Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 243 Showdown
Because he is facing the lower line and is in an excellent state of mind, Takano has experienced the thrill of using pitching to conquer others in this game.

"Very good shot!" Miyuki came over to pat him for fear, but then added: "However, you shot too hard this round, the distribution of physical strength is very important..."

The pitcher quickly shrugged off the catcher who was still talking, and his infielder friends touched gloves while running back to the bench.

"..." Miyuki, who was lagging behind, hurried up, pretending to blend into the joyful atmosphere.

In the sixth inning, Qingdao fell behind by one point. Gao Zhiye, who returned to the bench, quickly put on his helmet. It was his time to strike in this inning.

"Arrogant boy, you must hit it later!" Cang Mo followed behind, shouting far away, if this fast-legged pitcher hits the base, then the two of them can play a lot of tricks.

As soon as Takano walked out, Ace Inomi turned his head sharply, stared at each other for a second, and the two eyes quickly separated.

The pitcher starts pitching and the batter swings the bat, but at least 50 percent of the attention of each side is on the other side.

"play ball!"

In the last duel, Cheng Gongming prepared for a long time, but he still could only grasp the rhythm and could not strike well.

Seeing the face in the strike zone again, the emotions that had just calmed down surged again.

"Die!" A ball turned into a white light and rushed towards the hitter, but after releasing it, seeing the trajectory getting closer and closer to the hitter, the ace yelled calmly, "Hey!"

Takano's upper body jerked back, and he heard a "snap" from behind, as well as the rubbing sound of the catcher jumping up.

"Bad ball!"

The referee glanced at Daoshi Ace on the mound, and quickly suppressed his astonishment.

"Hey, where are you throwing at?"

"What if we hit our trump card!"

Before Takano said anything, everyone in Qingdao booed.

Cheng Gongming raised the brim of his hat as a signal, and then started preparing for the second ball amidst the boos.

'Really, it's only the first ball, this time it's my turn, I have to grind you hard. '

The second time he waved his arm, in Gao Zhiye's vision, the ball was still flying towards his inner corner.

His movements froze for a moment, and then he realized that the time to swing had passed, a white streak passed before his eyes, and fell firmly into the catcher's glove behind him.

"nice shot!"

As if trying to cover the first ball, Narimiya Ming's second ball hit the base very well.But the impact of the close-up ball on Gao Zhiye is still continuing, and anyone who rushes up to receive such a "warning" will find it difficult to erase the traces of the ball's existence.

"This straight ball looks scary up close." Just as he buzzed, the air in front of his eyes was blown away.

Seeing the batter remain motionless, Cheng Gongming's heart was full of pride, and then was suppressed by another voice, "This guy is so cunning, he must not be taken lightly until he is out of the game." '

Hayakawa is not sure about his former partner's current psychology, but one thing is certain, 'he must not be put on base. '

At the same time, Takano's inner thoughts are exactly the opposite of those of his former partner, "As long as you get on base, you can score, whether it's a touch, a four-bad, or a hit, and now no one is out."Even if the last two hit the bases, I'm guaranteed a run. '

The batter recovers quickly from the danger of a touch, and even if it does, he can hit base.

The third ball came, and when it reached the middle, the rhythm was obviously different from the first two balls. At this time, Takano watched the ball go into the base coldly.

"Pa--" a slow outside corner changeup.

"Bad ball!"

The hitter seemed to want to make full use of the space in front of the two strikes, and was not easy to hit. To make matters worse, the referee seemed to have some opinions on Inashi Ace's ball handling ability because of the dangerous ball.

This ambiguous ball was judged to be a bad ball.

'One good and two bad, lucky! ’ And saw the trajectory of that changeup.

On the mound, the man's face looked very stinky, Gao Zhiye smiled secretly.

But he still put on a stable posture of waiting for the ball, and Hayakawa couldn't figure out what kind of ball he was waiting for with that momentum.

"Bump—" But the next ball, Hayakawa's right ball from the outer corner that Hayakawa used to test, was shot by Gao Zhiye without hesitation.

"The outside world!"

The hitter straightened his bat and said to himself, 'Look too closely and hit the bat too late.However, the speed difference between the changeup ball and the straight ball can really deceive the eyes. '

Two good and two bad, Dao Shifang still has one step to retreat.

Hayakawa thought about it for a while, connected with Takano's effort to keep up just now, and determined the code for the next ball.

'Slider? Daoshi's ace frowned. His inner impulse at the moment was to use a straight ball to strike out Gao Zhiye.

Of course, reason tells him that when the opponent is getting familiar with the straight ball, it is better to use the lure ball.

'Damn Takano! '

The hitter chose to swing a little earlier on the third ball because he had just observed the lesson too late, but he still had enough energy to judge that this was a very beautiful slider.

Comes in from the low bad ball zone in the outer corner, slides all the way to the hitter's heel before diving into the catcher's mitt.

"Bad ball!"

But it was still a bad ball, and now the ball count was full, and there was no way for the catcher and hitter to retreat.

'What's the next ball? Gao Zhiye felt that the hairs on the back of his neck stood up, and he was highly concentrated, staring at the pitcher so closely that he could almost see his eyelashes clearly.

The pitcher frowned and nodded.

The movement of the catcher behind brings the sound of sand rubbing, 'Is it the inside corner or the outside corner? '

Judging from the feeling of the wind from behind, it seems to be an inner corner.

'Then bet on the inside corner! '

At this time, the position where the catcher is squatting is the inside corner, and his glove is placed on the hitter's knee, "Gao Jun will definitely hit the next ball, so let's use the ball from this angle to decide the winner!" '

"Hmph~" I have to say that Hayakawa, the catcher, really likes to study the mentality of the pitcher. He always opens the pitcher's blocked mind at the moment of inspiration, like letting go of the gate of a dam.

'If you want to fight, you can fight! '

Cheng Gongming was not afraid of anyone's bat, his eyes were burning, he only looked at the catcher's glove, his heart was beating like a drum, making his whole body tremble slightly.

The white ball flew off the mound and headed straight for home plate.

The hitter who was standing firmly in the strike zone, his eyes fixed, 'Here we come!Inside corner! '

Break through the wind and step out, and the bat will follow!
"bump--"

The ball was hit high, and everyone on the benches on both sides was staring at the direction of the ball.

Far away, far away, the ball is still flying, and Karl Rose on the court is still chasing vigorously.

Right in front of him, the ball landed hard on the court.

"Run!" The first base pointed to Gao Zhiye to play instructions.

"Hits! Hits!"

After two innings, Qingdao finally had another hit, which was still from Cheng Gongming.

(End of this chapter)