Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

"Don't be depressed Fukiya, you just need to concentrate on pitching!" Kuramochi comforted Fukiya, who was getting angry. He thought that no matter what this time, he must get on base and create scoring opportunities. If he doesn't have good shots, he can't rely on four bad balls. If the ball goes on base, then you can only actively attack with the bat.

Kuramochi hit the first ball hard. Although the fielding error was made, Yang quickly made up for the mistake by filling in the first base. Kuramochi was unfortunately out, and Aikawa scored two outs.

Yang is really an all-round man. He supports the whole team by himself. If he could be divided into nine people, it would definitely be a strong team, but it's a pity that he can't. This makes people tired and a little sad to watch!

Liang Sang was helpless with the second strike. The referee's strike zone was greatly expanded by Yang, and some delicate positions had to be hit. However, Yang unexpectedly threw a change ball on the next ball. Although Liang Sang hit it hard, the ball flew towards the pitcher and was easily caught by Yang.

"out!"

"Three outs and exchange of offense and defense!"

At the beginning of the second half of the fourth game, Miyuki looked up at the sun that was getting bigger and bigger, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. Looking at Fanggu's sweating figure, he just felt bad! Σ(?д?;)

In the dugout, Chris worriedly looked at the number of Furitani's pitches on the scorebook, wondering if he could survive the fifth inning. Miyuki could only pray in her heart that Furitani wouldn't throw the ball too hard!

Unexpectedly, the opposing team actually adopted a hitting method to induce the pitcher's instinct to rush forward and consume more of the pitcher's energy, hoping to force Fukitani to leave the game as soon as possible and break through Seido's pitching array.

Coach Kataoka looked at the three high-ranking players in the city who had finished the game and immediately made a decision: "As long as one player is on base in this inning, Furitani will be substituted. I think the players from the third-ranking high school players in the city should come and watch." Competition, we must not continue to expose Jiang Gu’s weaknesses!”

If Fukitani is defeated here now, it will be difficult to continue to use him in subsequent games. Coach Kataoka is sometimes very rational!

At this time, if Kawakami was replaced, it would obviously be a trap for the enemy. Coach Kataoka remembered the duel test with Sawamura last night. He did not hesitate to throw a ball to his inside corner to show his determination, and finally decided to let him Sawamura comes in to pitch.

Fangtani on the field listened to the noise coming from the dugout and thought he was about to be substituted. His desire not to give up the pitcher's mound made him play 120% of his strength, and the power of the ball was stronger than before. He was worthy of being a hero. Gu is so domineering! (ˉ▽ˉ)

"strike out!"

The seniors were also upset because they did not score points in hitting to help Jiang Gu relieve the pressure and could only watch him work hard on the pitcher's mound alone.

But this is the pride of the pitcher! White Bear is really up to date! (°?°)?

Different from the self-blame and worries of the seniors, Fang Gu felt that his hand was getting smoother and smoother. He just thought that he could never let the seniors' summer end like this, and he must persist until the end! (???_??)?

What a pure heart! But it’s best not to let other pitchers know that this mentality of being the only pitcher in Seido is exactly the same as that of Little Angel Sawamura! You two are indeed old enemies! (??w??)

"strike out!"

However, Fangtani lost a lot of energy and could no longer maintain his touch. When facing the third player, he threw four bad balls and walked the opponent.

"Sorry, I have to time out! Miyuki changed pitches!" Miyuki at the home plate was shocked but also understood the behavior of supervising the move. He stayed on the spot at the pitcher's mound with a face full of disbelief, and his heart felt like June. Snow, I am so unwilling!

"In the broadcast of the conference, Seido High School replaced player Kutani Furitani-san and took a break, and the pitcher was replaced by Sawamura-san!"

Although I am very sad and sorry for the end of Daigu, I am also looking forward to what I will do when Ji Cun comes on. He is very handsome when he comes out, but he scares his own people quite a lot hahaha! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

Kurosawa watched Fukitani tightly clenching the white ball in his hand, ignoring Sawamura's request for the ball. He just lowered his head and panted tiredly without saying a word. Listening to the advice of his teammates around him, he suddenly felt So sad.

Kurosawa unconsciously went up to hold Feng Gu's hand and touched his head. He said gently but sternly: "Feng Gu, I know you are not willing to accept it, but you have to believe in us. I believe that we seniors will not take it for granted." The advantage you have worked so hard to gain will be ruined. I believe that Sawamura, who is at the same level as you, will hold on to the score! Your summer with us will not end here, so there will be countless games waiting for you in the future. What you need to do most now is Go down and rest instead of wasting time on the field, because tomorrow you will have to play, and tomorrow you also want to show us the pitching content like today!"

