Chapter 131: A Very Fast Rhythm!

Three balls, three Outs!

Total defense time is not even two minutes.

Some of the slower-moving players from Inajitsu had to go on the field again before they even had time to take a sip of water before changing the field.

"I didn't expect to be chased so tightly!" Harada sighed deeply and changed his equipment to play.

Because of the fast rhythm of Sawamura and Narumiya, the scene presented a very strange state.

For the viewers, they are all a bit unaccustomed to it.

It's not too late here, cheer on the players they support, the fans of both sides have not had time to get ready.

The pitcher scored three Outs, completing the defense.

"It's too fast!"

It's complicated to say, but Sawamura and Narumiya are very fast in getting the number of Outs.

It was barely over ten minutes into the game, and they had already ended two innings.

The first inning is 0:0!

The second inning is 0:0!

Although the two lost one hit each, the pitchers' strength was on full display.

Such a fast pace of the game makes people amazed because of this wonderful duel.

The loud cheers gradually calmed down.

It's not that the game wasn't exciting enough, it's that they didn't have time to react at all, and the next exciting moment appeared.

In the first half of the third inning, facing the lower lineup composed of Shiratsu and Kadota, Narumiya performed extremely well.

He used his ball speed to firmly control the rhythm. Shiratsu hit the infield grounder that was caught by Inashiro's second baseman and passed it to the first base, and Shiratsu was Out of the game.

Kadota's swing did not touch the 150 km/h ball of Narumiya and was ruthlessly Struck Out.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Coach Ochiai was very disappointed with Kadota's performance.

"If you think about it from an offensive aspect, I feel that Furuya is more suitable to play than Kadota."

Kataoka agreed with his suggestion.

Furuya's talent in attacking, although he is a blind cannon, he is indeed much stronger than Kadota and Sakai!

But the defense is…

Well, the game has just started, and no one can say what direction this Pitching Duel will evolve.

At least not yet.

Coach Kataoka nodded at Ochiai, indicating that he accepted the suggestion.

But now, not yet.

Ochiai didn't say anything more.

He just gave Kataoka a surprised look.

Originally, he had always thought that Kataoka believed more in the lineup created by him. He didn't expect that he would trust Sawamura with so much responsibility!

He would rather the whole team help Sawamura than show the strongest attacking power.

Absolutely believe in Ace!

This is easy to say, but how many can really do it?

And Kataoka is one of them.

Two Outs, no one on base.

"First batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."

Kuramochi stepped into the strike zone for the second time.

Second round!

Kuramochi's eyes flashed with fighting spirit.

This time, he's going to hit base no matter what.

As the team's number one player, it would be embarrassing if he didn't perform his duty.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

On the first ball, Kuramochi didn't swing.

Harada gave Kuramochi a strange look.

'Why didn't Kuramochi use bunts?'

It's the same as before, very weird.

In this game, even Carlos, who has his own pride used bunts!

There is no reason why Kuramochi, who plays bunts, doesn't need bunts.

Are there other plans?

Harada calmly adjusted the Game calling to Narumiya.

'Don't think too much, right now, you should use tough pitching, Make the opponent feel hopeless.'

Whoosh!

A small white ball flew over.

The course is not sharp.

'An opportunity!'

Kuramochi decisively changed his stance and made a bunt stance.

Ping!

After the white ball was touched, it bounced high.

Kuramochi's face turned ashen.

The 150 km/h ball was stronger than he imagined.

He didn't even have time to stop the momentum of the baseball, and the baseball bounced high and flew forward.

On the pitcher's mound, Narumiya took two steps forward and caught the bounced ball in his Mitt.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

There is no suspense, Kuramochi is Out.

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, All the players' faces became serious.

When they adapted to Narumiya's pitching, they also practiced bunts.

When practicing, Kuramochi can obviously bunt well.

But now, it didn't work…

The power of Narumiya's ball is heavier than the ball thrown from the pitching machine!

This also means that they are more difficult to bunt.

In the second half of the third inning, Inajitsu attacked.

Ping!

The Eighth Batter hit a grounder to the shortstop area.

The small white ball was hit and landed on the front of Masuko.

