Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 40 Joke
"Snapped!"

Chris pressed forward and caught Sawamura's straight ball.

The game started with attacking towards the inside corner.

The inside corner ball has always been Sawamura's secret weapon, or rather, his conventional weapon.

Because now Sawamura has very few balls that he can use except the inside corner ball.

After being taught by Chris, Sawamura's inside corner ball began to improve and became what it is today.

I dare not say it is the pinnacle, but compared with before, it is definitely a big improvement.

Today's Sawamura is no longer the player who used to throw "wild pitches".

That Sawamura is already "dead"!
"Bad ball!"

It’s a pity that Sawamura’s ball control is still not that stable.

Although there has been progress, the foundation is still too poor!

Sawamura's ball control has always been his weakness.

From the time he entered school until now, Sawamura has made obvious progress.

But his ball control shows no sign of improvement.

All catchers who have worked with Sawamura have discovered this problem.

Sawamura's ball control is not as unstable as that of Furuya Akira, but it is also floating around.

This is a headache for the catcher.

Even if it's a straight ball, it gives you the feeling of throwing a breaking ball.

This is something Sawamura cannot control.

Although it can catch the batter off guard, isn't there any point in throwing the ball if the pitcher doesn't know where it's going?
Unless it's a butterfly ball.

"Your ball is still too high, lower it, lower it."

"call."

Sawamura adjusted himself and continued pitching.

"Whoosh!"

Same posture, same speed.

The ball point is still difficult for hitters to grasp.

This kind of pitcher is the most annoying.

It's not for any reason, it's just that I've never seen it before, which makes me feel very difficult.

“This ball control!”

Chris' eyes narrowed, he complained and immediately stood up.

If he didn't stand up, the ball would have flown over the guardrail.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball."

Obviously deadly.

"Press it down, press it down. Think about how you shot it in training. You're not in shape at all now."

Chris was relentless.

Sawamura received the ball with empty eyes.

He's obviously tried very hard, but why is his ball control still so poor?

"Sawamura, you need to warm up quickly! Otherwise you won't be able to advance to the first team."

Sawamura muttered to himself.

He really wanted to go to the First Army.

He also wants to play for Seidou High School, and then represent Seidou High School in Koshien and become the ace pitcher of Koshien!

This is what he wanted!
On the next pitch, Chris still placed his glove on the inside corner.

Just pass the ball to Sawamura and let him shoot towards the inside corner all the time. He can't do anything else.

"Whoosh!"

Sawamura swung his arms.

Chris squatted there, staring at the flying baseball.

He has seen Sawamura's progress, but when it comes to the game, his biggest problem will be magnified infinitely.

It seems that we will have to start giving Sawamura some targeted training in this aspect in the future.

This is what Chris should do as a master.

Ever since accepting Sawamura as his apprentice, Chris has been doing his job conscientiously.

Sawamura is like his own brother, and Chris has always taken good care of him.

When it comes to teaching Sawamura skills, Chris was generous and passed on everything he knew to Sawamura.

It’s just that Sawamura often can’t “digest” it.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball."

The referee called three balls in a row. All three balls were outrageous, the kind that you could tell at a glance.

"Another bad shot."

The hitters in the strike zone began to pray.

It is such a happy thing to be able to reach first base without any effort.

Now the pressure is on Sawamura.

The opponent still has many opportunities to try and make mistakes.

The batter can even choose not to swing and wait for Sawamura to throw a bad ball to send him to base.

Even if Sawamura pitches a good ball in the next pitch, he still has two chances to try and fail.

Everyone has the mentality of relying on luck.

Now it's not just about hard power, psychological warfare has also been brought into the picture.

It all depends on who has better psychological endurance.

But if we compare this, Sawamura is undoubtedly the one who has no advantage.

"Whoosh!"

The last pitch was thrown.

After pitching the ball, Sawamura just stood on the pitcher's mound in a daze, not daring to make any other movements or watch baseball.

He was afraid that something bad would happen!
"Snapped!"

"Ball! Four balls, walk!"

What you fear will come true. The thing that Sawamura feared most finally happened.

This ball still missed the strike zone.

"How lucky."

The batter dropped the bat and ran to first base.

Sawamura threw his first four balls of the game.

Chris shook his head, he still wasn't feeling quite right.

After sending the batter to base, there are a lot of things to consider next.

Chris was thinking about something but didn't call a timeout.

Let’s first take a look at Sawamura’s luck.

Let him adjust himself. If he really can't do it, it's not too late for him to call for a timeout.

"This pitcher looks like he's easy to bully."

The next batter from the Heishan Stadium came up and said something.

Sawamura just threw a ball, so he must be in bad shape. What he needs to do now is to take advantage of the situation.

Try to get more points from him.

Maybe we can turn defeat into victory.

Compared to other pitchers, this guy is indeed easy to bully.

"Don't be impatient, hold him back first."

Chris gave a secret signal, indicating Sawamura to restrain the opponent.

First, let your opponent know that you are not necessarily safe even if you get to base!
Make him feel a sense of crisis at all times!

Sawamura nodded, then looked at home plate as if nothing had happened.

This is to give the opponent an illusion and then catch them by surprise.

Sawamura was making moves and the runner was watching his every move.

"The leg has stepped inwards."

The runner noticed Sawamura's action, which proved that he was now absolutely safe.

But suddenly, Sawamura did something that no one expected.

I saw his whole body facing first base and throwing the ball over.

A pinning ball at first base!
The runner on first base did not make any moves at this time, but stayed where he was.

"Ahahahahaha! How is it? This is the containment technique that Master Chris taught me! You didn't expect that, did you? Hahahahahaha!"

Just when Sawamura was showing off, the referee of Seidou High School couldn't stand it anymore.

"Pin-up foul, runner advances to second base!"

"what?!"

First baseman Zhou Hui, who caught the ball, shook his head helplessly and began to explain.

"You just stepped your leg inside, it would be strange if it wasn't a foul!"

"Hahahahahaha, this kid is really interesting."

"Doesn't he even understand the rules?"

"There's a chance, there's a chance."

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(End of this chapter)