Chapter 38: The Confession

"Ping!"

Sawamura's straight shot from the inside corner was hit and flew towards third base.

"Yamaguchi!"

Sawamura immediately greeted third baseman Yamaguchi to guard.

"pass it to me!"

Although the ball was hit like a blind cat and a dead mouse, it was hit. But Sawamura's ball power was not for nothing. After the hitter hit the ball, he did not hit the ball far, and the speed of the ball was not fast. In professional terms, this is an infield bouncing ball that isn't very difficult to handle.

Yamaguchi twisted his plump body, pounced on it, stopped the ball neatly, and passed it back to first baseman Oda.

"Out!"

Akagi Middle School successfully scored the first elimination, and Sawamura gave Yamaguchi a thumbs up.

"Nice job!"

"Hehe~"

Yamaguchi was a little embarrassed, but he felt that he did a good job. Although the ball is not difficult to handle, there are no obvious mistakes in his interception and passing.

In the cowshed of Nagano Metropolitan High School.

Fengxiang Longyi looked at Oda, who was catching the ball, thoughtfully.

The pass just now is not without deviation, but the deviation value is really small. The first baseman did not leave the base bag, but simply changed his catching posture and caught the ball firmly.

This may be normal for other teams. But it is different when it comes to Akagi. Compared with a year ago, their performance now is completely different from the two teams.

"Not only the pitchers, but the whole team in Chicheng has improved. It's no wonder that Dabei Middle School has no chance at all."

Feng Xiang Long Yi judged in his heart.

"Coach, I'm sorry!"

The first shot that just ended, facing Feng Xiang Long Yi, was extremely ashamed.

The coach had already told him the way of the ball, but he still hadn't hit Sawamura's ball. After defining the ball path, the 130-kilometer straight ball should not be difficult to hit at the level of Nagano Metropolitan High School.

After all, Nagano Metropolis also has pitching machines, and they have also simulated ball speeds of 130 or higher. The pitching of the pitching machine is almost the same as the straight ball with a limited pitch. The balls they threw from the pitching machine before, obviously played very well.

"It doesn't matter, the hit just now was good, didn't I almost get a hit?"

Feng Xiang Long Yi smiled and comforted the batter: "I just hit Sawamura's pitch, how do you feel?"

From the original can not touch the ball, now can hit the ball, this is a very obvious progress! Fengxiang Longyi originally thought that he would give a few words of encouragement, and the little guys would express their determination with excitement, saying that they would definitely fight next time or something.

Unexpectedly, the answer the batter gave him was not like this.

"It's heavy! The bat feels like it's hitting a shot put when it hits a baseball. The bat is so heavy that it's about to fly away..."

Um?

Feng Xiang Long Yi glanced at the batter in disbelief, and then set his sights on the pitcher mound again.

In addition to the changes in ball speed and space, and the changes in priorities, is even the power of the ball very heavy?

"What a formidable opponent."

Once out, no one hits base.

It was Nagano Metropolitan High School's second bat, and the batter didn't hesitate to swing the bat.

"Ping!"

The white ball was hit and flew to the position where the shortstop was guarding.

"cool!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Sawamura's eyes, but nothing could be seen on his face. He just reminded Feng Liang Zhengtai to guard.

Feng Liang rushed out to catch the ball, but did not expect that the baseball would bounce irregularly after it landed. (The spin of the baseball itself, or the irregular bouncing of an uneven field.)

Feng Liang waited in the position where the baseball should have bounced, and fluttered.

The baseball passed through the cool field and bounced back to outfield.

Nagano Metropolitan's first hit!

their second stick,

Run to first base.

Once out, there is someone at first base.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura made a comforting gesture to Feng Ryo indifferently.

The irregular bounce just now belongs to the category of luck, and has nothing to do with defensive mistakes.

Feng Liang nodded and returned to his defensive position.

Sawamura turned his head and glanced at the runner on first base, with a trace of solemnity hidden in his eyes.

The first batter can be said to be a blind cat hitting a mouse, but two consecutive batters swung the bat on the first ball, and they both guessed the path of the ball and hit the ball out. If it was a coincidence, Sawamura would not believe it.

Wiping the corners of his mouth with gloves, Sawamura's eyes flashed with high fighting spirit. Originally, he thought that Nagano would not be able to play any tricks, but now it seems that he is underestimating his opponent.

"Has the ball been seen through? Is it my own little move, or is it our secret signal?"

Thinking of his own small actions, Sawamura immediately denied this. His pitching posture has been corrected by more than a dozen coaches in the major leagues. Although I dare not say that there are no flaws, the human eye should not see any flaws.

The only possibility left is that someone's secret code has been seen through.

Sawamura and Fengxiang teamed up to pitch, and naturally there was a secret signal. If there is no sign at all, it is hard for Feng Xiang to catch the 130-kilometer high-speed ball. In addition, Sawamura's ball control is good, and when the inside and outside corners are staggered, it is normal for Fengxiang to miss the ball if he doesn't know in advance which way Sawamura will throw the ball.

Of course, this also proves Sawamura's pitching ability, the catcher is not easy to catch, and the batter is naturally even more difficult to hit.

So Sawamura's logical guess should be that their secret code was seen through. Whether Nagano's first or second bat just now, they were obviously locked in the ball. Otherwise, as long as their hearts are shaken, it will be difficult for them to play Nakazawamura's ball.

If the ball is not seen through, the pitcher with good ball control will definitely have an advantage over the unstable ball, because the initiative is in the hands of the pitcher. But once the ball is seen through, a pitcher with good ball control has no advantage. On the contrary, a pitcher with poor ball control makes it impossible for the batter to aim, and a pitcher with poor ball control will not be able to make a shot even if the catcher asks him to shoot inside and outside corners. Good ball control is different. As long as you see through the ball path, you can lock the ball you want to hit in a very small range, because a pitcher with good ball control will definitely throw the ball there.

After having doubts, of course Sawamura wanted to verify it.

After the third Mari came on the field, he threw a floater, and then another high-leg floater. In these two balls, Mari did not swing the bat.

At this time, Sawamura strengthened his guess even more. It should be that the opponent saw through the match between himself and Fengxiang. He even guessed the countermeasures of Nagano Toritsu. They should have given up their floater and change-up. Straight ball to swing.

Such speculation did not make Sawamura easy, but made him a little difficult.

After all, he can't all throw floats with a wrist-pressed position, or all changeups. The purpose of changing the ball is to make the straight ball more powerful, and all pitching with the changing ball as the core is tantamount to courting death for Sawamura.