Chapter 57: Victory and Defeat

On the other side, Sawamura was also taken in. Although he still has a lot of change balls, he can use almost none. The change balls that Sawamura trained in his previous life were all practiced with hard balls. With soft balls, it was unknown whether he could change according to his own wishes.

The weight, feel, and stitching of hard and soft balls are completely different. It all takes a test one by one, and then you can choose the ball path that can be used.

And the problem also lies here. For his own reasons, Sawamura is not willing to temper the soft ball's change ball. These change balls will not help him at all in high school and even in his career.

His change balls are different from everyone else. Even if others have trained one or two change balls as weapons in middle school, they can use them as long as they get used to hard balls in high school. Sawamura can't, he changed the baseball by changing the way he holds the ball. Even if he had mastered the softball variation balls, after high school, none of these variation balls could be used.

After the ball is changed, the same grip position, the change of throwing is also different. The pitcher himself does not know where the ball is going. This kind of ball may have unexpected effects at first, but in the real critical situation, especially after advancing to the profession, this kind of uncertain ball cannot be used as a weapon at all.

Of course Sawamura didn't want to waste three years practicing the change ball without half a cent of help for the future. Even if he is still young, time is not so wasteful.

Also, focusing on changing the ball will affect Sawamura's ability to improve his speed and power. You can only practice more than 100 balls a day. If you practice 50 variation balls, it is equivalent to practicing 50 less straight balls...

According to Sawamura's original plan, he was going to use the straight ball for a year or two to unlock the change-up ball at the right time and timing. This kind of change ball can be used for both hard and soft balls. And it is the same as Sawamura's floating ball, which also belongs to the straight ball system. Practicing this kind of ball does not interfere with Sawamura's practice of ball speed and power.

But who would have thought that although Akagi was stumbling along the way and survived nine deaths, he also broke into the semi-finals of Nagano County with great luck?

Facing the Tenryu Temple, especially when he met Nanami Haruka again, the little flame in Sawamura's heart inevitably jumped. This is not only to bring the friends to familiarize themselves with the atmosphere of the competition as soon as possible, but at the same time, deep in his heart, he does not allow himself to bow his head to anyone.

Facing Nanami Haruka, Sawamura felt that he couldn't lose, he had to win!

It's just that the current situation is not good for him. It is not easy to conquer Nanami Haruka without using new changing balls and relying solely on straight balls and change-up balls.

"Now I can only gamble."

The straight ball is another changing ball, and the probability of making mistakes with Feng Xiang is too high, so it has no value as a weapon. Sawamura can only bet the odds with Nanami Haruka with straight balls and floating balls.

Whether the ball is floating, Nanami Haruka doesn't know, and he doesn't know whether he is throwing from the inside or outside corners, even if he has terrifying dynamic vision. Sawamura still has a 70% certainty to solve him.

In the position of the catcher, Feng Xiang quietly put his gloves on the outer corner.

"Whoosh!"

At the same time, a small white ball like a laser light flew in.

On the strike zone, the world in Nanami Haruka's eyes was like a slow-moving film, beating frame by frame. Sawamura's straight ball is very sharp, and there is a slight rise, which is clearly seen by Nanami.

The ball path is the straight ball that Sawamura used to deal with Nagano Metropolitan High School at the beginning.

Even if he saw the path of the ball, Sawamura's pitching time was very short, less than half a second. If you can't lock the inside or outside corners from the beginning, Nanami Haruka will still have a hard time hitting Sawamura's ball well. Either flying high or out of bounds, the probability of playing well is also there, but it is not very high.

Sawamura's prediction that he has a 70% chance of winning is no joke.

But in Nanami Haruka's view,

With a 70% chance of winning, it was him. Because from the very beginning, he guessed the angle that Sawamura was going to cast, it was the outside angle!

The only fielder who reassured Sawamura was the first baseman. At this time, even if Sawamura subconsciously went to pick, he would definitely shoot the outside corner. Only then would the ball land in the direction of the first baseman.

In addition to Goofy and Boundary, if Nanami is aiming at the floating ball, there is a small probability of being hit to the ground. The bat is swung two balls above the straight ball, and the lower part of the bat just touches the top of the slightly floating ball, so that the ball is hit, and it is the ground.

"Ping!"

Nanami Haruka's brain is like a high-speed computer, and people are caught off guard, and the ball is bet by him. Sawamura and Fengxiang all aimed at the outer corner. Fengxiang only believed in Oda who was always by his side. Sawamura also subconsciously believed that the outer corner, where Oda was in charge of guarding, was the safest.

Nanami Haruka, who was told by his brain to operate, saw this clearly.

Sawamura has two lives, and Feng Xiang is also considered a master at grasping people's hearts, but they are still a little bit worse than a genius like Qi Hai Yao.

"Snapped!"

The baseball flew far away and landed in the outfield.

When Yamaguchi returned the ball, Nanami Haruka had reached third base, and he did not continue at third base and stayed there honestly. Sawamura, who was about to set him up, was speechless.

Sometimes, the opponent is too knowledgeable and annoying enough.

No one out, there is someone at third base.

Sawamura's first official confrontation with Nanami Haruka was limited to his own planning and constraints on his teammates, and he lost miserably, almost a complete defeat.

"Whoo~"

Taking a deep breath, Sawamura cleared the haze that lingered in his mind.

The runners go to third base, and Tianlong Temple is determined to score points. In this case, they will 100% use hit-and-run or force points. With the cooperation of Akagi players, the probability of stopping them is no more than 10%.

Now I can only throw the ball with the mentality of losing a point!

Losing points in the last two rounds, although Sawamura is not happy, it is not that Akagi has no chance. Nanami Haruka also threw a lot of balls, and it was not impossible for Akagi to make a comeback in the overtime.

The development of the matter was as expected by Sawamura.

For his first goal, Tianlongji Middle School impatiently used the hit and run.

Although Sawamura signaled Fengxiang in advance that he would find an opportunity to throw the ball wide, Fengxiang did not expect it to be the first ball. , Nanami Haruka has touched the base of the home plate.

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!"

The shouts that overturned the entire stadium came from the mouths of more than 1,000 fans in Tianlong Temple.

They've never scored a point and felt so excited!

This shows how ruthlessly they were suppressed in this game.

The total score was 1:1. In the first half of the sixth game, Tianlong Temple Middle School tied the score. At this time, many people have a hunch that there may be an extra game, and this game will still be played.

It's just that no one expected that in the next two rounds, the outcome of the game would change so quickly.