Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 188

Nakata, who had a shaky start, took extra care in every trial pitch after he calmed down in left field for two innings.

The last game was supposed to be the pinnacle of his high school career, but he didn't expect that in the first game, he couldn't find his usual pitching state because of his extra caution.

"play ball!"

The game continued in the fourth inning, and only one strike was enough to get the hitter out. I don't know if Supervisor Nitta's interruption of his state will be useful. The catcher made a signal from the outside corner below, 'Come on first Take an outside corner to test his condition. '

Nakata nodded and threw the first ball facing the batter after two innings.

"Out of bounds!" Yuuki allowed his eyes to re-adjust to another pitcher's pitch, but there was still too little room left in this inning.

"out!"

As a result, he still didn't find the right rhythm and hit the direction of the shortstop.

"Captain Yuki, don't mind!"

Gao Zhiye heard an explosive shout in his ear. It turned out that Eijun who was sitting next to him had always been there with an attitude of air. If it weren't for this involuntary shout, Gao Zhiye really didn't know he was here.

"Ah, my brother is still sleeping!" Rong Chun remembered after shouting, and shut his mouth quickly, because everyone was too lazy to remind him.

'Hey,' in Takano's heart, he sighed for the nth time today, and sometimes he would forget that he was only a first-year student, and it was normal to behave like Eijun and Furutani.

In the bullpen in the distance, Miyauchi was confirming the status of Fuguchi, the changeup, another changeup, and after throwing more than a dozen changeups in a row, Furugu's ball seemed to be able to be suppressed.

"Furuya, do you remember the feeling of relaxing your arms?" Miyauchi saw that the opposite pitcher nodded obediently, but it was not easy. Who knows if this guy, when it's time to pitch, will his arms and shoulders loosen? Start to die hard.

But more is too late to do.

"Three outs, switch sides!"

In the four innings, by changing pitchers, Supervisor Nitta successfully made up for the loopholes that the trolls immediately showed.

On Aidou's side, Kataoka walked over to Furutani who had come back to the bench, and asked Miyauchi behind him, "How is it?"

"Humph—" Two puffs of air came out of his nose, and Miyauchi replied, "It's okay, as long as he can remember this relaxed feeling."

"Well," Kataoka immediately said to Fuguya: "Did you hear that? Can you do it in the next round?"

Jiang Gu was obviously taken aback for a moment, and only then did he dare to be sure that he could vote again, so he nodded firmly: "Yes!"

"Then—" Kataoka stood up and raised his hand.

Takano came off the bench and instead of running to the mound, went straight to left field.

"Hey, that back number, isn't that the pitcher, why is he going to left field again?"

"Ah, really."

There was a lot of discussion in the arena, and Director Nitta also glanced at the opposite side unexpectedly, "You are so courageous, don't you still want to give up this pitcher?"

Then came the broadcast to answer everyone's doubts, "Announcement of Seido High's player change... Pitcher, Furuya-kun, left fielder, Taka-kun."

From Nitta's point of view, he is actually not optimistic about this approach.

Qingdao's first-year ace is indeed surprisingly stable, but no one knows what the edge of that pitcher's collapse is. If the pitcher who exploded in the last inning is put back on the pitcher, if another pile of bills is left, it will be shortened. The practice of own life.

"It seems that Qingdao really wants to win this year."

Supervisor Nitta called back his five clubs, "Hold on a few more balls later, and use up that pitcher as soon as possible."

"Hi!"

Miyuki watched Wubang go and then return, and understood that the old fox supervisor on the opposite side was about to start targeting Jiang Gu.

"How many innings do you think Takano can pitch at most?" This was asked by Director Kataoka during the communication just now. He was probably already thinking about the difficult issue of pitcher replacement at that time.

"His stamina is up to 7 innings, and if you take into account the problems of going to the field and running the bases early, the number of innings may be further reduced." As a freshman who has just graduated from junior high school for a few months, he can independently support 7 innings. Innings are already a very powerful thing, all thanks to the ace experience in the Little League team.

However, the 7th inning of junior high school is fundamentally different from the 7th inning of high school. In the 7th inning of Gao Zhiye’s junior high school, most of the students he encountered were the third-year students, who were the same age as him, while in the 7th inning of high school, most of the students he encountered They are all high school seniors, and they have two years more training time than him.

"I see," Kataoka took stock of his team's players. The level of the trolls was not something Eijun and Kawakami could handle.

So at the beginning, I didn't want them to play. Tamba 2-3 innings, then Takano finished pitching, or Tamba 2-3 innings, Takano and Furutani pitched alternately to the end. This is Kataoka Director's initial proposal imagine.

'I didn't expect Danbo and Jianggu to be in such a bad state when facing the troll. Miyuki probably understands Director Kataoka's heart, but now he has to make a decision, let Takano continue to shoot, it will definitely not last until the end, and it may lead to the collapse of the pitcher.

'Tsk, that guy is only a first grader. 'To Takano, it was too cruel.

"play ball!"

The match of four innings started, Miyuki threw away all his thoughts and concentrated on dealing with the batter in front of him.

'Press down low down! The catcher's glove patted the ground twice, Jiang Gu nodded hastily.

The tense competition started the moment Jiang Gu raised his foot. After several months of training in Qingdao, his body has also gained a thin layer of muscles to match his original strength.

The ball roared toward the hitter.

'will hit you! The five-bat hitter stopped his movements immediately, but the pain from the 150-kilometer pitch hit his body did not come, and amidst the backlash, the sound of the wind stopped in the catcher's mitt behind the home plate.

"Bad ball!" Yes, although the ball was thrown very powerfully, it was still a bad ball with a high inside corner, of course it was directed by Miyuki.

'Hee hee, be scared, this is a ball over 150 kilometers. 'No matter how clever the instructions of Director Nitta are, it is still impossible for him to strike for the batter, so Miyuki doesn't care about other things, and only concentrates on letting the batter feel the power, and then he is out.

At the same time, I felt the strength of the ball when it hit the base, "It's very good, it seems that the adjustment in the middle is still useful." .Or with Gao Zhiye behind him, he can relax his shot? '

No matter what the reason was, it was very good news for Qing Dao.

"Strike!" It is also high inside corner, but this time it is pressed to the limit position, and it will be judged as a strike.

"Strike!" The ball with a low outer corner was pressed beautifully.

"Out of bounds!" The hitter, who was being chased by two strikes, had to make a shot.

Finally, "out!"

Even if he hit it, he couldn't hit the ball very far, allowing the five bats to be blocked at first base.

In this way, as soon as he is out of the game, Jiang Gu's status in this game has improved significantly.

(End of this chapter)