baseball boy

The next day, the bullpen was extremely lively. There were 3 pitchers and 3 catchers in a row, and the sound of catching balls kept ringing out. The scene was really spectacular.Sawamura asked Kariba to catch the ball, and today's topic was the changeup that he had just learned as usual.Because Ryoma's horizontal sliding ball is difficult to catch, even Ono is also troubled by it, so Miyuki personally catches it, and Kawakami's Ono catches the ball.

"The pitch is still too high. After you get used to it, you need to concentrate the pitch on the low side." Coach Ochiai came to the bullpen at some point and sat on the bench next to him, watching the pitchers pitch.

"Yes!" Sawamura, who was still full of momentum today, replied.

"Isn't your sinker shot pretty good? Why don't you shoot more, it's too wasteful." Ochiai said to Kawakami while pinching his mustache.

"Uh... Anyway, there are many reasons..." Senior Kawakami hesitated to speak, as if he couldn't speak.

"Your horizontal slider shot is good, so you can let the hitter miss the ball in the game." Ochiai stood up and walked to Ryoma's side, "The accuracy of ball control is not so good," observed it The pitcher's pitching posture said again, "Shoulders should be lowered a little more, and the steps forward should be stepped forward, so that the strength of the lower body can be well transmitted to the upper body."

"Snapped--"

Miyuki caught the ball steadily, and surprise appeared in his eyes, "According to the coach's guidance, the power of the ball has suddenly become much sharper, and the ball will not float like before."

Liang Zhen also stared at his fingertips in disbelief, "The feeling of the fingertips is much better than before, and the speed of the shot seems to be faster."

The corners of Coach Ochiai's eyes kept shining with golden light.

"Coach Ochiai, I don't know when he became the boss of the bullpen." Minister Ota glanced at Kataoka, "I have been giving guidance to the pitching line."

Kataoka didn't answer but just watched the bullpen quietly, no one knew what he was thinking about.

"Miyuki, can you come over and catch the ball that fell from the valley later?" Ochiai said suddenly, "Furuya wants to throw a change ball."

"What! Jiang Gu throws a change ball!"

Everyone in the cowshed had a sudden change of expression, the most exaggerated belonged to Sawamura, and Kataoka outside the cowshed also had a frown.

"The first is the vertical slider." Ochiai sat on the bench and said unhurriedly.

"What, what, vertical! So there is also horizontal!" Sawamura was sweating profusely, flustered.

"The only thing that can be done now is vertical, horizontal is not enough." When Ochiai spoke, he glanced at Ryoma who was beside him, "Horizontal is still too difficult for a freshman, but Sato voted well. Sure enough...the qualifications are very good." excellent."

The middle finger and index finger are buckled on the seam of the ball line, the wrist cannot be bent, but must be straightened, and the ball is thrown in the same posture as throwing an American football. The skill of vertical sliding ball lies in this.

The high-speed baseball that was thrown suddenly fell at the home plate, and got into Miyuki's glove vertically, making a sound of hitting.

"Furutani's straight ball is already fast and powerful. As long as the grip and wrist bending angle are in place, the pitch will naturally turn." Ochiai concluded, "Don't deliberately bend it."

"Is he very good at imparting skills or is he just teaching pitchers what they can do?" Miyuki glanced at Ochiai, "Not only Sawamura, Sato, but also coach Ochiai's suggestion this time..."

"Miyuki, you can practice with Furuya a bit more," Ochiai turned his head to look in Ryoma's direction, "Sato, can you come over for a while?"

"Huh? It's..."

"Except for the slide ball, how is your fast finger throw?" Ochiai looked at the boy who was a head taller than himself as if he was making some calculations.

"It can't be said that you can shoot well every time. The ball control is a problem." Liang Zhen said after thinking for a while.

"The fast finger ball is known as the number one magic ball in this generation, and it can make the hitter keep swinging in the air." Ochiai met Ryoma's eyes, "If you practice this well, you will not be far from the number one pitcher in Japan."

Liang Zhen's pupils shrank suddenly.

........

On October 10th, Wednesday, the supervisor decided to hold a red and white competition.The contest between the substitute players and the starting players began to kick off.Supervisor Kataoka offered to command the substitute players and asked Ochiai coach to guide the regular players.

However, Ryoma stood between the substitutes as a substitute pitcher.

"The starters are Sawamura and Sato. You will be the substitute pitcher for this game. You will start pitching in the sixth inning."

Supervising this arrangement was unexpected, and Liang Zhen didn't expect to be able to play as a pitcher in this game.

