Ace of Diamond: Return of the Pitcher

"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!"

When they saw this Out, everyone at the scene was a little stunned.

The ball that Sawamura threw just now was too clear. It was different from all previous pitches by Sawamura. You didn't need to stand in the Batting area to watch it. You could see the movement of the baseball when you looked at it from the side. It was a Breaking-ball that kept escaping from the center path to the outer corner, and it also fell to a certain extent.

It's hard to give this ball a name just from the changes in the ball's course.

Isn't like a slider, isn't like a curveball, and it's kind of like an upside-down sinker, if you have to say it, and the sinker generally falls to the batter's feet before entering the strike zone. And this ball has almost the same trajectory, flying in the opposite direction to the outer corner.

"This is troublesome!"

After seeing this ball, Ryosuke Kominato had a hunch that their next situation would be very difficult.

Entering the plate, the ball that quickly fled to the outer corner was too difficult to hit!

It is very difficult to hit such a Breaking-ball perfectly.

Of course, it's not the scariest. If you want to aim at this ball, Chris and Tetsu may not be able to hit it. The problem is, if you don't aim for this Pitch, Sawamura would throw it.

He also has Straight balls, and Straight balls in many variations!

In this way, you can only aim for one kind of ball to swing the bat, and next to the Straight ball is still the Breaking ball just now.

The probability is 50% each!

There are still two people in the third grade, Chris and Tetsu. In terms of probability, the probability of the two of them being able to guess consecutively is only 1/4, and one of the two guesses is 1/2. 

This is not a regular game. In a regular game, with a single hit, Seidou hopes to cooperate to score points. But now, one hit means they lose.

These thoughts passed Ryosuke Kominato's mind in an instant, and his face became complicated.

With such a large change in the ball's course, if you aim for the ball of the Straight ball and swing, it is impossible to hit. If you bite the bullet and aim for the Breaking-ball like that, you can't even think about Sawamura's straight ball.

Although it is only a Breaking-ball, such a Breaking-ball is enough for Sawamura's pitch to evolve as a whole.

Sawamura Eijun, who was already terrifying, has become even more terrifying now.

"Be careful!"

Watching Chris walk into the strike zone, Ryosuke said in a low voice.

"I know!"

Chris's face became serious.

He had an advantage against Sawamura before. He knew Eijun clearly and combined with Miyuki's character and Chris's guesses, it was not difficult to guess the Pitcher's ball path. But now that a new change ball has been added, it's hard to say.

The most important thing is that he can't judge the status of this Breaking-ball in Sawamura and Miyuki's minds!

If you want to guess the opponent's ball, in addition to abiding by the general rules, there is another very important rule, that is, what kind of ball is the opponent's pitcher, is most confident in pitching?

When Miyuki guesses someone else's ball, why does he like to play the opponent's tie-breaker? The reason is very simple. The opponent's decisive ball must be the opponent's most confident ball path. When the number of Strikes is most needed, the opponent has the highest probability of making the decisive ball. In this way, as long as you can hit the opponent's decisive ball, you will naturally have a high probability of guessing the path of the ball.

Like the Breaking-ball that Sawamura just used, the Break is so sharp, it's amazing!

For an average pitcher, Sawamura's Breaking-ball can be used as a Winning Shot.

But if the opponent is Sawamura Eijun, he can't be measured by a normal pitcher standard.

So if Chris wants to guess Miyuki's lead, he must understand what weight this ball occupies in Miyuki and Sawamura's minds.

Is the pitch very important? Or the winning shot?

Chris pondered for a while and thought that there was not much hope for it being the winning shot!

Before, Sawamura specially asked Miyuki to practice throwing, this ball should be the result of their practice just now. Miyuki looks bold on the surface, but he is very regular when he matches the ball.

He belongs to the most orthodox kind of catcher.

It's hard to imagine that such a catcher would use the ball they just practiced as a Winning Shot. At least if it was Chris himself, Chris would never do this.

So this ball will not be used as the winning ball!

But since Sawamura and Miyuki took it out for practice, this must be a very important way for them to match the ball next.

'Then it's not the first ball, it's the second ball, and the breaking ball will fly over.'

Chris believes that Sawamura and Miyuki want to better show the power of this Breaking-ball. Then they'll have to throw one in the first ball or the second.

The batter has three chances to bet the ball.

'Then bet on the latest Breaking-ball!'

Made up his mind, Chris waited patiently for the ball.

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE TWO!!!"

Two Strikes in a row, the breaking ball Chris imagined did not come.

Naturally, Chris, who was focused on aiming at the Breaking-ball, couldn't swing the bat.

The count is, zero Balls, two Strikes, Chris was chased.

At this time, Chris is not without doubts about his previous judgment, but it is not advisable to temporarily change his established strategy.

He could only go all the way to black, betting the last ball on Sawamura's latest breaking ball.

"SNAP!"

"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!"

Until the end, Sawamura's new Breaking-ball did not come.

In the last ball, although Chris swung his bat, how could he hit the Moving ball to the inner corner of Sawamura when he was aiming at the Breaking-ball?

In this turn, it was not wrong for Chris to lose. A batter who likes to guess to hit the ball will have a hard time hitting the ball once the data is wrong.

The data collected by Chris was wrong. He misestimated the position of the newest Breaking-ball in Miyuki and Sawamura's minds.

'That's just a bluff ball!'

It's enough to scare people, how can it be used as a key ball or even a decisive ball?

It was this small mistake that allowed Sawamura to Strikeout Chris, and it was considered revenge for the previous one.

With two Strikeouts, the only batter left was the one and only Yuuki Tetsuya.

As long as he can't hit a home run, Sawamura wins this game.

On a bluff with a Forkball!

Yes, you read that right, that ball that looks very weird and unreasonable to others. But for Sawamura, it's just a natural variation of throwing with the ball between two fingers.

This is Sawamura's Forkball, also known as the card ball change!

In the fourth round, the last duel.

Sawamura Eijun Vs Yuuki Tetsuya!!

The two had just taken their position, ready to confront each other. On the dam surrounding the small river beach, two middle-aged figures appeared.

Kataoka, the supervisor of the Seidou High School Baseball Club, arrived at the scene.

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