Chapter 40: A Challenge from Professional Baseball

Two good balls to chase.

The Qingdao friends who watched the duel between Dongqingguo and Sawamura on the spot were a little dull.

Before, they actually already knew how much progress Sawamura Rongchun had made in the past few months?

From a novice who just joined the team and didn't know anything, he grew up step by step, and was finally promoted to the second army and served as the trump card of the second army.

Now, it has joined the main lineup of the first army.

It is said that the supervisors of Kataoka and the coaching staff of the team have very high expectations for Sawamura Eijun.

They are looking forward to Sawamura contributing to the team on the pitcher's hill in the summer tournament.

Such a pitcher, today's strength must be extraordinary.

But the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, no matter what, they didn't expect Sawamura Eijun to improve to this point?

You must know that his opponent is not an ordinary cat or dog, but a pillar in front of the Qingdao High School baseball team.

Last summer, the Seido High School baseball team was hailed as the strongest player in the country.

In this, even if the Eastern Qing Kingdom can't get half of the credit, it can also account for one-third.

Zhang Han, Yuuki, plus the strong seniors in the third grade before. All of them combined, that's two-thirds.

In the face of such a monster, as long as Sawamura can fight him with his chest held high, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team will already be very surprised.

If in the process of fighting, you can have a little advantage and have the upper hand.

So the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are estimated to wake up with a smile from their dreams.

Don't look at the surface of the Qingdao High School baseball team, there are a lot of strong pitchers, all of whom can be independent.

But in fact, what the team lacks most right now is a strong pitcher.

With such a combat strength, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team will have more confidence in the upcoming summer competition.

If Sawamura Eichei can really evolve to that extent, they will only be happy.

But in today's situation, Sawamura is not leading, but it is not a star and a half.

In the process of the duel with the Eastern Qing Kingdom, he firmly grasped the initiative, and now he is chasing the Eastern Qing Kingdom.

For the players of the Seido High School baseball team, such a scene in front of them is simply magical, so magical that they can't believe it.

If all of this is true, then the Qingdao High School baseball team is in the summer tournament......

Originally, the friends really didn't think that Sawamura Rongchun could win.

But things have come to this point, if they are still skeptical of their teammates.

That's too much to say.

"It's this kind of strength that doesn't admit defeat, let the seniors have a good look at your fighting spirit."

"All the way!"

"It's up to you this time."

Unconsciously, those people who eat melons are now standing behind Sawamura Rongchun with a clear banner.

They hope Sawamura can win this heads-up.

Even some third-year players who have a deep relationship with Dong Qingguo also have such an attitude.

Maybe they didn't say it on their lips, but in their hearts, they stood with Sawamura.

This does not mean that they do not have enough respect for the Eastern Qing Kingdom, or that their personal relationship with the Eastern Qing Kingdom is not good enough.

It's just that they are now teammates in the trenches with Sawamura Eijun.

Of course, they want their teammates to be as strong as possible.

Dongqingguo didn't say a word on his face, and his posture of striking was slightly adjusted.

Seeing Dong Qingguo adjust his striking posture, Yu Xing in the catcher position secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Senior Dong just now, although he was in a state of suppression, he did not change his position from beginning to end.

This made Miyuki, subconsciously remembering Tetsuya Yuuki's performance in the strike zone.

OK......

After watching Sawamura's two pitches in succession, the senior was still somewhat disturbed.

As long as he is disrupted, then Miyuki's confidence in winning this duel has increased a lot.

"Trust your own pitch!"

The code he gave Sawamura was very simple, and this was also the position that the senior of the Eastern Qing Kingdom didn't like the most before.

Although it is said that the current senior Dong has entered the professional baseball and become a shining professional player.

But he has only been a professional player for a few months, not even half a year.

During this period of time, Dong Qingguo also had no way to calm down and strengthen himself.

He needs to show his strengths as soon as possible to get the attention of the professional team overseers.

