Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

The fourth inning finally ended, with Aomichi trailing by one point, and Furitani's pitch count reached 68, and his energy was almost exhausted. Kataoka made a decisive decision and said: "Tell Tanba that he will play in the next game! Kawakami and Sawamura, you two are also always ready."

"Yes!"

Kataoka looked at his first-choice players coming down and asked, "How was Narumiya's pitching?!"

"He throws a straight ball with great power! But it's not impossible to hit it!" Although Junsang was unhappy, it was undeniable that Ming's pitching was really powerful, but I could still hit it with only 70% strength.

"The change ball can also get a good number of strikes, but if you are forced to get two strikes, you will be in trouble!" Masuko said.

Kataoka looked at Team Tetsu next to him. Tetsu's whole body instantly surged with energy. The coach said helplessly: "I know!"

"So Kurosawa, do you think you hit the target last time?" Kataoka looked at Kurosawa and asked.

"Well! It's not that hard to beat after all, I only have 70% strength. Maybe it's because I'm a newbie! But it's really hard to beat well!" Kurosawa said helplessly.

"Ha! Don't go too far, kid!" Chunsang started to hook Kurosawa's neck. If you can get on base even if you don't play well, what does it mean if we don't get on base!ヽ(`Д′)?

Liang Sang, who was next to him, also came over and gave him a sword and said with a smile: "Junior should act like a junior, stop being so arrogant and be more humble!"

Kurosawa looked at the two of them and couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. I have reason to suspect that you are jealous and taking the opportunity to retaliate against me.

Kataoka was a little speechless. After a moment of silence, he said: "Although I hate to admit it, he has retained his strength from the first game. Only against Yuki can he throw at his full strength!"

Kataoka looked at everyone's unhappy expressions and said: "Aren't you willing to give in?! I'm not willing to give in either!" His momentum suddenly surged and he shouted: "Even if you strike out, you have to swing the bat, and even if you get out, you still have to hit the ball. Use Every time you swing the bat to put pressure on your opponent, I'm teaching you to be this kind of player. No matter how good your opponent is, you can do it."

"Yes!" The momentum of Qingdao and others came back instantly. The coach is really passionate! It’s really like using one’s momentum to overwhelm the other! ?(?^o^?)?

"Seventh left fielder Kurosawa-san!"

The first batter to hit the field in the first half of the fifth inning was Kurosawa, so Naru will use his 100% strength this time!

Ming looked at Kurosawa standing in the batter's box unhappily, and shook his head at Harada's ball, indicating that he didn't need it.

How about a bad pitch first to lure him out? Ming nodded this time, thinking unconvincingly, "I don't believe you have the strength of Team Zhe."

"call out!"

"Oh!"

"Bad ball!" He didn't swing the bat. It was lucky that he could see it, so he decided to try this position.

"call out!"

"Oh!"

"Bad ball!" He can really see it. He can't waste the ball speed anymore and just throw the changeup ball! Harada gestured.

Naru looked at Kurosawa who was motionless against the bad ball and said, "Tsk, I'll admit that your eyesight is pretty good!"

"Huh!" Kurosawa raised his eyebrows as he watched the ball thrown by Ming. It's funny that he actually threw a changeup ball at me. Although he didn't use his full strength, he still thinks highly of me. It's a pity that I can see this, but you can't. have no idea.

"boom!"

Kurosawa did not hesitate to swing the bat and hit the ball hard. The ball flew directly over the infield and hit the left field wall.

"Boom!" The ball kept rolling after hitting the wall, and the left fielder was still running. Kurosawa ran up to second base and saw the second base instructor's gesture, then rushed to third base and rushed directly to third base.

The ball was still being passed to second base, but it was already too late. Kurosawa stepped on the third-base bag in one stride.

"safe!"

"Hahahaha, that looks great!"

"Kurosawa Kurosawa! Kurosawa Kurosawa!"

"That's awesome, you're so awesome!"

The momentum of the whole field instantly shifted to Qingdao. This three-run hit was really exciting for Qingdao, who had not been on base for a long time.

Kurosawa looked at Naru who was becoming more and more powerful, and smiled and thought, it's okay to be angry! If your mood doesn't change, then my blow is meaningless.

"The eight-bat pitcher is down!"

"Fight it out, fight it out!"

Although Ming was very angry, his pitching was still stable, but Daigu was a real blind cannon and hit a double directly.

Kurosawa took the opportunity to run directly back to home base, Qingdao scored one point, and the scores were even again.

As soon as Kurosawa returned to the rest area, he was treated like a hero, and the seniors rubbed him hahahaha!

"Not bad!" Kurosawa was very surprised when he heard Kataoka's rare compliment! But when you think about it, it is normal that this point is very important. It can reduce the psychological pressure on Danba who will play later. Afterwards, he was served by the three little ones attentively.

Although Hakushu's sacrifice hit of nine bats allowed him to reach third base, Kuramochi and Ryosang failed to seize the opportunity and were eliminated.

