Chapter 72: The Maou’s Pitching

The Coach of Seihou High School, Coach Nishidera, still has confidence in his own lineup.

This is the third time the lineup has played against Sawamura, and the batters are completely accustomed to Sawamura's Pitching Form and speed.

In a head-to-head match right now, there is a high probability that they will be able to hit Sawamura's pitching, Not to mention that Seidou High School has now vacated all the space around the pitcher.

Any defense has its weaknesses.

Just like the front guarding that Seidou High School is currently using, they also took great risks to not let Seihou High School take the lead. The entire fielding formation has undergone a particularly large adjustment, in order to block the possibility of a bunt from Seihou High School.

It has to be said that this approach is still very effective. Now, if Seihou High School wanted to use bunts, it would almost be like sending more Outs to Seidou High School. Unless their batters' brains were not full of marshmallows, they would never do that.

There is only one way forward for the Batters at Seihou High School now, and that is to face off against Sawamura Eijun.

If it was before, Coach Nishidera of Seihou really didn't have much confidence to let their sixth batter face off against Sawamura Eijun. Not to mention the sharp pitching of the Maou himself, the iron wall of Seidou High School alone is enough to make them think twice.

But it's different now. In order to guard against the possibility of bunts, Seidou High School took the initiative to open a hole in their defense line.

Then Seihou High School is of course welcome to this, they will just aim at this hole and attack!

'Certainly, it is not that simple.'

Coach Nishidera also knew that since Seidou High School dared to open this hole, they must have been prepared.

They have absolute confidence in the pitching of their Ace Sawamura Eijun.

'They now are probably trying to get rid of the batter with Strikeouts!'

"It's no wonder that Coach Kataoka trusts Sawamura so much. After all, with how complete Sawamura Eijun is, so few people would distrust him, right?"

'It's just that our players are not cattle and sheep.'

If Sawamura-kun wants to strike out his opponent, he will not use the Ball to tempt the batter to swing like other pitchers.

Even if he wants to strike out his opponent, Sawamura Eijun usually throws to the strike zone to decide the outcome.

The balls he likes to use then are nothing more than these.

Change-up,

Straight Fastball,

The floating ball, (Moving-up)

And Forkball.

These kinds of balls are all balls that are easy for the batter to miss when swinging.

'I have to say that the nickname of the Maou Sawamura Eijun is really not for nothing, his pitching is really deep.'

But knowing that he's going to strike out, it's not impossible to guess his path.

"Choose the ball you want to hit and swing the bat decisively!"

'The impression that Akutsu left in their minds probably hasn't completely faded away. right now, if we choose to confront Sawamura Eijun head-on, the odds of winning by surprise are very high.'

After calculating everything, Superintendent Nishidera nodded toward the batter on the field.

In the position of the catcher, Chris did not ignore this detail.

He clearly realized that after deliberation Seihou had decided their course of action.

'It's about to start!'

At this moment, the audience in the entire stadium seemed to disappear. There are still four people left in the game, catcher Chris, pitcher Sawamura Eijun, the sixth batter of Seihou, and the runner Akutsu at third base.

In the next duel, they will stage a really exciting contest.

Looking up, the sixth Batter of Seihou High School. Chris turned to look at the fielder they had vacated again.

For him, everything is ready now.

Bring it on!

'All that needs to be done has been done, and the rest is to solve the opponent step by step.'

When he saw Chris's sign, Sawamura on the pitcher's mound nodded slowly.

Without much deliberation, Sawamura made his stride, and then swung his left hand like a whip, throwing the ball in his hand fiercely.

'So fast!'

Not only because of Sawamura Eijun's bizarre Pitching Form, but even Sawamura's rhythm of pitching increased.

Even before the batter reacted, the baseball appeared above the plate and then went straight across the strike zone and into the catcher's open Mitt.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

On the surface, it seemed that the sixth batter of Seihou High School in the strike zone was completely frightened by the pitching of Maou Sawamura.

He probably thinking about why Sawamura Eijun's pitching was still unabated in the second half of the game.

"Nice ball!"

Chris stood up and passed the ball back to Sawamura, who was throwing it, encouraging him as he passed back.

On the strike zone, the sixth Batter at Seihou High School, who seemed to be stunned, looked back at Chris in disbelief.

If he saw it right just now, Sawamura threw the most ordinary Straight ball, right?

As far as pitching goes, it should be a pretty good pitch. It's just that the Pitch Sawamura Eijun is throwing now is far from what he originally imagined. He had thought that Sawamura should have pitched the Breaking ball with a clearer path change.

Seihou High School dugout, Coach Nishidera frowned and looked at the batter on the field.

'Don't be confused, just go with the ball you selected.'

No matter how strong the Breaking ball is, it also needs to be mixed with the Straight ball in order to exert its full potential.

Although Sawamura Eijun threw a Straight ball, which he did not expect in advance, if he thinks about it carefully, it is not difficult to understand why he did it.

This confirms his guess from the start.

The purpose of Sawamura's Straight Pitch is to maximize the power of his Breaking ball.

This proves that Sawamura's purpose is to strike out the batter.

The more the Batter is like this, the less he can be confused, no matter if he has previously selected a Change-up, Straight Fastball, floating ball (Moving-Up), or Forkball.

The most important thing now is to swing decisively.

Once the batter hesitates, there is no chance that he will hit off Sawamura.

The level of the sixth batter of Seihou is still very high. He quickly adjusted his state of mind and continued to aim at the ball path he chose.

Whoosh!

At this moment, the ball like a laser beam Pitch over again.

This ball is the same as the previous one, and it is also the most common Straight ball.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

By this time, the face of the sixth batter of Seihou High School had turned purple.

'Huh, why?'

'Why is he only throwing Straight balls?'

At the position of third base, Akutsu stood on the third base bag, not even trying to move.

"That's right!"

'How can the pitching of the Maou Sawamura Eijun be conquered so easily.'

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