Chapter 106: What The Ace Do

Ping!

After the white ball was hit, it landed right in front of the infielder. The infielder caught the ball, passed it to first base, and Shirakawa was Out.

"Nice, shortstop!"

"Nicely done!"

"Cool!"

In the stands, several players from Seidou High School were in bewilderment.

Miyuki looked at Chris in surprise and asked.

"Chris-senpai?"

"That's right!"

Chris nodded affirmatively: "This guy is a Knuckleball pitcher!"

In the rest area of ​​Inashiro Industrial.

"How was it?"

The players from Inashiro Industrial are also asking Shirakawa how he feels.

"Although we discovered it when I watched the videos, I didn't expect his Knuckleball to be so good!"

Shirakawa said seriously.

On the side, Coach Kunitomo has a different thinking.

Some things need to be looked up in detail.

For example, the pass to first base.

Sakurazawa's players, never go forward to catch and pass directly to the first baseman's Mitt. Instead, let the ball bounce once and then catch it.

In this way, the entire defense time will be increased.

From this point, it is not difficult to see the level of Sakurazawa's team.

Their strength is not enough, and the training time is not enough.

But if they can think of such a clever way, it shows that they know themselves very well.

The stadium is like a battlefield, and an opponent who can know himself and his opponent is very scary!

Ping!

The ball that seemed to be slow and easy, Inashiro's third-batter, couldn't help but swing at.

After the white ball was hit, it flew far away.

SNAP!

In the end, the baseball landed in the Mitt of the Sakurazawa High School fielder.

"OUT!"

In the first half of the first inning, Inashiro's attack ended.

Sakurazawa High School successfully made the opponent go up and down three times.

"Could that be the legendary Knuckleball!"

"The fielders of Sakurazawa High School are indeed quite good, although it is not very good-looking!"

In the rest area of ​​Sakurazawa High School.

The Coach of Sakurazawa High School excitedly stretched out his fist at Akira Nagao.

"Nice Pitching!"

"Akira!"

"Your pitching can also be useful in the face of the batter of Inashiro Industrial."

"It only took two years to hone the ball to this point, I'm proud of you!"

Hearing the praise of his own Coach, although Akira Nagao was very happy, he did not lose his mind because of it.

"Coach, you are too anxious! If you can't win this game, your previous efforts will be just a dream."

The result of the first half of the first inning was very unexpected.

There were originally many viewers who noticed the performance of Sakurazawa High School in this competition. After all, they are also the team that made it to the semi-finals of West Tokyo, and it is natural to attract attention, but most people think that they are just lucky, and the team is actually very bad.

To be honest, the strength of Sakurazawa High School is really not very high.

And Sakurazawa High School does not look like any strong team. They don't have the feeling of a strong team, but strangely, they advanced all the way to the semi-finals.

Originally, everyone thought that when they met Inashiro Industrial, Sakurazawa would definitely be done for.

However, This result was far beyond the expectations of the audience.

In the rest area of ​​Inashiro Industrial.

Harada Masatoshi said to Narumiya Mei calmly: "It's our turn!"

"I know!"

Narumiya's eyes became sharp.

The opponent's pitching gave him a bad feeling.

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!"

"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!"

"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!"

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

In the second half of the inning, Narumiya Mei showed unparalleled superb pitching.

In the stands, the audience watched in shock what happened.

"In the first inning, all firepower is on."

"Three strikeouts in a row!!!"

"As expected of the Prince of Tokyo."

With Seidou's team.

Everyone sat in their seats, their eyes widened, and they saw that Narumiya Mei was showing off his might.

"This guy is really strong."

Isashiki Jun frowned and looked at Narumiya Mei who was on the field.

"He is too serious for an opponent like Sakurazawa." Kominato Ryosuke asked in confusion.

Narumiya's pitching is undoubtedly very sharp. He even used his Slider, which is a very difficult ball.

In this way, of course, Narumiya Mei easily won the number of eliminations. But when it comes to dealing with Sakurazawa, it's a bit overboard.

"You have to ask the Ace's opinion for this kind of thing."

Miyuki said and turned his attention to Sawamura.

The other players at Seidou High School also followed Miyuki's gaze and looked at Sawamura.

Both Ace pitchers, Sawamura and Narumiya have many similarities. Everyone wants to know how Sawamura views this issue.

"I think Mei-san probably felt the threat of Sakurazawa." As Sawamura said that, he laughed to himself.

"As a pitcher, in addition to stabilizing the situation when defending, there are also ways to attack and force the opponents. Simply put, it is to make opponents feel hopeless. Narumiya probably felt the threat of Sakurazawa, so he forcibly Struck Out all the opponent batters to not give Sakurazawa any chance!" Chris nodded and continued.

"What about you?" Chris asked him directly

Sawamura was talking about Narumiya, but he didn't talk about himself.

'Me?'

Sawamura nodded, he really thought about this question.

What would he do if he was on the pitching mound if Seidou played against Sakurazawa High School instead?

"The opponent is a dark horse and has a strong momentum. The pitcher is also a strange and unpredictable Knuckleball pitcher. If it were me, I would probably do the same thing as Mei-san. In fact, I already did the same thing with Akikawa."

The same thing!

The meaning is very simple, it is to use the same force to deal with Sakurazawa, Strikeout their batters, and show the difference in strength.

Miyuki glanced at Sawamura and then turned to look at Narumiya on the pitcher's mound.

"By the way, why are you suddenly calling him Mei-san," Miyuki said.

"Eh?"

"I am also curious about that," Chris said.

"Shisho?" Sawamura looked at his Shisho and noticed that everyone was looking at him strangely.

"W-well, he insisted on it in his texts!" Sawamura defended himself but he realized his mistake.

"So you are texting?" Ryosuke looked at him with a smiling but not smiling face.

"Ugaah!" Masuko's eyes were hard too.

"Oi kid, you are not revealing any unnecessary things, are you?" Isashiki chimed in.

"What? No, I am not an idiot!"

"Oh really, then why don't we check your phone to make sure." Kuramochi finally got his chance to read Sawamura's texts openly.

"Wait, you clearly have bad intentions."

"Huh?" Kuramochi got angry.

"Kuramochi is right. We have to make sure that you don't reveal any sensitive information, I will also check." Miyuki added

"Yeah, we have to screen everything just to make sure. Sawamura, we will check your phone later." Chris is also interested

"Approved!" The Captain decided.

"Shisho, Captain not you too. Also Miyuki-senpai, aren't you also texting him." Sawamura tried to divert the situation.

While the players were bickering,

"These two guys are really similar!"

Ochiai was at the back of the spectating team, and he raised his head to look at Narumiya on the pitcher's mound.

'Ball speed, 150 km/h, right?'

'Add in precise ball control and sharp changes…'

In the same division, in West Tokyo, there are pitchers with such a high degree of completion, which is really not a good thing.

'Fortunately, Seidou doesn't lack in assets. We also recruited Demon King-level monsters like Sawamura!'

West Tokyo Finals!

'It is probably going to be a pitching duel!'

Ochiai's thinking is the thinking of ​​the vast majority of people on the scene.

Although the match between Sakurazawa and Inashiro is not over yet, everyone has almost decided that Sakurazawa's defeat is a matter of time.

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