Chapter 5: Underestimated

"How does it feel?"

When the players got off the field, Coach Mukai asked what happened on the field.

The batters who had just seen Sawamura's pitching in the zone all had dazed expressions on their faces.

They really don't understand, what happened just now?

"It feels as if the opponents can peer into our thoughts, Knowing what balls we're aiming for, and they've purposely avoided that?"

Isn't this a joke?

Of course, it is impossible for Coach Mukai to believe such a bizarre statement.

He still frowned and looked at the rest area of ​​Seidou High School.

"Torajiro, it's up to you next."

No matter how unwilling to accept this reality Coach Mukai is.

In the first half of the inning, the defense of Seidou High School was over.

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

The Ace of Konan High School is a second-year player named Torajiro.

Although the name looks cool, the guy himself is not, tall and thin, with a pair of glasses on the bridge of the nose, looking very nerdy!

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School.

"According to the information we have compiled before, Torajiro's ball control is very good, and he is a contact pitcher. He relies on defense to get the number of Outs. Blindly swinging the bat will only make you fall into the opponent's rhythm. The balls thrown are generally tricky balls, unless there is a good chance, keep being persistent. Once they have a chance to hit the base, actively aim at the next base to attack. The catcher of the opponent is not very good at containment, so actively aiming at going to base is right."

"Yes!"

The players of Seidou High School naturally followed the orders of Coach Kataoka.

"First batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."

As always, he was the first to stand on the strike zone.

After Seidou High School won the championship of the Kanto Tournament, their reputation grew.

Even Konan High School in Okinawa knows that Seidou High School is very strong.

Coach Mukai is also a coach with a very personal style of coaching. When he found out that Seidou High School was strong, he immediately made the team use Seidou High School as an imaginary enemy to hone tactics once!

That tactical training took a week in total.

After that week of practice, Konan High School became stronger.

When they knew that their opponent was Seidou High School, Konan High School were happy the opponent was someone they had a background on.

However, they are not really lucky to meet Seidou High School, a top tyrant in the country, in the opening game.

But encountering Seidou High School is always much better than encountering other top national powerhouses.

At least they have been serious about Seidou High School and have carefully studied them.

Unexpectedly, when they actually played against them, they felt as if they had been deceived.

Seidou High School is completely different from what they imagined before!

The Ace pitcher Sawamura Eijun gave them a big enough surprise!

Sawamura Eijun's pitching is not something easy to handle with information alone.

'The strength of the Maou is beyond expectations, but their main lineup is unlikely to grow and improve much in a short time.'

With this in mind, the catcher of Konan High School gave a sign to Torajiro.

'Just pitch the ball normally, don't worry too much about Kuramochi's bunt.'

Konan High School, after all, is the top giant in the country too, and it is in the Hometown of martial arts like Okinawa. The speed of the players is definitely one of the best in the country.

Even if you don't need to go forward and defend, if Kuramochi has a bunt, the catcher of Konan High School knows that the fielders can block Kuramochi.

On the strike zone, Kuramochi Yoichi also noticed this.

The infielders all stayed in their original positions, with no intention of stepping forward to defend.

'Don't you care about the speed of Kuramochi-sama at all?'

If it is the previous Kuramochi, how will not use bunts right now, it depends entirely on his own mood.

But the current Kuramochi, as long as the opponent leaves him the opportunity to bunt, will never give it up.

Ping!

On the first ball, without hesitation, Kuramochi put on a bunt.

After the white ball was touched, it rolled to third base.

The ball was rolling slowly, and despite the third baseman's frantic dash forward, it looked like it was too late.

"Catcher!"

The third baseman was too late, and Konan High School could only pin its hopes on the catcher.

The catcher rushed up quickly, but the small ball had a lot of spin and rolled farther and farther.

When the catcher picked it up and was about to pass first base, his pupils suddenly widened.

'Oh, come on!'

On the first base bag, a fast shadow stood there.

Of course, it is Kuramochi!

He actually used this short time to run to first base.

"SAFE!"

No Outs, runner at first base.

After seeing Kuramochi go to base, everyone in Konan High School looked very strange. They were familiar with the information of Seidou High School, and of course, they knew how troublesome this guy was when he went to base.

Once you let him go to base, it will be difficult to guarantee that you will not lose points!

"This is bad!"

In the rest area of ​​Konan High School, Coach Mukai frowned and turned into a bitter face.

"Torajiro!"

"You can't give up!"

"Throw boldly!"

Right now, the voices cheering for the pitcher suddenly came from the various fielder positions in Konan High School.

This cheering is not anything too special to ordinary people, players cheer for their Ace frequently, but what about the guys of Seidou High School?

During their years at Seidou High School, they have made baseball a part of their lives.

Once they regarded sports as the main goal of life, Then their understanding and research for the sport is way beyond others.

This is the case now.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, the two big brains, Chris and Miyuki, looked at each other and saw smiles in each other's eyes.

The opponent's Ace pitcher has not gained the trust of his own teammates.

"Maybe that guy is timid," Sawamura said.

To be honest, Sawamura's guess is on point, this Torajiro seems to be a little timid.

From time to time, he looked at Kuramochi at first base, as if he was very afraid of him stealing base.

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

And right now, it was Kominato Ryosuke who stepped into the strike zone.

When he noticed that Torajiro was looking too much at Kuramochi,

He smiled a veeery nice smile.

'I have been underestimated.'

After he stood on the batting Box, the pitcher kept his eye on the runner on the base, not him.

For Ryosuke, this is simply an insult!

If this is not an important first battle, Kominato Ryosuke will definitely play with him.

But there is no way, the most important thing now is to get the points quickly and share the pressure on Sawamura on the mound.

'Bring it on!'

The bat in his hand was raised high, and Kominato Ryosuke stared at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound as if he could talk.

'I will definitely get hit!'

Torajiro on the pitcher's mound trembled at the sight of Ryosuke.

'Scary!'

From the pitcher's intuition, it seems that no matter where he pitches, it will definitely be hit by Ryosuke.

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T/N: Yosh, that's it for Today.

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