Chapter 148: The Cornered Mindset

The score is 3:0!

Not to mention that their opponent is still Seidou, and there is also the Maou Sawamura Eijun on the pitcher's mound of Seidou.

So far, Sawamura has scored six strikeouts in a row.

Players from Hirotaka High School let alone hit the ball beautifully and get hits. Even making contact with the ball is extremely difficult.

In this situation, Sawamura Eijun put more and more pressure on them by staying on the mound.

So far, Hirotaka High School's players have begun to realize that their opponents today are not the same as before.

In this regard, Narumiya Mei, who watched the live broadcast in Tokyo, summed it up best.

"Hirotaka High School, like Hoshiryu High School, which played against Seidou High School before, was obviously not prepared for Seidou High School."

Of course, there are differences here. Hoshiryu High School mainly made tactical mistakes, and Hoshiryu did not underestimate the individual strength of Seidou High School players, for this, they were able to hold the lineup of Seidou.

On the other hand, Hirotaka High School was on the contrary, their tactics were well prepared. The opponent is Seidou High School. It is indeed a good idea to move the strongest Batters forward.

It's just that they have an obvious lack of estimation of the individual strength of Seidou High School players.

Masuko Toru did not perform very well against Akutsu of Seihou High School and Nanami of Hoshiryu High School before.

In the whole game, in the attack, he played a supporting role, and there was not much real individual performance.

Therefore, Hirotaka High School thought that Masuko's strength was nothing more than that, which was ridiculous.

Coach Kataoka is not stupid. If Masuko Toru is really useless, how could he arrange Masuko in the cleanup of Seidou High School?

Coach Kataoka had his own intentions for this arrangement. Although there are still many weaknesses in his batting skills, when it comes to batting power, Masuko is absolutely second to none in the entire Seidou High School.

His swinging skills can be made up for with strength!

If they underestimate him because he's not very good at breaking balls. In the end, they will be the ones who suffer!

The results on the field now are not surprising at all.

Although Masuko didn't hit the center of the ball accurately, he still relied on his tyrannical strength to sweep the ball away abruptly.

This is the horror of Seidou High School's Batters.

Strictly speaking, the players who can play at Seidou High School now, even if their performances are not very impressive, there is absolutely no one who is useless.

If the players from Hirotaka High School couldn't adjust their approach, the score would only increase.

Even Narumiya Mei, who was far away in West Tokyo, saw it, not to mention Hirotaka High School's own players.

They have now recognized their errors, but there is no time to wallow in regrets, they must devise a strategy to overcome this dilemma, or it will lead to a catastrophic conclusion.

"The most important thing now is patience. If we can't adjust our approach and get through this disaster, the score will only get bigger and bigger! On the contrary, if we can make a good countermeasure, there may not be a turnaround in the later stage of the game."

The chubby Coach Yutaka has lost that depressed expression now.

He regained his composure, and although he still spoke softly, his tone was not as timed as before.

On the contrary, there is an edge that cannot be ignored.

Even the audience couldn't adapt to such a sudden change.

But the players from Hirotaka High School were not surprised.

Their superintendent finally returned to normal. Before the game, you must be relaxed and think about all possible mistakes and all possible accidents.

This way, no matter how bad the situation is, you are mentally prepared.

If any psychologist knew about the training method taught by Hirotaka High School, they would be very surprised.

The way the players train is through the mindset of the cornered!

Extremes will reverse, and after a person is cornered, when the players have no way to retreat, then they can only choose to move forward bravely.

This is the method of Hirotaka High School's Haku Yutaka Superintendent.

Once the game starts, the players will feel cornered when facing a strong opponent.

With them already trained to fight back in this situation, the next step is to let the players enjoy the game and win the game.

"Kosuke!"

"Yes, Coach."

"It's up to you as a pitcher now. You're our Ace pitcher. If you don't play well, we will not be able to get through this. Whether we can survive it is up to you. So are you ready?"

"Yes!" Kosuke replied affirmatively.

"Be confident about your own characteristics, don't think about striking Out your opponent, keep your own rhythm, let the batters of Seidou High School make contact with your pitching, and then rely on the defense to solve the opponents."

"Yes!"

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

Before hitting the field, the Coach of Hirotaka High School played his Coach role for the first time and began to guide the players in the game.

When the players are confused, it is very important for the Coach to be their guide.

This can effectively curb the oppression of the opponent's momentum, and can also point out the way for his students to prevent them from continuing to be confused.

After Hirotaka High School Coach's orders, their players finally regained some focus.

When they went to the field to defend, they seemed to be in good spirits.

For Sawamura, who had just stepped into the strike zone in the second half of the second game, the scene in front of him did not make him very happy.

The score is 3:0. For Seidou High School, there should be no suspense about victory. But that doesn't mean that subsequent innings are meaningless.

August 20 is the semi-final, and August 21 is the final.

There is no rest time in between.

Considering tomorrow's final, Sawamura doesn't want himself and his teammates to consume too much energy for this game that has been clearly won.

He wants to determine the advantage as soon as possible. If the advantage is large enough, Coach Kataoka may change his mind and give the backup pitchers a chance to play.

Tanpa-senpai did not get many opportunities to play. Furuya also needs more honing, and especially Nori-senpai needs to get more experience.

And this is the semifinal of the summer Koshien, there is no better chance for any high school pitcher to hone his pitching and mindset.

From this aspect, Sawamura Eijun is very generous.

As long as it is for the sake of the team overall, he is okay with it to play in the outfield.

"In this way, although I'm a little sorry, I still have to get you down to the ground."

Sawamura's eyes sparked with coldness.

The bat in his hand was raised high, his eyes fixed on Kosuke, the oddball pitcher on the mound.

'Bring it on!'

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