Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

Chapter 107 Final Day

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'The last ball he threw at me... was obviously too hard...' Isashiki glared at Chengmiya in dissatisfaction, then looked at Azhe.

What Inashi fears most now is meeting Yuki in this situation. What they hope most is to end this half of the game immediately before the situation gets worse.

'The game is now absolutely in our hands...'

"You can take it down...Azhe!"

The four batters of Seidou were suppressed by Narimiya in the first three at-bats, and now they can score even if they hit an infield hit.

The first pitch that Narimiya throws here will be a highly anticipated one.

"call out!"

The baseball headed straight for home plate, showing its fearlessness and its direct confrontation with the bat.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Harada boldly hit a forkball on the outside corner, a pitch that fell at a tricky angle and at a high speed, causing the batter to swing and miss.

"He swung at the first pitch without hesitation..." Harada looked at Yuuki cautiously, "Does he want to lock in a straight ball?"

When the second ball was thrown, the ball's path unexpectedly deviated from the original track.

Harada blocked the bouncing ground ball firmly, but the ball still bounced behind the batter.

Seeing that it was a great opportunity to steal a base, when Hakusu on third base started to think about it, Yuki stretched out his hand to signal the runner not to act rashly.

Sure enough, although he missed the ball, Harada held the baseball neatly and was ready to attack the runner as long as he moved.

"Nice block!" Seeing such a sharp move, Yamato in the press box exclaimed.

"Yeah... With a runner on third base, we're afraid of this happening..." Fujio responded, but he was more concerned about the batter who caused this pressure. 'Even Narimiya threw hard...'

The first and second at bats were both struck out by the opponent's changeup. The third at bat was caught by Carlos's beautiful technique, but he hit a perfect straight ball...

"It seems that the key... is the changeup that was used as the winning ball after all!"

Qingdao also thought about this. It can be said that what they are most afraid of now is that Cheng Gongming will throw a changeup.

"Don't throw it...Don't throw it...Don't throw it!" The most nervous person was Minister Ohta, who almost wanted to rush over to stop the opponent from throwing the ball.

At this moment, because they still couldn't decide on the pitching and catching partner of Dao Shi for the third ball, there was a disagreement on the pitching.

Ming shook his head and rejected all of Harada's pitches, which meant that he was not satisfied with the content of the pitches.

"..." Harada couldn't help but frown. He probably knew what kind of ball Ming wanted, but this was somewhat of a gambling element.

After careful consideration, Harada deployed his two walls to signal Narimiya to throw his full strength at him, a signal that finally made Narimiya nod.

The third ball, facing everyone's gaze, turned into a beam of light and headed straight for home plate, colliding head-on with the bat.

"Kick!"

The bat hit the bottom edge of the ball, pushing it behind home plate and then hitting the protective netting in front of the spectators.

"The outside world!"

"Hah!" Cheng Gong let out an inspiring roar at this moment.

"great!"

"The ball is ahead in speed!"

"Senior Ah Zhe! You can keep up!"

"Azhe!"

Narimiya threw a straight ball with all his strength, creating the fastest pitch speed of the day, and Yuki was able to keep up with the ball.

The pride of the ace pitcher and the determination of the fourth batter created fierce sparks here and aroused the warmest cheers from the audience.

In the showdown after the two good shots, both players were unwilling to give in.

Narimiya kept throwing sharp shots, showing that the opponent had no chance at all.

Yuki tried his best to follow the ball, and he hit the fork ball or the lob ball out of bounds.

"A Ming's straight ball is really sharp..." After the fifth ball, Harada was in a dilemma.

To maximize his straight ball, he had to rely on changeups, but thinking of the ball hit by Isashiki, Harada hesitated again.

"But if the number of balls increases, the ball may float upwards, so I am so careful in the ball distribution..."

While Harada was hesitating, Narimiya on the pitcher's mound was looking at him with sharp eyes.

"We can only rely on that kind of ball... Aya-senpai! Haven't we been practicing to survive this kind of situation at Koshien?"

Seeing Mingna's eager expression on his face, Harada looked towards the rest area and signaled to his supervisor.

"That's right. Now is not the time to worry about the speed of the ball. If you can throw a low ball, it will become a magic ball and no one can hit it!"

"Huh..." After receiving the supervisor's nod, Harada no longer hesitated, 'If you can throw it in at this time, it will be a useful victory ball! If this ball is not low enough, I will beat you...'

At this moment, Cheng Gong's expression showed a little more excitement, and he stood up to prepare for pitching.

"You don't have to shout so loudly, I can still hear everyone's voices..." Even if I was concentrating, he could still hear them, "The one who can meet the expectations of the players and the audience is the ace pitcher..."

