Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 183 Bare-handed Interception
Time flies, and the match between Seidou High School and Yokohama Kohoku is about to come to an end after an hour and a half of fierce competition.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, the game was nearing its end.

Qingdao High School still maintains its original lead and has a good chance of winning the game.

Since Takagi came on the court, Seidou High School has not scored any points.

His playing style, which seemed like he would never get tired, really put a lot of pressure on Qingdao High School.

But facing Sawamura's pitching, Yokohama Kohoku has no advantage.

The ball that you can't hit is really unhittable, and the ball that you can hit can't be hit well.

There were no chances to score at all.

Excluding the moment when Sawamura was just substituted in, Yokohama Kohoku only got two hits from him.

And it was all caused by Haruichi's mistakes.

There was no way. No matter how strong Chun Shi was and how sophisticated his playing style was, he was just a freshman.

No freshman can immediately secure a starting spot or be competent at a certain moment after joining the team.

Except for people like Jōgō Aki and Zhou Hui.

They were born for the high stage and can be described as "monsters".

There are places like Honglei City.

Simple mind, well-developed limbs.

It looks very different from normal people.

The kind that is heartless.

Even Sawamura had to go through many games before he could remain calm in the face of danger.

"Ninth batter, third baseman, Miyake-san."

Sawamura had just hit the eighth batter of Yokohama Kohoku with an inside corner ball, so there was one out now.

Victory is getting closer and closer.

"Attention to defense, attention to defense."

Even though it was already the eighth inning, and even though the score was leading by such a huge margin, Yuki still chose to let the defense pay attention.

At this point, even a few mistakes wouldn't be a big deal.

But as the captain of the team, anyone can be neglected, but Yuki can't!
Yuki is the spiritual leader of this team and he needs to set an example!
Sawamura looked back and saw that everyone in the Uchino had lowered their center of gravity.

When Yuki speaks, his words are truly important.

"You're ahead by so much and you still want to humiliate me! Well, I'll beat you hard!"

Miyake tightened his grip on the bat.

The opponents are so serious, but if we put ourselves in their shoes, they definitely have a chance to win!

"Since everyone is so serious, I want you to put aside your plan to practice two-seam and cutter balls, and first practice a low outside corner straight ball."

As he said this, Miyuki handed the gloves over.

"Ok!"

Sawamura is also full of confidence.

The current Sawamura has definitely not reached the "perfect form" level.

Although his strength seems to have reached the highest level, it is far from enough for Sawamura.

He still has a lot to improve.

From the time he entered Qingdao High School until now, what has benefited him the most is definitely his ball control skills.

Others still need further "evolution".

For example, his physical strength.

When weighing an ace pitcher, his physical strength is also a key factor.

A good ace pitcher will definitely train his physical strength to perfection.

At least he could shoot the entire court.

But now it seems that Sawamura still does not meet the standards.

He still came on midway through the game, but by the bottom of the eighth inning, he had clearly lost some strength.

"Sawamura has already started to gasp for air, aren't we going to change the pitcher?"

Minister Ota is already panicking.

It’s not that they don’t have a pitcher, it’s that coach Kataoka doesn’t want to change.

If coach Kataoka chooses to change pitchers now, Kawakami and Tamba can play at any time.

Danbo had warmed up enough that his collar was wet.

But looking at Coach Kataoka's intention, he still decided not to replace Sawamura. The replacement pitching policy of Seidou High School was a tactic created by Coach Kataoka.

As the creator of this tactic, coach Kataoka chose to do the opposite at this time and has not yet replaced the exhausted Sawamura.

Did it go against your own tactics?

Director Kataoka didn't say anything, feeling that it was not the right time yet.

Perhaps Sawamura's performance reminded coach Kataoka of himself when he was younger.

Coach Kataoka when he was young was also a pitcher like Sawamura.

Passionate, with a heart that wants to become an ace pitcher!
This is also why, when Coach Kataoka first took over Seidou High School, he chose to always implement the ace pitcher tactics.

But after the spring competition, he chose the follow-up pitching tactic, which worked quite well and has been used until now.

"Whoosh!"

"Qiang!"

Miyake, the right-handed batter, tried hard to hit the ball to right field, but it still went wide.

Jun Isashiki in center field found the right position and reached out to catch it.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

Two outs!

“I was picked so far away!”

Yukichi was already starting to worry.

Before, Yokohama Kohoku had no way to deal with Sawamura's outside corner kicks, but now they can kick his ball so far.

This is no longer just a problem of Yokohama Kohoku targeting Sawamura.

Sawamura also has some big problems of his own.

"This is difficult. Although the time is short now, if the opponent can find Sawamura's weakness, it will still be easy to end. What should we do?"

Miyuki began brainstorming.

What Sawamura fears is being hit.

As his strength grows, Sawamura becomes more and more sensitive.

One hit might make him lose his mind.

"very good!"

The supervisor of Yokohama Kohoku suddenly shouted in the lounge.

If you don’t know, you might think they are the leading one.

"Just play like this, play like this, the kid's stamina is gone! Inside corner kicks and outside corner kicks are not as scary as they were at the beginning, we must seize the opportunity!"

"Oops."

Yukichi secretly thought that something was wrong.

The opposing coach also discovered this, which made it difficult for Qingdao High School.

Although Seidou High School is now only four batters short of the semifinals, it may not be so easy to solve the problem.

"First batter, right fielder, Auburn."

"Whoosh!"

The game has to go on, but Sawamura's shots are visibly not as sharp as they were at the beginning.

After seeing this ball, Auburn also swung at it.

"Qiang!"

Right in the center of the ball!

The small white ball was hit and went through the gap between second base and shortstop.

"It's too late to use the gloves!"

After a big jump, Zhou Hui actually chose to block the baseball with his right hand without any protective measures.

Everyone was shocked.

He is going to fight hard!
In the end, the baseball was stopped by Zhou Hui!

The sound of a baseball hitting the flesh is enough to make one feel a wave of pain in the palm of one's hand.

What’s more, Zhou Hui really intercepted the ball with his bare hands!
"Out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

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(End of this chapter)