The original intention of the diamond ace

In the second inning, it was the front garden of six bats.

The former garden-senpai successfully hit the ball and went to first base.

The next bat, Yuki, was struck out by three balls with a very heroic swing.

In the prep area, I tried to swing the bat. Yuuki swung the bat so hard that his hat was crooked. Then he walked back blankly after being struck out and couldn't help smiling.

As I was walking towards the home plate, I was thinking about the types of pitchers Sanya pitched. The only ones I’ve seen so far are four-seam, slider, and cross. Four seams and sliders are okay.But when did Japan start to popularize finger balls? It is not a common ball type in the United States. I have seen it several times recently.

"Oh oh oh~ I have to call at this time, sloth and!" Sawamura shouted in front of the bench area.

I staggered a bit, I didn't expect that I would be nicknamed so soon, and I was also a sloth, why is Senior Kuramochi nicknamed Cheetah so handsome, and I am a sloth.

"First ball!"

Straight ball, but obviously bad ball.

'Do you not swing at all? Is it judged that it is a bad ball, or is it simply trying to consume balls? '

"Second ball!"

'Let's throw a cross on the next ball and see what he does, but this ball has to be thrown in the strike zone. '

The pitcher nodded and frowned at me, 'This position is annoying. '

Fingering the ball will go into the strike zone. I have to swing the bat, otherwise I may be spotted by the opponent. I don't plan to hit the fingering ball.

It's a pity that I didn't estimate the drop of the fingering ball, and it was completely empty.

'He is probably not very good at changing the ball, no wonder he is placed in the eighth bat, so let him hit the next ball, maybe he can catch a double play. '

"Third goal!"

slider!Going into the strike zone this time!

"Pong!"

'what! '

I hit the ball right next to the right fielder and landed a few yards away from him, keeping an eye on the ball as I ran.Soon I ran past first base, turned a corner, and slowed down as I sprinted toward second base, realizing that although the ball hadn't been picked up, it was already very close to the center fielder.I stopped decisively and ran back to first base.

The center player picked up the ball, and when he saw me running back to first base, he couldn't help feeling regretful, "Isn't he a freshman, why is he so cautious, usually he just goes straight to second base." '

The former garden-senpai took advantage of this gap and rushed directly to the second base, and finally reached the third base with an exaggerated base-bashing action. He then put on a winning posture on the third base.I twitched the corner of my mouth, former garden-senpai...... You don't have to jump to the base......

The nine-stick senior Kanemaru hit an inside corner straight ball deep into the outfield and doubled!Former garden-senpai returned to home plate, the second point.

One out, second and third bases manned.It's the turn of the higher position to play the line.

"Yo Xi! I must call this time!"

Senior Warehouse hit a front hit to right field.

'No, the wire must be cut first. ’ commanded the catcher, “Pass to first base!”

"safe!"

"safe!"

"Cut, is it still too late?" The catcher gritted his teeth, "One out!"

He smiled at the pitcher, and the pitcher on the mound nodded viciously.

It is a pity that the state of the pitcher who was hit consecutively did not adjust quickly. Almost all the top hitters seized this opportunity and soon scored another run.

Until Qianyuan senior was picked up and caught the last number of outs, the first half of the round ended with a loss of three points.

Before playing in the second half of the second inning, I stood next to Miyuki and waited for him to put on the protective gear. "They still can't catch your ball, why don't you strike them all with a fastball?"

I smiled and nodded.

Next came five bats. He hit the first ball and hit the home plate with a high fly, which was directly caught by Miyuki.The hitters behind were even played around by Miyuki's distribution, and they didn't even touch the ball and went straight to three balls and three strikes.

Sawamura in the rest area looked at the figure on the pitcher's mound, with longing in his eyes, "I really want to get there soon, I really want to go up and pitch!"

***

In the third round, when it was Yuuki's turn to seven sticks, he still swung boldly and was struck out.

I stood up from the preparation area, "please advise!" and stepped onto the strike area.

'In the last hit, he hit the slider out, but he didn't quite react to the finger ball, so let's throw it here. '

After confirming the plan, the catcher didn't hesitate any longer and quickly called out the signal. The pitcher looked at it and nodded.

"First ball!"

The inner corner is high!No, it's falling!

"Good shot!" 'Very well, he swung empty, it seems that he is really not very good at hitting the finger ball.But let's shoot this next ball, you can't let him adapt to your ball. '

Low outside corner, bad ball.I stood still and watched the ball fly into the catcher's mitt.

"Bad ball!"

'I didn't expect him to see it so clearly. It was the same last time. Once it flew a little bit, he wouldn't swing the bat at all, and he couldn't continue to test it. Let's throw this ball here. '

I guessed it when I watched it later. Is it really the case? This catcher basically distributes the ball diagonally. It is really a boring strategy. Then the next ball must be this, with a low inside angle.

"Bang!"

"Out of bounds!" Cut, pointing fingers again, the catcher knows I'm not very good at hitting, but let me watch so many balls, if I don't know how to hit again, it won't be too difficult to hit after I get used to it.

"Fourth ball!"

The outer corner is high, "Bang!" Oh, it didn't hit well.I dropped the bat and ran to first base as I watched the ball fall.

"Crack!" I shook my head. Although I could guess his strategy of distributing the ball, the interval between each ball is very short. It is indeed difficult for people to adapt to it. It is a simple but effective tactic.And last time, I hit the slider, but this time I didn't shoot a single ball. Although it makes sense, I don't like it very much. Fortunately, Seimichi's catcher is Miyuki-senpai.

Kanemaru-senpai, who was the next one, was struck out after entangled with several balls.

In the next four or five innings, we scored another point when it was our turn.It was the defense's turn in the second half, and Miyuki started to use a changeup against the second batter from the top hitter.But when it came to the fourth bat, Miyuki saw that he cared too much about the changeup ball, and instead used all the fastballs, he hesitated to swing the bat and was struck out.

The next hitter didn't cause too much trouble, so it was the sixth inning.

The lead hitter was Miyuki Kazuya with four bats.

"Pong!" With a crisp sound, accompanied by the pitcher's pale face, the ball flew high above the fielder's head.

"Go out!" The bench cheered, Miyuki Taka waved his left hand and started to run.

"You played well." I smiled and said to Miyuki who came back.

"It's okay." But he had a completely opposite look of joy on his face. Will this kid honestly kill him, really.

I took a look, it should not be my turn so soon, so I walked over to Miyuki who was sitting down to rest.