Chapter 45: The Old Man Is Out

On the court, there was a smell of gunpowder smoke.

Miyuki, who was on the catcher's position, frowned secretly.

Although the two sides only had a one-goal confrontation, the feedback information made him feel very bad.

The first is their own problems. Jiang Guxiao, the starting pitcher, may be too anxious to perform.

so as to have the opposite effect.

When he threw the ball, his arm was not stretched at all. To put it bluntly, the arm swing is not in place!

It did not perfectly show the ball speed and pitching quality that Jiang Guxiao should have.

This has to make people worry, Jiang Guxiao's start is notoriously unstable.

At the beginning of the game, he often couldn't get into the state immediately...

On the other hand, the opponent's reaction also made Miyuki very vigilant.

Even if Jiang Guxiao himself did not display 100% of his own strength, he still displayed 80% or 90%.

The ball speed is more than 150 kilometers, and it didn't hit the strike zone, but it didn't deviate too far from the strike zone.

Overall, it's pretty good. At least in terms of momentum, it is still good.

But facing such a ball, the opponent didn't react at all!

He was not intimidated by Jiang Guxiao's ball speed at all.

Either the other party is very talented, or the other party has mentally prepared in advance.

No matter which of these two kinds, it makes people very vigilant.

Taking a deep look at the opponent beside him, Miyuki turned his attention to the opponent's rest area.

Director Sakaki was very calm, no clues could be seen from his face.

The vigilance in Yuxing's heart suddenly raised several levels.

wrong! There must be something I hadn't thought of before.

But now is not the time to worry about this issue, the most important thing is to get rid of the opponent first.

It doesn't matter if the location is sweet,

Anyway, you don't rely on possession to solve opponents.

The most important thing is to throw your ball speed and momentum.

Thinking about it, Miyuki gave a signal to Akira Furutani on the mound.

Jiang Guxiao was obedient to Yuxing.

He used all his strength to throw the baseball in his hand.

"boom!"

The baseball flying over was imposing, as if it wanted to sweep away all the obstacles in front of it.

Bai Lai on the strike zone secretly gritted his teeth and held back, not swinging at the ball.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

The baseball went straight into Miyuki's glove.

After catching the ball, the expression on Miyuki's face was also shocked.

Although it deviates from the strike zone, the ball power comes out.

He didn't know whether he should praise Gu Xiao or criticize him severely.

In short, it feels very complicated!

Two balls and no strikes yet.

In terms of the number of balls, it is quite unfavorable for them.

The most important thing now is to get a good number of goals first.

Miyuki put the glove in the upper center position.

This position is usually Jiang Gu Xiao's favorite position to shoot.

It is also the position that most inspires Jiang Guxiao's pitching speed and quality.

Miyuki believes in Akira Furutani's pitching very much. Even if the ball is guessed at this position, it will be difficult for the opponent to hit it.

Such a fast ball speed, such a heavy ball power!

Across the country, there are hitters who can hit this ball.

Maybe there are many!

But among the hundreds of thousands of balls in the country, the proportion must not be high.

Bai Lai is not the kind of strong hit that is particularly impressive, so Yu Xing concluded that there must be no way for him to hit this ball.

come on!

Use your pitch to make your opponent surrender!

"boom!"

As if the sky was falling apart, Jiang Guxiao's pitch flew out with a powerful momentum to destroy everything.

"Boom!"

Then, after crossing a distance of more than ten meters, it smashed heavily into Miyuki Kazuya's glove.

During this process, Bai Lai, who had been silent all the time, finally couldn't hold on anymore.

He swung the bat in his hand.

But it didn't help, and the bat never made it to the ball.

Bai Lai's face was filled with disbelief.

That expression seemed to say, why didn't it hit?

He probably thought that he had spotted the ball, and he would definitely be able to touch the ball and hit it.

But in the process of actually swinging the bat, he deviated a lot no matter the timing or the direction.

Why is that?

Bai Lai couldn't figure it out, and couldn't figure it out either.

Miyuki, who was on the catcher's position, had a slight smile on his face.

