Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 78 Continuous Firing
"Tamba is obviously not in good shape. His inside corner ball can't be so soft and hit out as soon as he hits it. He was like this before he got injured. But I have never seen his straight ball so non-threatening. If it continues like this, we will lose points sooner or later."

Minister Ota kept pacing in the lounge, like an ant on overheated heat, unable to calm down.

"What can we do? There are rules in the game. The starting pitcher cannot be substituted in the first inning. He can only be sent to the outfield. The three players in the outfield, Zhou Hui, Isajiki, and Shirasu, are all important parts of our tactics. Even if Tanba is not in good shape now, he has to stay on the field."

Tamba's condition can be seen from just one goal. This is not only known by Minister Ota, but also by Miyuki.

And he knew the rules of the game, so Minister Ohta's impotent rage was absolutely useless now.

Minister Ota was speechless for a moment and swallowed the words that had just reached his lips.

"Second batter, shortstop, Anze-san."

"Are you asking for a change?"

Miyuki was the first to notice the changes in Yakushi High School's batting style.

If Hong Lei Shi was promoted to the first batter, then according to the next batting order, the second batter should be their right fielder Hirahata Ryo.

An Zexiu, the main shortstop of Yakushi High School, has also served as the team's first batter in previous games.

He definitely has the ability to play at the top of the lineup.

"Hahahaha, hahahaha, I want to steal a base, I want to steal a base."

Hong Leishi muttered to himself as he moved towards third base.

This completely confused Kuramochi who was near second base.

"You think I can't hear you?"

Kuramochi asked hesitantly about Honglei City.

Hong Leishi stopped moving, looked at Kuramochi, and returned to second base in shame.

"Idiot!"

Hong Leizang looked at his silly son, covered his face and felt ashamed.

He has a lot of talent but no brains.

This is actually a bit like himself.

Hong Leizang is also such a player, otherwise he would not have chosen to become a coach of a high school team for a living shortly after retiring.

All I can say is, like father, like son.

"Forget the inside corner ball for now, let's try a curve ball."

Chris gave the signal, adjusted his position, and opened his gloves.

Danbo raised his glove to his face, looked back at Hong Leichi at second base, and after confirming that he was behaving well, the shape of his hand holding the ball also changed.

In fact, what he did was very dangerous.

That is to say, behind him is Honglei City. If it was any other runner, he would have been finished long ago.

Hong Lei Shi couldn't understand the pitcher's pitching hand shape at all, nor could he tell what kind of changing ball it was, and naturally he couldn't give any signals to the batter in the batter's box.

This is why Danbo dared to be so blatant.

"Whoosh!"

The white ball flew out along the track and drew a perfect arc in the sky.

“This shot has a nice arc.”

Yukichi smiled widely.

This curve ball is definitely Danbo's highest level.

"Snapped!"

Chris caught the baseball with his glove, and the sound echoed throughout the field. Unfortunately, Anze failed to predict the change of the baseball and his swing missed.

"nice shot!"

A good ball instantly boosted Danbo's confidence.

Even though there are people on the base now, he doesn't care.

Just don't worry about the guy on the base and don't worry about anything else.

"good."

On the next ball, Chris hit the signal for an inside corner shot.

After letting Danbo get familiar with the type of ball he was most familiar with, he began to attack again with the inside corner kick as the main theme.

A pitcher's physical strength is limited after all, and no pitcher can guarantee that he will throw a changing ball throughout a game.

Straight ball is their main theme.

This changeup was just a transition ball used by Chris to help Danbo find his touch.

"Swoosh!" After Danbo got his first good ball, he became more and more confident in his shots.

The moment he hit the straight ball, he seemed very confident, as if he was just one ball away from winning the championship.

Small white balls gushed out, and An Zexiu raised the bat and determined the direction where the baseball was flying.

"Qiang!"

Even if Danbo finds confidence, not everything can be made up for by confidence.

This ball was still knocked out.

The baseball was hit toward left field.

Third baseman Masuko Toru was obese and moved slowly, so he had no way of making a timely save, and the baseball rolled through his glove into left field.

Left outfield is exactly Zhou Hui’s area!
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Hong Leishi became more and more excited as he ran, and even had the urge to run straight back to home base.

But the caddy in charge of third base at Pharmacist High School still stopped him.

"Stop it!"

He knew that Zhou Hui in the left outfield would never let Hong Lei Shi run back easily.

Hong Lei Shi didn't get excited and stopped at third base. After picking up the baseball, Zhou Hui was helpless and could only pass the ball back slowly.

"Tsk, you're playing really conservatively. Wouldn't it be better if you just ran back?"

Hong Lei Zang felt dissatisfied.

He would be very happy even if he scored one round earlier.

But unexpectedly, the caddy on third base directly stopped Hong Leishi.

In fact, the caddy at third base did a pretty good job.

It would be fine if the left fielder was someone else, but he is Zhou Hui after all.

Zhou Hui's arm strength is still amazing, and it is not difficult for him to throw the ball back to home base from left outfield.

If Thunder City didn't stop, there might be a real risk of being blocked at home plate.

"Third batter, catcher, Akiha-san."

The third batter of Pharmacist High School became their third batter Akiba.

After Qiu Ye entered the batter's box, he glanced at Hong Lei Shi on third base.

He was very confident that he could get the ball back to home base for Thunder City.

He dared to guarantee this!
Qiu Ye is different from Hong Lei Zang's other disciples. He is a more stable one.

At least compared to Honglei City and Mishima, he is still the more normal one.

He is usually the quiet type.

"Whoosh!"

Danbo didn't make too many adjustments, just a corner kick went in.

But outside corner kicks are not the type of kick that Danbo is good at.

"shit."

Before the baseball even flew over, Chris noticed something was wrong.

There was movement coming from the third base direction, and Qiuye also raised his short bat.

Obviously, this is a forced score.

Even Chris didn't have a good way to deal with forced scoring.

"Ping!"

The baseball was hit, and Thunder City was getting closer and closer to home plate.

It's obviously too late.

Danbo picked up the baseball and threw it to first base.

"Out!"

"Safe return!"

Two voices sounded at the same time!

Yakushi High School 1:0 Qingdao High School!

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(End of this chapter)