The next day Wang Peng came to the school, and Wang Peng received the notice of the first practice match of this year. The time is set in a week; the team needs to go!
The opponent is a mission school, Jimenez Mission High School, which is a private mission high school. Same as Kohler High School before! But I heard that this high school has a lot of international students from 'Benzi' and 'Korea'. Therefore, the tactical system of the baseball team in this high school is completely opposite to the previous American baseball style that Wang Peng encountered. According to the coach, this school uses various small ball tactics. It is vividly reflected; as long as someone hits the base, they will continue to cover and steal the base; various hit-and-run tactics, and bunt advances will never stop! So the pressure on the defense of the infield is particularly great!
As a result, this week in preparation for the Jimenez High School game. Everyone this week is doing infield linkage defensive training! Coach Spann will, with a bat, keep hitting the ground in the infield continuously, hitting a very strong ground ball. Or, hit the ball hard on the ground in front of the mound, always trying to make the ball bounce high;
Let everyone, after the ball is close to the glove, the body is faster than the brain. Pass the ball quickly; also ensure the accuracy of the pass! Various bunting drills to improve first base, third base, pitcher's, and catcher's quick handling of the first down! And emphasize, don't hesitate when dealing with this kind of ball! Processing half a second earlier will have a good guide to the result of the game!
On the day of the competition, everyone came to the school to gather. Take the school's own bus and set off! Go to Jimenez High School. Jimenez High School distance to Technological High School. It was far away, and everyone sat for about 2 hours.
Here we are, this school; when we got off the bus, we saw a church standing in the middle of the school. Most of the school is surrounded by "benzi" and "bangzi" communities; so his students are mainly "benzi" and "bangzi". There are also a small number of white students and Hispanic students, and a small proportion of black students! To say that in Laomei, there is a special phenomenon.
If, you see one in a neighborhood, especially a new church. Then, nine times out of ten, this community is dominated by "sticks"! I don't know why, but after the war, the "stick" has a high percentage of people who believe in Christianity! Moreover, the followers of "Bangzi" have a high degree of belief! There are even media reports that they were caught in Afghanistan, and the pastor from the "stick" was preaching! At that time, these fellow pastors in the United States. I feel that the "sticks" are too crazy! He actually went to the most popular place in Afghanistan to preach!
After everyone arrived at the place, they helped each other pack their things; followed the man dressed as a priest to Jimenez's baseball field; everyone found that the high school's baseball field. The construction and maintenance are no worse than those of your own school! You know that Wang Peng has been playing baseball for a year. During this year, Wang Peng also played games with the team and teams outside the school.
But most of the baseball fields in schools are relatively simple. Some have no lawn at all. Just lay it with sand, once the base is slid, or the base is battered; it is really dusty; people outside the field can't see the details of the game; but this high school has built a baseball game similar to the technical high school field. See the well-groomed lawn. And paved very level land. Wang Peng and the others felt very happy, at least. Don't worry, when you hit the base, you will get hurt!
Coach Mike, arrange for everyone to warm up first, after a while. As the host Jimenez's players. Also started the warm-up before the game! Wang Peng found that many of them were warming up for pitchers. Pitchers with Asian faces, although the physical development of Asians is thinner than that of Europeans and Americans of the same age;
But seeing that the integrity of their pitching was higher than that of the pitchers in the team; Wang Peng couldn't help thinking that these people were not afraid. Will the arm wear out quickly?
The warm-up is over and the game begins; Craft High School arranged Wang Peng at the third base position; it plans to let Wang Peng play the position of third baseman today; Next, Craft High School sent today's game lineup;
One stick, center fielder. Aaron right hitter.
Two bats, catcher, Manny right-hitter.
Three bats, first baseman, Cohen left hitter.
Four bats, third baseman, Wang Peng right hitter.
Five bats, shortstop, Leon left hitter.
Six bats, left fielder, Kevin right hitter.
Seven bats, right fielder, Charles left hitter.
Eight batsman, second baseman, George right-hitter.
Nine bats, pitcher, Freeman left hitter.