Fukitani looked up at Kurosawa-senpai and silently relaxed his clenched hands, thinking, yes, the game is not over yet! Summer is not over for seniors either! This is not my own game!

"You kid, you don't believe us!" Ah Chun stepped forward and patted Jiang Gu on the head.

"Believe us, Jiangu! Everyone can feel your fighting spirit!" Team Zhe said seriously.

"Ah haha, you kid, go down and watch us show off our power and we will definitely beat him up in the next game! I said we would reverse it," Kuramochi said.

"You are too willful for a first grader! You'd better go down and rest first!" Liang Sang said with a smile.

Miyuki saw that the problem with Feng Gu had been resolved and said nothing more. I don’t want you to say anything to hurt Fang Gu again, Miyuki, who doesn’t mean what she says! Of course, this time Daigu didn’t start the game and lost two points! (ˉへˉ)

Fukitani stepped forward and looked at Sawamura who asked for a baseball from him with a firm look on his face, and solemnly put the baseball into Sawamura's gloves. It was so ceremonial! ?(????)

Then Fangtani left straight away, leaving some very unpleasant complaints to Sawamura, which made the little angel jump to his feet with anger!

"You...what did you just say?"

"I'm unhappy!" Jiang Gu said loudly. This is definitely the loudest response I've ever heard. It's enough to show how unhappy he is now, hahahahaha!

"Don't keep saying the same thing!"

"Hey! I'm exhausted!" Jiang Gu whispered and walked to the rest area.

"The coach seems bold to send you on the field in this situation!" Kuramochi joked.

"You were so cool just now!" Ryo-san went up with a knife, followed closely by Kuramochi's flying kick, "Don't think you're the protagonist, you brat!"

"Why (???.???)????" Sawamura said pitifully.

"But the coach should be interested in Sawamura's courage!" Liangsang guessed.

"probably!"

"Wuga!" Team Zhe and Masuko echoed.

So why does everyone look like they already know? Of course it was not just Miyuki who peeked last night, but a whole bunch of them! At this time, Kurosawa really recognized Sawamura's courage, but he still looked at everyone's expressions in confusion, as if they had expected it. He felt that he had missed an episode, why couldn't he understand it?

Looking at the people who were still chatting, he immediately pulled Miyuki's eyes and asked why. Miyuki came closer and whispered: "Last night, Sawamura and the coach had a pitching practice, and they practiced pitching to the inside corner! The ball was not thrown at all. He hesitated and stuffed it directly near the coach’s chest!”

“So interesting! (?＞?＜?)”

On the opposite side, Yang saw first-year Sawamura come on the field and became more certain of his previous guess that Qingdao's ace would not play in this game. Yang really has a smart brain, I’m so envious! ?(???????????????)?

The game continued with one out in the fourth inning. Miyuki signaled Sawamura to throw a diversionary ball first to relax himself. Unexpectedly, Sawamura threw the ball high and almost flew out. Fortunately, Team Tetsu caught it, which scared Miyuki. Khan is so helpless! ╮(╯＿╰)╭

The people in the audience who were most worried about Sawamura were actually his own second-place players. As expected, his own family knew about him, hahahaha!

Sawamura tried to take a deep breath to relax on the pitcher's mound, and then threw a ball directly into the opponent's chest like last night, and the batter swung full.

"nice shot!"

Then Sawamura threw another powerful shot that floated inwards. After the opponent hit it, Masuko easily caught it and ended the game.

The audience also erupted in disbelief. Sawamura didn't let anyone get on base! !

The little angel went berserk on the pitcher's mound again: "Hey, oh, oh, oh, oh!" Kuramochi stepped forward and punished him with a flying kick: "It's so noisy!" It was so cute to pull someone off the field quickly, hahahaha! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

"In the second half of the fourth inning, it's Aomichi High School's turn to attack, three-hit center fielder Isashiki-san!"

"Please give me some advice!" Chun Sang said respectfully, turning to the pitcher and shouting: "Come here!" This is the only time to be polite, hahahaha!

At this time, Chunsang was extremely unhappy. Even the first-year guys showed fighting spirit. How could we, the third-year students, sit back and watch in silence!ヽ(`Д′)?

"Stop looking down on me!" Chun Sang saw the inside corner ball flying toward her was too high and hit the ball fiercely. The ball flew to the left half and landed close to the sideline, and people also ran into the second half. base.

"Quadruple first baseman Yuki-kun!"

Yuki hit the first ball without hesitation. Although it was a foul ball, it flew backwards very quickly and directly intimidated everyone in Mingchuan.

Yang did not choose to continue playing hard and directly chose to walk four balls and send the Zhe team to first base.

Seeing this scene, Miyuki couldn't help but get excited and guessed that he was going to lose control. Is this too sophisticated machinery? !

"Five-base third baseman Masuko-san!"

