Chapter 114
Chapter 114
Chapter 114
Daoshi has only 5 days to prepare for the second round of the game. During these five days, Daoshi’s people have been actively preparing for the game. Every day, the hitters returned to the hotel with their bats very late.
Finally, on the morning of the 11th day after the start of Koshien, the match between Inami and Oki Gakuen officially started!
This is also the first quarter-final match of this year's Ha Liga.Even though it was only seven o'clock in the morning, many spectators had already gathered outside the stadium to watch the game. The free and open outfield stands were the first to be filled.After that, the areas with the best viewing experience, such as directly behind home plate and the further first and second base sides, were also full.
This game can be said to be highly anticipated.
At 7:10, players from both sides entered the arena with their luggage.In the process of tidying up the utensils, Su Qing couldn't help but sigh with emotion as he watched the stadium gradually filled up and the atmosphere gradually heated up:
"It feels like playing Williamsport."
"Huh? Williamsport? What's that?"
Cheng Gongming, who was next to Su Qing, asked quickly after hearing it.
"I'm talking about the Little League World Championships. Because it has always been held in Williamsport in the United States, it is also called the Williamsport Little League. I clearly remember that when I was in junior high school for three years, the Little League team representing Neon was Naruto. Your team."
The well-informed Baihe explained.
"That's it! You lost to Guam's Little League in the qualifiers, so you didn't even make it to the main game?"
Cheng Gongming froze when he recalled the past, obviously he went to participate with the expectations of the people of the country, but he didn't even qualify, it's not too embarrassing.
"Judging from Susu's tone, I always feel that you have been beaten."
"I did."
If it was changed to half a month ago, Su Qing would definitely try to change the topic, but after the life trajectory coincides with the previous life again, Su Qing can proudly mention her previous achievements.
"Eh!"
"It's a bit of a pity to say it. In the end, I won the runner-up with a difference of one point. If only I had worked harder at that time."
"runner up?!!"
Not only Cheng Gongming, but also Bai He who was calm and calm also shouted.Su Qing has never said much about his past. Bai He always thought that Su Qing might have belonged to a relatively small hometown baseball team in the past.
Now Su Qing suddenly said that his Little League team was the runner-up in the World Little League. This is a bit hard to accept!That's the Little League!Neon hasn't qualified for a tournament in a long time, and has never won a championship. The Little League is full of strong players, even if it's just Little League, it's scary, okay?
If Su Qing said that he was the main player of the World Junior Baseball runner-up team when he entered school, Guoyou Supervision might not even have to take the test, and let him enter the first team directly.It's that scary.
Seeing the faces of Baihe and Cheng Gongming, Su Qing knew that they didn't believe it, so he pretended to take out his mobile phone from his bag, but actually from the system space, and found an interview photo of him back then.
"Hey, the fifth in the first row is me."
"Hey, it really looks like it."
"That's me! Bastard!"
"At that time, Susu looked so immature. But where did you get your cell phone?"
"Is that the point?"
After reading the report several times and carefully zooming in on the photos a dozen times, Cheng Gongming and Baihe finally believed in Su Qing's illustrious past.
"Why did we two participate in Williamsport in the same year, and I didn't even qualify, so you can get the runner-up?! Obviously the difference in strength between us is not much different?!"
Cheng Gongming still found it hard to accept this fact. He was beaten more in the third year of junior high school than Su Qing, who was in the second year of junior high school. Just like now...
"Why didn't the team send Susu to pitch? If Susu was a relay, maybe he would have won."
Bai He took Su Qing's mobile phone and carefully read the report of the final match...
"Don't say that. Wade is a good ace. He was just a little too excited that day. And I hadn't started formal and systematic pitching practice at that time. No matter how big the coach's heart, he would never send me on the field."
"Not started?"
Can you practice pitching like this in one year?Who are you lying to?
"Okay, it's time for you to warm up, Senior Ya has been waiting for a long time..."
Narimiya turned around and saw Harada Masako standing behind him with a dark face.Vaguely, Cheng Gongming remembered that in the past 10 minutes, someone had been calling him from behind to practice throwing.It's just that his attention was on Su Qing at that time, so he kept pretending that he couldn't hear...
Seeing that Harada was about to explode, Narimiya Ming picked up the gloves and gave Harada a friendly smile.