Opponent Jimenez's line-up;
One bat, right fielder. Miller left hitter.
Second batter, third baseman, right hitter Ono.
Three bats, center fielder, Park Kyung-seong left hitter.
Four bats, first baseman, Casey right hitter.
Five bats, second baseman, right-hitter Miyamoto.
Six bats, shortstop, Jincheng for left hitter.
Seven bats, left fielder, left fielder, right hitter.
Eight bats, catcher, Yamamoto left hitter.
Nine bats, pitcher, right-hitter Araki.
Today's technical high school is an away game. So strike first. The first to play is the trailblazer of Technical High School. Aaron. Hesitantly, Aaron has been able to play the first bat for a year; so there is no tension. This year, Aaron adjusted his strike to the right; in fact, Aaron can use both sides; I know what's going on. Aaron's left hitter's on-base rate; suddenly fell off a cliff, and then positioned himself in the right hit position;
However, since Aaron fixed himself to the right hit. The on-base rate is slowly coming back! Because of fear, if there is any change, I will never play the game of playing left and right again!
The opponent's pitcher today, Araki, is not the kind of pitcher born in the United States. It is similar to Wang Peng, who came to Laomei with his family only in the 10th grade of high school; but in "
"Benzi" Araki is that kind, who was honed in the junior baseball school when he was a child; in terms of his understanding of baseball, it can be said to be engraved in his bones! He has a good curveball since he was young, which is similar to the traditional "Benzi" Crossball; paired with his own straight 140-kilometer four-seam fastball. At the start of the game, in the first inning, pitcher Araki kicked off with a straight ball that attacked the batter with low diplomacy. But the ball did not reach the strike zone and was picked by Aaron; the second ball was still a straight ball attacking the batter's outside corner and was caught by Aaron. Hit a ground ball in the direction of second base, the second baseman quickly handles it; pass it to the first baseman. one out
Catcher Manny of the second hitters craft high school came out. The pitcher hits Manny with a diplomatic high straight ball, and the ball goes straight to the outside corner high, which is a good ball. Manny didn't hit a stick, a strike.
The second ball is a straight ball at an inner corner. This is the first time Manny has seen such a straight ball, so he didn't grasp it well and hit it out of bounds. Two strikes. On the third ball, Araki took out his more attractive fingering ball, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com to attack the batter's low inside corner; Manny's swing failed; two outs!
Next is the debut of Cohen, the three sticks of Technological High School. Cohen is the surprise discovery of Technician High School this year. When I first joined the team, I hadn't yet developed well, so I usually played as a substitute; in the second half of last year, I started to develop, and my strength began to skyrocket. I used to play baseball since I was a kid. This time the strength began to grow. Quickly became a hitter who can stand up after graduating from senior year;
But because, today, I am not particularly adapted to this kind of pitcher with a relatively pure "book" style; so I got entangled with six balls, but was still solved by pitcher Araki's fingering ball! Three out! Tech High didn't have much to play in the first inning. Was quickly resolved by the opponent!
The offense and defense were exchanged, and the opponent Jimenez High School started to attack. Freeman, the pitcher of Technical High School today, served as the starting pitcher for the first time this year. Although he has the foundation of starting, but when he first played, he seemed a little nervous. The opponent seized Freeman's instability when he first came on the court, and Miller, who hit with a stick, was not in a hurry to hit the stick. Entangled seven balls. Was reported by Freeman four bad, sent to first base. Gimenez's second bat, saw Miller hit base, and bunted. But it was suppressed by Freeman's power. It was not a good point, and the infield half-high ball was selected. It was initiated by Wang Peng. not received in the glove;
Seeing Jimenez's three sticks, Freeman's ball power is very good. So the normal blow was suppressed by Freeman. Freeman struck out the batter on 5 balls; at this time, Freeman completely recovered his form and struck out Jimenez's four-bat hitter.
In the first game, Freeman used 21 balls. Send a four-bad walk. But tackle the next three hitters! It did not allow the opponent to expand the results; the score was 0:0. The two teams tied in the first game!