"If Sato is on our team, the chances of winning will be even greater," said Yamaguchi, who is guarding first base, excitedly, "I can't wait to play."

"I can only give it a go." Kijima said.

"Although it is a substitute player, it is not uncommon for a chance to play suddenly. Are you ready to fight?" Kataoka looked at the pair of eyes full of fighting spirit, "I will play according to the regular game. Password, win them for me!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

Team Tetsu, who hadn't been to the stadium for a long time, stood at the home plate as the head referee, and said to Miyuki, "Today's opponent is particularly difficult."

[For the weapon you hold in your hand, polish it well. This is what you should do at this stage. So far, you have come here step by step like this, haven't you? 】

The supervisor's words lingered in his mind, and the big eyes on the mound, carrying countless stars, were as dazzling as a thousand feet of light, "That's right, today's topic is to temper the changeup," looking at The white ball, "Not only that, the defense behind me, I also want to respond to them."

Kuramochi, who played first, was quickly blocked by first base. He returned to the rest area unwillingly with a look on his face. Senior Hakushu, who hit the second bat, hit a ground ball, and Haruichi, who hit the third bat, hit It went out, but the ball didn't fly very far. Liangzhen, who had been in the center field, steadily caught the white ball that fell straight down.

With such a simple three out, Eijun unexpectedly defended the first game, leaving the starting team without a score.But the most surprising thing is that Chunshi actually used a metal bat. Compared with the good elasticity of the wooden bat, the metal bat is easier to catch the center of the ball, and the ball can fly far without hitting the center.

"Indeed, a metal bat is more suitable for Koharu than a wooden bat." Liang Zhen explained to the curious Eijun, "But, Eijun, should you be more worried about yourself?"

"Eh? Me?"

"The natural enemy of your ball speed is the metal bat. If you can't throw it in a good position, it's easy to get hit," Liang Zhen said while looking at Rong Chun who was smiling stiffly, "Xia Tian and Yakushi's... "

"Hahahaha," an idiot's exaggerated laughter interrupted Ryoma's words, "I am no longer the man I used to be, the man who can accomplish great things, Sawamura Eijun! Hahaha"

"Oh one! Somebody take this idiot away."

"Nani!"

Next, Jiang Gu played as the starting pitcher, and the high-speed ball whistling past his ears quickly got into the catcher's glove, full of momentum.It's a pity that most of them are balls. For the substitute players who want to show themselves, they will not miss this opportunity. Furutani made two consecutive balls, although the second ball was due to Kijima-senpai's tenacity He has been entangled with Jiang Gu's pitching, which caused Jiang Gu, who was already unstable in ball control, to unknowingly shoot a four-bad.

"Kijima, you're good at spotting!"

"Sure enough, the opening was very weak!"

"Jiangu cares too much about his vertical slider, but unfortunately only the first shot was thrown, and the next one failed." The spectators outside the block couldn't help but say.

The third bat was first baseman Takeshi Yamaguchi, who was in the same position as Mae Sono-senpai. He walked up to the batting bench confidently and aimed for the first ball after the ball.

On the third ball after the two foul balls, Jiang Gu, who had already chased the hitter, saw a hint of disbelief in his eyes when he saw the signal from the masked man at the home plate, but he did not reject the man in his heart Yuzu Fubuya swung his arm again, and the white baseball, which was flying at high speed, suddenly bent sharply in an upright position when it was approaching the home plate, bypassed the bat and fell into Miyuki's glove.Yamaguchi Ken swung the bat in the air with a burst of reaction force, making him kneel on the ground fiercely, looking back at Miyuki who was catching the ball vertically, his eyes full of horror.

"Oh oh oh, the last ball was solved with a vertical slider!"

"Good job, Jiang Gu!"

"Good cast, down the valley!"

"One out, one out!"

But at this time, the A team ushered in a terrible hitter, the fourth batter Sato, who was in the batting waiting area, witnessed the whole process of Miyuki striking out Yamaguchi, "To be honest, it's like this in an official game like this. It's the first time for Gu to confront, but the man who needs to be on guard is this guy."

Miyuki, who was already tired of laughing crookedly at the home plate, made people angry for no reason, "This matchup is really exciting!" Miyuki glanced at the expressionless Ryoma in the strike zone, and typed a code word to Furutani, " Want to strike out that guy?"

After receiving the provocation, the flames of Jiang Gu's body seemed to be pouring out, and he nodded several times in a row.

The author has something to say:

continue tomorrow