Ace of Diamond: Return of the Pitcher

Chapter 20: Not Enough Power

Ping!

“FOUL!”

Two consecutive Pitches, all hit out of bounds. Eijun’s face became strange.

He had underestimated his two seniors before. They deserved to be players who could get a place in the Seidou First String.

After the previous fight, they were very fast and corrected the previous wrong information about him.

It’s not that Sawamura is bad at hitting Straight balls, he just doesn’t have a strong swing.

It has to be explained here. The batter also has his own style, just like some powerful pitchers have their own characteristics, a really strong batter must have his own characteristics.

For example, Furuya’s pitching, Sawamura’s pitching also Kawakami and Tanpa.

These pitchers have their own pitching characteristics. The unparalleled speed of the ball by Furuya. The colorful Breaking Ball that Sawamura has evolved due to his own physical characteristics is also one.

Although Kawakami and Tanpa’s pitching is not as strong as their two characteristics, they also have their own unique characteristics.

That’s what makes them great pitchers!

The same is true of great Batters. A really powerful Batter must have two or even three of the three aspects of swinging power, swinging speed, and contacting skills!

Sawamura is not a strong Batter!

Although in middle school, Sawamura’s Bat was very fearsome and once set a record. But to be honest, Sawamura is not a strong Batter.

Because of his rebirth and his previous life experience, Sawamura’s skills are far superior to ordinary middle school students, and even the vast majority of high school students.

It is for this reason that his hit rate is so high, and he often hits home runs.

But that doesn’t make Sawamura a great Batter, because he lacks the other two elements of a strong Batter. Powerful swinging power and fast swing speed. If Sawamura had one of these two, he would have been a great Batter.

Unfortunately, due to the characteristics and development of the body itself, out of these two, he has none of them.

According to the data, Sawamura is particularly good at hitting the Breaking-ball. This information is of course wrong. What Sawamura is really good at are those balls with a clear path and no power!

The Breaking-ball of the middle school students has a very clear trajectory, and Sawamura can easily distinguish it, so there are so many hits and home runs!

And some pitchers who don’t have a unique Straight, their Straights are just as easy for Sawamura to hit.

Before Kawakami’s ball, the reason why Sawamura easily hit a home run was because his own ball power was not very heavy. The same goes for Tanpa’s curve, which can be very difficult for other batters to hit, but for Sawamura, it’s his best shot.

The greater the break, the less force is attached to the pitch.

Now Sawamura’s two hits are Fouls, it’s not because Sawamura’s Swing has degraded! It’s just with a narrow Slider like Kawakami Pitch Sawamura is not very good at hitting.

If you want the Breaking-ball to exert its power, it must be matched with the Straight ball! To put it in a fashion, Kawakami’s current pitching form and rhythm are the correct opening positions for Breaking-ball.

For Sawamura, it is impossible to distinguish between a straight ball and a breaking ball, and he certainly cannot hit the ball well.

'This is hard to do!'

With two Strikes and one Ball, Sawamura was chased.

Here if you want to compare the difference between Sawamura and the good Batters. For a really strong Batter, Kawakami’s Pitch is easy to resolve.

With strong swinging power, you can take the ball out and even hit a home run without hitting the center of the ball.

Sawamura can’t do it. If he can’t aim correctly, it will be difficult to hit the ball well!

“The Batter is Chased!”

“Very good Pitch, Kawakami.”

The second and third years saw that Sawamura was chased, they immediately cheered Kawakami hoarsely.

In this game, the seniors’ team was not lightly bullied by Sawamura. It is not rude to say that their dignity as the seniors’ team has been completely lost.

At this time, they can teach Sawamura, the leader of the juniors, a lesson. As seniors, they are very happy.

On the batting zone, Sawamura smirked.

He didn’t expect to become a punching bag for these seniors.

‘But, don’t you guys underestimate me too much?’

In his previous life in the major leagues, all of Sawamura’s strengths and weaknesses were exposed, and he was still an indispensable Batter in the team.

Sawamura also has a way to deal with a ball like Kawakami, although he doesn’t like it very much.

'Then can only guess the ball!'

Sawamura’s eyes dropped slightly, and his brain started to run at full speed.

'If the count is two Strikes and one Ball, with the personalities of Miyauchi and Nori-senpai, the next Pitch is probably THAT.'

Snap!

“BALL!”

Sawamura, who was chased by two Strikes, did not swing the bat in the face of Kawakami’s ball.

The count is two Strikes and two Balls.

Miyauchi Keisuke glanced at Sawamura in surprise. Just now, Sawamura didn’t move at all, and Sawamura never thought about hitting this ball. Miyauchi really didn’t expect that Sawamura would guess their ball allocation at this time.

As far as he felt about Sawamura before, Sawamura didn’t seem like a batter who could guess the ball.

'This guy is more troublesome than I thought!'

With such a feeling, Miyauchi Keisuke became more cautious in his calling.

On the next ball, he still had a Ball.

Snap!

“BALL!”

Sawamura, who was in the batting zone, remained motionless and had no intention of striking at all.

Miyauchi Keisuke’s face suddenly changed!

'This Pitch, did not swing the bat?'

The count is two Strike and three Balls, and the count is full.

Both sides are being chased at the same time.

If Miyauchi and Kawakami didn’t plan to walk Sawamura, they would have to hit the strike zone no matter what.

With the ball being guessed consecutively, Miyauchi Keisuke was a little fuzzy.

Fortunately, the hard training gave him confidence.

Next ball, the slider on the edge of the outside corner!

As Kawakami was throwing the ball, and in the strike zone, Sawamura’s bat suddenly grew long.

'When people are forced to be the most nervous, they must choose the safest ball path.'

'From the analysis of the previous data, I want to limit Sawamura’s striking power and further solve him.'

'The most secure ball path is the outside corner slider!'

At this point, Sawamura also guessed, so when he Swung, his feet went straight out. In this way, the ball that was originally an outside corner turned into a mid-center pitch in Sawamura’s view.

Here it comes!

Seeing the flying baseball, Sawamura took the opportunity to swing the bat without hesitation.

Yes, Sawamura doesn’t have the swinging power. But-

Ping!

-in terms of skills, he already surpassed most of his peers.

After being hit, the small white ball soared into the sky and disappeared from the field in a blink of an eye.

Two-run home run!

The total score is 18:3!

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