Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 94 Xiao Huihui is awesome
Throughout the fifth inning, neither Yakushi High School nor Seidou High School scored any points.

The score is still 9:3, and Qingdao High School still has no possibility of ending the game early.

It was obvious that Sanada's strength was beginning to drain away.

It just hasn't reached its limit yet.

If Sanada's physical strength is really exhausted, then Yakushi High School can surrender.

Iwai poses no threat to Seidou High School at all.

Not to mention the first-team players, even if you go to the audience stands of Seidou High School and randomly pick a few second-team hitters, they can hit Iwai's ball.

He seems to be the ace pitcher of Yaoshi High School, but that is not the case.

It's just that he has some experience, and the rest is similar to that of an ordinary pitcher.

"Fourth Valley, you can go off the field and rest now."

After five innings, Coach Kataoka gave the order decisively.

Even though he knew that Kouya Akira still had plenty of physical strength, he still made up his mind to replace Kouya Akira.

"Supervisor, I can still continue pitching."

As he said this, Akihiro Kouya twisted his long arms.

"no need."

With the experience of Tamba's continuous injuries, Coach Kataoka finally realized how unsuccessful his previous coaching methods were.

Previously, the pitching group of Seidou High School has always been weak, and there were no pitchers who were up to par.

This led to Coach Kataoka implementing the concept of the ace pitcher to the end, letting Tamba pitch to the end and refusing to let him come off to rest.

The final result was that Danbo suffered two serious injuries.

This is something that Director Kataoka has always regretted.

This year's Seidou High School has a rich group of pitchers, and coach Kataoka did not forget to take the lead, and used the tactics of relay pitching in two consecutive games.

"Go get in touch."

Supervisor Kataoka made a gesture to Minister Ota.

Minister Ota did not waste time this time and immediately called the bullpen.

After the match with Mingchuan Academy, Minister Ota already had a good impression of Sawamura.

"Seidou High School's substitution notice: Pitcher Furuya-san will go down for a rest, and Sawamura-san will take the mound."

The bullpen door opened and Sawamura ran to the pitcher's mound.

“Is that guy the one whose passing position is hard to predict?”

Hong Leizang looked at Sawamura's iconic facial features and had some impression of them, but not much.

Their observations of the first-year students of Qingdao High School were limited to Zhou Hui and Fōtani Xiao.

I don't have much impression of Sawamura.

"We've teamed up again."

Miyuki said to Sawamura with a smile.

"What? If Master Chris wasn't injured, you wouldn't be able to play ball with me at all."

Sawamura looked a little proud.

This was Miyuki's first appearance in the Summer Tournament, but he had no idea how many times he had appeared on the board.

In a sense, Miyuki is not as good as him.

"Okay, okay, whatever you say, just don't delay me from playing for you."

"Don't hold me back."

"Top of the sixth inning, Yakushi High School is on offense, the second batter is shortstop, and it's Anze-san."

"A Xiu, observe his ball path first after you get on the court. Many of his sweet balls are intentional flaws, so don't play them."

The road is hidden in thunder.

It seems that there is no supervision of upright behavior, but the mind is so delicate.

It’s different for those who have played professional baseball.

"Compared to Furuya, his talent is not low."

"Since this is my first goal after returning, let's start with the inside corner kick that we are most accustomed to."

The first pitch: a high straight ball on the inside corner, close to the strike zone. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bad ball, just trick him into swinging.

"it is good."

Sawamura nodded slightly and threw the ball.

"Whoosh!"

The ambiguous release point and the unusual pitching posture.

Although the posture is not very standard, it has some characteristics.

"Bad ball."

After hearing the referee's decision, Sawamura's enthusiasm cooled.

"It's okay, the ball is still going well, just keep going."

Miyuki glanced at An Ze Xiu who was standing straight.

I still underestimated him.

Faced with the temptation of a bad ball, he was not at all cautious.

This is the result of systematic training.

When he was in junior high school, An Zexiu underwent systematic training.

The first thing that systematic training teaches hitters is ball selection.

Don't swing the bat blindly and don't give your opponent a lot of good balls.

This is systematic training.

If Anze Xiu had practiced with Hong Lei Zang in junior high school, his swing frequency would definitely be twice as high as it is now.

"Keep going to the inside corner. He has the desire to swing the bat. As long as we hit it, we'll win."

Seeing that the next ball was still an inside corner kick, Sawamura was a little unhappy.

Is it too simplistic? Will it really work for him?
It's always been the same kind of ball, and he's not that monster that Akatsuki Fōgiya is.

Even senior Danbo's pitch paths were varied and he never shot two balls in a row from the same position.

"Whoosh!"

"His broad shoulders may be an advantage for him. If this ball is really a good one, Ah Xiu should choose to swing!"

Hong Leizang made some comments on Sawamura's pitching posture.

From the perspective of a professional player, there is a high probability that Sawamura will enter professional baseball.

Such a weird pitching posture is definitely unique in the professional arena.

This is exactly the kind of person that professional baseball lacks.

There are too many talented pitchers, but none of them have their own unique characteristics.

There are countless pitchers with fast pitching speed, but pitchers with their own characteristics are one in a million.

"Qiang!"

Just as Hong Leizang guessed, after seeing the good ball, An Zexiu chose to swing.

The bat hit the baseball.

"Why is it so weird?"

The moment he was hit, An Zexiu instantly felt his fate.

It is very likely that you will be eliminated!

This ball gave him a very strange feeling, as if it was bouncing, and it was very uncomfortable to hit it.

The baseball was still picked up and thrown into the outfield. After throwing down the bat, An Zexiu ran hard.

"Xiao Huihui!"

Seeing the baseball fly to the left outfield, Sawamura also shouted to Zhou Hui.

It had been a long time since Zhou Hui had done such a difficult job, so he was somewhat excited.

The baseball flies in front of left field and behind the third baseman.

Another "defensive blind spot"!
Given Toru Masuko's speed, it would be very difficult for him to run over there.

His speed was too slow, and the only one he could rely on was Zhou Hui.

The super outfielder of Seidou High School!

"It doesn't matter, just leave it to me."

After confirming where the baseball would land, Zhou Hui threw himself forward with his chest down, regardless of his image.

"Snapped!"

The baseball fell into the glove and Zhou Hui's hat also fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Pharmacist High School did not get any more hits, so they are safe now.

"Out!"

The third base umpire confirmed the outs and announced loudly.

"Great! Xiao Huihui is awesome!"

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(End of this chapter)