Bai He could see that Su Qing didn't want to answer this question, and he didn't intend to force others to answer, so he took the initiative to change the subject...
"Are you practicing your swing or pitching and catching today?"
"Catch the ball. Let's go together."
"Um……"
After about 30 minutes, water trucks and staff will enter the field and the two teams will warm up the infield land and smooth it out again.
And after that, the game officially started!
"The first game of the 11th day of the National College Wildball Players Championship! It is also the first match for the quarterfinals of this year's Hagar! Industrial High School! On the other side is the first time Hagar played and successfully advanced to the second round of Yang Gakuen!
Damn it, will the famous school with a long history win today's victory, or will the dark horse who becomes more and more courageous as time goes on make history?let us wait and see! "
"Let's go!"
"Ow..."
"Please advise me a lot!!"
After the kick-off ceremony, the players took their positions. During the air defense alarm, Narimiya Ming threw the first ball of the game.
This time it was still Daoshi who defended first, and the defensive lineup was exactly the same as in the previous game...
In Harada's distribution strategy, the first pitch is always a strike, but Abe, the hitter at the Western Gakuen, chose to watch the pitch.Facing Cheng Gongming, they must have sufficient patience.
The foreign academy's line play is very powerful, but compared to the line play of the team called Seido in the video, Abe feels that it is really incomparable...
It is such a team with an invincible line, but in the end they failed to get a favor from Inomi who had double aces. It is even more difficult for them...
But the joy of life lies in constant challenges. They successfully broke out of the local conference, played in Koshien, defeated another team, and advanced to the second round. For them who have almost no team history, every point and every Every second is making history...
So even if it is very likely to lose this game, they will try their best to fight!
"Snapped!"
"Strike!"
For the second ball, Abe still chose to watch it off. Rather than watching it off, it’s better to say that he couldn’t make a good shot. It was too fast. It was the first time for Abe to hit a straight ball thrown so fast by a human. It didn’t feel like a pitching machine at all. Same!Full of pressure!
Cheng Gongming's pitching is already so good, so what about the pitching of Inao Shi's second ace who can throw a straight ball as fast as 160?
Just being the first one to fight, Abe was a little desperate.
How dare you lose your focus during a duel with me?Go eat K!
"Snapped!"
"Strike Out!"
On the third ball, Abe started to try to swing the bat, but he couldn't keep up with the speed of the baseball at the first time, so he just swung to nothing.
Ichikawa pitched in the second pitch. He learned from Abe's lesson and swung the bat at the straight ball that was randomly inserted into the strike zone, and actually hit it.
But the bat only scratched the baseball, and coupled with the lack of force caused by the forced swing, Ichikawa hit the ball in the direction of the pitcher's mound. Narimiya Narushimogao picked up the fallen baseball and threw it to first base with ease. Ichikawa blocked out.
The three-stick Shiqiao chose to swing a high straight ball, and finally hit the direction of the third base. Yoshizawa picked it up and passed it to the third base, blocking him out.
"Three Out, change. Chenggong carried out his previous rhythm and easily won three ups and three downs."
Next it was Inami's turn to bat.
Dao Shi’s bat is the unchanging Carl Ross. The main reason is that no matter who is in the position of the first bat, Carl Ross is not suitable. Even if Karl Ross is walked, he can still successfully put pressure on pitchers by stealing bases. .
If Su Qing was changed to a stick, he might never be able to hit a ball today.
Facing Karl Rose's first pitch, Yang Gakuen's choice was a slider. The baseball turned a small arc from the outside of the strike zone and finally entered the strike zone.
The referee drew the bow without hesitation and gave a good shot.
The catcher then matched up with a straight ball in the same position, and the deceived Karl Ross directly swung the bad ball away.They were chased by two good goals at the beginning.
Karl Ross was really surprised. He had never seen a straight ball that was slower than a changing ball, and the speed difference method was not easy to use.
After grabbing two strikes, catcher Hirakawa did not hesitate to hit the signal for the third ball. Sato nodded and released the ball.
If the speed of the first two balls is similar and it is difficult for Karl Ross to judge, this ball is very easy to judge. Although the ball's common orbit in the first half is very good, the speed of the ball has dropped a lot.
