Chapter 254 Home Base Offense and Defense
The moment the ball was shot out, a noise suddenly sounded on the court, and everyone's eyes followed, chasing the baseball that was flying fast and half high.
The next moment.
The baseball crossed the head of the infielder. The first baseman and second baseman on the right side of the infield could not even intercept. Finally, the baseball landed on the edge of the infield and rolled to the right outfield.
"Oh, sah!"
The runner of Matsusaka Shang looked back while running, and after confirming that the ball landed, he was happy. When his teammate swung the baton, he cooperated to start.
Now that the ball is out of the field, he can directly rush to home base.
"Go back to home base! Go back to home base!"
The teammates who served as the base running instructor were also allowed to do so, so he was more at ease to sprint.
The players on the field all ran because the ball was hit. On one side were runners who quickly advanced the base bag, and on the other side were outfielders who came forward to pick up the ball.
The ball rolled to the right field, and Komata Meteor, who was guarding there, ran forward, lowered his side and took the ball with his gloves.
At this time, he had no time to see the runner's position.
Komata Meteor took the ball and continued to accelerate forward for two steps, then stopped his body suddenly and passed the ball to the home base like a javelin.
"Swish--!"
"Click!"
At the same time, the runner of Matsusaka Shang stepped on the third base bag, ran around the third base and rushed towards the home base along the outside of the base line.
Runners and baseball are getting closer to home base, and everyone looks to the home base zone.
The runner's running figures and the fast-flying baseball are all heading towards the same target, and the faster one will determine the result of this offense and defense.
The runner behind him was getting closer and closer, and the baseball that flew back hit the ground in front of him.
Takashi Nishino stepped on the third base line with one foot, lowered his body halfway in front of the home plate, and reached out to meet the ball that rebounded from the ground and took the gloves.
“Received!”
The moment he received the return pass, Takashi Nishino pinched the ball in his glove with his left hand, turned around and rushed to the left with agility, and instantly collided with the runner who was sliding under his front feet.
"boom------!!!"
The contacts that occur below the second level can't tell the result in the audience in the stands and in front of the live broadcast. Even the players of the two teams on the court don't know who comes first and who comes later.
The only thing I witnessed throughout this offense and defense was to move to the right side of the home zone first and have the best perspective.
No one waited for too long, and almost the next second after the home base offense and defense, the referee made a firm judgment.
"Touch and kill!"
“Exit————!!”
The actions of the presiding referee caused a burst of cheers on the court.
This means that the home base offense and defense Shiratsuyama won, and the catcher Nishino Tetsu got the ball first and touched the runner, and knocked him out before the runner hit the plate.
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!"
The morale of Baishan players on the field was greatly boosted, and they ran back with shouts. This time they defended the home base offense and defense, and they also defended the second half of the second inning, without losing a single point.
The score is still 2 to 0 in Shiratsu Mountain.
"Oh..." The runner of Matsusaka Shang stepped on the plate and took off his helmet in frustration.
He never expected that Bai Shan would pass the home base so quickly, and he would be one step away from returning to the base and score.
This is the third one, and Matsusaka Shang High School's offense was defended again in the second half of the second game.
Seeing Baishan dangerously and dangerously killing the runner at the last moment in the picture, commentator Takayama also said: "The second half of the second inning, there is a crisis in which someone is out of the second base. A wonderful return from the right outfielder Komata-kun of Baishan High School saved the team. The offensive and defensive exchange was exchanged in three outs, and Baishan High School spent this half of the inning without losing points."
"Click and click!"
The audience in the stadium stands applauded the offense and defense this time, Baishan's garrison return pass and Matsusaka Shang's strike and base run were all very exciting. They were also excited to watch it and were amazed at the performance of the two teams.
In the stands of Matsusaka Businessman's support, the supporters were more depressed.
The team's hitters knocked the ball to the outfield. According to the past, the runners at second base were able to return to the base safely, but this time they were actually guarded by Baishan.
In previous games, Baishan High School's wonderful performance of returning home bases was not very good. To be honest, it didn't happen much.
Of course, this is also the case for most high school teams. Very few high school players can directly pass home base from the outfield, and almost all pass back with the running infielder.
The teenager has uneven arm strength.
The balls returned from the deep outfield are either missed or only to the infield. If the quality of the ball is too poor, there will be mistakes. It is better not to pass back.
In high school games, in order to avoid mistakes, if you don’t have absolute confidence, the outfielder will not pass directly to home base. Therefore, second base is the point of the game, and you can score by going to second base and having another hit.
There were people out of the second base this time. After Matsusaka Shang's hitter hit, he felt that he would definitely get 1 RBI, but he watched his teammate get out on first base.
Matsusaka Business School rest seat.
The runner who was hit and killed just now felt a little guilty and said to his teammates: "Sorry, I would have known that I would have run faster."
"It's not your problem, it's that Baishan's return is indeed faster than before."
"The outfielder in Baishan is probably stronger. It's okay. I'll find a chance next time and hit the ball behind the outfielder."
The teammates saw it more clearly off the court and knew that the problem of running this time was not big.
After Shirashan's right outfielder Komata Meteor picked up the ball and helped him slightly, the pass location was not far from home base. It was less than 10 meters away from the outfield on the edge of the infield. It was normal for a straight pass to the home base to be one step faster than the runner.
But in this way, the next time you get the chance, the hitter of Matsusaka Shang will have to find a way to hit the ball further, or directly hit the outfielder behind the outfielder and blow up Baishan's inner and outer field defense line at one time.
"Fortunately, this hit was rescued by the savage Y, otherwise Baishan would lose points." Most of the audience felt it was very exciting and admired Baishan's garrison.
A middle-aged man with glasses frowned and recalled Bai Shan's guard and the pitcher's position just now.
He didn't want to do this at first. He just took a rough look at the inside and outside world, but he remembered too much, so he could only draw it roughly in his notebook.
"Baishan's garrison arrangement is very good. It seems that there is a reason why the dark horses have entered the finals."
Looking at the drawn formation map, Haruda Hiroshi smiled and muttered to himself, and he habitually paid attention to these things.
As a scout of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Mie Prefecture, he always unconsciously analyzes the nature and potential of the players behind Y.
The Komata Meteor who passed the home plate directly was the most important creator of y, but the role played by the entire nine-man guard in it cannot be ignored.
"Fukuoka SoftBank Eagles" is a Japanese professional baseball team and is now affiliated to the Pacific League. It is one of the strongest professional baseball teams in Japan in recent years.
One of the important reasons why Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have achieved good results year by year is that they have excellent players' training and can explore and cultivate top talents.
At this year's triple conference, Wakada's mission is to inspect players from schools such as Kazuno, Haixing, and Tsuda Academy.
However, all these schools were defeated before the finals, so he continued to look at the finals and looked for no players worth recommending to the headquarters.
Chapter completed!