Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 113 Wild Ways

"Strike! Batter is out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

What was surprising was that Hakushu failed to continue the firepower for Seidou High School in the end, and was struck out without even touching the ball.

This is something that is not common in Hakushu.

The only possibility is that Cheng Gongming has also started to take it seriously.

The final form of Cheng Gong Ming has appeared.

Losing a point first will not stop them from moving forward.

At the end of the first half of the second inning, Qingdao High School scored one point in this inning.

After seeing the players of Daocheng Industrial return to the lounge, coach Guoyou still had a stern face and no one dared to speak.

Coach Kunitomo didn't say anything, but just arranged the tactics for the next game.

Not to mention these kids, even he couldn't guess Coach Kataoka's tactics this time.

Who would have thought that he would rather give up two outs to get this point.

Scores seem to be very important for Qingdao High School.

"Bottom of the second inning, Daocheng Industrial is on offense, fifth batter, first baseman, Yamaoka-san."

"A change of tactics?"

Daocheng Industrial's batting order has always been Cheng Gongming's fifth batter, but this time it was Yamaoka Lu.

This time, Daocheng Industry seems to be determined to carry out the concept of strong attack to the end.

The reason why Yamaoka Riku has always been placed behind Chengmiya Ming is because of the rationality of the baton order.

Neither Harada nor Riku Yamaoka are fast players, and it would be of no benefit to them if the batting order is arranged too close.

Originally they could occupy first and third bases, but now perhaps the two of them together can only occupy first and second bases at most.

The speed is slow and cannot keep up with the opponent's return pass, so the speed of advancement is indeed not fast enough.

In order to make it more reasonable, Director Kunitomo has always placed Narimiya Mei in front of Yamaoka Riku.

But this time when facing Qingdao High School, they also started to seek change.

"Come on, let me see which ball you guys have locked onto."

Miyuki wanted to see what Yamaoka Riku thought about facing Tamba, so the first ball was a high straight ball to the inside corner.

Given the power of Tamba's ball, it would not be a big deal even if the ball was hit, but it would not give Miyuki another chance to make a judgment.

"Whoosh!"

A straight ball from a very high position.

"Snapped!"

Yamaoka Riku's swing missed!
"nice shot!"

"Looks like you're aiming for a straight ball?"

After seeing Yamaoka Riku's actions, Miyuki had an idea in his mind.

"Hehe, I know what you are thinking, but don't think we are too stupid."

Director Kunitomo seemed to see through Miyuki's thoughts and said something meaningful.

Second pitch: curve ball.

I definitely can't give you the ball you want.

"Whoosh!"

Familiar ball path, familiar position.

What is unfamiliar is that the ball will change soon.

"Snapped!"

"what?"

Miyuki was frightened by this ball, not because there was no change in Tamba's ball.

On the contrary, the ball changed perfectly, with an exaggerated curvature. If it weren't for Miyuki's solid basic skills, this ball would probably have bounced off the ground.

"nice shot!"

What made him confused was that Yamaoka Riku also chose to swing at this pitch.

Therefore, Yuki's first judgment was wrong.

He wasn't aiming for a straight shot.

"You know how to guess, don't you? I'll let you guess enough this time."

Miyuki's reasoning was at a loss at this point. Yamaoka Riku's batting was not like that of a professional baseball player at all. He was not professional at all and did not deliberately aim at any ball.

It's like an elementary school student who just started learning baseball.

Little thoughts are of no use at this time.

Yuki's guesses have always been very careful, and can be said to be flawless.

But the only drawback is that it is afraid of unconventional ways.

Most of the players he faced were professional athletes with a solid foundation, and his guesses were all correct.

There are only a few professional playing methods, and Yuki knows exactly when to use which method.

But what if we don’t follow professionalism and are just swinging the bat blindly?
Yukichi started to feel at a loss as to where to start.

What we fear most is that these traditional giants will adopt unconventional styles of play.

Most of the teams that use the wild style of play are weak teams, and there is no need to use any tactics when playing against them.

But this tactic was used by Daocheng Industry, which has a solid foundation, and it’s a headache just to think about it.

Although it seems that we can give it another chance, if we think about it carefully, we will find that things are not that simple.

On the last ball, Miyuki placed his glove on the outside corner.

This is a position that Danbo doesn't like to shoot.

Putting aside any tactics and no technical content, it's just blind fighting.

Fight poison with poison.

This is the only tactic that Yukichi can think of.

Yukichi can no longer figure out the opponent's tactics, so now it all comes down to hard power.

Both sides are using the same tactics and are already standing at the same "starting line".

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

Not surprisingly, Riku Yamaoka swung the bat anyway.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

The first out, which was also Danbo's first strikeout of the game, came so suddenly.

The role of Yamaoka Riku this time is "cannon fodder".

In terms of the strength of the two teams, Daocheng Industrial is only slightly better.

If the tactics are not as good as Seidou High School's, losing the game is a foregone conclusion.

Although their tactics were very beautiful in the first game, they did not score any points.

The good tactics did not result in a good score, which made coach Guoyou determined to change the tactics in this round.

Even though their tactical execution is better than Seidou High School, coach Kunitomo is still worried.

The impact of tactical execution and good tactics on the game can only be said to be half and half.

This game is another crucial battle leading to Koshien, and they don't want to lose.

Cheng Gongming, who came on next, and the next batter used the same tactics when facing Tamba.

Unlike Yamaoka Riku, both of them hit the ball.

One ball flew to center field and was caught by Isashiki Jun with a big jump, while the other was saved by Ryosuke.

Both of these balls were very dangerous and almost resulted in hits.

It can be said that they made good use of Danbo's slow start.

But they all underestimated Seidou High School's desire for Koshien.

In preparation for Koshien, they train a lot every day, and Zhou Hui practices extra every day in order to take his perfect bat swing technique to the next level.

The defense that was carried out everywhere every day also paid off at this time.

Seidou High School has really made a lot of efforts for Koshien, for the West Tokyo championship, and to keep Coach Kataoka at Seidou High School.

Seidou High School is now leading in the score. As long as they can maintain this lead until the end of the game, they will be able to enter Koshien again after five years.

The next attack was the turn of Qingdao High School.

Everyone's eyes, including those who were not good at fighting, were unusually firm.

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(End of this chapter)