Karl Rose waited patiently, but in the end he missed it. The change of this change ball is not inferior to that of a slider. Coupled with the speed difference, it is difficult to catch the shot.
This is the first K that Karl Rose has eaten in Koshien.
"Be careful with the slide ball."
This is the advice Karl Ross gave Baihe. Compared with the changeup ball with obvious speed difference, Karl Ross still thinks that a slider with a similar speed to a straight ball and a high degree of co-trajectory is more worthy of fear.
Bai He nodded, and walked onto the strike zone.
For Shirakawa, Sato is a type of pitcher he likes very much. The pitcher does not have high ball speed, average ball power, and a pitcher who relies on changing balls to make a living.
Baihe is a skilled hitter, and what he is most afraid of is losing strength. Don't be too aggrieved to hit a high fly because he has bitten the center of the ball but lost to strength.
After Shirakawa stood still, Sato also threw the first ball.
The ball spun slowly in the air, and Bai He waited for a while for the ball to hit the base.After confirming that the ball type is a change ball, Bai He has been patiently waiting for the change of the ball path.
But in fact, the bat had already followed the ball the moment it started to change, and Bai He regretted it the next moment.It's a bad ball!
"Pong!"
"beep~"
"foul!"
Shirakawa finally hit the ball to the barbed wire behind home plate.This changeup was much more difficult than he had imagined. He had followed it very carefully, but in the end he still missed it. It is true that there were reasons outside the bounds, but it shouldn't be so outrageous.
Again?
On the second ball, Yang Xueyuan still chose the changeup.
This time, Baihe successfully bit the baseball, but the tail strength of the ball was beyond his expectation, and finally hit a high fly ball to the left field, and was caught out.
Su Qing, who used the SC system to observe the two batting seats, understood why so many hitters hit this slow changeup ball with a small change range into a ground ball.
A speed ball has a rotation speed of 1800!And Sato's straight ball only had 1850 turns.This is really throwing a changeup ball as a straight ball!
"Three bats, second baseman, Su Jun."
Pingchuan looked at Su Qing who was walking into the strike zone. He knew that the biggest challenge of this game was coming.If he identified Inashi's strongest hitter, he would not hesitate to choose first-year Su Qing.
Su Qing doesn't look like a high school hitter in terms of bat speed, ability with the ball, or power. The only hitter who can compare with Su Qing in this Xiajia may be the 66HR hitter Sano from Xibon Build it.
A more sensible approach, Pingchuan should immediately choose to walk Su Qing to catch the next stick.
But now with two outs and the first batter, it would be too discouraged to walk a first-year hitter without trying.So Hirakawa chose to face off!
Hirakawa did not stand up and ask the pitcher for a ball like the catchers who walked Su Qing in the past, but kept squatting behind the home plate.
There is a play!
Su Qing's eyes lit up. She loved this courageous surrender.
Hirakawa moved his body to the left of the home plate, already behind the left batting mat.
Su Qing noticed this very keenly. After long-term observation, he found that the catchers of Neon have a common problem, that is, they like to move their body to the outermost side, and then catch the innermost ball.
Su Qing once asked Harada why he did this, and Harada's answer was:
If the ball is caught on the outermost side, the referee will see the trajectory of the ball very clearly, and it will also increase the referee's judgment on the strike.This is very different from the catchers in the major leagues. The catchers in the major leagues can't wait for the referee to be like a blind man, who can't see where the ball goes.
In short, if Hirakawa is so outside, it is either a bad ball or a ball located on the outermost side of the strike zone.
Su Qing personally thinks that the possibility of a strike is a bit more.
coming.
Like Su Qing, Sato is a proper right-hander, but he is shorter than the current Su Qing, so he can hardly give the batter any pressure.
From the speed of the ball alone, Su Qing can rule out the option of changing the ball, that is to say, choose one of the slider and the straight ball, and Sato is an outstanding pitcher with a change ball. The first pitch is less likely to be a straight pitch, which means a slider is more likely.
Su Qing had been waiting patiently, and finally when the ball was about to go into the base, he waited.The baseball slid in a small arc and was about to enter the catcher's glove.
But before entering the glove, he hit Su Qing's bat first.
"state!"
"The ball was hit to left field! Can you catch it?! It landed!"
Because the ball was too far outside, Su Qing chose to pull the ball.
(End of this chapter)
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