Chapter 42: Practice Match Five with Jimenez
In five innings, the game started with Jimenez's six-bat "stick" player, Kim Sung-hwan. Freeman played steadily. was not captured by the opponent.
Use all your weapons. In a seven-ball matchup, the opponent's seventh bat was struck out by a difficult strikeout.
But facing the opponent's catcher, Yamamoto. It was still a hit, and the ball was missed by Freeman. Originally, catcher Manny used a slider from the inside corner to lure Yamamoto to play a stick, but unexpectedly. The ball didn't drop in the closing moments; Yamamoto took his chance. Hit a drive-through hit to first base.
The first baseman, Cohen, had exhausted himself and threw his entire body. Did not stop. Finally right fielder, Schell stepped up to pick up the ball, a single. Catcher Yamamoto hits first base.
At this time, Freeman was standing on the first base to make up for the position. I saw Yamamoto on first base. Throw the ball to Jimenez's caddy.
He saw Yamamoto hit pitcher Araki in the waiting area after reaching first base. Stand the bat between your legs.
Applause for your partner. Yamamoto, who was on first base, also thought about his rest area, and Jimenez's player also responded, the second hitter of the day.
The game continued, and Yamamoto was far off the base. Freeman has repeatedly held back several times. See no effect! Manny Jean Freeman. Forget about the runner on base, and get serious about the next hitter, Araki.
Manny matched Freeman with a four-seam fastball from the inside corner on the first pitch. The ball was released, and Yamamoto on the base began to run, while Araki, who was standing in the strike zone, suddenly raised his bat and gently pointed towards the third base!
"Cheat"!
As soon as the ball touched the bat, Araki immediately dropped the bat and ran desperately towards first base! The ball was well-pointed, and the ball rolled slowly on the sideline of third base! Jimenez High School finally used his school's very distinctive small ball tactics;
At this time, Wang Peng stepped forward in a hurry and put the ball close to the glove while running. Out of the corner of his eye, Araki saw that he was approaching first base. Then look at Yamamoto who is already on second base. At this time, it was too late to grab second base.
Wang Peng stretched his right hand into the glove and leaped forward, jumping up hard. Adjust the direction in the air, without waiting for the body to land, wave your arms in the air, pass the ball to the first base, and the person just landed when the ball passed out;
The whole set of actions is done in one go!
Cohen, who was on first base, was already facing the ball in a straight line and brought the ball close to his glove. Just after the goal went into the glove, Araki also ran to first base. out. Wang Peng caught Araki who ran first base.
But Araki's stealing effect is good. Under Wang Peng's extreme defense. Just caught Araki who was running first base! There is no way to catch Yamamoto, who is running on second base, and there are currently two outs on second base.
The stick reincarnated, Jimenez's first stick. First stick Miller. Wang Peng's teammates applauded and congratulated Wang Peng's handling of the ball. If Wang Peng's handling was a little hesitant just now, then there is no way to catch Araki on the first base. Pitcher Freeman and catcher Manny even pointed to Wang Peng to thank Wang Peng for his timely handling of the ball just now!
The game slowly started to taste; Jimenez High School's Miller faced Freeman for the third time. Basically, Freeman's pitching content has been understood.
But still did not seize the opportunity. In the end, it was dealt with by Freeman; Freeman hit a curve ball hard, attacking the batter's inside corner low, and Miller didn't hit it well. Hit the ground ball in the guerrilla direction.
Shortstop Leon, didn't let the ball go through his zone. Handled the ball calmly. Then pass to Cohen at first base. With three outs, the score was 3:0. It is still the leading technical high school!
Came to the sixth inning. Araki has to face the core three, four, five sticks of the technical high school! The three-bat of Craft High School, has started waiting in the strike zone.
Today is also the third time that Ken is facing each other. Araki's pitching, everyone's basic routine of distributing the ball, and the trajectory of the ball are all very familiar. Facing the shocking Araki who has thrown more than 80 pitches, his physical strength has reached a bottleneck. In this round, facing the hitters from the technical high school, Araki himself has no confidence!
