Chapter 232 Dealing with the left-handed ball
In the second half of the nine games, the behind Haixing was eager to catch up with the score. Bai Shan, who was facing a crisis, wanted to get the first out of the half game, and the two could form a tacit understanding.
That is, the starfish's weak balls made a sacrifice and used an out-of-out number to send a teammate back to the base to score.
Forced points and high-flying balls in the field are both feasible tactics.
However, after Jiubang's water bank reached the attack area, he directly raised the bat in his hand and simply waited for the ball to be thrown.
"Don't you choose to force points..."
Seeing Mizumoto's attacking posture in front of him, Takashi Nishino secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the starfish's hitter chose the tactic of hitting the ball head-on.
There are people at second and third bases now. If Mizumoto points the ball to the infield, it will definitely cause confusion in the defense. By then, the offensive and defensive sides will all happen.
Therefore, it is acceptable for both parties to choose to aim to hit or to fly high in the field to sacrifice.
As for whether the starfish's hitter will be "fake and real", Tetsu Nishino also considered it, so the first shot was directly tested.
Takashi Nishino's gloves made a light move.
"Um!"
On the pitcher mound, Takashi Iwada swung his right hand and threw the ball over.
call out!
The ball flew down and rushed towards his eyes quickly. Takashi Nishino faced him with his left hand and caught the ball at the height of his chest.
"Bang!"
The baseball rushed in and rubbed against the catcher's gloves, making a very pleasant and crisp sound. Obviously, the quality of the ball was very good.
On the catcher's seat.
Takashi Nishino's left and right feet squatted behind the right strike zone and home plate respectively, and in a squat position where the center of gravity sinks, his arms straighten and steady at the height of his chest.
After the presiding judge made a decision, he immediately raised his hand and clenched his fists.
"nice shot!"
130km!
Straight ball!
Low outer angle!
Tetsu Nishino's first goal was matched with a straight shot from the ball, and Iwada Takashi also cooperated very well and firmly stuffed the ball into the good ball area.
This ball can be said to be completely beyond the expectations of the hitter Mizumoto.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't you look down on me?"
"Do you think I can't play?"
Although Mizumoto was very angry, he did not make a good deal. To a large extent, he still blamed himself for his hesitation.
Deep down, he was unwilling to make sacrifices in the final table. However, the situation where the team was behind and urgently needed to chase points forced him to face this choice.
After looking at the rest seat, Mizumoto found that the supervisor had no intention of blaming or urging him.
He raised his bat again, holding the bat loosely with his palms and breathing rhythm, his face mixed with sweat and dust, and the front uniform was covered with thick mud.
At this stage of the game, everyone tried their best.
Tetsuo Nishino also knew that a good ball could not disintegrate the fighter's determination, and every subsequent ball match was crucial.
He turned his head to look at Er Sanlei. Takashi Nishino thought for a few seconds, then made a decision and turned around to hold the mask, and called a secret code to Takachi Iwada above.
"Tempoball!"
"Low ball road!"
Takachi Iwada nodded in agreement. He basically won’t shake his head and refuse Nishino’s ball game.
The current hitter Mizube is a left hitter, standing in front of Nishino Tetsuya's right, which is the left hitter area, while Takashi Iwada is a right hitter.
Traditionally, right-hand shoters are generally not easy to deal with left-handed players, so Tetsu Nishino's strategy of playing ball must also be targeted to offset this disadvantage.
The types of balls that high school pitchers are good at using are straight balls, curve balls, slide balls and speed balls.
In this game, against the right hitter, Tetsu Nishino gave Tatsuki Iwada only three types of balls, namely straight balls, slide balls and speed balls.
In addition to pulling the straight ball in the opening space, Iwada Tatsuki's slide ball is used very well.
Against the right hitter, Takashi Iwada Iwata made 60% of the balls that were slippery, and he got a lot of outs by relying on the defense.
For those who hit the left, it is more troublesome to deal with it. The use of slide balls has dropped sharply to more than 10%, but the use of speed balls has increased to nearly 40%.
The left shot is very obvious when the right shot is played.
When Iwada Takashi Iwada came in, he would move more or less to the right hand to Nishino Tetsuya's right hand, and correspondingly he would be closer to the hitter in the left strike zone.
In this way, it will be very difficult to control the ball with the slider.
The slide ball thrown to the edge of the outer corner accidentally floats to the center of the good ball area that the hitter looks at. The slide ball at the inner corner cannot control the horizontal movement, which means a touch ball.
In addition to the drop of the ball speed, there are also different changes in displacement of the variable speed ball.
The shifting ball thrown by Tatsuchi Iwata is mainly in the longitudinal direction, which can cause a drop as big as a longitudinal slide, and it is not easy to distinguish if the left hits.
In this game, considering various factors, Nishino Tetsuya's ball match against Zuotao is mainly straight balls and speed balls, and the ball paths should be kept as low as possible, making full use of the good ball space in the outer corners.
The second ball.
Takashi Iwada threw the ball over.
call out!
The ball fell low, so Takashi Nishino knelt on his left knee, stretched out his left hand and hugged the ball that fell down.
"Bad ball!"
Tetsu Nishino originally planned to use this ball to induce the hitter to swing the baton, thereby creating a ball swing or rolling ball, but unfortunately the ball path was seen very accurately.
"No more playing speed balls... aren't you going to play speed balls anymore?"
Takashi Nishino thought to throw the ball up and give it to Takashi Iwada.
There are many possible reasons for the hitter not to make a stick. As a catcher, Tetsu Nishino can only guess the hitter's intentions from some actions.
"The last starfish hitter played the slide ball. Did they supervise them to snipe the slide ball?"
“It’s not impossible…”
"After all, I have used a lot of slide balls, and I can't help but see through them."
Frowning and thinking, Tetsu Nishino set up a shift ball in the center for the third ball. First, to test the opponent's goal of playing the line, and second, to grab a good number of balls, and first use 2 good balls to chase the hitter.
call out!
Takashi Iwada swings his arm to shoot, but the pitching movement is not smooth, and the one who throws it is a missed speed ball.
"Um?!"
Takashi Nishino was shocked.
He originally placed his gloves in the middle of the good ball area, and his squatting posture was also separate. But after seeing the changes in the ball path and the falling, he immediately pressed down his entire center of gravity, and his knees suddenly knelt on the ground, and instantly opened the gloves and blocked the gap between his legs.
"despair!"
The baseball hit the back of the plate and rebounded and was caught by Takashi Nishino with a catcher glove. If he hadn't responded quickly, the ball would have passed between his legs.
"It's so dangerous..."
Takashi Iwada received the ball Nishino Tetsuki gave him and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
It's so scary to miss the ball from time to time, let alone the situation where there are people at the third base now, and you will lose points immediately if you miss the catch.
The speed change ball just now obviously missed the shot and became a bad ball, so the number of balls reached 2 bad and 1 good. If you don’t want to fall behind in the ball, Takashi Nishino can only match the ball in the good ball area.
"The hitter, I'm very cautious in choosing the ball..."
Chapter completed!