Chapter 12: I See!

In the second half of the third inning, Seidou High School attacked.

"First batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."

Kuramochi took a bunt stance from the start.

It seems that he didn't want to try nonsense with the players of Konan High School and make an opening directly with speed.

In the stands.

"No one got on base, so why would you use a bunt?"

The audience was amazed.

"Well, Seidou's batters all have their own style. Just like this first batter, even if he blatantly plays a bunt, the threat to Konan is not simple at all."

Yes, even if Kuramochi blatantly played a bunt, the players from Konan High School have to step forward to defend.

As long as they think of the terrifying speed of Kuramochi, they can't guarantee that they will be able to solve Kuramochi.

Whoosh!

A small white ball came flying, and Kuramochi, who had been bunting, suddenly retracted his bat and swung it again.

Ping!

The white ball was hit and fell behind the third baseman.

"Hyaa-ha-haa!"

Kuramochi was overjoyed, because the third baseman stepped forward to defend, and there was a gap behind him. Although the ball is not very strong, but with his speed, there is still a good chance to hit base.

After hitting the ball, Kuramochi ran as if he turned into a cheetah and ran to first base.

suddenly, Konan's shortstop had already rushed to the front of the baseball's rebound, picked up the ball, and sent it to first base.

"OUT!"

One Out, no one hits base.

Seeing the actions of Konan's shortstop, Seidou's Players suddenly realized.

Before, because of Torajiro's super performance, they were all careless.

The opponent is not a grassroots team, but the champion of the Okinawa region and one of the top powerhouses in the country, Konan High School. Their players are very well-trained in defense.

"Second batter, second baseman, Kominato-kun."

This time, it was Kominato Ryosuke's turn.

Kominato Ryosuke changed his previous tactics, and this time he played with the battery of Konan High School for a while.

"FOUL!"

"FOUL!"

"FOUL!"

He entangled more than 12 balls in a row, and Konan's catcher was about to cry.

'This is guy difficult!!'

If Torajiro were replaced by an ordinary pitcher, Kominato Ryosuke would have been Walked by now.

Even Torajiro threw a Ball after more than a dozen balls.

On the strike zone, Kominato Ryosuke smiled very calmly.

Even if he has already been chased by two Strikes, you can't see any impatient expression on his face.

"Hehe, less than a dozen Pitches were thrown in the two innings. When did Seidou High School's line-ups be solved so easily?"

Kominato Ryosuke kept smiling, and Torajiro on the pitcher's mound couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

'No, we can't continue to entangle with him.'

In the end, Torajiro made a decision.

Whoosh!

As if using all the strength of his body, Torajiro threw the ball.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Sawamura's eyes widened.

"Is this it?"

In fact, Torajiro's pitching action has not changed too significantly. But Sawamura has that feeling…

'He's going to throw that weird ball.'

Ping!

On the strike zone, Kominato Ryosuke swung the bat and swept the ball away.

In the face of this sweet ball in the middle, he did not choose to hit forward but chose to hit it out of bounds.

After the ball was hit, it flew high.

On the strike zone, Kominato Ryosuke's face became ugly.

'I missed!'

The ball was heavier than he thought.

On the pitcher's mound, Torajiro stretched Out the Mitt in his hand, ready to catch the ball.

'Wait wait wait.'

The ball didn't land precisely on the mound, but rather toward third base.

Torajiro had to run five or six steps toward third base to get the ball.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

Although Ryosuke was still solved Out, the magical performance of Torajiro was discounted.

Seidou's rest area, Sawamura's eyes flashed suddenly.

'I see!'

'So that's what happened.'

Ping!

After two Outs, Isashiki made an outfield goofy hit that was picked up.

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

Although this round, the players of Seidou High School still failed to score points. But the players of Seidou High School can already gradually feel the rhythm of Torajiro's pitching.

It becomes less difficult to find an opening and solve him.

Three innings are over.

The score between the two sides remained unchanged at 3:0.

During this process, the players on both sides, let alone a score, did not even get to the base for any batter.

Genius Torajiro!

Demon King Sawamura!

They are like two, insurmountable peaks, standing in front of the players on both sides.

In this way, the game ushered in the fourth inning.

And now, the lineup rotated, and the upper line of Konan High School has started again.

Having learned the lesson of fighting against Sawamura for the first time, right now, there are no more batters in Konan High School had the confidence they had before.

Their first batter, staring at Sawamura unblinkingly, holding the bat in a short grip.

Of course, this did not escape Miyuki's eyes.

'Have you changed your attack strategy!'

In the first inning, when hitting Sawamura's pitching, Konan High School obviously wanted to consume Sawamura's count while finding a crack in his pitching.

This strategy is really naive, and it just shows that Konan High School has not studied Sawamura in depth.

Even though Sawamura has a variety of breaking balls, he likes to fight in the strike zone.

Sawamura will not avoid the confrontation with the batter but will force the batter to fight him.

He has absolute confidence in his pitching.

For such a pitcher, do you have any other options besides head-to-head?

However, Konan High School is worthy of being a top giant in the country.

In the second round against Sawamura, they adjusted their strategies in time.

They are switching to steady hits, and using their speed style, to beat Sawamura's pitches.

'In this way, it will not be so easy to simply strike them Out!'

When the opponent has completely given up the long fight and just wants to hit the ball, it becomes difficult for Sawamura to get Strikeout.

After all, he's not a strikeout pitcher.

'But aren't you underestimating Sawamura too? When it comes to the basic skills of the batter, he may not be worse than you.'

'Come on, First Ball: Moving ball!'

'Since the other party is determined to swing and hit, let them hit.'

At this point, Miyuki is still very easygoing, he also has confidence in Sawamura's pitching.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura nodded vaguely.

Five fingers firmly grasped the baseball and then threw the baseball.

Whoosh!

The Moving ball that Sawamura throws breaks differently every day.

Just like now, the baseball sank eerily as it approached the batter.

It's not that kind of unnoticeable break. Instead, it sinks very obviously, just like a Forkball.

The ball breaks only when it reaches the batter. Before, the trajectory of the ball was exactly the same as that of a Straight ball.

Facing Sawamura Straight ball in a sweet course.

Konan's first batter, of course, will not let it go!

Ping!

He swung the bat decisively and hit the ball, but because the ball suddenly sank, the bat only rubbed the top of the baseball.

After the baseball was hit, it bounced to the ground.

On the mound, Sawamura took a few steps forward, caught the rebounded ball in his Mitt, and passed it to the first base.

"OUT!"

There is no suspense, the batter is blocked, and Out

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