Sawamura witnesses Miyuki's clever game calling firsthand when he visits to watch Seidou's practice and is overwhelmed, secretly wishing to play baseball with someone as incredible as Miyuki in the future. Is it Worth Watching? Before the Final match against Inashiro, Sawamura became unconsciously aware that he lacks power, and thus has to learn a breaking pitch to limit outfield hits. Miyuki is good at exploiting Sawamura's potential, giving out aggressive calls that draw out the pitcher's instinct and fighting spirit; on the other hand, Sawamura is able to fearlessly respond to such calls and throw pitches that exceed expectations. After four days, Sawamura is showing improvement on fielding and is finally allowed to practice in the bullpen on the fifth day. The crowd cheers and so does Sawamura, who impress both Miyuki and Furuya with his attitude. Sawamura asks Kataoka to let him pitch at the fifth inning but Kataoka declines, telling Sawamura that assessing the situation and warming up are important functions of a reliever, shocking Sawamura. On the final day of the training camp, a three way round robin is held between Seidou, Inashiro Industrial and Shuhoku. -, "Flawless! On top of the 5th inning however, Sawamura's pitching started to destabilize as some of the higher Number pitches were still unstable and he ended up walking and hitting 2 batters. Sawamura is cheering on his teammates until he is on the mound replacing Furuya, baffling Ochiai who observes from the stands. Okumura notes after the match that Sawamura threw only 11 pitches in which only 2 were fouls, in other words, there were no wasted pitch thrown per batter. Bottom of the 7th, Sawamura faces the biggest challenge of the match after giving up a hit and a walk. Sawamura specializes in throwing idiosyncratic pitches or commonly known to Western fans as "breaking fastball pitches". Coach Kataoka explains that this is the result of the opponent going all out. Amahisa happened to meet Sawamura in the hallway of the Stadium and began asking questions about Sawamura's new pitch, the Cutter Kai. Hell, even if the entire world thinks it's okay, I'll never accept it." Only a few days later he is allowed to join the batting and fielding practice. After witnessing the commotion, Seto notes that Amahisa seems to have changed while Okumura was annoyed saying Amahisa was rude to Sawamura. He also provided Eijun with some important insights on Chris's early training methods to strengthen his core prior to pitching training. Will the ace number of the blue road be taken by either Sawamura or Furuya this summer? Sawamura's tense but after some difficulties, they manage to pull of a double play. After the coach has revoked Tanba's status as the ace, a match between the first years and their upperclassmen takes place[13]. ; Action Duo: With his batterymate Sawamura Eijun. Does Sawamura become captain? Sawamura's pitching form surprise the batters. [26]. Kuramochi, next to Miyuki, is the person who always teases Sawamura. He becomes an ace in his second year when the Summer Regional Tournament starts. It has become a habit that whenever Sawamura does well on the mound, Kuramochi kicks him to display his appreciation. Mima hits a Double on a fastball and put Hakuryu in an early scoring position. Again, on 2 April 2019, another Diamond No ace series got aired. ", "No matter what kind of situation, I will carry out my duty! The series is listed for 52 episodes. 7 and No. While it is true that Furuya has more speed, being able to reach a speed around 150 km, and Sawamura is only able to reach a speed of 138 (although it is expected to reach 140 km durin. Sawamura greets Raichi with an inside fastball which jammed Raichi but the batter still managed to hit left field. The second batter, Mori swings and miss for the first pitch and it's a strike. Sawamura is seen cheering from the dugout with the number 18. Despite his outer attitude towards Sawamura, he has displayed at more concerned side to him, such as when Sawamura had the yips. He also arranged a meeting with Miyuki to discuss about game calling which ended up becoming a group meeting for all pitchers and catchers within the team. Since his 2nd year, Sawamura has considerably improved the speed of his pitch, his control and can connect with the ball now if he does it from the bunting stance. -, "You can't play baseball by yourself! Seidou was scheduled to play 4 practice matches after the Summer Training Camp in which Sawamura was slotted to start the game against Kokonoe, a powerhouse from Kanagawa. Diamond no Ace Act II 1,060 views Feb 11,. In Ace of Diamond: Act II, things finally seem to be turning around for him.Ever since he stepped foot onto the fields of Seido as a first-year, his dream has always been to become the ace and lead his