Chapter 21: Your mother lied to you(1/2)
The game seemed to be heating up.
Even though the Yakushima High School baseball team is now two points ahead of their opponents, their momentum is still very strong.
But no one dares to say that the Yakushima High School baseball team has secured victory in advance.
Their opponents have not given up resistance yet.
A more accurate statement is that the opponent's ace pitcher Nobu Nakagawa is still fighting hard on the court.
Because of his outstanding performance, the offense of the Yakushima High School baseball team has not been able to get the results they wanted.
In the pharmacist's rest area, the players had changed their equipment early and went on the field to take charge of defense.
They know in their hearts that the opponent's batter must be impatient.
In such an unfavorable situation, they must want to score points, even if it is just one point.
They want to support their own ace!
But the more eager they are, the harder it is to score points.
The defense of the Yakushi High School baseball team is full of holes.
It's just everyone's impression.
In fact, compared to before, the defense of the Yakushima High School baseball team has not declined, but has actually improved a lot.
The remaining second- and third-year players were the core and absolute main force of the Yakushima High School baseball team.
There are four first-year players replacing these players.
Except for Honglei City, because I have never played a formal game before, I only started studying in high school.
So far, he has been learning baseball regularly, and it only takes him three months to play full-time.
There is no doubt that he is a real bug.
This is also the root cause of the general belief that the Yakushima High School baseball team’s defense is poor.
But except for Honglei City, the remaining three first-year students are not fuel-efficient.
Mishima was previously the team's ace and fourth-stringer.
Akiba is also the core player of the team.
Moreover, the team they play for is a well-known youth baseball team throughout Tokyo.
As for Li Lei.
Li Lei was once selected for a national-level team, but due to his lack of batting ability, he did not play any other position except as a pitcher.
But this does not mean that Li Lei's defensive ability is not good.
Quite the opposite.
With Li Lei's understanding of the game, coupled with his good physical fitness and reaction ability.
His defense is undoubtedly outstanding.
When Li Lei was guarding the outfield, Supervisor Todoroki Raizo even asked him to serve as a center fielder.
Not only does it have the largest defensive range, it can also provide support to both sides in many cases.
With the addition of such a few first-year freshmen, how could their overall defensive strength be so bad?
If we talk about the former Yakushima High School baseball team, its overall defensive strength was C-level.
Then they are at least B level now, or even B level.
As long as you don't encounter a team like Cheng Kong, all the balls you hit will go directly to the stands.
The fielding ability of the Yakushi High School baseball team will definitely surprise people.
The next game was indeed the same.
Although the middle hitter of the Black Rain High School baseball team was desperately trying to score hits in order to support their team's ace.
But all the balls they hit were blocked by the Yakushima High School baseball team.
First it was Akiba, then Mishima.
After finally hitting the ball to the outfield, Fukuda waited for the baseball to land early.
He steadily caught the ball in his glove.
"Snapped!"
"Out!"
"Out!!"
"Out!!!"
Three ups and three downs neatly.
As a pitcher, Sanno-senpai's face turned red with excitement.
Compared to his performance in Game 1.
His performance on the court today was simply perfect.
"Well done, Mishima!"
"That goal just now was defended beautifully, Qiuye!"
"Futian, your predictions are getting more and more accurate now."
But when I returned to the rest area, no one around me praised Sanye, and no one even mentioned him.
"You guys please stop it a little bit!"
Sanye was in the rest area, yelling angrily.
In their last game, all three fields conceded several home runs, and their teammates were never so ruthless.
Now that he scored a beautiful three-out, why has the situation changed?
The guy can't understand.
Only then did the teammates laugh.
Of course they did it on purpose and deliberately ignored Sanye.
No one wants Sanye to continue to dwell on the past.
The game against the Seongkong High School baseball team was just a nightmare.
"Don't take it to heart, you are still our team's No. 1."
"you……"
After understanding what his partner meant, Sanye was moved to tears.
A rich old man cried like a tearful man.
The friends were also speechless.
The game continued, and the score on the field was still 2:0.
The game has reached the third inning, and the first to win the strike zone is the ninth bat of the Yakushima High School baseball team.
Sanye, who was so powerful just now, was quickly dealt with.
He hit a ball that bounced in front of the pitcher, and Nobu Nakagawa caught it in his glove, then passed to first base.
One out, no one on base.
At this time, the leading batter of the Yakushima High School baseball team stepped onto the batter's box.
"First bat, shortstop, Akiba."
Before Qiuye stood in the strike zone, Li Lei deliberately got in front of Qiuye.
Seeing Li Lei coming, Qiuye understood instantly. Li Lei must have something he wanted to tell him?
"how?"
"If you go up with the biggest bat, his pitching is a bit like Sawamura and Sanada-senpai. If I hadn't hit as many balls as Sanada-senpai, I might not be able to hit it."
"Well, is there anything else?"
"Baseballs have different drops. To put it bluntly, their spin is different from ordinary straight balls. As long as you swing the bat fast enough, you still have a chance to sweep the ball away."
For example, like the Thunder City.
Although Li Lei couldn't do it himself, Mishima and Akiha, who also practiced swinging with Todoroki Raizo, were a little better than Li Lei in terms of their ability to swing the bat.
Just because Li Lei can't do it doesn't mean these two can't do it.
Their styles are fundamentally different.
"I see!"
On the pitcher's mound, Nobu Nakagawa still believed in his mother's words.
To be continued...