Ace of Diamond: Return of the Pitcher

One shutout, one Strikeout!

Despite Chris's contribution to the ball, Sawamura's strength still shocked the third-year players.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would be hard for them to believe that a freshman who just entered high school could be so strong!

"That stinky bastard!"

Isashiki said with a sigh of relief.

Next to him, Ryosuke laughed and teased: "If you get three Strikes, you said they shouldn't be petty."

"Haven't you been shut out the same!"

Isashiki said reluctantly.

"At least I hit the ball!"

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"Jun, Ryosuke!"

Yuuki ignored the bantering of the two, and while walking to the Batting zone, he said, "If you have time, it's better to think about the second round."

If they lost all four rounds to Sawamura, then they shouldn't mess around.

After finishing speaking, Tetsuya went to the strike zone.

There was no emotion on his face. Stand naturally, hold the Bat naturally, and keep your eyes calm.

'What a presence!'

Seeing Yuuki like that, Chris was unable to stop his shock.

Although after the injury, Chris knows that the growth of the Yuuki is very fast. Even professional scouts have a lot of eyes on him.

But he still didn't expect that he would feel such a powerful momentum when he faced off against the young Captain.

one year!

just one year ago, his strength was still far more than that of Yuuki. Not only comprehensive strength, even if it is an attacking strength, he has to be faintly higher than Yuuki.

But now, without looking at the bat, Chris knew that he might have been thrown off rhythm just from this momentum.

He clenched his hand unwillingly, thinking of the wasted time, Chris felt tormented.

However, he never gave up.

If he can recover from the injury, he will definitely be able to make up the gap this year.

Even now, seeing the powerful Yuuki, Chris is not going to back down.

'Since Sawamura entered high school, Tetsuya has never seen Sawamura throw a pitch in the batting zone. In this case, as long as the ball is matched correctly, Tetsu will definitely not be a problem.'

With a plan in mind, Chris gave Sawamura a sign.

The first ball: the 'magic' ball!

In addition to several kinds of Straight balls and Breaking balls, Sawamura also has a kind of ball, which is the kind of magic ball he threw in the inter-team game before.

When he stepped out, his toes were not aimed at home plate but deviated ten degrees or even twenty degrees.

A pitch like this is incredible to the batter because, from your point of view, it's impossible to make a pitch like this go to the strike zone.

But Sawamura is different. He can not only throw the ball into the strike zone after stepping off but also cause the batter to have a visual dislocation due to the distortion of his body.

If you don't swing the bat, you're sure to get a Strikeout. When you swing the bat, what you see and the real ball are not in the same position.

According to data, that kind of pure Straight Fastball will cause visual dislocation. From the batter's point of view, the pitcher's ball is much lower than the real ball.

Unless you have a top dynamic vision, you have to aim for two or more balls above the path you are looking at to hit the ball.

Furuya's Straight has such a characteristic.

The batter often faces his pitching and swing, although part of the reason is because the ball is too fast, but there are still some strong Batters that have been solved because Furuya has this kind of ball that causes the batter to have a visual dislocation.

Sawamura's magic ball copied this Straight ball to some extent!

It's just that Sawamura's ball speed is not as fast as Furuya's, so his magic ball, strictly speaking, is not as good as Furuya's Straight ball.

But even if it is not as good as Furuya Satoru's Straight ball, it is easy to be at a loss when facing this kind of ball suddenly.

That's what Sawamura throws now.

Whoosh!

He stepped out, and the magic ball was thrown.

On the strike zone, the first ball was up and Tetsu swung the bat decisively.

Ping!

White's ball was hit and flew out at a faster speed than when it came.

Snap!

The baseball lands.

"FOUL!"

Miyuki made a visual inspection and judged.

If the ball hadn't gone out of the Zone, it would have been a pretty good hit.

Sawamura on the pitching mound and Chris on the catcher's faces suddenly sank.

The Captain's swing was even more terrifying than they had imagined.

It seems silent, but the ball hit is like lightning.

It is absolutely impossible to deal with such a Batter carelessly.

After Chris let out a long breath, he gave Sawamura the second ball sign.

A Moving on the edge of the outside corner!

Seeing Chris's match, Sawamura nodded and then shot the ball decisively.

Ping!

The ball was also hit and flew out of bounds.

"FOUL!"

Two Strikes, zero Balls.

From the point of view of the count alone, Chris and Sawamura will undoubtedly have an advantage now. But the real situation is not so.

Two consecutive Pitches were smashed out, and they were so beautiful and clean.

At this moment, neither Sawamura nor Chris could relax.

Instead, they seemed to be chased, as if no matter what the ball was, it could be caught.

It's not that Chris and Sawamura are worrying about it, in fact, the resulting swing is really scary.

"You can Walk me. According to our previous rules, if you Walk me, you will win this round." With a cold face, Tetsuya suggested to Chris.

'This is the Captain!'

Chris replied with a smile: "Don't worry, we won't do that. If you can hit a home run, you can try it."

The third ball: Cutter's ball in the inner corner!

The opponent is Yuuki, and Chris also knows that it is impossible to solve him with ordinary half-job pitching. At this time, Sawamura can only throw some difficult balls.

Ping!

Cutter's ball in the inner corner was also hit and flew out of bounds.

In the process of continuous hits, the momentum accumulated in the body of Tetsu gets stronger and stronger.

Chris knew it couldn't go on like this. If Tetsu cannot be resolved as soon as possible, not to mention the danger of this inning, the young Captain may consume too much of Sawamura's pitches.

The batters are a rotation, but the pitcher is Sawamura himself!

Then in the next ball, we have to finish him.

With an idea in mind, Chris decisively gave Sawamura a Sign.

Next ball: Straight Fastball to the inside corner!

'New pitching stance, plus highspeed Straight. I can't believe it can't be solved!'

The first-year Pitcher Sawamura nodded slightly.

Then his foot stepped out and slashed the ground like a battle axe, the glove in his right hand was hidden in front of him like a wall, and the baseball in his left hand swung with his arm like a whip, pitching!

Whoosh!

The white ball left his hand, like a ray of light, passing through the eyes of Yuuki Tetsuya.

Snap!

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"

At the end of the first round, Kominato Ryosuke, Isashiki Jun, and Yuuki Tetsuya had been shut out. 

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