Chapter 37: Game 5

On a baseball team, the most important position is the pitcher.

How much influence does a pitcher have on a team?

To give the simplest example, if the strength of this team is weak, then the pitchers in this team account for 70% to 80% of the entire team.

It's like Sawamura Eijun was on the Akagi Middle School baseball team before.

The Akagi Middle School baseball team has also dominated the country twice. If there is only one time, it can be attributed to a fluke.

This is not a problem.

But being able to dominate the country twice, besides, the Akagi Middle School baseball team is a fluke to achieve such a great achievement.

Not so appropriate!

Regardless of the first time to dominate the country, the Akagi Middle School baseball team's second time to dominate the country, its own strength must have accounted for a large proportion.

But if you compare the strength of Akagi Middle School baseball against all players with other teams. You will find that the Akagi Middle School baseball team is far less powerful than other teams. At that time, there were more than 6,000 middle schools in the country.

Among so many schools, the strength of the Chicheng Middle School baseball team may not even rank in the top 100.

Then why did the Akagi Middle School baseball team dominate the country in the end?

The reason is actually very simple, because their ace pitcher is Eijun Sawamura.

Because of the leadership of Eijun Sawamura, the trump card, the overall strength of the Akagi Middle School baseball team has been raised to about 80% of the level of Eijun Sawamura himself.

That's why they were able to achieve that achievement!

That's why they were able to dominate the country for the second time.

Friends who are familiar with baseball, actually understand this truth.

An excellent pitcher can definitely transform the strength of a team.

Even in a strong team, such as a giant like Qingdao High School.

The importance of pitchers cannot be ignored.

Long before Eijun Sawamura joined the Seido High School baseball team,

In fact, Qingdao High School baseball team has also trained many players with strength and potential.

But in the end they still haven't scored in Koshien for several years in a row.

Why?

A very simple reason is that in the past few years, the Qingdao High School baseball team has not encountered a good pitcher who can be called an ace.

So even in such a giant team, the importance of a good pitcher can account for 50 to 60% of the entire team.

Sometimes even more!

The strength of Fuqiu High School and Qingdao High School's baseball teams are naturally incomparable.

But ever since their ace Taihe revived, Fuqiu High School has been clinging to Qingdao High School tightly.

They didn't give Qingdao High School a chance to react at all.

The score between the two sides was maintained at five points, and there was no gap.

This situation continued until the second half of the third inning.

The Seidou High School baseball team was attacking, and it was their fourth batter, Kazuya Miyuki, who was the first to hit the strike zone.

At this time, Dahe on the mound looked like a rainbow.

Since dropping five runs in the first inning, the guy has been completely out of it.

He has let go of all the burdens in his heart and devoted himself to the game.

It's impossible to go on like this!

After Miyuki stood on the strike zone, he thought secretly.

He knew very well in his heart that Qingdao High School's baseball requirement for this game was not just to win.

Not just to win, but to win beautifully.

In the first round, although the Qingdao High School baseball team won in the end, it didn't look good.

Bearing the title of king, the team's performance was not domineering at all.

Although the media praised it as always, there was no lack of ridicule in the words.

Thinking about the opponents, there are also many people who are gloating. They may have used the mental victory method to start lusting, and the Qingdao High School baseball team has burned to the point of exhaustion.

When they play against Qingdao High School, they might be able to win easily.

This kind of thinking is very dangerous!

After all, high school students are still a group of minors. Since they are a group of minors, the competition will be greatly affected by emotions.

It is not impossible to play smoothly and exert 120% of the strength.

In order to avoid this situation, Qingdao High School baseball team must tell everyone with a clean victory.

King Qingdao is King Qingdao!

Their strength is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people.

They want the name of Qingdao High School to hang over their heads like a sharp sword!

"Ping!"

As the captain of the team, Miyuki fulfilled his task very well.

He hit the flying baseball cleanly.

After hitting the ball, he showed a smiling face at Fuqiu High School opponent.

The opponent's pitching route was almost exactly the same as his original guess.

This feeling is very good, completely seeing through the opponent's feeling.

"Safety!"

With the baseball in the gap, Miyuki ran to second base in one go.

It became a no-out game with a man on second base.

This is where the chance to score comes up!

Director Kataoka in the rest area gave a signal to Maezono who was about to attack.

After Qianyuan received the signal, he decisively put on a bunt stance.

His performance like this undoubtedly ruthlessly overwhelmed his opponent.

The players of Fuqiu High School had to make changes accordingly, and the players began to go forward and defend.

The goal of Qingdao High School seems to be obvious.

They should be planning to use sacrifice play to send Miyuki to third base first.

These guys from the Qingdao High School baseball team played this hand very well.

Supervisor Kataoka even specifically mentioned the offensive philosophy of the Qingdao High School baseball team when he was interviewed by the media.

Their philosophy is fairly simple.

