Taro Fukuda swung the bat in his hand vigorously, and although he successfully hit the flying baseball, the heavier power of the ball also deformed his movements, and in the end he only swept the flying baseball out of the first base sideline.
As expected of a team with the first-class level in the country, this second-year pitcher's ball quality is as heavy as Yagami Yagami, or even better.
Taro Fukuda frowned, and the sequelae of the joint training began to show. He had just hit the first pitch thrown by the pitcher, and he felt swelling and pain in his limbs, forcing him to readjust his stance so that he could be more able.
Good swing of the bat.
The catcher Kendai Doi of Rishōsha asked their pitcher Kitayama for the ball again. The baseball flew towards home plate again with strong wind pressure, and it was another fast ball.
But even with such a discreet golf course, Taro Fukuda still missed his swing.
The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound avoided Taro Fukuda's swinging bat and fell into the cover of catcher Kendai Doi.
“strike out.“
The referee made a sound to indicate that the greenway batter was struck out by the pitcher of Lu Zhengshe.
"Is it difficult to hit?" Tanaka Yuki asked Fukuda Taro who was retreating when he was about to hit.
"The power of the ball is very strong, I don't know the rest for now." Taro Fukuda replied in a low voice.
Is the power of the ball very heavy?
Yuuki Tanaka walked to the batting box and waved the bat in his hand. He felt the adverse reactions caused by the soreness in his limbs. The more he felt like this, the harder he had to work harder.
Although Tanaka Yuuki struggled with three more pitches than Taro Fukuda and pitcher Kitayama before, Kitayama's pitching still did not allow him to get a hit, and then Aomichi's batter was struck out by the pitcher of Yushengsha again.
Next is Seido's three sticks, Tetsuya Yuuki, who has both skill and strength.
After Kitayama's pitches were hit twice by Yuuki Tetsuya and swept away, catcher Kendai Doi immediately adjusted his strategy and asked pitcher Kitayama for a fork ball in the low inside corner area.
"call out!"
"Ping!"
Although Yuki Tetsuya successfully hit the baseball that flew from the pitcher's mound, he hit a ground ball. He was only half-way through the game when he was thrown out because the first baseman of Yuki Shosha caught a pass from the shortstop.
"Three outs, exchange of offense and defense." Qingdao, who was extremely tired in front of Lu Zhengshe, ended the first half of the first inning without much twists and turns.
"How is your condition?" Iori Yagami stood on the pitcher's mound and asked in a low voice to Naoya Kuraza in front of him.
"It would be a big help if senpai could throw the baseball to where I need it." Naoya Kuraza, like everyone else, felt sore all over and had weakness in his limbs.
"It seems okay." Yagami bent down and picked up the magnesium powder bag on the ground and squeezed it. After throwing it down, he moved the fingers of his left hand, then took the baseball thrown by the referee and stroked it with his fingertips.
Pattern, put your left hand behind your back.
Why don't you try throwing a few pitches first? Naoya Kuraza ran down the pitcher's mound and squatted down behind home plate. Then he looked at Yashigami's actions on the pitcher's mound and gave him a signal.
Iori Yagami shook his head. What he has to do now is to save his energy as much as possible, and every shot he can take is one less shot.
So after Naoya Kuraza confirmed Yashigami's idea, he immediately signaled to the referee that the game could start.
For the first pitch, Naoya Kuraza asked his senior for a sinking fastball (a type of two-seam fastball), which is a high-speed sinker.
Yagami nodded and threw the baseball in his hand.
"call out!"
The baseball, which had been able to hit the strike zone very well in the past, was deflected a lot this time. After the batter of Luzhengshe saw the path of the ball clearly, he stood motionless and did not swing the bat in his hand.
"Bang!"
“ball.“
"Um?"
Director Okada of the official club looked at the scene in front of him and raised his hand to touch his chin. Why did Seido pitcher's ball control become so poor?
By the way, I heard that Qingdao's summer joint training just ended yesterday, and it seems that their players haven't adjusted yet.
I want to compete with our Rushongsha at this level, but I will be knocked down by us and lose all my confidence, Director Kataoka.
Yagami frowned, raised his hand to catch the baseball that Naoya Kuraza passed back to him, hid his left hand in the ball sleeve and turned it, then put it behind his back, followed the code given by Naoya Kuraza, and threw a ball.
Card ball.
The sinker in Japan is not exactly the same as the sinker in the United States, because the sinker in Japan is not very fast, while the sinker in the United States is fast and slow; in addition, many Japanese sinkers are not very fast.
The pitcher's grip and pitch of the sinker would be considered a changeup in the United States. Sometimes they would also regard the screwball, or reverse curveball, as a sinker. This also made Yagami transfer to Seido last year.
After that, he naturally regarded the sinker he threw as a screwball. In fact, he did not know how to throw a curveball.
"call out!"
This time Yagami's pitch was accurate and he put the baseball in his hand into the strike zone. Imai Ryo immediately swung the metal bat in his hand as soon as Lushengsha hit the ball.
"Ping!"
The baseball hit by the batter turned into a white light and flew backwards towards the area between second and third base. Shortstop Taro Fukuda chased the baseball flying from home plate for several steps before putting it into his ball cover.
.
“out.“
After taking a few deep breaths, Yagami caught the baseball thrown by Naoya Kuroza.
Imai Ryo and Erbang Kotani from Luzhengshe whispered as they passed by each other: "The Aomi pitcher is not in good condition."
After hearing this, Kotani, the second batsman of Luzhengshe, nodded. After running to the batting area and standing up, he looked back at the instructions given to him by Director Okada in the dugout: Are you aiming for the straight ball?
Xiao Gu waved the bat gently, then raised the bat above his head, waiting for a hit, "Are you in a bad state? Let me try it!"
"call out!"
The first pitch Yagami threw was a two-seam fastball with a certain displacement that he rarely threw in a game after Chris was injured. It is different from the United States where fastballs with a displacement are regarded as good fast balls.
As for the ball, Japan prefers the fast ball with a straight path, because the wandering ball path is more difficult to control, and the accuracy of ball control is difficult to master. There are advantages and disadvantages to both sides' choices.
In fact, if Yagami hadn't spent some time improving his ball control after returning to Japan from the United States, he wouldn't be able to have the pretty good ball control level he has now.
"Whoa!"
"Bang!"
Faced with this new type of ball that he had just come into contact with recently, Naoya Kuraza finally succeeded in catching the flying baseball in the strike zone. He finally felt a lot more settled and showed Yagami a new ball on the pitcher's mound.
signal.
Iori Yagami nodded, raised his legs, took steps, swung his arms, and followed the instructions given to him by Naoya Kuraza to throw a fast sliding ball.
"call out!"
"Whoa!"
Kotani watched the baseball fly straight on the pitcher's mound, waved his hands vigorously, and swept the bat out of his hand.