Chapter 37: Unfathomable

In the quarter-finals of Nagano County, the wealthy Nagano Metropolitan Middle School played. Akagi Middle School, which participated in the competition for the first time, ended the game in seven rounds, and the two sides tied at 2:2. A playoff has to be held.

At the beginning of the playoff, everyone except Akagi thought that Nagano Metropolitan Middle School, which was fighting back wildly, would tear Akagi Middle School to shreds.

But the real situation is completely different.

In the first half of the eighth game, Nagano Metropolitan Middle School attacked.

It was their turn to hit the eighth, and as soon as the eighth batter came on the field, they put on a bunt.

Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School, which is serious about competing, has decided to carry out the bunt offensive. Now, the face has long been lost, and no matter what, I can't lose any more.

If you want to win, you must aim at the opponent's weakness without any hesitation.

The weakness of Akagi Middle School was that apart from Sawamura, Fengxiang and Oda, there were no decent players at all.

Bunting alone can make them full of loopholes.

A point, as long as they get a point first, the victory is still theirs.

"Press it up! Press it up!!!"

In the face of Nagano's counterattack, Sawamura naturally had already responded. He let Oda and Yamaguchi press forward from first base. From their original garrison position, they advanced seven or eight meters forward.

At the same time, the outfielders moved forward, almost guarding the infield, ready to go to the base to fill in.

When the Nagano Metropolitan friends saw it, they immediately understood the intention of Akagi Middle School.

"This is forcing us to fight them hard!"

Marianne sneered.

The first and third basemen are already equivalent to defending against the batter. If the batter looks around, he can almost see the nose hairs in the nose of the Akagi infielder. In this case, it is difficult for the batter to relax and bunt. Regardless of whether it is successful or not, it feels like a bunt is sending the opponent out of the game.

"Since you want to meet hard, then we will fulfill you."

The Nagano Metropolitan High School, who wanted to open it, changed its strategy and confronted Sawamura head-to-head.

Sawamura successfully won two outs from Nagano Metropolitan High School's eight and nine sticks.

After two outs, Ogawa relied on hitting the base, but fortunately, Sawamura suppressed Nagano Toritsu's second bat.

In this way, the eighth game was held without any risk.

In the second half of the eighth inning, Mari pitched.

In the face of his pitching, Akagi's lower batters didn't swing at all.

Anyway, if you can't hit, it's better not to swing the bat and bet four bad.

Not to mention, Marian, who has been unstable in control of the ball in the first place, has also suffered from physical problems in throwing. He threw two fours in a row, letting Yamazaki and Cang Yue go to base one after another.

"What are you doing?"

Tsuchihara called for a pause, and looked at Mari without blinking.

"Cut~"

Marian was a little unhappy, but he didn't know where the problem was.

How could he keep losing possession of the ball?

"Slow down the tempo. Against other batters except Fengxiang and Sawamura, you can deal with them even if you don't throw the ball with all your might."

Tuyuan urn suggested in a loud voice.

Mari's ball-handling is not really that he can't even hit the strike zone. It's just that, if you throw the ball with all your strength, the speed of the ball will be faster. If he tends to control the ball, his ball speed can only be maintained at about 130 kilometers.

Throwing the ball with full force and controlling the ball with precision cannot be said to be completely contradictory, but there is indeed an opposition. Pitchers have to constantly find balance to get their straight shots fast and accurate.

But note, any pitcher with good ball control, his average ball speed is definitely not his fastest ball speed.

Marian is a pitcher who tends to fastball, so his control of the ball is relatively average.

Now Tsuchihara's suggestion is to let him give up the fastball and concentrate on ball control. If the opponent is Akagi's lower line, even if the ball speed is 130 kilometers,

It's more than enough to clean them up.

After the adjustment, the effect really showed. After Yamazaki and Cangyue got to base, Mari struck out Akagi's eighth, ninth and first Yamaguchi with nine consecutive strikes.

They held the eighth inning very strongly.

In the first half of the ninth game, it was the core of Nagano Metropolitan Middle School to play the line.

Their starting batter is their third, and it's a skilled, quick batter against this bunt. Sawamura once again signaled his friends to step forward to guard, completely blocking the route of the batter's bunt.

Nagano Metropolis had no choice but to confront Sawamura head-on. After two goals, he hit Uchino Goofy and was picked up by Nakagawa Shinobu.

Once out, no one hits base.

The next hitter was the fourth club of Nagano Metropolitan High School, a super strong hitter Saburo Tsuchihara who was famous throughout Nagano Prefecture.

"bring it on!"

Tsuchihara, who looked like a vengeful king, stood on the strike zone, waiting for his eyes to look at Sawamura.

Sawamura threw two balls, both of which were hit very far, and the little friends didn't have time to react.

"One hundred and twenty-five kilometers of straight balls are enough to deal with other people, and it is not enough to deal with Tuyuan."

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's eyes suddenly turned cold. Although he had been beaten all the time, he finally scored two strikes. Next, it will be up to him to decide whether he can solve Tsuchihara.

Sawamura raised his right foot high and slashed the pitcher mound like a battle axe, while his body spun like a windmill by the force of the split.

"Whoosh!"

Fast, fast! Faster than all previous balls.

Even without speed measurement, Tuihara knew that Sawamura's ball was over 130 kilometers.

In just one game, Sawamura's ball speed has soared by a full five kilometers, a step higher.

Incredible?

It's a pity that if the speed of the ball is this, he can't help it.

Tuihara's eyes became fierce, biting Sawamura's ball, he directly swung the bat.

With a ball speed of 130, it's hard to resist Tuhara, the top hitter in Nagano.

Aim at one to two centimeters above the straight ball and swing!

"Buzz!"

Hearing the low whistling sound of the bat, Feng Xiang couldn't help his heart tremble.

Got it!

Seeing that the bat was about to hit baseball, Tsuchihara was overjoyed. He feels that his swing has taken it to a higher level, and now he has the confidence to challenge the powerful enemy, Tianlong Temple.

Whoosh! hum! ! !

The bat and the small white ball passed by, as if they were about to touch, but they didn't touch at all.

how is this possible?

Tuhara looked at the white ball that passed through the bat in disbelief, and got into Fengxiang's open glove.

"Snapped!"

"Strike, strike out!"

Nagano's top three super hits, Saburo Tsuchhara, were struck out.

Immediately after that, the fifth pitcher, Marion, was struck out.

In the first half of the ninth inning, Sawamura faced Nagano Metropolitan Middle School's core fourth and fifth, and scored consecutive strikeouts.

His performance left the audience dazzled.

In the cowshed of Nagano Metropolitan High School.

Feng Xiang Long Yi closed his eyes in pain.

His previous feeling was right, and Sawamura really kept the last trump card.

By raising his legs high, he increased the number of spins on his straight ball, allowing the straight ball to rise more than two balls. Only in this way can the ball completely bypass Doihara's swing.

Want to go deeper, Sawamura's straight ball, there are ordinary throwing method, ordinary throwing method to stress the wrist, ordinary throwing method with high leg lift, high lift throwing method to stress the wrist.

All four!

In the eyes of Feng Xiang Long Yi, a dark horse team that looked ordinary at first suddenly became unfathomable.

If he knew what Sawamura was thinking at this time, he might be so angry that he vomited blood.

"It's really hard to use only straight balls!"

If you only use straight balls, you're nowhere to be seen, what else do you want?