He succeeded!

Although he has not yet helped Jiang Guxiao adjust to his own best condition, Jiang Guxiao's pitching has gradually stabilized.

This is a good sign!

As long as it continues, let Jiang Guxiao completely stabilize. Then it is absolutely no problem to solve Youliang Synthesis.

In the rest area of ​​Qingdao High School.

Sawamura Eijun was also very emotional.

As expected of Yuxing, he is simply amazing in these aspects!

Jiang Guxiao's condition at the beginning was actually not good, and if he continues to develop with that momentum, the result will definitely not get better.

Unexpectedly, in just two goals, Miyuki helped to adjust.

This kind of ability is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to possess.

Only Miyuki has such ability.

Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway.

It wasn't just his old partner Eijun Sawamura who noticed Miyuki.

In the rest area of ​​Youliang Complex, Supervisor Sakaki also noticed this scene.

He can understand Jiang Guxiao's eagerness to win. With such a talent, he can only become the team's substitute.

Is it strange that Jiang Guxiao is not in a hurry?

He can also understand why Jiang Guxiao didn't perform well at first.

The more anxious the pitcher is, generally speaking, the more difficult it is to fully display his strength.

Because the pitcher's pitching itself is not only affected by the player's strength and physical condition. It can also be affected by emotions!

The more you want to perform well, the less you can perform.

This is human nature! It can also be seen as the weakness of human nature itself.

Jiang Guxiao is not the only one who has this problem, many outstanding players have encountered this problem before.

What Supervisor Sakaki didn't expect was Miyuki.

After the pitching got into the corner, he helped the pitcher adjust so quickly.

"That kid Kataoka, you really got an amazing guy!"

This kind of ability of a catcher is difficult to train through training alone.

This also shows that Miyuki possesses something other than hard work.

Only one out of tens of thousands of catchers like this can appear, truly one out of ten thousand.

"But the more this is the case, the less we can satisfy you!"

A sly smile appeared on Director Sakaki's face.

The catcher wants to help the pitcher adapt as quickly as possible so that he can stabilize.

As opponents, it is of course impossible for them to proceed smoothly.

Otherwise, if Jiang Guxiao is fully fired, then they don't have to mess around.

Although Jiang Guxiao is not the ace of the Qingdao High School baseball team, it does not mean that his strength is not strong.

Judging from the data collected by Director Sakaki, once Akira Furugu is fully fired, he will definitely have the strength of the top pitcher in the country.

That is the existence that can compete with the hometown of trolls and throw balls at each other.

Properly the top pitcher in the country!

So no matter what, Jiang Guxiao couldn't be allowed to explode.

Director Sakaki gave the hitters on the strike zone a secret signal.

After Bai Lai received the signal, he immediately put on a bunt stance.

Miyuki, who was on the catcher's position, felt a chug in his heart.

Although Gu Xiao's pitching characteristics have been mentioned since then, they are not afraid of the opponent's bunt.

Such a fast ball speed, such a powerful ball power.

Wanting to unload perfectly, Jiang Guxiao's pitching strength.

It is very very difficult!

The biggest possibility is that the ball was bounced high and far away.

In this way, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team can actually catch and kill each other very easily.

But is it really that simple?

Miyuki was very skeptical about this.

He didn't think that Supervisor Sakaki would do useless work at this time.

"boom!"

Next, Jiang Guxiao's pitch was naturally impossible to hit the center.

This position is the position of Bai Lai's bunt. He can't throw the ball abruptly on someone's bat.

Not to mention, pitching at this position is a godsend for bunt hitters.

Jiang Guxiao shot the ball, and the white ball roared towards him.

Seeing that the baseball was about to fly over, Bai Lai, who was putting on a bunt, immediately took back the bat in his hand.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!!"

This ball deviated from the strike zone again.

Not only that, with the emergence of this bad ball.

So far, Jiang Guxiao has thrown a full three balls.

One more ball and it walks the batter.

Miyuki, who was on the catcher's position, suddenly sank.

He realized that they might have been tricked.

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