Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 306 Missed opportunity
No one out, one and two bases occupied.

As soon as Akira Fōgaya came on the pitch he was hit by two consecutive hits.

"Hoohoohoo."

Xiao Fōgiya was breathing heavily.

If he continues to throw, it will definitely be a big test of his physical strength.

If Sawamura in the bullpen hadn't finished warming up yet, perhaps a substitution would have been made on the mound right now.

But according to coach Kataoka's character, it is impossible to change the pitcher now.

He must let the pitcher finish the inning before he can change pitchers.

"Can his feet really support it?"

Looking at Akira Fōgaya's left foot, Coach Kataoka muttered to himself.

As a right-handed pitcher, Akira Fōtani's left foot definitely has to bear the greatest pressure.

It is because of this that Director Kataoka has been very worried.

The autumn competition has reached its final stage.

At the critical moment, if Seidou High School only relied on Sawamura and Kawakami, it might not be so easy to enter Koshien.

"Don't get hurt."

"Sixth batter, catcher, Nagata-san."

Nagata is the catcher of Wanggu High School. When he stood in the batter's box, he looked a little uncomfortable.

Even though there was no one out, runners on first and second base, and someone standing in the scoring circle, it was a very tense attack for Nagata.

Not for any reason, just because of what Baizhou said in the previous game.

"You didn't touch me, did you?"

These words have been engraved in his heart ever since Baizhou said them.

He was very panicked.

These monsters of Qingdao High School can even see the small details of them, which is really scary.

He got that number of outs by using a little trick.

It would have been fine if Baizhou hadn't noticed, but after Baizhou said that to him, his heart had been in turmoil.

His behavior became increasingly strange.

Even Director Araki noticed that something was wrong.

"Isn't this his most accustomed striking posture?"

Coach Araki took off his hat and looked at the clumsy Nagata in the batter's box and said with some concern.

The striking posture is the lifeblood of the striker.

Without a fixed batting posture, it will be very difficult for the batter to become famous.

For details, please refer to Sawamura.

Because he didn't have a fixed posture, he could never get a good ranking in Qingdao High School.

But Nagata is not that kind of person.

As the sixth batter of Wanggu High School, he would never make such a low-level mistake.

As for why it is like this, it must be because I have something on my mind.

No one knows about this yet.

In the entire field, only he and Baizhou knew the truth.

"boom!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Such a poor batting posture made Nagata's swing not so smooth.

The moment the baseball hit the glove, Nagata swung the bat.

White steam came out of his glove, Yuki smiled slightly and threw the ball back.

"Is this guy Nagata okay?"

Haruhi also began to worry.

Compared with before, Akira Fōgani's ball was already slow.

Although it was still around 150km, it was already within their reach.

Others dare not say, but at least they have no problem fighting from one to six sticks.

The next three batters, except for the ninth batter Wakabayashi Go, should have had a chance to hit the ball.

Why did Nagata's first pitch miss?
This is not the most eye-catching part.

Nagata's swing this time was far inferior to his previous ones in terms of both speed and smoothness.

It was as if he had suddenly forgotten to swing. This was not like him.

As the main catcher of Wanggu High School, he should have a good brain and it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake.

There must be something strange here.

But Haruhi didn't take it too seriously.

The current situation is still relatively favorable for them.

No one is out and the runners are on first and second base.

In this situation, if Nagata could perform stably, he would score a point.

Kasuga himself is now in the scoring circle, so he has nothing to worry about.

He has great confidence in his teammates.

Although there were many cases where players entered the scoring circle but failed to make it back to home base, Kasuga was confident.

There is no reason, just because they are Wanggu High School!
Wanggu High School, the glory of the metropolitan school!

The best of the metropolitan schools, a metropolitan school aiming for Koshien!
Kasuga's idea is the same as Wakabayashi Gou's, they both want to defeat the private high school.

Why can these private high schools make it to Koshien every year, but they can't?

We are both in our prime, who can easily agree to admit defeat?

At least they, Wanggu High School, would definitely not agree!

"boom!"

Fōgiya Akira's second goal came again.

Although his striking posture has been deformed, fortunately his basic skills are still there.

The baseball was in a position where it could probably be caught, and the moment the bat was swung, it also touched the baseball.

"Qiang!"

But it was just a glimpse.

Not like Haruhi and Yamazato.

Kasuga and Yamazato hit the baseball directly and hard.

There is a world of difference between this swing and Nagata's this time.

Although the baseball was passed, the location was not good.

Zhou Hui only needed to see the trajectory of the baseball at a glance, and stood in the path of the baseball to stop it.

Zhou Hui stood there and bent down slightly, and the baseball stayed obediently in Zhou Hui's glove without moving.

Zhou Hui glanced at Nagata who was running towards him, made a decision, and passed the ball to second base first.

"Snapped!"

"Good post, hee-ha!"

Kuramochi laughed strangely and passed the ball back to first base again.

This time, Zhou Hui put one foot on the first base and caught the baseball with his glove with his other hand.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

"Out!"

Double kill!

In the current situation, except for Haruhi, no one else from Wanggu High School is on the bases.

Nagata and Yamazato were eliminated by the wonderful cooperation between Zhou Hui and Kuramochi.

Two outs, runner on third base!
The scoring opportunities that were so close have now all disappeared.

In this situation, it is already very difficult to score.

There is no room for error.

They can only tie the score if the next batter can hit a hit.

But looking at Xiao Fōgō's current condition, although it cannot be said to be impossible, there is really little hope.

Facing the declining Akihiro Kouya, there is no chance.

"Snapped!"

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

With the last dull sound, the seventh batter was also struck out by Akihiro Fōgaya!

At this point, Qingdao High School still maintains a one-point lead in this round!

They still hold the initiative in this game!
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(End of this chapter)