Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 158 Kawakami Transition
"There are still three games left. As long as we can hold on for the remaining three games, we will still win!"

Looking at the big score on the electronic scoreboard, although Coach Kataoka was also panicked, as a coach what he needed to do now was to comfort the players and let them be in good enough condition to face the next game.

Danbo's condition was completely gone, and his turn was up.

Those who are familiar with them know that Seidou High School must change the pitcher in the top of the seventh inning.

Bingcheng High School naturally knows this and is also making intensive preparations.

"In the top of the seventh inning, we started with the first batter. This round will definitely be Michael's turn. Michael must hit a hit so that our batting line can continue. We will have a chance to overtake the score in one fell swoop."

Coach Kitamura naturally knows how important the top of the seventh inning is.

He arranged more tactics in this round than anyone else.

According to the previous rotation arrangement, Ice City High School's batting in this inning started with their center fielder.

"Top of the seventh inning, Ice City High School is on offense, first batter, center fielder, Suzuki-san."

In this inning, Ice City High School was confident of scoring regardless of whether the first two batters reached base or not.

Just because this round can be Michael's turn.

As long as Michael doesn't do anything weird, they will have a good chance of getting enough points to overtake with just one out.

"Seidou High School's substitution notice: Pitcher Tamba-san is going to rest, and Kawakami-san will take his place."

Qingdao High School made the adjustment of changing the pitcher in time, and Bingcheng High School also guessed this.

Kawakami was just an over-acting role. His mentality was not able to face the big occasion, so he only pitched this inning, and Sawamura had to play later.

It's just to give Sawamura more time to warm up.

Supervisor Kitamura looked at Kawakami who ran out of the cowshed calmly, without a trace of emotion on his face.

"Coach Kitamura seems to have known about this for a long time. Is Qingdao High School's tactics so obvious?"

Owada Akiko looked at Director Kitamura's expression and said.

Although Tamba's performance just now was not good, it is not necessary to replace him, and Tamba is still the ace pitcher of Seidou High School.

If it weren't for Coach Kataoka's encouragement of the relay pitching tactic, there would be no way that Tamba, the ace pitcher, would be replaced.

"It can't be helped. The whole world knows about Seidou High School's pitching tactics. It's so obvious in every game, and with the media hyping it up, it's hard for people not to know."

Fujio shook his head helplessly.

They are the baseball media of West Tokyo, so naturally they hope that the West Tokyo representative team, Seidou High School, will win.

But to be honest, their tactics are too obvious.

Any normal person can see it.

If Coach Kataoka continues to implement this tactic, it will be difficult for them to go far.

To put it bluntly, it is a waste of Zhou Hui's historical talent.

Although Fujio thought so, he definitely didn't dare to write it that way.

They are all media people, and they are media people in the western Tokyo area, so he is afraid of offending people.

"Whoosh!"

On the field, Kawakami had already lowered his shoulders and thrown the baseball away.

Facing a brand new side pitcher, it always takes time for Ice City High School to adapt.

The first two batters are likely to be "cannon fodder", and their role is undoubtedly to "pave the way" for Michael, Allen and Thompson behind them.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

The control is very precise and the outside corner kick is very sharp.

"Not bad, Xian!"

Immediately afterwards, Yuki gave him another slider.

"Whoosh!"

Ice City High School's swing is very anxious, and many times they choose to swing the bat without seeing the baseball clearly.

This is also a sign of inexperience.

If Bingcheng High School didn't have Allen and his team, the best they could do would be the third round of the regional tournament.

"Qiang!"

"It's wrong!"

The bat just touched the surface of the baseball before it was hit out, so naturally it didn't receive any force.

Kuramochi suddenly appeared from the side, showing his agile steps, picked up the baseball and threw it to first base.

"Out!"

Ice City High School's first out was counted.

The next batter was also defeated by Kawakami with two balls, the first one was a straight ball and the second one was a breaking ball.

This tactic is not very effective against other batters from Ice City High School.

Miyuki discovered this before he came on stage.

Taking advantage of Kawakami's unfamiliarity, he got these two outs.

But the real test is yet to come.

Although they had already gotten two outs, they would still be in danger if they didn't take care of the three batters that followed.

The last three people are the most difficult.

"Third batter, center fielder, Michael."

"Michael, don't get sick. Just hit the ball you are sure of hitting."

Aaron, the fourth batter, squatted in the batting box and said.

Allen waved his hand, indicating "Leave it to me".

"It's always like this, and the results are always unsatisfactory."

Allen muttered.

"Usually using tactics won't work against him."

If Miyuki remembered correctly, he and Michael had played against each other for three at-bats.

In these three at-bats, Miyuki already had a rough idea of ​​Michael's playing style.

Very interested in new things.

For example, in the first inning, he kept swinging the bat because he was fresh and was struck out by Fōgiya Akira.

The second fight against Danbo had basically the same outcome.

It was only because he reacted well in that at-bat and did not fall into the "trap" of Qingdao High School that he was able to hit a hit.

This time, Yukichi was ready to use the same old trick again.

"Let's use changeups!"

Yukichi arranged the tactics for this time.

All use changeups!

Although the breaking ball consumes a lot of physical strength, it is difficult to hit and it is very difficult for the batter to hit the center of the ball.

Not to mention a pitcher like Michael.

In fact, the real purpose of Miyuki's tactic was to strike out Michael.

"Whoosh!"

The first ball was a slider.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Yuki's plan succeeded!

The pitch was way out of the strike zone, but Michael still chose to swing.

This characteristic of his is very confusing, and Qingdao High School doesn't even know what he is doing.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Same ball path, another good ball.

After two consecutive missed swings, Michael began to calm down.

His next tactic is to aim at the previous position!
"Whoosh!"

Miyuki's idea was exactly the same as Michael's.

"really."

"Qiang!"

It was still a changing ball in the same position, and I have to say that Miyuki was very brave!
But it was precisely because of his courage that Michael guessed the ball.

The baseball was picked up, but the good news was that it was right above Miyuki's head.

"Snapped!"

"Out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

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(End of this chapter)