v2 Chapter 12： : Nishimura Moriki (a tribute to Tojo Nozomi)

When faced with a desperate situation, there are generally only two reactions. One is called escape, the other is desperate.

Some people just don't want to give up their struggles, even if they are afraid of stopping the car with their arms.

Like this game, although Supervisor Takeda said that winning the game would save face. But a quarter-final of the Kanto Conference, there may be remembered. Only Sawamura can be remembered, and his thirteen strikes.

If the yokozuna really wanted to save some face, their safest course would be to find a way to hit Sawamura's ball and end Sawamura's strikeout record. You must know that now, every time Sawamura's strikeout increases, the humiliation of Yokozuna will increase by one point.

But Takeda ignored that.

If Yokozuna is determined to win, the number of Sawamura strikes will still increase. No matter whether this game is won or lost, this stigma of shame will always follow Yokozuna and their players.

Even so, Takeda still hopes that his disciples can walk forward with their heads held high in the days to come.

When the day has come to be laughed at, it can be said indifferently.

"We won the game!"

At the very least, you should be able to hold your chest up and say, "We never gave up the game."

I don't know when it started, the atmosphere on the field changed. It is no longer a confrontation between a super dark horse and a king, but a confrontation between Sawamura and Yokozuna. In this confrontation, Yokozuna's line play not only did not have any advantages, but was restrained everywhere.

In the first half of the sixth inning, Yokozuna Middle School attacked.

The first to hit the line was Yokozuna's eighth.

After he stood on the strike zone, he put out a bunt directly.

Such a cowardly gesture caused boos from the surrounding audience.

Audiences have been looking forward to Sawamura's strikeout, and so far, the yokozuna batter has not really relied on hitting to get the ball into the field.

This is so fantastic!

In order to continue to witness the miracle, the audience certainly hopes that the yokozuna's batter can face off against Sawamura in an open and honest manner. But unfortunately, they are going to be disappointed. Yokozuna's eighth batter didn't have that kind of consciousness, and he also noticed that Sawamura's strikeout couldn't be allowed at this time, so he continued.

In order not to get struck out and not to waste blows, the eighth stick in the lower line resolutely chose the bunt.

in the stands.

The assistant coach of Tenryuji shook his head with emotion: "With no one out and no one on base, the batter actually used a short stick. I didn't expect Yokozuna to face Sawamura and be forced to be so embarrassed."

The little old man Yamano Boguang shook his head: "It's not embarrassment, but reason!"

Knowing that he had no hope of hitting Sawamura's ball, he chose a bunt. Even if he knew that he would be spurned by the audience after he chose to bunt, he would not hesitate.

In this way, Sawamura's three strikes can be interrupted by the way.

"These players are really well trained."

After admiring Yokozuna, the old man Yamano looked at Sawamura and became extremely cautious.

He never knew before that Sawamura was so strong. Although he has estimated Sawamura's strength as high as possible, it seems that his estimate is far from enough.

In this case, can the tricks that Tenryu Temple prepared to deal with Sawamura really work?

"Ping!"

The white ball was shorted and bounced toward third base.

"Yamaguchi!"

Sawamura reminded Yamaguchi Ken to guard.

Akagi has done this kind of exercise too many times. Not to mention that the batter is not skilled in the bunt, even if he plays well, it is difficult to get on base.

Bunt steals, after all, depends on the batter's stealing speed. Although the yokozuna players are excellent, not everyone has the speed of Nishimura. At their speed, they don't even think about hitting base unless they're hitting a very subtle bunt.

But fine bunts are so easy to play, and that itself requires talent. Even if you have the talent, you may not be able to hit the perfect bunt. After all, Sawamura's ball power is not given for nothing. If you want to unload such a heavy ball perfectly, not everyone can do it.

This time, too. Yamaguchi picked up the ball and passed it to first base. The batter is banned!

The ninth stick also had a bunt.

This time it was more crisp than the eighth, his ball bounced straight up and landed in Sawamura's glove.

Get killed!

Two outs, no one on base.

"First shot, shortstop, Nishimura Moriki."

Nishimura also put on a bunt stance, and it seemed that Yokozuna was going to finish the bunt.

But Nishimura and Yokozuna's eight and nine are different. He has speed!

That's not the most important point, the most important point is that his bunt skills are very good.

Middle school students, generally speaking, do not specialize in bunt practice. Even practice is mostly the same as Akagi, only practicing tactical bunts. Few people will hone their bunt skills to a very high degree.

In middle school, bunts are just an aid.

Under such a big situation, it is very difficult for Nishimura to practice bunts so well.

"This guy is also a person who knows what he wants!"

Sawamura looked at Nishimura with admiration in his eyes.

Among the hundreds of thousands of teenagers in baseball, there is an occasional talent that is very rare. They know what they want from a young age and have a clear position for themselves. Just like Nishimura, the reason why he can hone the bunt is because he combines his own strengths and charts a path for his future.

He is fast and a shortstop. He is good at hitting, but not very good at long shots.

Combining these characteristics, he honed his striking bunt.

He's targeting a speedy infielder!

This kind of person is relatively rare, but as long as there is one, it is very powerful.

Such an opponent, Sawamura did not dare to be careless, and motioned his friends to step forward to defend, and then pitched the ball.

Seeing Sawamura throwing the ball, Nishimura immediately retracted the bat, and then swung it out again.

Skilled cheating!

"Ping!"

After the small white ball was hit flew over Yamaguchi's head. If Yamaguchi doesn't move forward, there is a high probability that the ball will be caught.

The baseball lands, and Nishimura runs to first base.

Two outs, man at first base.

On the mound, Sawamura, who had lost a hit, didn't care.

A skilled hitter like Nishimura is very difficult to deal with. Just like the trick just now, in order to deal with the bunt, Sawamura must choose the most powerful straight ball. This kind of straight ball is the most powerful. After hitting the bat, it rebounds quickly. The most important thing is that the ball is powerful, and it is not easy for the hitter to unload the force.

But in this way, Sawamura's ball species was also exposed. As long as the hitter is skilled in hitting, he can completely retract the bat and hit the straight ball again.

Although Nishimura was on base, Sawamura did well.

He struck out the second Yokozuna after Nishimura, and refreshed his strikeout count to fourteen!