team to the National High School Baseball Championship and become champions. The crowd is heavily cheering for Ugumori. Sawamura is the starting and only pitcher of the match. This is rather a devastating blow than a happy surprise for Sawamura. During the 3rd inning, Sawamura utilizes a variety of pick-off timing to pin down the runner and minimize Hakuryu's mobility advantage; and also managed to retire Mima on his 2nd at bat. Sawamura continues to practice alone and is surprised when Chris joins him. Sawamura Eijun | Source: Fandom There have been a lot of changes, with a major one being the ace. -, "I don't know what you are battling with right now, Furuya. Furuya cleanly closes out the match and Seidou wins. In the 8th inning Seidou's mood is brought back out by their resident loud mouth and ace and Kawakami showing his support by shadow pitching in the bullpen. The "Revised Cutter" has as much speed as his straight fastball while also breaks sharply as it comes near the plate, as a result, the pitch appears like it suddenly vanishes from the batter's eyes.[48][49]. Next up is Ouya's clean-up and Miyuki again calls for the changeup, which Sawamura successfully executes, striking the batter out. She wishes Sawamura good luck on becoming the ace and says that she is cheering for him. Determined to change and to go to Nationals, Sawamura throws the ball, constantly telling himself to not run away. Sawamura scores a strike with Number 7, the Cutter Kai, and receives much attention from Ichidai's Ace, Amahisa. At full count, Miyuki thought they need a pitch that the opponent has no information on and decided to unseal Sawamura's Splitter. Amahisa and Miyamoto are also taken out by grounders to second base. He performs stable until he faces Inui Kengo on the top of the eight. He runs into Miyuki who is also late. The next batter's RBI Single reduces Seidou's lead to 2-1. But because of Miyuki's nasty personality and never ending teasing, Sawamura never shows him the same respect as the other senpais, instead treating him as someone of his own age. In the sixth inning, Sawamura is back up to pitch and strikes out all three batters getting a three for three. Rei says that the way he pumped up his team (composed of amateurs) in junior high, was the mark of a true ace. With big help from the fielders, Furuya was able to scrap through the game with minimal loss, losing 2 runs. [37], Sawamura tested out the breaking pitches, the Slider and the Curveball during the Winter off-season; however, Miyuki note that because when he pitches the breaking pitches, his elbow drops a bit as he's trying too hard to make the ball bends. Split-finger Fastball Sawamura confronts Chris and apologizes, asking for another chance. (there are a lot of opportunities for him to do so in the coming weeks and months as we approach the RL Koshien) The kid has put a sub 1 ERA up for what is approaching nearly 2 months in the Manga (senbatsu is in late march/early april, we are now 1 week away from the Prelims draw and 2 weeks away from the start of koshien . On a night practice session between Sawamura and Miyuki, Kataoka appears to watch them. Despite Sawamura's endless antics, Haruichi has full respect towards him, especially for his boundless optimism and perseverance. His crossfire pitches (from left batter's box pitching into a right hander's low inside corner) also look more deceptive and effective. However, Miyuki says instead of being greedy, he suggests Sawamura should maintain the usual mindset and focus on the batter in front of him, to which Sawamura agreed. Ouya starts to play mind games on Sawamura, first making him commit a balk[18] followed by a RBI. Mine Fujio later on comments to his fellow journalist that while Seidou continued to win their previous games with their pitcher relay, it was probably the lack of an absolute ace that cost Seidou the win. Miyuki then calls for a changeup, which Sawamura learnt before the quarterfinals thanks to the advices from Ochiai. Sawamura finished the game pitching 8 innings with 2 lost runs and 7 hits in a 4 - 2 victory against Kokonoe. She says that she really likes people who are as "stupid" as him. The rest of the third years struggle to perfectly hit Sawamura's outside pitch and the game ends in a tie. So he tells Sawamura to let the team handle the rest. Back in the fall, we, too, got our butts kicked because of the devil's own guts that boy has." Still with runner on 3rd, and 2-0 down in the count, Sawamura regrouped, took the batter to full count and closed the inning with a powerful inside fastball that jammed the batter and retired him at 1st. The finals end with Inashiro's win at 5-4. For the first time since the match against Azuma, Sawamura and Miyuki form a battery. The next dispute follows immediately and