Chapter 26: Not That Simple!

In the first half of the first inning, Osaka Kiryuu High School attacked.

Seidou's starting batteries are Furuya Satoru and Miyuki Kazuya.

Facing Osaka Kiryuu's lineup, Miyuki put the Mitt on a spot.

Among the four pitchers of Seidou, Furuya is the most worry-free to collaborate with. This guy doesn't know any other pitch except Straight balls. When pitch calling for him, you just need to position the Mitt and let him try to throw the ball there.

Moreover, he doesn't have the ball control yet, even if you position your Mitt, he may not be able to pitch there, let alone a plausible Strike or Ball…

Furuya on the mound was very excited.

After all, he hasn't pitched on the mound for more than two weeks. During the training days, he had thrown just two hundred Pitches in the bullpen yesterday and the day before yesterday.

For the pitching maniac Furuya, how could such a number of pitches make him happy?

For this match, he was full of energy and ready to do a good job.

When he was about to come on stage, Superintendent Kataoka specially ordered him.

"Furuya, you are already very tired now, aren't you? Why don't you just throw the ball and let them swing, don't care too much about the result of the game."

The Terminator also has a tender side.

Kataoka couldn't bear to watch Furuya being abused by the opponent, and at the same time, he was afraid. What if Furuya's mentality was affected because of this game?

Therefore, before Furuya came on stage, he deliberately relieved his pressure.

What Kataoka meant was to let Furuya not push himself too hard, he didn't care about the result of the game. The purpose of this practice game is mainly to let Furuya know himself and adjust his mindset.

This has been very clear, but Furuya did not appreciate it.

He didn't even understand what Kataoka was talking about.

He hasn't pitched on the mound for two weeks!

After finally getting the opportunity to pitch, Furuya certainly has to take advantage of this game, and he does not intend to let anyone hit his pitching.

In the outfield position, Sawamura groaned inwardly.

He knew about the follow-up substitution, but why did he keep him in the outfield?

'At a time like this, shouldn't I stay in the rest area comfortably, drinking water, recovering my physical strength, and waiting for my turn?'

Although standing in the outfield position to watch the game, gives a different view.

'But I'm a pitcher!'

It's enough not to let the Ace end in the official game, so why is it necessary in a practice game?

Moreover, Furuya…

Thinking, Sawamura glanced at the pitcher's mound worriedly.

There, Furuya's figure was unusually tall and straight.

He was already tall, standing on the mound made him look even taller. In addition, you can feel his excitement and determination from the outfield.

Excitement was practically oozing out of his skin!

It's just such a radiant appearance that won't last for long.

"Baseball in high school is not that simple!"

Osaka Kiryuu High School, the runner-up team of last year's Summer Koshien. The average hit speed of the players is over 180km/h, which can be said to be the first in the country in terms of swing power.

In such a team, once Furuya loses his most advantageous weapon, the speed of the ball. He will have a very hard time.

In the position of the catcher, Miyuki prepared on his Mitt.

"Okay, let's do it!"

Tired body, plus there is only one thing he can do, Straight ball.

For Furuya, this is the first time he will seriously experience the rigor of high school baseball from across the country.

On the pitcher's mound, Furuya's arm turned like a big windmill, and then the small white ball in his hand flew out.

Whoosh!

Even though his body was extremely tired, Furuya Satoru also threw the ball at a speed of 145 km/h. It has to be said that he does have an amazing talent in terms of ball speed.

Sawamura is the same age as him and has the advantage of training from so early on. He started to practice pitching early, and the fastest ball speed so far is only 138 km/h.

This gap, like a mountain, is difficult to overcome.

Just a ball speed of only 145 km/h is obviously not enough.

Buzz!

Swinging like a thunderstorm, the bat came head-on, with an unconquerable terrifying air.

Ping!

After the white ball was hit, it flew high.

Sawamura stared in the direction where the baseball was flying, and his body kept retreating until there was no way to retreat, and he watched the baseball fly away.

On the first ball, Furuya Satoru threw a very fast Straight Fastball. The speed of the ball is 145 km/h. In the entire high school, it cannot be said that it is rare, but it definitely belongs to the high level.

This is the standard Fastball pitcher!

Nevertheless, this kind of ball is aimed at the first pitch and smashed out of the field.

Swinging the bat on the first pitch, hit a home run on the first swing.

Osaka Kiryuu High School scored the first point.

"Damn it, this is too fierce!"

"Who is Kiryuu's first batter? I don't seem to have heard of him before."

"I don't know who he is, but he's not Tachi after all. In Osaka Kiryuu High School, the one who can be called a star player is Tachi."

"But even if it's not a star player, he's still very powerful."

"There is no way, this is Osaka Kiryuu, who has the number one lineup in the country. The team's average hit speed is over 180 km/h."

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Most of the spectators who came to watch the game were alumni of Seidou High School.

When watching the game, they didn't show any favoritism, they said whatever they wanted.

Looking at Seidou, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Even if they knew that once Furuya played, he would definitely be tortured.

However, they did not expect it to be so fast!

In any case, the speed of the ball is still good.

Even if he doesn't rely on other weapons, he should be able to hold on for a while.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't hold it for a while.

"Tsk, the speed of the ball is not fast at all!"

On the pitcher's mound, Furuya's face was also very ugly.

He really did not expect that he would throw such a bad ball!

If Eijun heard this, he would probably be pissed off.

If he has a ball speed of 145 km/h, he will feel that he is dreaming.

Unexpectedly, in the eyes of Furuya Satoru, such a Fastball is bad.

Immediately afterward, it was the second batter's turn to bat.

This second batter is very interesting.

He's also the type of Batter who guesses the ball.

After letting go of the first two pitches, he found a particularly interesting thing.

That is Furuya's ball control, or more like the non-existence of it. And the most interesting thing is that the high balls are still obvious.

Even though the speed of the ball is very fast, it is still easy to tell whether it is a high Ball or a real Strike.

"This is so much fun!"

"STRIKE!"

"BALL!"

"BALL!"

There was a Strike in the middle, and the second batter, after tangling with a few balls, chose the four Balls.

SNAP!

"BALL!"

"WALK!"

The first batter hit a straight home run, and then the second batter took a four Ball-Walk hit.

The two things that can hit a pitcher the most, are the two things that Furuya did with the first two batters.

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T/N: The Second Chapter!