Chapter 20: Let the Ball Fly

The pace is so fast!

With Shi Lun's four sticks, cold sweat oozes unconsciously on his forehead.

Before, Sawamura threw the ball very carefully, and every ball was thrown very carefully. This not only avoids his own mistakes in ball control, but also allows Shi Lun's batters to have more time to adapt to his ball speed and calmly judge the timing of his swing.

Now that he has suddenly changed the rhythm of pitching, the rhythm that Shi Lun batter had originally chosen would not work.

It wasn't just his rhythm that Sawamura got faster, he also slashed his pitch by 0.1 seconds.

This 0.1 second seems to be nothing on the surface, but Sawamura is very aware of the power of this 0.1 second.

With this little time difference, as long as the batter is not the type of batter who waits until the ball is fully in his hand before swinging, it will be difficult for him to actually aim his pitch.

For the second ball, the batter from Shi Lun Middle School swung the bat. In the face of Sawamura's adjusted pitching, Shilun Middle School's four-stick swing was a little late. Although he hit the ball, the ball that flew out did not fly into the field.

"The outside world!"

One strike, one out-of-bounds, Sawamura leads with two strikes.

This scene made Ishikawa, the coach of Shilun Middle School, stunned.

Ishikawa is very aware of the strength of his own four sticks. He has already seized the opportunity to swing the bat before, why is it so late to swing the bat just now?

From a batter's standpoint, Sawamura's pitch seemed to be even faster than before.

"Is it too soon?"

Shi Lun Middle School's four-ball heart sank. He knew very well that a pitcher like Sawamura who pitched better and better was too difficult to deal with!

Now that no one is out, the runner is at second base, which is the best scoring opportunity for Shi Lun Middle School so far in the game.

If you miss...

For the first time, the little friends of Shi Lun Middle School had an ominous premonition in their hearts. Even if Sawamura hit a two-run homer and Shilun Middle School was two points behind, they never thought they would lose.

They think it's just two points, and they can easily get it back.

It was not until they actually fought against Sawamura that they knew how naive they were before. It's so hard to get a point from Sawamura!

Gotta hit the ball, gotta hit the ball!

This kind of obsession forced Shi Lun's four-stick hitter to subconsciously shorten the bat in his hand.

Holding the bat short makes it easier to aim and hit the baseball more easily than holding a long bat for a full swing. Correspondingly, there is no way to fully utilize the power of the batter with such a grip to make a beautiful long hit.

"Hooked!"

On the pitcher mound, a smile appeared on the corner of Sawamura's mouth.

Next, it's time to show the iron-clad defense of Akagi Middle School.

"Whoosh!"

After leading by two strikes, Sawamura threw his third.

The ball is high in the middle, straight ball!

In the hitting area, the four sticks of Shi Lun Middle School can see the ball path very clearly. In his opinion, Sawamura's pitch is a bit sweet, and it is a very easy ball to shoot!

In his impression, Sawamura's ball control is still good. This is the first time such a sweet ball path has appeared.

Missed the ball!

The beater was overjoyed, and Sawamura simply committed suicide. This kind of ball, he can hit 100%.

When he thought of it, he did it, and he swung it out.

"Ping!"

The bat slammed hard on the small white ball, and the four bats of Shi Lun Middle School felt a huge anti-vibration force from the bat he was holding.

The ball is so heavy!

However, it's not completely out of the question. The batter used all his strength to suckle, suppressing the anti-vibration force on the bat in one go, and swept the ball out.

Although the ball does not fly far, it is extremely fast.

Got it!

The four-batter at Shilun Middle School was overjoyed, then threw away the bat and ran desperately to first base.

"Snapped!"

baseball falls,

It bounced around three meters from Sawamura's side and flew backward.

On the pitcher mound, Sawamura rushed up with a stride, and then covered his glove over the rebounding baseball.

"Snapped!"

The baseball went straight into the glove in Sawamura's hand, and while Sawamura turned sideways, he took the baseball out of the glove and sent it to first base.

"Out!"

This garrison action, Sawamura did cleanly and neatly, without any hesitation.

Until the ball was passed to the first baseman Oda Benson, Shi Lun's four-batter had just started to run, and he didn't even run five meters.

Once out, there is someone at second base.

When the ball went out, the runner on second base wanted to run, but when he saw Sawamura's action, he immediately shrank back in fright.

It was too dangerous, almost got double killed.

Akagi, who had been guarding nothing before, seemed to have suddenly changed.

Sawamura calmly returned to the mound and stretched out a finger.

"One out!"

"Once out!"

"Two outs left."

"Let them fight!!"

The little friends understood and immediately began to cheer for Sawamura.

In Sawamura's words, the game is to beat and frighten, and the side with the loudest voice will definitely have the advantage.

Sure enough, four outs, plus Akagi looked high fighting spirit.

The little friends of Shi Lun Middle School felt a heavy pressure at once.

Their fifth stick, calculated by Sawamura, struck out.

Two outs, runners at second base.

Next came the sixth, and the sixth batter hit a fly ball in the direction of first base.

Oda is not Yamaguchi, and taking Gaofei is easy for him.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

Three outs, offense and defense exchange.

In the second half of the fourth inning, Shi Lun Middle School did not seize the great opportunity that no one was out, and there was someone on the second base. The score remained at 2:0, and Akagi temporarily took the lead.

At the end of the fourth game, Shi Lun's players and family and friends suddenly realized a fact.

In this game, maybe they will capsize in the gutter.

Looking back now, when Sawamura hit a two-run homer, Akagi's friends were so happy and crazy. They originally thought that the other party was a hillbilly, which was rare and strange.

Unexpectedly, they were the ones who really did not know.

When they scored those two points, Akagi's friends already realized that they could win.

They trust their pitcher, that he can overwhelm their opponents and help them win...

In the first half of the fifth game, Shi Lun's ace Tanaka gave Akagi three ups and threes.

In the second half of the fifth inning, Sawamura also successfully scored three outs.

Unlike the previous strikeouts, this time Sawamura completely waited for the ball to go out and used the defense to win the out.

A fly culling from first base, a direct catch from the mound. Another one is home run high...

Akagi, who was full of loopholes before, suddenly strengthened his defenses.

Although it can't be called a real iron wall, it is no weaker than Shi Lun.

At the end of the five innings, the score was still 2-0.

In the first half of the six innings, Akagi made three ups and downs again, and it was their turn to finish the second. In the second half of the sixth inning, Lun Middle School attacked, and it was their turn to play the line again. Speaking of which, this should be Shi Lun Middle School's last chance to attack. Expecting to use the middle and lower positions to make a comeback in the seventh game is tantamount to fooling around.

No matter how much they didn't want to accept it, they had to admit Sawamura's strength.