Masuko chose to strike out, and Yang quickly got off the pitcher's mound, picked up the ball, listened to the catcher, and passed to first base, eliminating Masuko.

"Six-stick catcher Miyuki-san!"

With one out on the field, someone on second and third base ushered in Miyuki. What a disaster! ?(?^o^?)?

Mingchuan chose to defend forward when facing Miyuki, which really neglected Miyuki's long-hitting ability. This is not advisable! ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Miyuki speculated on the pitcher's thinking. Although the opponent got two good balls and barely turned the third ball into a foul ball, the two sides were also frantically calculating the other's thinking and deciding on the fourth ball to decide the winner.

"call out!"

"Bang!" Miyuki successfully guessed Yang's low-change ball from the outside corner and hit the ball hard! ??(ˊwˋ*)??

Miyuki happily thought in her heart that heroes have similar views, and we can be a good hunting partner! Well, never mind, there is Nanno now! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

By the time Akikawa player passed the ball back, Seido's two players had already run back to home base, and Miyuki also went to third base!

In the rest area, Jiang Gu looked in disbelief that he actually got hit! Σ(ˉ□ˉ||)

Sawamura exclaimed: "What a good fight!"

Kurosawa watched Miyuki's duel and thought Kazuya was extremely handsome! Is this just a competition of brain power? ! He almost hit an in-field home run! (°?°)?

The Mingchuan players on the field quickly gathered on the pitcher's mound, worried that Yang would be affected, but they didn't expect that he was in a great state of mind and just thought it was very interesting. This is how the game should be!

"Seven-bat left fielder Kurosawa-kun!"

Kurosawa stepped forward and looked at Yang in front of him. He couldn't help but want to take revenge on Fukiya. By the way, he accelerated the speed of the pitcher's self-destruction. This time, let's learn from Ryosuke-senpai!

"call out"

"nice shot!"

"call out"

"nice shot!"

Kurosawa looked at Yang's previous two shots and was completely unmoved. He was so careless that it was hard to tell what he was thinking. Yang Sunchen did not let down his guard because he almost got a home run in the last at-bat.

"call out"

"Foul ball!"

"call out"

"throw-in"

"call out"

"Foul ball!"

...

Yang's face also looked ugly. If he still doesn't know what Kurosawa wants to do, he is stupid. Looking at this man will consume his pitches!

"call out"

"Foul ball!" Kurosawa looked at the obviously offensive bad ball and without hesitation hit it again into a foul ball.

"call out"

"Foul ball!" Kurosawa's dazzling behavior directly told Yang that if Keiyuan hadn't walked him, we would have kept playing like this!

The helpless Yang didn't expect Qingdao to have such a skilled player, so he could only choose to endure it for a while and take a step back to throw four bad balls. Jingyuan walked Kurosawa.

Kurosawa slowly ran up to first base, and enthusiastic cheers erupted from the dugout: "Wow! When did that boy Kurosawa start playing like Ryosuke?"

"Ah ha, Kurosawa played well! The opponent's pitcher must be very tired now!" Kuramochi snickered.

"That's awesome, Kurosawa-senpai!" Fangtani turned into a starry eye.

"Hey, I'm going to hit Kurosawa-senpai like this!" Sawamura confidently went up to warm up with strikes.

At this time, Yang's mentality was finally affected a little, but it was more of physical exhaustion.

"Eight-bat right fielder Hakushu-kun!"

Hakushu took the opportunity to hit a single, and Miyuki returned to home plate directly to Aomichi to score another run. The field became a situation where there were people on first and second base, and one was out.

"Nine-ball pitcher Sawamura-kun!"

Sawamura came on the field aggressively, but he didn't expect to be directly ordered by the supervisor to bunt. Frustrated, he could only choose to use a bunt to hit the ball perfectly, and he was out. There were people on the second and third bases on the field! o(╥﹏╥)o

The audience cheered: "The ball rolled along the sideline!"

"Why is this guy so strong only in short game?"

"Okay, bunt expert!"

"The Prime Minister of Qingdao!" Although Sawamura himself has no self-awareness at all, he is still very unhappy! (ˉ^ˉ)ゞ

"One-hit shortstop Kuramochi-kun!"

Kuramochi gritted his teeth at Sawamura and said that he obviously wanted this short hitting ability, but he didn't have it! I could only think of taking advantage of his unstable mentality to seize the opportunity to see if he could get out. But Yang De's mentality had obviously recovered and his fighting spirit was rising again, so he directly took the kill and was eliminated.

"Three outs and exchange of offense and defense!"

In the first half of the fifth inning, Sawamura used his pitching posture and Qingdou's perfect defense to quickly end the inning. The rapid alternation put a lot of pressure on Yang, who could not recover his physical strength well and adjusted his pitching state. It's trouble.

