Chapter 142: Strength, Mentality, and Experience

Sawamura did not swing for two consecutive balls, According to Mei's previous mood, the young man should be very proud right now.

Even with Sawamura's understanding of Narumiya, his expression should not have changed at all.

The reason why such a situation occurs, it means that the current state of Narumiya Mei is very different.

There are probably no more extra thoughts in this guy's mind.

There is only one goal in his eyes!

That's pitching and getting Outs.

'This is bad!'

Narumiya, who has completely suppressed his willfulness, is very scary.

And the most terrifying point is that Sawamura is not good at dealing with such a rational Narumiya.

In this way, he has no way to make a judgment on what kind of ball Narumiya Mei will throw in the next ball based on his understanding of Narumiya.

'Tsk, you can only do it the hard way!'

Sawamura gritted his teeth and raised the bat in his hand.

The first two balls, a Straight ball and a Slider!

Judging from this rule, the next ball should be the Forkball!

Aim for the Forkball!

Of course, Sawamura's judgment had no basis.

But there is no other way, now he can only choose a ball path to aim at.

Otherwise, with Narumiya's fastball speed, he wouldn't be able to grasp the exact timing of the Pitch.

Whoosh!

Narumiya Mei's pitching rhythm was fast, and Sawamura had to concentrate on the ball.

Seeing the baseball Pitch, Sawamura's hand holding the bat also tightened, and then he swung it out without hesitation.

The small white ball whizzed in then stuck to the sideline of the inside corner and flew into the Mitt of catcher Harada.

SNAP!

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"

On the strike zone, Sawamura's face was a little ugly.

This situation was completely different from what he expected.

After two Strikes in a row, he throws a Ball to tempt the batter to swing.

This way is so reasonable!

80% of the batteries in the country probably do this.

But this kind of routine is too unbearable for Narumiya to put up with, who is completely wild in his pitching!

Avoiding a head-to-head confrontation is not the style of a Tokyo prince!

Thinking about it, Sawamura glanced thoughtfully at Harada in the position of the catcher.

After Narumiya lost his willfulness and pitched the ball according to Harada's game calling.

'This battery became dangerous after they are cooperating!'

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

Up to now, the performance of Inajitsu Narumiya is worthy of his title of Prince of Tokyo.

In the direct confrontation with Sawamura Eijun, the Demon King, he did not fail at all.

"What a terrible pitcher, but what a pity!"

In the Press Box, Fujio, a senior reporter for Baseball Kingdom Magazine, took a deep look at the pitcher's mound and the pitcher who scored three Outs.

In this game, Narumiya's performance was not inferior to Sawamura's.

It even turned the tide several times and pulled Inajitsu Out of the depressed atmosphere.

Such performance is absolutely not bad.

But in terms of luck, Inashiro is a little bit worse.

And the attack power of the lineup is also insufficient!

Seidou has three hits so far, and Inajitsu has only one hit!

Now it doesn't seem like there's a big gap, but after that, these hits are likely to directly determine the outcome of the game.

In the second half of the sixth inning, Inajitsu High School attacked.

Because Inashiro only had one effective hit from Sawamura before. So this time, Inashiro's offense started with their eighth bat.

Inajitsu's eighth and ninth batters are also very good Batters.

Different from other teams, Inashiro the bottom lineup is strong, and launched a lot of offenses.

Such an opponent, Miyuki, and Sawamura's battery would of course not be careless.

"There are only four innings left in the game, and it doesn't matter if we go all out now."

Before playing, Miyuki suddenly said to Sawamura.

"I know!" Sawamura nodded.

The expression on his face is very calm.

On the Press Box.

"Sawamura-kun must be under a lot of pressure, right?" Owada Akiko murmured.

Even she could feel the tension. It's not hard to imagine how much pressure Sawamura-kun is under now.

Right now, the people in Inashiro are less stressed.

They are already behind, they just need to think about how to catch up with the score.

And Sawamura had to think about how to solve Inashiro's line-up.

Think about it, feel nervous.

Next to Owada Akiko, Fujio glanced at his partner in amazement. To be honest, he was surprised that Akiko could have such an insight.

As her time as a reporter got longer and longer, Akiko became more and more aware of things on the baseball field.

Now she can feel the tension on the field!

It's really good, but it's not mature enough.

"Don't underestimate the experience of Sawamura-kun! Not everyone can have the experience of a National Champion."

Fujio's statement made Akiko very confused.

Fujio had said the exact opposite before.

He said don't overestimate players' performance in the junior baseball era in high school.

For a player, the real maturity is at the stage of 15 to 18 years old. Middle school players, no matter how talented, can hardly compete with top high school students.

If her memory is not wrong, Sawamura seems to be just 15 years old, right?

Being stared at by Owada's strange eyes, Fujio was embarrassed a bit.

"Everyone's growth is different!"

That's all he could say.

Everyone's talent, strength, and growth rate are different.

In high school baseball, a first-year student can have monster-level strength, it is rare, but not without.

Right now, Raichi of Yakushi High School is also a big example.

It's just that such monster players also have their weaknesses.

The first is comprehensive strength!

A monster Batter who is gifted in batting is likely to be full of holes in defense and passing.

Just like Raichi, in terms of batting strength alone, even if he searches all over the country, he can still rank at the top.

He is also the most famous loophole in the entire Yakushi High School.

In addition to their comprehensive strength, these monsters also have a big gap in mentality and experience from high school students who have experienced many hard battles.

Combining these two points, Fujio will make a judgment that the top players in middle school may not work in high school.

But there are always exceptions.

Take Sawamura as an example, he obviously subverted all of Fujio's judgments.

First of all, he satisfied Fujio's first criteria.

That is Sawamura does possess monster-level skills!

Only with the strength of the monster level can he have the ability to perform so well in the high school world!

In addition to this, Sawamura also possesses qualities that other players do not possess.

This is experience and mentality.

The experience of being the Champion, the experience of leading the team out of the predicament, the experience of defeating stronger opponents, and how to maintain his state…

These experiences have turned into Sawamura's strength!

Just like now, the final of the West Tokyo Contest, the dream of Seidou High School for five consecutive years to reach Koshien.

Right now, the other players of Seidou may be nervous, afraid, or even perform abnormally.

After all, compared with the star players of Inajitsu, although the players of Seidou High School have great strength, they have never experienced such intense competition, and they do not possess such hunger for victory.

In the later period, Seidou collapsing due to the opponent's determination is very possible.

But not Sawamura!

How could a pitcher with the experience of national championship fall in the finals in West Tokyo?

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's face was calmly looking at Inashiro's eighth batter who was ready to enter the strike zone.

He made his stride casually and put his right hand Mitt in front of him.

In the strike zone, the batter of Inajitsu was unsteady.

'Sure enough, it was exactly the same as before, and the ball was completely invisible.'

Although Inajitsu's first few batters have been adapted to Sawamura's Pitching Form.

But this does not mean that all the batters of Inajitsu have adapted to Sawamura's pitching.

Whoosh!

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