure.

Senior Chris's words can be put simply: do your best to obey fate.

"It doesn't matter! You can hear the surrounding sounds clearly!

Such a wonderful game! If you say you don’t want to play, that’s an absolute lie!

I will attack with all my strength for every out count! " Kawakami stared at the batter and kept cheering himself up!

"First goal! Be careful! Even if it's a bad goal, it doesn't matter!

The rare side shot should be made as good as possible with the ball!

Is this also your specialty?

Ah Xian! "

"Huh!" Kawakami took another deep breath before throwing the ball.

"The beginning is the most important! Kawakami's psychology is too fragile. In this situation, we must give him some help!

Seniors! " Sendō looked at Kawakami on the pitcher's mound and thought to himself. Kawakami is such a pitcher. If he is allowed to regain his mentality, his ball control and side throwing will make him an extremely difficult pitcher in a short time.

But once the pressure is too much, it is easy to collapse, which is helpless.

Therefore, he is more suitable not as the last pitcher, but to consume the innings in the middle. At least there is a pitcher on standby behind him, so that he is safe whether in the middle or at the end.

If it collapses, replace him and the team will still have a chance to react, otherwise Qingdao may really be tricked by him at the critical moment.

Theoretically, the risk was greater in the previous life, but if Kawakami and Sawamura were swapped, even if there was a crisis, Kawakami would not be under so much pressure if it was not the final game.

If it is Kawakami who lasts until the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, and the situation ends with one out, and it is Sawamura who ends the game, Aomichi will most likely win the game.

That kind of situation would not give Sawamura a chance to think too much. He would think too much because he was too smooth.

However, Coach Kataoka still hopes that Kawakami can finish his shots in this game. As long as he is in the state, Kawakami will be very stable.

No one in Sawamura knew about his status, he was a double-edged sword.

……

"Kawakami was ordered to board the board in the face of danger!

An eye-catching first goal! "The commentator was the first to speak after seeing the correct signal for surrender.

"call out!"

"Ping!"

"call out!"

"Bang!" This ball brought up a huge cloud of smoke, but it was quite far from the boundary line.

Kawakami is a side pitcher, and when facing right-handed batters, the angle of the outside corner pitch is too exaggerated, which is useless with the changeup pitch.

It's also an exaggerated diagonal pitch for left-handed hitters.

"The outside world!"

Kawakami looked at the smoke and swallowed his saliva.

But he knew he couldn't show weakness.

"Okay!"

"Good shot! Ah Xian!"

"Go on!"

"Yoxi yoxi! This is Kawakami!

Very impressive!

That's it! That's it! "Minister Ohta kept encouraging Kawakami.

"call!"

Kawakami tried to calm down, but his heart was beating fast.

The expression is also a little stiff.

However, fortunately there was a pause in the middle. After further adjustments, Kawakami adjusted his mentality.

"call out!"

Yamaoka saw that this was an inside corner kick, so the angle of the ball was not that exaggerated!

"boom!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Yet when he swung the bat, the ball seemed to escape the bat.

However, the roar caused by Yamaoka's swing of the bat hit Kawakami like wind pressure.

Make him breathe!

"Sliding ball! It was swung empty! Two good balls and no bad balls. The batter was chased after only two balls!" The commentator did not care about Kawakami's state.

"One more ball!" Kawakami, with a stiff expression, thought in his heart.

"The ball is very sharp!" Ninomiya said.

"Does getting a good number of balls on the first pitch give him fighting spirit?" Yang guessed.

However, no matter what the audience outside the stadium guessed, it was impossible to imagine Kawakami's inner ups and downs.

"Yo Xi!"

"Deal with him! Aken!" Just looking at the expressions of the group of guys leading the loud voices in front of the support table, we knew that they couldn't see Kawakami's expression at all.

"Shan Gang! Don't be afraid!"

"Get out!"

Daoshi's side was also not to be outdone.

"Huh!" Yamaoka saw this and shortened his grip on the bat.

This hitter is as strong as Pudding-senpai, but his long-hit ability will not be ignored just because he holds a short bat.

"Hey!" Kawakami made a meaningless sound and threw with all his strength.

"call out!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

It was a bad pitch that lured the batter, but Yamaoka remained calm.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"Slider in the outside corner! Off the strike zone again! Bad ball!

This time the number of balls is two good balls and two bad balls! "

"You can see it clearly! You can see it clearly!"

"We can hit the hill!"

"Let's use this ball to decide the outcome!" Miyuki's plan is over, and what's left is a head-on confrontation.

"

At this time, Cheng Gongming was slightly off base!

He wanted to attract the attention of the defense, even a little bit, hoping to help Yamaoka.

Now that no one is out, Qingdao, who does not want to lose points easily, cannot completely ignore it.

Otherwise, even if we get Yamaoka's out count and let Narumiya move to third base, one out and three bases, and face the forced run by skill hitter Tsubasa Hirai, will he be given this point?

If you give it, it will be divided equally. If you don't give it, it will be like a chicken and an egg.

Of course this is completely regardless of his situation.

Cheng Gongming didn't want much.

"Run if you want! The important thing is the hitter!" However, Miyuki is equally confident in his shoulders and has a strong personality. His target is still the hitter.

If you are beaten out, everything will be in vain.

"Come on! Use this ball to finish him off!"

"call out!"

"Ping!"

Shan Gang held on tenaciously!

As a four-stick candidate, he has no obvious weaknesses.

He's also a tough hitter when he holds a short bat.

"Ping!"

"The outside world!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"The ball is full!"

Every swing of Yamaoka's bat is a kind of pressure for Kawakami.

"call out!"

"boom!"

"Ping!"

"The outside world!"

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" After just a few balls, Kawakami was already gasping for air under the pressure.

"call out!"

"It's over!"

"Snapped!"

"Four bad balls!"

The tenacious Yamaoka won this war of attrition and allowed Kawakami to throw a lot of pitches to give subsequent hitters more opportunities to observe.

　I finally finished it. I was really thinking and writing at the same time. I have to go to sleep.

　　Finally, ask for votes.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)