However, despite losing three points in the last game, Yang's fighting spirit has reached its peak, and his momentum is getting stronger and stronger! Because this is also his last year, he previously attended high school in Taiwan for half a year, and contestants in high school baseball games must be students who have been in high school for less than three years, so he has no next year!

Yang's fighting spirit also ignited the fighting spirit of his teammates. Although it was hard work, they managed to hold on to the fifth inning. Qingdao's 2, 3 and 5 bats were out, and the Zhe team was still walked. (???_??)?

In the first half of the sixth inning, Sawamura's momentum continued to show off. Yang hit his ball for the first time and was easily out of the game.

The game ended soon. Sawamura's performance was very good, but it also made the third high school student in the audience wary.

At this time, Coach Kataoka ordered Kominato to warm up as if he had calculated it, ready to let him come in and replace pitcher Kawakami at any time, and asked Tanba to go to the bullpen to practice pitching to confuse the opposing pitcher and other school intelligence personnel.

This is psychological warfare. Yang was already a little confused at this time. He didn't know whether Danbo was trying to confuse him or if he was really preparing to play right away. This also happened to be the strategy of Coach Kataoka who wanted to put pressure on the opponent's pitcher.

But Yang's pitching obviously didn't get out of control. His ball control was still accurate, and he successfully eliminated 6, 7, and 8 of Qingdao's bats. This time, Kurosawa was accidentally caught by the right fielder! (*?▽?)?︵○○○

At the beginning of the first half of the seventh game, Qingdao and Mingchuan were at each other's throats in the first few games. Except for Qingdao's three points in the fourth game, neither side lost any points.

Kataoka asked Koharu to hit the ball instead of Sawamura. Koharu lived up to expectations and correctly guessed the ball and hit it directly. He shyly raised his little hand in victory on the second base bag.

Kataoka stopped Kuramochi and told him that he had just noticed the sudden increase in defensive pressure on Akikawa, and told him to just cut the ball to the right.

Kuramochi followed the supervisor's instructions and hit out smoothly, using his scud to go directly to first base, and Koharu went to third base. This is the benefit of experienced supervisors! ~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~

As soon as Kuramochi saw the pitcher throw the ball, he stole the base to second base, making full use of his cheetah-like speed.

Ryosuke, the second bat, also kept hitting the ball as a foul ball, and cooperated with Kuramochi and Koharu Laibo to hit the obvious high ball in the outside corner. Yang made a mistake and the ball missed, and Koharu successfully ran back to home base.

Young didn't realize that Kuramochi was behind him and passed the ball to first base. The first baseman was trying to pass the ball back to block him but it was too late. Kuramochi ran straight back to home plate like lightning.

The audience watched the dizzying game and burst into loud exclamations: "Second point!"

"What a terrifying base sliding speed!"

"His speed is too foul!"

At this time, everyone's attention was attracted by Kuramochi. By the time they reacted, it was already too late. Ryo-san went directly to second base.

After that, Qingdao's lines were connected directly, and they scored 8 points in the second half of the seventh inning. The difference between the two sides was 11, and the game ended seven games early, and Qingdao won.

As an air defense siren sounded, both sides saluted and thanked each other, and the game between Qingdao and Mingchuan officially came to an end.

After the game, Miyuki stopped Yang and said, "Yang Shunchen, I'm very happy to play against you. See you next year!" It's rare for Miyuki to take the initiative!

"You'd better wash your neck and wait!" Yang responded domineeringly even though he knew he would have no chance to pitch next year.

Miyuki was curious about who taught Yang to say such things. Kuramochi, who heard Miyuki's words, was the first to express that he didn't want to do it again! Kurosawa watched helplessly as Miyuki beside him was clearly attracted by Yang's ball control and his unexpected matchmaking ideas.

"Is Kazuya going to catch the ball tonight?" Kurosawa pulled Miyuki away.

"Eh?! Why did you actually come to me to catch the ball! How strange! Σ(?д?;)" Miyuki was immediately diverted.

"Then do you accept it or not? The next fate will be for Inomi!" Kurosawa made a perfunctory excuse.

"Hahaha, did Yang arouse your desire to pitch? (?w?)" Miyuki guessed.

"No! How could it be! I just want to throw the ball. Don't you want to catch my ball? ╭(╯^╰)╮" Kurosawa pretended to be aggrieved.

"Just go back and pick it up!" Miyuki said helplessly. ╮(╯＿╰)╭

"Well, Kazuya really guessed Yang Shunchen's match today!" Kurosawa asked with a smile.

"Ah! That pitcher and I got along unexpectedly!" Miyuki thought about the exact position he had guessed at that time.

After Qingdao gathered together, they formed a team and walked to the auditorium to bow and thank the people who cheered. Everyone in Qingdao also successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.