Let the ball fly

The speed is so fast!

With Shirun's 4th batter, cold sweat involuntarily oozes out on his forehead.

Before, Sawamura threw the ball very cautiously, and he threw every ball very carefully. This not only avoids his own mistakes in ball control, but also allows Shirun's batters to have more time to adapt to his ball speed and calmly judge the timing of his swing.

Now that he has suddenly changed the rhythm of pitching, the rhythm that Shirun batter had originally chosen would not work.

It wasn't just his rhythm that made Sawamura faster. The time he spent on pitching was also shortened by 0.1 seconds.

This 0.1 second may seem like nothing on the surface, but Sawamura is very aware of the power of this 0.1 second.

With this little time difference, as long as the batter is not the type of batter who waits until the ball is completely in his hand before swinging, it will be difficult for him to actually aim his pitch.

On the second ball, the batter from Shirun Middle School swung the bat. In the face of Sawamura's adjusted pitching, Shirun Middle School's four-stick swing was a little late. Although he hit the ball, the ball that flew out did not fly into the field.

"Foul!"

One strike, one out of bounds, Sawamura, with two strikes ahead.

This scene made Shirun Middle School's coach Ishikawa stunned.

Ishikawa is very aware of the strength of his own four sticks. He has already seized the opportunity to swing the bat before, why is it so late when he just swung?

From a batter's standpoint, Sawamura's pitch seems to be faster than before.

"Is it soon again?"

Shirun Middle School's 4th batter heart sank. He knew very well that a pitcher like Sawamura who pitches better and better is too difficult to deal with!

Now that no one is out, the runner is at second base, which is the best scoring opportunity for Shirun Middle School so far.

If you miss...

For the first time, the little friends of Shirun Middle School had an ominous premonition in their hearts. Even if Sawamura hit a two-run homer and Shirun Middle School was two points behind, they never thought they would lose.

They thought it was only two points, and they could easily get it back.

It wasn't until they actually fought against Sawamura that they knew how naive they were. It's so hard to get a point from Sawamura!

Must touch the ball, must touch the ball!

This kind of obsession forced Shirun's four-batter to subconsciously shorten the bat in his hand.

Holding the bat short makes it easier to aim and hit the baseball more easily than holding a long bat for a full swing. Correspondingly, there is no way to fully utilize the power of the batter with such a grip to make a beautiful long hit.

"I'm hooked!"

On the pitcher's mound, a smile appeared on Sawamura's mouth.

Next, it's time to show the iron-clad defense of Akagi Middle School.

"Whoosh!"

After taking the lead with two strikes, Sawamura threw his third.

The ball is high in the middle, a straight ball!

On the strike zone, the fourth batter of Shirun Middle School could see the ball clearly. In his opinion, Sawamura's pitch is a bit sweet, and it is a very easy ball to shoot!

In his impression, Sawamura's ball control is still good. This is the first time such a sweet ball path has appeared.

Missed the ball!

The batter was overjoyed, Sawamura simply committed suicide. This kind of ball, he can hit 100%.

When he thought of it, he did it, and he swung it out.

"Clang!"

The bat slammed the small white ball, and Shirun Middle School's fourth batter felt a huge anti-shock force from the bat he was holding.

The ball is so powerful!

However, it's not completely impossible to fight. The batter used all his strength to suckle, suppressing the anti-vibration force on the bat in one go, and swept the ball out.

Although the ball did not fly far, it was extremely fast.

There is!

The fourth batter at Shirun Middle School was overjoyed, then threw away the bat and ran desperately to first base.

"Bang!"

The baseball landed, bounced about three meters from Sawamura's side, and flew backward.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura rushed up with a single stride, and then covered his glove over the rebounding baseball.

"Bang!"

The baseball went straight into the glove in Sawamura's hand, then Sawamura took the baseball out of the glove while turning sideways and sent it to first base.

"Out!"

This garrison action, Sawamura did cleanly and neatly, without any hesitation.

Until the ball was passed to the first baseman Oda Kazuto, Shirun's fourth batter just started to run, and he didn't even run five meters.

Once out, there is someone at second base.

When the ball was hit, the runner at second base wanted to run, but when he saw Sawamura's action, he immediately shrank back in fright.

It's too dangerous, I almost got double killed.

Akagi, who had been guarding in name only before, seemed to have suddenly changed his appearance.

Sawamura calmly returned to the mound and stretched out a finger.

"One out!"

"As soon as you're out!"

"There are still two outs."

"Let them fight!"

The little friends understood and immediately began to cheer for Sawamura.

In Sawamura's words, the game is to beat and frighten, and the side with the loudest voice will definitely have the advantage.

Sure enough, with four outs, and Akagi seemed to have a high fighting spirit.

The little friends of Shirun Middle School immediately felt a heavy pressure.

Their fifth stick was calculated by Sawamura and struck out.

Two outs, a runner at second base.

Next came the sixth, and the sixth batter hit a high-flying ball in the direction of first base.

Oda is not Yamaguchi, and taking fielding is easy for him.

"Bang!"

"Out!"

Three outs, offense and defense exchange.

In the second half of the fourth inning, Shirun Middle School did not seize the great opportunity that no one was out, and there was someone on the second base. The score remained at 2:0, and Akagi temporarily took the lead.

At the end of the fourth game, Shirun's players and family and friends suddenly realized a fact.

In this match, maybe they will capsize in the gutter.

Looking back now, when Sawamura hit a two-run homer, Akagi's friends were so happy and crazy. They originally thought that the other party was a hillbilly, which was rare and strange.

Unexpectedly, the ones who really didn't know them were them.

When they scored those two points, Akagi's friends already realized that they could win.

They trust their pitcher, and they trust that he will surely suppress the opponent and help them win...

In the first half of the fifth game, Shirun's ace Tanaka gave Akagi three ups and threes.

In the second half of the fifth round, Sawamura also successfully scored three outs.

Different from the previous strikeouts, this time Sawamura completely waited for the ball to go out and used his defense to win the game.

A flying culling from first base and a direct catch from the mound. Another one is home run high...

Akagi, who was full of loopholes before, suddenly strengthened his defense.

Although it can't be called a real iron wall, it is no weaker than Shirun.

At the end of the five innings, the score was still 2-0.

In the first half of the six innings, Akagi made three ups and downs again, and it was their turn to finish the second. In the second half of the sixth inning, Shirun Middle School attacked, and it was their turn to play the line again. Speaking of which, this should be Shirun Middle School's last chance to attack. Expecting to use the middle and lower positions to make a comeback in the seventh game is tantamount to fooling around.

No matter how much they didn't want to accept it, they had to admit Sawamura's strength.

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