In other words, his current strength is not too significant compared to when he left the team.

If there is no problem with your own guess.

Then Miyuki firmly believes that in the next one or two goals, they should be able to successfully solve the East senior.

Come on!

Seeing the code made by Miyuki, Sawamura Rongjun did not hesitate in his movements, and threw the baseball in his hand very cleanly.

"Whew!"

It's exactly the same as the previous pitch, and you can't see the drop point at all.

It was as if the baseball had popped out of nowhere.

It's blazing fast!

Dong Qingguo, who was in the strike zone, saw the baseball flying, and his eyes were red.

At this moment, he seemed to have turned into a demon, aimed at the flying baseball, and struck it hard.

"Ping!"

In the most uncomfortable position, it was inevitable that the hit would be awkward, and the baseball that was hit flew high and fell outside the sideline.

"Out of bounds!"

The Qingdao friends who watched the duel between the two felt that their breathing had become heavy.

This kind of pressure is really scary!

For a moment, they even felt like a baseball would fly off the field.

is worthy of being a senior in the east, and even the ball that he was not good at dealing with in the past can fly so far.

If the baseball falls into bounds, it won't turn into a home run, but it will be a super long hit.

Sawamura, who was on the pitcher's mound, turned his head to look at the baseball that had been knocked out, and his heart was pounding.

It's exactly the same feeling as before, that kind of outside corner, it will be hit so far.

It's incredible!

"This senior is really ridiculously strong!"

In the past, because Sawamura didn't understand anything, he was quite a bit of a born calf who was not afraid of tigers.

In the face of the blow of the Eastern Qing Kingdom, he was not timid at all, but could fight him to the death.

But today's Sawamura, after the welcome game and the fight in the second army, the strength has long been different.

It was precisely because he knew more that he better understood how terrible the strength that Senior Dong showed just now was?

For a moment, he felt that the senior in front of him had become extremely tall, and he himself had become extremely small.

I was almost devoured by the other party.

In the past, he only had a similar feeling when he faced Yuki or Zhang Han.

It wasn't that strong at the time.

And this feeling is not always there, only when Senior Zhang Han is very strong and wants to win the hit, he will have it.

Past experience tells Sawamura, how terrible is the strength of this senior in front of him?

If you play against him, there is a good chance that you will be taken home run if you are not careful.

Sawamura was not afraid.

Even if the probability of winning a home run is high, he does not have the slightest timidity.

On the contrary, he was excited.

The heart was beating rapidly, and the blood was rushing in the body.

In Sawamura's eyes, the light reflected is a desire for victory.

He's not timid, he's looking forward to the feeling of playing against a master.

As a partner in receiving the ball, Miyuki immediately sensed this emotion of Sawamura Eijun.

I have to say, this guy really has a super big heart.

In the face of the situation in front of us, there is still such momentum.

Even Miyuki had to admire.

Of course, as a partner, in addition to admiration, Miyuki also ignited a desire for victory.

As long as Sawamura is not afraid, then the probability of them taking down this monster will increase by a few points.

The last ball, the quirk ball in the inside corner.

Sawamura has a certain talent in ball control.

Although it is not yet enough to throw the baseball, each good ball with the corner.

But the basic inner and outer corners, Sawamura can be distinguished.

Miyuki calmly judged Sawamura's strength?

If the opponent is Dongqingguo, they want to strike out this monster, and the probability of success is basically zero.

The only chance to win is to force Dong Qingguo to play a fishing ball.

Rely on the guard to take the out.

For this reason, Miyuki deliberately designed a trap.

And he thought that his trap was very cleverly designed, and Dongqingguo didn't notice it at all.

In this way, the probability of their success is increased by a few points.

Come on, this is the ball.

Dong Qingguo, who was in the strike zone, looked at the baseball flying over, and his mind fell into memories......

It's really progressive!

Compared with his fight with Sawamura a year ago, Sawamura at this time, compared to that time, is like two people.

