Chapter 14: Duel on Bases

One out, a runner at second base!

This kind of duel makes people a little confused, and don't know.

In the face of opponents like Sawamura, why did Tanpa not use his own high curve ball, but a normal straight ball instead?

In fact, apart from these seniors in the third grade, Sawamura, who was attacked, and Miyuki, who was watching, could see the reason.

Because he paid attention to Sawamura, he also investigated all the information of Sawamura.

Sawamura hit more than 20 home runs throughout his middle school years. Most of them, almost 80%, are Breaking-balls!

Although it looks weird, according to the data, Sawamura is really not good at dealing with strong straight balls but prefers to play Breaking-balls.

The information will not lie, no matter how unbelievable it is, but Sawamura is good at playing tricky balls, it is a fact.

'It seems that both Tanpa-senpai and Miyauchi-senpai have also noticed this.'

"Then what are you going to do?"

Simply Sawamura reaching second base is useless.

So Miyuki was very interested in Sawamura's next actions.

On the other hand, the faces of several third-years were not very good-looking.

"The hit isn't anything sloppy at all."

"There is nothing to say about the swinging. Although it is not very visible, it is very solid."

"Even his Batting is strong."

"Just like a little monster!"

Everyone talks and comments on Sawamura.

It seemed that they were all praising Sawamura, but there was confidence in their eyes.

As if the person standing on the field was him, he will never lose!

The two years of training in high school have made these guys reborn, both physically and mentally. They have absolute confidence in themselves.

"Third, outfielder, Takemoto."

It was Miyauchi's turn to face the core lineup of the freshman.

Before pitching, Tanpa gave Sawamura a fierce look.

Sawamura stayed on second base honestly, without the slightest movement.

Tanpa relaxes and prepares to pitch.

At this time, Sawamura had already started to accelerate in small steps, creeping towards third base.

"Second base!"

The Catcher, Miyauchi, like a rhino, exhaled two breaths from his nose, ready to remind Tanpa to contain Sawamura.

On the mound, Tanpa was completely immersed in his own pitching, with his feet already outstretched, in the act of pitching.

'That's too late!'

Miyauchi made a judgment in an instant, and now he stopped reminding Tanpa, waiting to catch the ball.

The small white ball, like a meteor falling to the ground, went around the side of the Batter's body.

Even if he had seen it once, Takemoto took a half step back in fright.

At this time, Sawamura was close to third base because of the rush.

"Stop looking down on people!"

Miyauchi caught the ball and passed it to third base without hesitation.

The third baseman caught the ball and turned around to stop Sawamura, but there was still Sawamura in front of him.

After approaching third base, Sawamura slipped a nice slide and threw himself on the bag.

"Safe!"

The referee looked at Sawamura in surprise and was stunned for a second before he announced.

Sawamura stood up as if nothing had happened, and gave Takemoto a thumbs up.

Takemoto felt a little ashamed, he actually backed away just now.

'Next time, next time, absolutely can't go back. Be sure to knock the ball out.'

One Out, runner at third base.

The freshmen now in a very good scoring opportunity.

"The timing was just now; it was a great choice."

"Especially when the Pitcher and Catcher are paying attention to him, he has the guts to act."

"The unstoppable Sawamura really lives up to his reputation."

At this time, no one had taken Sawamura as a freshman anymore.

With such a skill, is there might be something that ordinary first-year can compare to?

On the mound, Tanpa's face was very ugly.

Looking back now, the glance he used to restrain Sawamura in his eyes, not only did not have any effect but instead helped Sawamura Steal.

If it wasn't for Tanpa's determination that Sawamura would not steal bases, it might not have been too late to steal third bases at Sawamura's speed.

Miyuki, who was watching, widened his eyes and looked at Sawamura.

"This guy is really interesting!"

'Such an opportunity to steal bases is so small. I didn't expect that such a time difference was caught by Sawamura!'

'Amazing, really amazing.'

On the strike zone, Takemoto kept hinting to himself that he must hit the ball, and he must hit the ball.

The Tactics, before playing, everyone has been discussed.

One Out, runner at third base.

With a beat and a run, Sawamura will run regardless of the outcome.

As long as the ball lands, they have a chance!

At this point, Miyauchi obviously also thought of it, and he took the time to give the infielders a signal to let them move forward to guard.

In this way, even if the freshman uses the bunt, there is not much chance.

With everything ready, Miyauchi gives Tanpa the ball.

On the pitching mound, Tanpa nodded and threw the crucial shot.

At the moment Tanpa pitched, Sawamura had already started running to the plate.

"Steal home plate directly?"

Isashiki looked at Sawamura in disbelief: "Is he crazy?"

"No, no, it's forced to take points!"

Takemoto, who had never hit the ball, swung decisively.

"Ping!"

The white ball was hit and bounced high.

'A hit!'

Takemoto was overjoyed, then threw away his bat and ran forward.

Sawamura, who was running from third base to home base, was shocked when he saw where the ball landed from the corner of his eye. He braked suddenly, turned, and ran to third base.

'Why here!?'

After the pitch was released, Tanpa rushed forward, and the ball that had just bounced happened to land in front of him. Tanpa opened his glove and caught the ball.

The steal was killed!

In that case, Sawamura would be useless even if he ran to home plate.

Baseball Rules: If the runner is at third base, if the batter is caught, the runner must return to the third base bag to start the run to steal base. Otherwise, if you don't get back to third base in time, or you get hit, you're out.

Sawamura just realized that Tanpa would kill Takemoto, so he desperately rushed to third base.

Snap!

The third baseman received Tanpa's pass and did not give Sawamura a chance to return to base.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

His glove touched Sawamura's body.

"Double kill!"

"Double kill!!!"

The Catcher, Pitcher, and third baseman worked together seamlessly.

In the face of the freshmen team's raid, the old students' defense was well organized.

Sawamura spread his hands helplessly and gave the old students a thumbs up.

"Got it, it's amazing!"

Three outs, offense, and defense exchange.

"Tanpa is qualified. As long as you restore your original characteristics and rhythm, you will be our main pitcher."

The referee, Kataoka, was very satisfied with Tanpa's performance just now: "After the fifth inning, you can leave the game. you will start training with the First String in the afternoon."

"Yes!"

Tanpa was very excited to answer.

Sawamura returned to the freshmen team.

"How can you be reckless?"

Kanemaru asked Sawamura angrily. He didn't mean to find fault, he just felt sorry.

The freshman team finally won a hit, and it just disappeared.

Sawamura shrugged: "The gap in strength is so big, if we didn't have the determination to break the boat, how could we have shaken these seniors?"

In fact, according to Sawamura's original script, he hoped that Takemoto would fail.

In this way, he can directly confront Miyauchi-senpai at the home plate…

Unexpectedly, Takemoto's performance was better than he imagined, and he actually hit Tanpa's ball, so that he would have a hard time riding a tiger.

"Change your mood, it's time for us to defend."

In the second half of the fourth inning, the senior's team attacked.

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T/N: The First Chapter.