The duel began when Araki threw his fourth fastball and was caught by Cohen. A bat was carried out and the ball went over the wall in the direction of right field. Jimenez's right fielder, Miller, just ran a few steps and stopped.
Watching the ball fly over the home run wall! At this time, Cohen, who had already started running, opened his arms. Started to run around the base pack, waited to step on the home plate, and Wang Peng was waiting behind. A chest bump in the air!
Celebrating my first hit of the year, it's out! Wang Peng also patted Cohen on the shoulder enviously, this year's technical high school lineup. Still have to rely on the strength of myself and Cohen to give support to the line!
The following is the duel between Wang Peng and Araki. Wang Peng already contributed a long hitter today. But Wang Peng knew that Araki was currently in a deep turbulent current.
Wang Peng hopes to seize the opportunity and continue to put pressure on Jimenez to expand the score. At this point in the game, Jimenez's coach is very aware of the current situation. But he still gave his pitcher considerable trust and did not replace Araki. Let Araki continue to throw the ball on the field;
The third round of the duel between Wang Peng and Araki began; the catcher Yamamoto gave Araki the first ball with a high-diplomatic curveball. But at this time, Araki's possession of the ball appeared a little unstable;
The ball didn't fall into the strike zone; Wang Peng watched it enter the catcher's mitt. A bad ball. For the second ball, Yamamoto matched Araki with a crossball with a low outside corner, but Wang Peng still didn't hit a stick and scored two balls.
In the third lesson, Yamamoto matched Araki with a curveball with a low inside angle, hoping for Wang Peng. Facing the one-in-one-out pitch, he couldn't find the rhythm. But the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny!
Araki's possession did not,
do the best. The ball finally fell close to the red center, Wang Peng did not let go of the missed throw this time; his eyes were fixed on the ball! Wield his bat. After a year of hard work and hard work, the striking posture. It has been reflected in Wang Peng's bone marrow.
With a crisp sound, Araki knew that the ball would not come back;
At this time, Wang Peng did not run the bases. Instead, watch the ball fly out of the farthest center field home plate and over the wall!
Home run!
Wang Peng carried the ball out! Wang Peng and Cohen hit back-to-back home runs! Seeing that the ball had flown out of the wall, Wang Peng dropped his bat and started running!
5:0 Wang Peng helped Technical High School expand the advantage of the score! At the same time, it also sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds of Jimenez High School!
After Wang Peng celebrated with Leon in the hit waiting area, he returned to his rest area; he celebrated with his teammates!
Seeing this situation, UU Reading www. In the rest area of uukanshu.com Jimenez, some people have already begun to warm up. But the game is still going on. Five-batter Leon of Craft High took the first pitch thrown by the pitcher.
The ball hit the home run wall in right field and bounced off the field. And Lyon, the fifth batman from Technical High School, stood on the bag of second base. Consecutive three-person slugging performance.
Jimenez's player called an urgent timeout, and Jimenez's coach walked up to the mound and made a substitution.
Araki was replaced by the team's backyard pitcher, Schiller, who pitched. Replacing Araki who has been knocked down, he started pitching.
Six-batten Kevin of the Craft High School stood in the strike zone and began to wait for this round of matchups. The new pitcher Schiller is a fastball pitcher. There are only two balls, a 140-kilometer four-seam fastball and a 135-kilometer sinker. It is mainly to let the hitter hit the ground ball to get the number of innings;
Facing the newly replaced pitcher, Kevin was calm and entangled with the pitcher, but he was caught by a low sinker and couldn't play well.
Hit a limp guerrilla-oriented grounder and was quickly turned out. As for the seven-stick batter Shire, he did not achieve any results. He was struck out by pitcher Schiller with six pitches. Two outs already, man on second base.
The team's eight-bat hitter George. It didn't last long either. Was quickly resolved by the opponent; hit a flat fly ball in the direction of third base, the opponent's third baseman, the first down, stopped the ball in front of him, then picked it up calmly, passed it to first base, two outs Must run.
Leon on second base started to run, but in the end Charles was still caught in front of first base! Even with Leon running home, Shire is out; the score doesn't count!
The first half of the six innings is over. Score 5:0 Technical High School leads the score!
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