Kaisei The secret of pitching is "I can't hit" but the secret of pitching is 16:53 on August 12

National high school baseball in summer, Kaisei High School ace in Nagasaki, pitcher Renjin Shibata. Pitching, which led the team to victory in summer Koshien for the first time in 17 years, was just recently worn.

Pitcher “I ca n’t hit it”

Pitcher Shibata who started the first match against Seigakuin on the 12th. The pitching, which was made by moving the ball slightly and hitting it, reduced the number of hard hitting St. Optic Academy to two points, and won a complete throw.

About the pitcher Shibata, Saito's director Saito praised, “Pitcher that seems to be able to hit, but the bat did not swing more strongly with the moving ball, and the batting line did not become a line.”

At a stretch in a local convention

However, it was actually during the local tournament last month that Pitcher Shibata learned this pitching.

The fastest pitch of Shibata is 133 km. Pitching that was controlled by lowering and hitting was a characteristic. However, I feel a sense of crisis when I hit two home runs in the first match of the local tournament on July 15 about a month ago.

“Both hits were straight and straight. The opponents will become stronger and stronger, so we should n’t stay that way.”

Review pitching during the tournament

Therefore, we reviewed pitching even during the tournament. Throw a fast ball that moves slightly to the side. When the ball is gripped, the distance between the index finger and the middle finger is reduced, or the ball is moved slightly to the left or right to make the ball move quickly from side to side.

Shibata who started trial and error immediately after the second round of the local tournament was over. In the final, it was said that he was able to finish for the first time with one goal and was confident.

“We were able to grasp the flow by holding down the beginning,” (Pitcher Shibata).

Play the opponent's batting line with a moving fast ball

Even so, at Koshien on the 12th, it was the first match against the smashed St. Optical Institute. Kasei's director Kato thought that the starting pitcher Shibata should be "until the opponent hits the whole line."

However, Shibata pitched again with the new fast-moving ball he was wearing. 6 times just after spreading the lead, even in the first out of the scene, I tried to double play with the fastball that was changed to a slider, and did not pass the flow to the opponent.

Pitcher Shibata “Aims to complete next time”

Nine times the home run was hit and one point difference was approached. Teammates gathered at the mound and called out, “Even if you are 9 or 1 times, you will not change your awareness.”

Pitcher Shibata changed his mind. I picked it up with a fast moving ball that I polished. With a complete throw, it led the sea star to the summer Koshien, the first victory in 17 years.

Pitcher Shibata said, “I want to trust the fielder and aim for a complete pitch by hitting Uchino Goro with a ball that moves well in the next game.”