"Compared to those uncertain hits, we prefer to get the points we can get in the hands first."

As the saying goes, it's safe to put it in your bag.

Only when this score is obtained can you prove that this score is yours.

Otherwise, even if all 123 bases are full, the score on the field will not change in the slightest.

The words of Supervisor Kataoka have been regarded as a golden rule by many strong teams.

The biggest fear in baseball is greed.

How many points must be scored in one breath!

Once you have this kind of mentality, it will be easy to become a bear breaking sticks, breaking one by one and throwing one away.

In the end, it may even become a pig's basket to fetch water in vain...

After understanding the opponent's offensive concept, it is naturally easier to guess the opponent's next actions.

Fuqiu High School is ready, but they don't want the players of Qingdao High School's baseball team to perform according to the script they arranged.

"Ping!"

The fifth bat, Qianyuan, took back the bat in his hand very decisively, and then swung the bat out again.

Cheat and beat and run!

Because the former principal has such a loyal face, the contestants of Fuqiu High School have never thought about it...

How could he play such a trick?

Without the slightest bit of defense, he was tricked by Qianyuan.

The baseball hit the ground, and the front field went very smoothly to first base.

There is nothing to say about this, even for Qingdao High School baseball team, this can even be regarded as a pleasant surprise.

This time their main intention was not Qianyuan.

It was Miyuki who was originally at second base.

After the baseball was hit, Miyuki had already figured it out based on where the baseball landed.

This ball is here!

Almost at the same time as this thought appeared, Miyuki flew out and rushed directly to third base.

When he was approaching third base, he saw the signal from the running instructor Ono on the third base side.

Keep going! Keep going!

Miyuki didn't look back, but he could guess it.

Behind him, something interesting must have happened, so that the fielding fielder didn't even have time to pass the ball back.

it is good!

Miyuki shouted in his heart, he crossed the third base non-stop, and went straight to the home plate.

The outfielder from Fuqiu High School also picked up the ball at this time, and then hurriedly passed the home plate.

Trying to get their catcher to kill Miyuki.

But how can there be time?

Miyuki was like a running wild beast, already approaching home plate at this time.

Seeing the opponent's catcher come out, he also changed his direction without stopping.

"Safety!"

The training of Qingdao High School baseball team is very comprehensive and thorough.

What kind of situation are you facing? What should the players do? The same plot, they don't know how many times they have practiced

When used at critical moments, it will be absolutely invincible.

In this way, the Qingdao High School baseball team scored the sixth point!

Unfortunately, this is only the sixth point.

After that, Jiang Guxiao played a double play.

Da He, the pitcher who had just dropped a run, was not affected.

After losing points, the pitching is still very calm.

Jiang Guxiao was very cleverly calculated.

You must know that this is not an easy task, Jiang Guxiao swings with all his strength for any ball.

If one fails, it is not impossible for Jiang Guxiao to sweep the ball away with brute force.

Fortunately, he succeeded, not only solved Jiang Guxiao, but also scored two outs.

With two outs, Tojo hits the ball and is caught by the second baseman from Fuqia Middle School.

Three outs, exchange of offense and defense.

In this way, the game came to the fourth inning.

Wang Xi, who has completely unlocked the bullet ball, performed as amazingly as ever.

He had a very good three-out and didn't give Fuqiu's players any hope.

In the rest area of ​​Qingdao High School.

The coaching staff also spoke highly of Wang Xi's performance.

"I used a little too much bullet ball!"

"This also shows that student Wang Xi is very clear about what is going on with him..."

Director Kataoka praised.

It is precisely because Wang Xi knows what is going on with him that he makes such a pragmatic choice.

Absolutely no bluff and no sloppiness.

In this way, he used his best shot to eliminate his opponent.

If the Qingdao High School baseball team had only one pitcher like Wang Xi, he would never have done this.

There is always a need to save some trump cards to deal with other opponents.

But it was obvious that Wang Xi was not the only pitcher on the Qingdao High School baseball team.

So Wang Xi is naturally much more relaxed. He can show his strength at will to deal with his opponents.

He won't last, or his pitch is broken.

It doesn't matter.

In Qingdao High School, there are still several people who can replace him.

In the second half of the fourth game, Qingdao High School attacked.

Including Kuramo, all of them were dealt with by Trump.

The friends of Qingdao High School's baseball team really didn't realize it before. They didn't expect that Fuqiu High School's ace pitcher Dahe was actually a slow-fire pitcher.

Once the game dragged on, his state slowly came out.

Now even the friends of Qingdao High School baseball team want to solve him, it is not an easy matter.

In this way, the game came to the fifth inning.

Whether the Qingdao High School baseball team can effectively play five innings ahead of schedule depends on how many points they can score in this inning?

Of course, this is a very important thing for the Seido High School baseball team.

It's just that no one thought that their opponents would give them a blow in the head from the very beginning.

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