Whenever this happens, I will think of the huge mistake that I need to make up for in that place.

"Now, I will make the most of this ball... Let's go to Koshien!"

As he stepped forward, his arms swung out with a huge pressure, sending the ball out with all his strength.

Still as a mountain, moving like thunder, these words are the most suitable to describe Yuki's attack...

While waiting for the at-bat, Yuki remained in his stance, motionless. The moment the pitcher threw the ball, his foot froze.

"Change... changeup!" For a moment, the atmosphere in the Qingdao rest area was suffocating.

"Great! His batting posture is off..." For a moment, Harada felt relaxed, as if he was sure to get the out...

In just a moment, the ball slowly approached home plate and the bat appeared on the ball's path.

'Lead everyone with your performance...'

"Qiang!"

The bat hit the ball hard, and the crisp sound caused the baseball to fly backwards at a faster speed.

As Inami looked astonished, the baseball flew high over the glove of second baseman Hirai and landed in the outfield.

The runner who had heard the sound already returned to home plate first, and when Haruichi had already crossed third base, Carlos in center field caught the ball.

Seeing that Isashiki was already running towards third base, Hirai quickly called on Carlos to throw to second base...

"After the runner on third base came back and scored, the runner on second base also came back and scored! The fourth batter hit a timely double, and Seidou High School scored two points in one go!"

"Qingdao!"

"Azhe!"

"Chief Azhi!"

"Qingdao!"

The cheers from Seidou were endless. Harada requested a timeout and walked towards the pitcher's mound with somewhat heavy steps.

"The ball was sharp... but if it could be lower..." Harada thought about what to say at this time and came to Ming...

“Haha…that’s amazing…” Narimiya spoke first before Harada could say anything, “There’s nothing to say about a ball like that. We can only think that the hitter is really good!”

"..." Looking at Ming who was unexpectedly calm, Harada was stunned for a moment, "Yeah... there are still runners on base, so the next step is more important."

"Two people are out already, be careful with the first pitch!"

"I know!"

After a few simple words, Harada turned around and returned to home base. "It's impossible for him not to feel unwilling... But that expression..."

The next batter was the fifth batter Masuko. When he stepped into the batter's box, Narimiya was still adjusting his mentality.

"Qiang!"

No one expected that the first ball would be hit out so easily.

"Great! First goal!"

"Fly!"

It looked like a good shot to add points, and the Seidou players were excited.

A figure quickly ran towards the flying baseball, turned around and jumped to block the direction of the ball with his glove.

"Snapped!"

"what!"

"Pity!"

Carlos once again blocked the baseball, thus ending the defensive stint in the top of the eighth inning.

"Three out, exchange offense and defense!"

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"Almost! Masuko!"

"Azhe!"

"Well done!"

"Chief Azhi!"

"amazing!"

As soon as the batters returned to the dugout, they were warmly welcomed by the players. Of course, the ones who scored the extra points received more.

"You've taken all the limelight!"

"You guy!"

"Supervisor, what do they tell you to do?"

"Did you catch the changeup on purpose?"

“No…” Yuki smiled and said, “I don’t even remember what ball I hit… When I came to my senses, I was already at second base.”

"Haha..." I actually don't remember... It's funny that Minister Ota feels happy...

'It means he is really focused...' Chris smiled when he heard it.

'He's really amazing...' In his heart, Miyuki could only admire Yuki.

Kataoka smiled with satisfaction. All his efforts over the past three years were put into practice in this one performance.

"I really can't beat you!" Isashiki muttered softly as he turned his head away while moving his neck.

"Huh? What?" Yuki seemed to have heard something.

"It's alright! Reliable captain!"

"Huh..." While his seniors were celebrating, Rongjun got ready to go on stage and stepped out of the rest area.

"Alright! Defend well!"

"Tamba, Kawakami, Furuya, are you ready?"

After careful consideration, Kataoka decided to let Sawamura continue to play, but the pitchers have been preparing. Kataoka is worried that they will lose interest if they wait too long, especially Furuya.

"I'll have to rely on you for the remaining two games."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Tamba and Kawakami quickly responded to the supervisor to show that they were ready to play at any time.

Kataoka's worries may be a bit unnecessary for the two senior pitchers, because their enthusiasm has not diminished since the beginning of the game.

"Yes..." But he was still very useful here in Jūya, and the gas stove was turned on immediately.

"Sawamura! Pay attention!"

"Let's catch an out first!"

"Even though we are leading! Baseball games always start from the ninth inning. Don't forget the offensive spirit until the very end!"

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