Not only to be able to throw the ball, but also into the outside and inside corners.

Baseball itself, there are also irregular variations.

If you can't detect this in advance, it will be difficult to play Sawamura's pitch well.

After seeing through the essence of Sawamura, Dongqingguo made an accurate judgment on the current Sawamura.

"This little guy, as long as he plays well, it will be difficult for the hitter to hit his ball. At least at this stage of high school, it is difficult for the average team to get hits from him in a row. ”

It's really hard for an average team, an average hitter, to do it.

However, this does not mean that there is no way to do it.

He took a step forward, pulled his body apart, and then raised the bat in his hand high, patiently waiting for the baseball to fly over.

Until the baseball is in hand and it starts to make irregular changes.

Under!

After seeing the change, the brain will give the order to swing the stick, and it will definitely be too late.

Dong Qingguo's action did not go through the brain's thinking, but reacted directly at the moment when he saw the changes in baseball.

"Boom!"

On the strike zone, a gust of wind swept by.

Miyuki's eyes suddenly showed caution.

"Ping!"

Immediately afterward, people saw that the white baseball was swept away.

Baseball skyrocketed.

All the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, at this time, their eyes were firmly locked on the white baseball.

Then they watched the baseball fly a full distance of 100 meters, over the protective net, and flew far away.

Home plate, heavy artillery!

Although the process was a little tortuous, in the end, it was still the legendary hitter before the Qingdao High School baseball team who won the duel.

Eastern Qing Kingdom.

This man has scored nearly fifty home runs in his three-year high school career without many official games.

The audience was silent.

How much the friends supported Sawamura before, how much their faces hurt at this time.

Sawamura himself is not reconciled and hopes to continue the showdown with Higashi.

The surprise in Miyuki's eyes did not recede.

But continuing to fight, he is not averse.

Obviously, he very much hopes to be able to watch the blow of the Eastern Qing Kingdom again.

If he couldn't watch it again, he wouldn't be willing to do it anyway.

Why did you lose inexplicably?

Until now, Miyuki still hasn't figured it out.

"I don't care, the blow just now isn't even a warm-up. Are you really sure you want to keep fighting, though? ”

Dongqingguo held his head proudly.

He has successfully lost weight and looks particularly tall.

Being stared at by him like this, many friends in the Qingdao High School baseball team were muttering in their hearts.

They can't say why, they just don't feel well.

It was Superintendent Kataoka who took the initiative to stand up and stopped the duel between the two.

Dong Qingguo has obviously completely seen through Sawamura's pitching and continues to fight, and the result may be miserable.

Such a duel cannot continue under any circumstances.

If all of Sawamura's pitches are hit by Dong Kiyokook, it will almost certainly affect his next pitching form.

With the current situation of the Qingdao High School team, they can't accept such a result.

So this duel can only be forced to be suspended.

There were some third-year contestants who took the initiative to come to Dong Qingguo's side.

Although they would prefer Sawamura to win, they are also genuinely happy for their former seniors to reach a higher level.

"This has become a professional player, and it is really different!"

Sawamura, progress!

The Eastern Qing Kingdom did not stand still.

Originally, my friends thought that he had just become a professional player, and he must have a lot of other work to do.

In the past six months, there may not be much time to practice.

Now it seems that they were too naΓ―ve. Dong Qingguo, who entered the professional baseball, has also been sentenced to two people compared to when he left the team.

Professional baseball is a rebirth for his baptism.

Because of this, no one has mentioned the duel between Dongqingguo and Zhang Han anymore.

Sawamura is such a substitute, and his pitching status has been affected, and the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team don't want to see it.

Not to mention their trump card.

Even this trump card was said to be a target by the overseer.

The friends also don't want Zhang Han's pitching state to be disturbed and affected.

"It's useless to pat yourself on the back, who said before that I should play against our team's ace? Call out the trump card, I'm done warming up. ”

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