Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 272: 2 Home Runs, Steady Success

Chapter 272: Two Home Runs, Steady Success
"If we only lose one point, that's still acceptable."

After seeing Akira Fōgaya take out two batters in a row, coach Kataoka breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought we would lose more points, but fortunately it was only one point.

After this lesson, I'm afraid he won't use his follow-up pitching tactics as frequently as he trusts them in the future.

If we continue to use it like this, it may really be dangerous.

Having this idea means that Director Kataoka has already arranged Zhou Hui's future position.

From now on, Zhou Hui won’t have to do two things at once.

He can concentrate on his position as first baseman and hitter without having to go to the pitcher's mound for guest appearances.

This is very beautiful.

Zhou Hui will have much less pressure.

Correspondingly, his efficiency will be greatly improved.

"Yayuki, our score is not enough."

Coach Kataoka stopped Miyuki who was about to go out to bat and spoke to him.

The implication is very obvious.

We need more points, so you have to get a hit!

As long as it's a double, Zhou Hui behind you can get you back to home base.

This was Qingdao High School's best scoring opportunity.

But the most important thing is that Miyuki got on base.

If Miyuki doesn't get on base, everything will be in vain.

In addition, there was no one on the bases, which made the players of Qingdao High School even more panicked.

"Bottom of the fifth inning, Seidou High School is on offense, the third batter, the catcher, is Miyuki-san."

Miyuki walked up carrying the baseball bat.

Carrying a baseball bat to the batter's box seems to have become his signature pose.

There is no other reason, just because he is handsome.

"nice shot!"

I have to say that Mukai's ball is still as stable as ever.

His ball control is still so tricky, not at all like someone who has already pitched five innings.

This kind of ball control makes it a challenge for hitters to swing the bat.

And it’s quite a challenge.

"Two strikes, then the next one will be..."

"Whoosh!"

Watch where the baseball is coming from and how much it changes.

Yukichi smiled knowingly.

Although he is useless when there is no one on the base, Mukai is a pitcher with distinctive characteristics after all. There seems to be a pattern in when to throw what ball.

There is no need to be afraid then.

Looking at the position where the white ball was flying, after a clever change, it just fell into the range of Miyuki's swing.

"It's now!"

"Qiang!"

With a golf-like swinging posture, the baseball seemed to have turned into golf, and the bat that Miyuki used to swing the bat also turned into a golf club.

And just like that, the ball was hit.

This set of movements really does not feel out of place with golf.

"Left field, speed!"

Qian Xianggang took off his mask quickly, and Mita also tried hard to run towards the baseball position.

This time he was standing too far forward and didn't expect the baseball to fly so far.

Land!

The baseball bounced back after hitting the ground and went into Mita's glove.

Miyuki had already reached first base and was now on his way to second base.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

Mita's return pass was not slow either, but due to his arm strength, the first pass went to the second baseman.

When second baseman Kigami was about to pass the ball to the shortstop at second base, the runner, Miyuki, had already slid to second base.

No one is out and there's a runner on second base!
The arrogance and domineering attitude that he had at the beginning of the game was no longer on Mukai's face.

The next person to come on stage is Zhou Hui.

Originally, he didn't take Zhou Hui seriously because Zhou Hui had never been his opponent in junior high school, and he thought it would be the same in high school.

I just didn’t expect that Zhou Hui had made so much progress.

He is worthy of being the fourth baton of the Koshien champion.

The gap between me and him is really not a little bit.

"Fourth batter, left fielder, Mr. Zhou."

Now Mukai is faced with two choices.

How should they deal with Zhou Hui?

Whether to pass the exam or face him head-on has become a very difficult decision.

If he is admitted without recommendation, it would be embarrassing for Xiangjing.

There has always been a story between Zhou Hui and Xiang Jing.

It is true that when they were in junior high school, they always regarded each other as their strongest opponent.

Because in junior high school, before they met each other, no one could force Zhou Hui to not hit a hit, and no one could hit a home run against Mukai.

Although Xiang Jing had recommended Zhou Hui before, he didn't have the face to do so now if he were asked to recommend Jing Yuan.

As long as he doesn't respect Yuan, it doesn't matter if he is recommended.

Jingyuan is really embarrassing.

Then, Mukai also sent a secret signal to the catcher's box.

Don't give up Jing Yuan and just send him off like this.

Qian Xiangang thought about it for a moment and nodded.

Zhou Hui's dynamic vision is pretty good, and he won't swing at bad balls. This situation not only saves Mukai's face, but also doesn't lead to loss of points.

He has no right to give up such a good thing that can kill two birds with one stone.

"Whoosh!"

In the first ball, Mukai still shot a relatively tricky outside corner.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball."

The ball was controlled very conservatively and it didn't look like an intentional bad shot at all.

Mukai's skills are still quite certain.

Qian Xiangang also nodded and said that it would be fine if it continued like this.

But in the audience, everyone felt bored.

Mukai thought his performance was very good, but the audience had already seen through it all.

A person who has always been good at ball control, but when facing the opponent's strongest offensive player, his ball control becomes unstable.

I'm afraid no one can't figure out what it means.

Their wishful thinking had long been seen through by the audience.

There were also boos directed at Mukai from the audience.

Mukai was naturally unhappy when he heard the boos. When he received the baseball, he clenched his five fingers tightly around it, as if he was going to crush the entire baseball in the next second.

This can’t be done. It absolutely can’t be done!

Mukai himself thought of the same thing.

So for the next ball, he did not choose his own tactics.

"Whoosh!"

He bent down and threw the ball to the deadest corner of the strike zone.

"This idiot!"

Looking at the position where Mukai was throwing the ball, Qian Xianggang, as a senior, cursed directly.

Obviously, this ball path was not what he liked.

In this way, as long as the ball is thrown into the strike zone, there is a chance that Zhou Hui will carry it directly and fly it out.

This angle is obviously not good.

"Thank you."

Zhou Hui was very polite. Before hitting the ball, he did not forget to thank Xiang Jing for the excellent inside corner ball.