Chapter 49: Battery

"Impressive!"

"As expected of the Keystone Duo."

Players of the Seidou High School baseball team, as well as those alumni, are singing praises to the two players in the Keystone Duo.

Second baseman Kominato Ryosuke and shortstop Kuramochi Youichi.

The performance of the two of them in the defense just now was definitely clean and neat, like it was practiced thousands of times.

In line with the textbook interpretation of fielding.

Of course, Sawamura himself agrees with this. However, he paid more attention to something else.

In Sawamura's view, the cooperation between Kuramochi and Ryosuke is natural. He has absolute confidence in his two Senpais.

Everyone at Seidou High School is currently floating with their own unique skills! But one thing they have in common is solid defensive skills.

The Giants are supported by such defenses! In other words, an iron-clad defense is the foundation of a powerhouse. No matter whether the players in this generation have star players or not, whether the overall strength is strong or not, a Famous high school is a Famous high school, and their combat effectiveness will always be feared.

It's not bragging to say that, if Kuramochi and Ryosuke didn't have such skills, they would have no chance to stand in the main position of Seidou High School.

What really surprised Sawamura was, of course, Chris' judgment.

He was almost sure that his ordinary straight ball would be smashed away!

Any batter from Osaka Kiryuu is very strong. Especially the first batter. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to hit Furuya's pitch and hit a home run.

For such a Batter to miss such a sweet Straight ball!

Now that Sawamura thinks about it, he is still in a cold sweat. How can Chris dare to conclude that the opponent will definitely aim at the Moving-Up ball and swing?

Faced with Sawamura's question, Chris naturally explained everything.

"The game calling in baseball is, after all, a psychological battle. For some Strong Batters, if you tell them what you are going to throw next, they will hit your pitch 100 percent.

And Osaka Kiryuu's batters are Strong Batters, but we also have our advantages. Our advantage is that we can freely choose the course and break of pitching. The wider the pitching range and the more tricky the ball path, naturally the more advantage we have.

But this is not absolute. If your calling is seen through by the opponent, it is also easy to be hit. And the better your ball control, the easier it is for him to hit your ball.

At a time like this, it depends on the battle of wits between the battery and the Batter. The matchup just now is just like that. For a batter who is good at swinging the bat, your most threatening ball is the Moving-Up ball with a clear break in the ball path.

If they hit this kind of ball, it will be an easy fly high. The next is easy, you just make the batter feel like you're going to throw the Moving-Up. He's going to aim for the Moving-Up because he believes that at your level of pitching, you're not going to throw a normal Straight."

Sawamura felt like he had achieved brain expansion right now.

With more than ten years of baseball experience before returning to the past, he always thought that he had some experience in pitch calling. After all, he had seen all kinds of Catchers, and partnered with enough to know!

Because of his extensive knowledge, even if Sawamura does not have a comprehensive theory of Game calling, he is no stranger to pitch mixing.

Generally speaking, Miyuki or Chris gave him a sign. Although he didn't always know the specific principle, he knew what they wanted to do.

In this way, the thoughts of the Battery are synchronized, and naturally, the results can be achieved easily.

However, just now, when Chris was Game calling, he didn't even know what Chris was thinking. He didn't know what Chris's intentions were until the batter took aim at the Moving-Up ball.

But he only knew the purpose, but why? He has no idea.

If Chris hadn't said it, he wouldn't have known for a long time.

"As expected of Shisho!!"

Sawamura smiled widely.

Miyuki, who was beside him, also heard the conversation between the two.

He glanced at Chris in amazement.

The one-year window period has indeed hindered Chris-senpai physically and technically a bit.

This kind of thing is inevitable in the case of an arm injury.

But this man's understanding of baseball has reached another level.

A realm that even he needs to look up to!

You must know that it was Chris' first time, the first match against Osaka Kiryuu High School! That is to say, the information about the batter was not collected by Chris himself but was collected by the management.

Thinking, Miyuki turned to look at Sawamura again.

Chris-senpai's game-calling is, of course, bold and courageous.

Nevertheless, there was no hesitation, and Sawamura, who threw the ball precisely into Chris' mitt, was not behind at all.

With his physical strength reaching the limit, he can still control the ball with precision!

This is really amazing!

At a time like this, Miyuki even was a bit jealous.

From the bottom of his heart, he wished to be Sawamura's partner. Pairing with a pitcher like Sawamura, for any Catcher, is definitely a super treat.

The game continues.

Now, the atmosphere in the rest area of ​​Osaka Kiryuu High School was quite good.

Despite their bad luck, they were played a double play. But they now know that Sawamura, the Pitcher of Seidou High School, is about to collapse.

And in the ninth inning, it was the turn for the core lineup.

As long as they are not overtaken in this inning, then they will defeat Sawamura in the next inning and score!

They can completely suppress Seidou High School's counterattack.

In fact, Tachi is also exhausted from playing like this with the players of Seidou High School whose relentless attack never stopped.

Originally, Matsumoto, the coach of Osaka Kiryuu High School, wanted to replace him. On their bench, there is also a very good Pitcher. And this is their Ace. They are preparing him to be a blockbuster in the summer competition.

In the middle of the game, Matsumoto, the supervisor of Osaka Kiryuu High School, had the idea of ​​​​substitution.

But what happens after the replacement?

After all, they were not facing Seidou High School in a complete state, were they?

So be it, there is no need to expose the hole cards in advance. In this year's Koshien, they are likely to meet with Seidou High School, and then they will give Seidou a Big Surprise.

Takahiro Matsumoto felt a strong threat from Seidou High School right now.

At a time like this, he no longer focused on the practice game, but on Koshien two months later.

The game continues.

"Fourth batter, first baseman, Yuuki-kun."

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

The starting batter at Seidou High School was Tetsuya.

"BALL!"

"BALL!!"

"BALL!"

"BALL!!"

"Walk to Base!!"

When no one was Out and no one was on the base, why would the Battery of Osaka Kiryuu have to fight Tetsu?

Unsurprisingly, they didn't waste time and directly Walked him.

No Outs, runner at first base.

"Fifth batter, third baseman, Masuko-kun!"

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T/N: The First Chapter!