"Aomichi decided to change the players on the pitching field. Furitani-san came out and replaced the pitcher Tanba-san."

In the second half of the fifth inning, it was Inami's turn to attack, and Seimichi decided to put on his ace pitcher and replace Furitani, who was not physically strong on the field, to take over the restart situation.

Kurosawa's mother saw that a pitcher had been replaced, but it was not her son. She turned to the child's father and worriedly said: "Nanbao, can he still pitch? I remember that he obviously likes pitching! Is it possible that Qingdao's pitcher It’s too much!”

Kurosawa's father thought: "I heard that Coach Kataoka of Seido has been adopting a follow-on policy since the summer competition. Nanbao should be closed down!"

"That's it! Let's wait a little longer! But the three-base hit my son just made was really cool!" Kurosawa's mother said happily.

"Nan Bao is very talented in hitting, but I still teach him well! Hahahaha!" Kurosawa's father said proudly.

Inami's first hit in this game was the six-stick hill. The six-stick bat was the center bat. If he wasn't careful, he would be severely beaten out!

"call out!"

"nice shot!"

"call out!"

"nice shot!"

Miyuki first let Tanba-senpai throw two curveballs to earn two strikes. Seeing that Tanba-senpai seemed to be in good condition, Miyuki thought about how to scare him by throwing an outside straight ball next.

However, neither Aomichi nor the pitcher expected that Inami's hitter's goal from beginning to end was the straight ball he occasionally hit.

"call out!"

Miyuki looked at Tanba's straight ball flying towards the inside corner, and immediately knew that the ball would definitely be hit, it was over!

Yamaoka looked at the ball flying towards him and knew that he had waited for the straight ball that the coach said was easy to hit. He hit the ball hard without hesitation.

The ball flew over the infield and directly to the left field. It was about to become a home run. At this time, a figure quickly climbed onto the wall and jumped up into the air, sending the ball flying towards the stands. He put it into his gloves.

Kurosawa perfectly completed a series of difficult moves. After landing, he raised his left hand high and signaled to the referee that the ball had been confiscated.

"Out!" The referee quickly gave the result.

"Ah ah ah! That's amazing!"

"Kurosawa Kurosawa, Kurosawa Kurosawa!"

"You see, that kid confiscated the home run!"

"The defense is so amazing, it's incredible! I've never heard of this person before!"

"Yes, yes, it suddenly came out of nowhere. There are a lot of monsters in this year's youth!"

"Yes, who would have thought that they had a bad harvest the year before last!"

"Ah hahahaha, Kurosawa-senpai is so powerful. With my strong defense, Sanada-senpai can shoot more easily!" Raiichi said with a silly smile.

"Hahahaha, you kid, it's impossible to do it now, stop dreaming!" Coach Todoroki said without hesitation that he is a good father.

"Ha, stinky old man!" The two began to attack each other on a daily basis.

Sanada on the side was very moved after hearing this. He looked at the two people who started fighting again and smiled and thought, Lei Shi, you have grown up! I don't always love you in vain! But as a first grader, you don’t need to think so much now! I believe we will enter Koshien with a supervisor later.

Kurosawa on the field has already started to enter Buddhist mode. Because he made dangerous moves, he was obviously pulled onto the pitcher's mound to receive greetings from the seniors.

Hearing the concern from the seniors, Kurosawa felt a warm feeling in his heart. This kind of concern is really good! But the seniors are really wordy!

Seeing Tanba-senpai's decision to divert trouble, Kurosawa said: "Tanba-senpai, please believe in our defense and attack. You don't need to worry about these. You just need to throw the ball, we will defend it, and we will also knock out Narumiya's ball." You can score, and you have me throwing the ball behind you!"

"Ha, you actually remembered that you still have a pitching mission?! I thought you had forgotten it a long time ago! Now that you remember, don't do these dangerous moves again!" Miyuki couldn't help but complain, "Don't pretend like Furiya You can't hear me, Naruto!"

"Alright, alright, I'm fine, don't worry, I must be measured!" Kurosawa saw that the seniors' attention had indeed turned to Tanba-senpai. He put his hand in front of Miyuki and said, "Don't worry, Ichi. It’s really okay! No scratches at all!”

Miyuki took the person and checked them over and over, tapping here and there. After making sure everything was fine, he signaled to the seniors to let the person go back to the left field, and the game started again.

Director Kunitomo looked at the rest area where the atmosphere was a bit gloomy after this happened, and said: "This can only praise the opponent's defense, but I think our defense is not worse than theirs, and we have proved that Tanba is indeed You can throw a good straight ball, all you have to do is seize the opportunity and hit it."

"Yes!"

Afterwards, Tanba-senpai's pitching was still somewhat affected by Inami getting a hit or four balls, but because he didn't lose any runs and his mentality was relatively stable, he still got three outs, and he held on to the game in a thrilling manner. No points lost.