"Third baseman!"

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura reminded the senior in his dormitory room to guard.

Masuko's body, like a tank, stopped the ball and sent it to first base.

"OUT!"

"Ugaaaah!"

"Ugaaaah!"

Masuko and Sawamura shouted the senior's signature shout at each other.

"Oh, he did it again!"

"One ball one Out!"

"Amazing!"

The audience didn't have time to be amazed as the next batter came to the batting Box.

The Ninth Batter, a slow high fly ball to the second baseman.

"OUT!"

Without any hesitation, it was three balls to resolve the inning.

Sawamura's pitching has always been concentrated in a sweet spot in the strike zone.

In these courses, Inashiro's batters, even if they wanted to consume Sawamura's pitches, could not do it at all.

Rest area in Inashiro, the assistant coach looked at Sawamura on the pitcher's mound and said with a wry smile: "A strange ball that suddenly breaks when it is at hand. Although there was information on this before, I didn't expect it to be such a difficult ball to deal with!"

Moving ball!

Although Sawamura has used it before, it is not his Core weapon.

The Inashiro players never thought that Sawamura would use this kind of ball as a Core weapon.

Using the defense to get Outs!

In everyone's memory, Sawamura doesn't seem to be such a pitcher.

Right now, Carlos went to the strike zone.

'Could it be that this is your true power?'

Sawamura's pitch made Carlos fall into bad memories.

The Knuckleballs thrown by their opponents in the previous game were similar to the current Sawamura pitches to some extent.

'The Demon King is strong enough to make people uncomfortable. I didn't expect the Demon King to be able to transform too.'

"How can you be so strong in the first grade?"

With a sigh, Carlos swung his bat for the ball.

Ping!

The baseball was hit, but Carlos's face was not good.

After the ball enters the hand, it breaks!

He missed the center of the ball.

The hit baseball landed directly in front of the pitcher.

Sawamura picked up the ball effortlessly and sent it to first base.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

Following the three-goal settlement of the Inashiro batter in the second inning, Sawamura scored three Outs with five balls in the third inning.

At the end of the three innings, Sawamura's total pitches were less than twenty!

Narumiya's rhythm is maintained well, and Sawamura maintains it even better!

In the third inning, the score is still 0:0!

In such a divided atmosphere, the game ushered in the fourth inning.

"Three balls this Inning too!"

"Was he such a Pitcher?"

"Who cares? He isn't losing out to Narumiya!"

"How long did this Inning take?"

"This inning ended in 6 minutes too!"

"Oh God, this is too fast!"

"This is nuts!"

"That's a Pitching Duel for you!"

The audiences were astonished at the Pitching Duel, and no one knew had time to cheer.

"Amazing!"

Owada Akiko looked at Sawamura, who easily won three Outs, and stars began to appear in her eyes!

However before the competition, she knew that Sawamura was not an easy pitcher to conquer, otherwise, he would not be called the Demon-King.

It's just that Fujio-senpai told her that just watching the spring competition cannot fully estimate the strength of Sawamura.

First, the spring competition is not valued by high school schools. Second, Sawamura took advantage of being a rookie after all. These high school players didn't know anything about Sawamura's pitching.

In the Kanto Tournament, the reason why Sawamura was invincible was because of such factors.

But in the summer competition, Seidou High School's opponents became more and more familiar with Sawamura.

There will definitely be more and more tests that Sawamura needs to face.

Under such circumstances, how far can Sawamura's pitching be sustained?

This is the true measure of Sawamura's strength!

Inashiro Industrial High School!

Among all the opponents that Seidou High School has encountered, there is no team that is more valuable to measure the strength of Sawamura than Inajitsu.

If the Demon-King really has any flaws, it can be found and broken.

But even Inashiro, when playing against Sawamura, used the tactics of the constant pressure.

It was obvious that they wanted to use up Sawamura's mental and physical strength.

But Sawamura used his own pitching characteristics to solve the threat posed to him by Inajitsu without any effort.

At the end of the three innings, he only pitched less than 20 balls.

With this kind of performance, let alone a nine-inning game, even a 15-inning game, Sawamura will be able to keep up.

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