Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 174: Outside corner ball! Changeup! Sawamura's killer move!
"Try a corner kick to see if my idea is right!"

After thinking for a long time, Yukichi chose a low outside corner shot.

The inside corner kick has been studied thoroughly by them.

The back-end batting line of Yokohama Kohoku was able to hit three consecutive hits against Sawamura's inside corner ball in the seventh, eighth and ninth bats. What would happen if they faced their middle and upper-end batting line?

This can also be seen from the side that Yokohama Kohoku's strength is definitely among the top in the country.

Unlike ordinary strong teams, they are truly strong teams.

Not all teams that enter Koshien are considered strong teams.

For Zhou Hui, a team can be considered a strong team only if it has players with outstanding talents, an orderly playing style, several star players and a glorious history.

When Zhou Hui was in junior high school, he also encountered several strong teams in national competitions.

But Zhou Hui has always believed that his Hokkaido Hawks team has never been among the strong teams.

Sawamura nodded, but his eyes told Miyuki that his condition was very bad.

Yukichi shook his head helplessly.

With three hits and runners on base, it was indeed a big test for him as a freshman.

Sawamura also made a very serious mistake at this time.

He was facing the runner on the left side of the base, and with his glove pulled up, the runner could see clearly what kind of pitch he was going to hit.

Many hitters can tell what ball it is by the grip.

This is for the purpose of facing a pitcher like Sawamura who is not so meticulous.

But Sawamura only does this occasionally.

The current situation is undoubtedly a "short circuit" in his brain.

"Straight ball."

The runner made a secret signal to Auburn in the batter's box, telling Auburn what kind of pitch Sawamura would throw next.

They have corresponding codes for each ball.

But it is limited to the balls that often appear in the game.

Some shots are difficult for high school students to make, and they are generally not qualified for secret signals.

Even if you match it, you won’t use it in the competition, and it’s easy to confuse it with other reasons.

If there really is a high school pitcher who can throw pitches that are beyond his ability, it must have taken him half his life's effort.

For that kind of ball, they may not be able to throw a straight ball well, let alone other changing balls.

I just can't do anything at all.

Facing this kind of pitcher, it's even easier.

Maybe they didn't have a chance to play.

In short, no normal pitcher would choose to spend half his life practicing a difficult pitch.

In the professional arena, there are only eleven types of top pitchers.

This kind of pitcher is also the biggest headache for opposing batters.

You never know what pitch he will throw next. Even if you limit yourself to a certain continent, he is the best pitcher in that continent.

"Whoosh!"

There was a flash of white light, and the baseball disappeared.

The players of Yokohama Kohoku were not panicked at all. As long as they swung the bat the moment the baseball appeared, they would definitely be able to hit the ball far away.

"coming!"

Auburn's eyes suddenly widened, and both eyes were filled with the little white ball.

It’s just that the baseball didn’t reach the inside corner, and its speed was a bit erratic, making it look abnormally slow.

"what happened?"

"Snapped!"

Before Auburn could finish thinking, the baseball entered the glove.

"nice shot!"

Such a slow speed meant that Auburn had no good opportunity to swing the bat.

Even if he succeeded, he didn't have the confidence that he could hit it well.

"Whoosh!"

Miyuki was right as he thought, they were aiming at Sawamura's inside corner.

In this case, letting Sawamura pitch to the outside corner would be a good choice.

Sawamura started using this outside corner ball during the summer tournament.

After so much experience, he is no longer a baseball novice.

The outside corner kicks also began to show their edge.

"Qiang!"

Auburn chose to swing at this time, and the metal bat hit it and picked up the baseball.

“It’s too early!”

Auburn realized it, too. He swung too early, before the baseball was even in the strike zone.

For some reason, this ball gave him a sense of sudden slowness.

It may be a problem with his eyes, or it may be a problem with Sawamura's ball.

I've heard that Sawamura's pitching is weird, but I didn't expect it to be this bad.

At least the bat didn't miss, which is actually a good thing for Auburn.

"Shortstop!"

The baseball happened to roll to second base without any deviation.

The runner didn't dare to go to third base and could only stay at second base.

"Snapped!"

Captain Yuki at first base caught the ball steadily, and Auburn failed to reach the base in time.

"Out!"

Even if Yokohama Kohoku's first batter encountered Seidou High School's infield defense, he was unable to break through.

Seidou High School's infield defense has become a nightmare for many teams.

"The second batter, the pitcher, is Guan Lin."

"What happened to that ball just now?"

The supervisor of Yokohama Kohoku asked.

It was an outside corner ball. He never told the player to swing the bat. How could he be so presumptuous?

Auburn knew he was about to be criticized, so he had no choice but to tell the reason.

"I was anxious. I saw him throwing pitches to the outside corners one after another. I thought I would be struck out if I didn't swing the bat. So I had no choice but to swing the bat."

Auburn told why.

He is right about this.

If Sawamura really gets into pitching shape, his dominance will be no less than that of Tamba.

The supervisor of Yokohama Kohoku nodded.

His tactics were also mispredicted.

It seems difficult to understand how Miyuki passed the ball to Sawamura in the past few games.

His previous pitching was a combination of inside and outside, and Sawamura was still very scary.

But it's different now.

Now Yuki's passing of the ball has always been at the same angle, making their plans suddenly become helpless.

"Qiang!"

There was a noise on the field and Guan Lin kicked the ball away.

"Damn! Why is he using a changeup at this time!"

Guan Lin cursed.

He could feel the ball sliding from the high inside corner to the low outside corner.

That's when a changeup loses power.

At first, Guan Lin thought it was an inside corner ball, but after finding out it was a changeup, he couldn't pull the bat back.

You can only knock it away.

His arm was strong enough that the baseball flew to left field.

"Hey, here comes the chance."

Guan Lin had never practiced batting, so he had no idea how to control the direction of the baseball.

It actually went straight to the left outfield where Zhou Hui was defending.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

It wasn't over yet. The runner on second base actually started running.

Left outfield is close to third base, and the left outfielder is Zhou Hui.

I don't know how he dared.

"You really don't take me seriously!"

Swing your arms in a circle and the baseball flies level.

Masuko Toru at third base aimed at the baseball, stretched out his glove, and caught it steadily.

"Snapped!"

He possessed and pinned the runner, whose hand hadn't even touched the edge of third base at this point.

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

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(End of this chapter)