Sawamura claims that he came to Seidou to be the ace. Realizing that they cannot out him with outside pitches alone, Miyuki finally calls for an inside pitch. If it was an average pitcher, he would have given up long before, even so he wasn't bothered by his team's errors, continued to carry his team with relentless pitching. Sawamura, overwhelmed by Furuya's fast pitch, realizes that he has to battle Furuya for the "ace" status. He was then switched out with Kawakami, who closed the game. One pitch hits Shirakawa's helmet, shocking everyone. He meets Kominato Haruichi and Furuya Satoru along with other first years. -, "The ability to cleanly pitch to the corners of the zone and calm judgement on the mound in a crisis. At the top of the ninth, a batter bunts the first pitch, but Sawamura dives for the ball, successfully catching it in the air for the out. 18 at the start of the Fall Tournament. Later on, Wakana confesses that she wanted to watch Sawamura on his great development as a pitcher more closely. An anime adaptation of Ace of Diamond Act II has been announced, and it premiered on April 2, 2019. Facing Raichi, Miyuki asked for an inside Cutter to try to get Sawamura over the hump but Sawamura failed the pitch execution resulting in a HR. The two have a kind of big-brother little-brother kind of relationship. Furuya is the only pitcher for the match. I thought he was nothing more than just your run-of-the-mill relief pitcher, but I can't fathom him." Pairing up with Sawamura was Okumura, whose game calling was to place emphasis on Sawamura's fastball going against Seihou's lineup. Chris then taught him how to pitch low outside, telling him that this was the pitch he always wanted him to learn. In the fourth inning Sawamura is pitching and Yakushi takes the lead. Sawamura's Slider has a big break on it but he admitted he cannot control the pitch yet.[52]. With Seidou scoring 1 run in the bottom of the 1st inning, Sawamura continued to shut the opponents out and the match become a stalemate since. On top of the ninth, Kawakami is on the mound and outs the batter. Then comes Sawamura taking his bunting stance and after fouling the first out he manages to stop it's momentum and make it roll. During their next match against Akikawa, the opposing batters don't swing at Furuya's pitches and try to tire Furuya with bunts. I feel like I saw a true ace. What happens in Diamond no Ace? After regaining his composure, Sawamura does a good job keeping Ouya to two runs. The umpire seems to be especially strict on high pitches, so Miyuki is making adjustments on the pitch calling and Sawamura finds his rhythm and he gets 3 ups 3 downs. Due to having played baseball for so long without proper instruction, Sawamura did not know about pitching grips and often grips the ball very randomly and coupled with his flexible hand result in pitches that change direction right before the batter hits the ball. Seemingly affected by this fielding error Sawamura gives up a walk next. 11; meanwhile Sawamura, who was walking right by him, has Seidou's jersey No. ", "There he goes! 7 and beyond is still unstable. Sawamura unknowingly threw a Cutter to strike out Sensen's Ace, Maki. Sawamura tested out a new revised Splitter grip and by having one finger on the seam and one off the seam instead of staying away from the seams completely like a normal Splitter grip, he was able to get behind the ball more and transfer more force into it, giving it more velocity and the pithch also has both the sinking action of a Splitter as well has a tailing action of a 2-seamer/sinker and is akin to a hybrid pitch between the two. One of Sawamura's fastball was clocked at 135 km/h. Does Sawamura get the ace number? Thus, it can make batters swing late and comfortably strikes them out despite its average velocity. Sawamura probably feeling a bit pressured and starts off with 3-1 but manages to get Takami with a grounder. 20 for the Summer Tournament, and later on No. The reason Sawamura's batting is so poor is because instead of trying to watch the ball closely and decide to swing or not, he would always swing at every pitch and for the majority of the time, missing spectacularly. Chris battles Sawamura with fouls but Sawamura finally manages to throw low and away like Chris wanted him to and outs him. A sinking moving fastball thrown with a 2-seam grip or by grapping the ball with 5 fingers. Sawamura laughs and apologizes for passing on the baton in a pinch. Other 1st string pitchers and catchers also took interest in this and gather altogether at Miyuki's room, as such Miyuki has been holding a "cram school" in the evening to pass down his expertise and experiences not only for Sawamura but other other pitchers and catchers as well.[27]. 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