Chapter 146: I was Careless

On the strike zone, Masuko's cheeks were bulging.

In his ear, the words that Coach Kataoka explained to him earlier rang Out.

"Bunting will definitely not work. The guys from Inajitsu will definitely tighten the defense right now. They will definitely move forward and force you to fight against Narumiya Mei."

In fact, Inashiro's actions were exactly as predicted by Kataoka.

The first baseman and the third baseman moved a full six or seven meters forward.

Narumiya's ball, the speed of the ball is a full 150 km/h. after this kind of ball is hit by the bat, it flies very fast. With where the Inajitsu infielders are now, they have no time to block Tetsu if he runs to home plate.

As the Coach said, now he can only fight recklessly.

"It doesn't matter if the ball is caught or not. The most important thing is to hit the ball far. As long as you hit it far enough, even if the ball is caught, you will have a chance to get Yuuki home."

Hit the ball to the outfield!

The muscles in the arms bulged high. Masuko changed his grip at the last moment from the typical long grip, which can increase the power of the swing, but it is not easy to aim to the shorter one where it is easy to aim but you lose power.

Just like what Kataoka told him before.

"You have enough strength, there is no need to insist on a long grip, as long as you can hit the ball solidly, with your strength, you can force the ball away."

'Come on, hit it out!'

'Ugaaah!'

Masuko's eyes were like an angry bull, watching the flying baseball and swinging the bat decisively.

Buzz!

As the bat swung, a low voice resounded in the catcher's ears.

With a strong swing, Harada didn't even lift his eyelids.

The moment the bat was about to hit the baseball, the small white ball suddenly sank.

This sinking just avoided Masuko's swing.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

On the strike zone, Masuko, who was behind by a Strike, was shaken.

'Throw the Forkball on the first ball.'

Since when did Narumiya take him so seriously?

Masuko was really wrong, it wasn't him that Narumiya Mei paid attention to, but Yuuki on third base.

Even if it is an infield ball, it is estimated that Yuuki will steal the base.

In such a situation, it is natural for Harada to be careful with Narumiya's allocation of the ball.

Although he is careful, but the rhythm of Narumiya's pitching is still good.

Shortly after the first ball, his second ball arrived.

On the strike zone, Masuko took a deep breath, and his nerves tightened.

'Hit it out, no matter what, hit it out!'

Buzz!

With a low swing, Masuko swung the bat again.

He also missed this ball.

When he finished swinging the bat, the white ball was still coming.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

The first ball was the Forkball, and the second ball was the Change-up.

From Masuko's point of view, Inashiro's battery is not going to use a Straight ball.

And what he aimed at was the Straight ball from Narumiya.

'Damn!'

With fewer and fewer innings in the game, Sawamura began to change the rhythm, relying on strikeouts to get the number of Outs, and Narumiya seemed to have the same plan.

They started the all-out war!

In this way, Masuko is not suitable for aiming at the Straight ball.

Now even if it is a Breaking ball, he has to hit it!

Whoosh!

Masuko just made up his mind when Narumiya's pitch came.

'This course, is it the slider?'

Masuko had this kind of intuition when he saw Narumiya's pitching.

He trusted his intuition very much, and he swung the bat against the ball unconsciously.

However, the white ball did not slide as he wished.

The third ball is a Straight ball!

SNAP!

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!!"

One Out, runner at third base.

Seidou High School had a very good chance to score, but after Masuko's swing failed, it was completely lost.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School.

When Coach Ochiai saw that Kataoka gave signs to Seidou's players, he actually wanted to say something to stop him.

'The players played very smoothly. If you give them orders right now, Not only will they not strengthen their thoughts, but also it will disrupt their rhythm. On the contrary, Inashiro's command is just right. After the players were confused, they decisively issued orders. It can prevent players from having unnecessary thoughts and boost their morale.'

Ochiai wanted to say that, but the current Seidou was built by Kataoka.

In terms of understanding the players, Ochiai is not as good as Kataoka.

At that time, it was uncertain whether Kataoka's approach was suitable for Seidou's players or his.

So, he didn't speak.

Judging from the results, his previous thinking seemed to be correct.

With Masuko being out, the audience supporting Seidou suddenly lost a lot of momentum.

In stark contrast are the supporters of Inajitsu, each of whom is like the aftermath of a catastrophe.

First, they breathed a sigh of relief, and then the whole stand roared wildly.

"Inashiro!"

"Inashiro!!!"

If you are not with them, it is difficult to understand Inashiro's despair just now.

In this game, the Ace pitchers of both teams performed very well.

They didn't give their opponents any opportunity to take advantage. From the audience's point of view, it is difficult for the audience to imagine the scene where Narumiya and Sawamura were hit consecutively.

Suddenly they found their team in a very dangerous situation, while they were already behind.

If the score gap widened, it would be very difficult for Inajitsu to catch up with Seidou. It's not impossible, but it's really hard.

"Come on!"

"Good job, Mei!"

However, the Ace pitcher of Inajitsu, Narumiya, who is revered as the Prince of Tokyo, relied on his incomparable strength to reverse all this.

He forcibly struck Out Masuko, making it two-out with the runner at third base And solved the tough situation.

Right now, he only needs to ensure that the next batter does not go to first base, and Yuuki on third base won't have an opportunity to run back to home plate.

'We can't take it lightly, our next opponent is also a strange one!'

In the position of the catcher, Harada gave Narumiya a sign.

After the sixth Batter, the seventh Batter of Seidou High School entered the strike zone.

"Seventh Batter, catcher, Miyuki-kun!"

He is the seventh batter of Seidou.

in the stands, Takashima Rei looked at the situation in anticipation.

"There is no more reliable Batter than him right now!"

Not only is there someone on base now, but the runners have gone to third base.

Great opportunity!

Takashima Rei's glasses were shining.

The opponent is Narumiya Mei of Inajitsu, the situation is two Outs and runner at third base.

From the batter's point of view, as long as you can get a hit, you will get something.

What better chance of a duel than now?

On the mound, Narumiya looked at Miyuki on the strike zone, his eyes narrowed dangerously.

The reason why Miyuki rejected his invitation to Inashiro at the beginning was that he wanted to be rivals with them.

Now, this is the situation he must have longed for, right?

'As always you look like you have a plan.'

'But very sorry.'

'No matter what plans you have now, nothing will change.'

Whoosh!

As if to use all the strength of the whole body, the ball thrown by Narumiya Mei was terrifyingly fast!

The white ball, like a laser, appeared in front of Miyuki in the blink of an eye.

'Straight ball?'

Looking at the flying baseball, Miyuki hesitated for a moment, and finally let it go.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!!"

After seeing Miyuki let go of Mei's Straight ball, Sawamura closed his eyes in resignation in the dugout of ​​Seidou.

'He is done for.'

Count, one Strike, no Ball.

The pitcher is temporarily ahead.

Whoosh!

After Harada passed the ball back to Narumiya on the pitcher's mound, Narumiya did not delay for almost a moment and immediately made his stride and threw his second pitch.

Whoosh!

The white ball is stronger than before, and its speed is faster than before.

Fast like a ray of light!

'Straight ball again?'

On the strike zone, Miyuki's brows subconsciously furrowed.

According to the information, he knows about Harada and Narumiya, the probability of them throwing two Straight balls in a row is almost equal to zero.

But this possibility is almost equal to zero, just happened.

'It's not right~'

Miyuki looked suspiciously at Harada in the position of the catcher.

'It's weird!'

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

For the second ball, Miyuki still chose to let it go.

The count is two Strikes and zero Balls.

The batter is chased!

On the strike zone.

Miyuki, who was being chased, had a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

'I was Careless!'

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