Chapter 183: In Kind

"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!"

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

After Sawamura Eijun reaches base, the battery of Komadai High School, pitcher Hongou and catcher Renji, manages to Strikeout the Captain of Seidou High School's baseball team.

There was an uproar at the scene.

No one thinks less of Yuuki because of the Strikeout, his prowess is recognized, and it won't affect everyone's evaluation of him because of this strikeout. But it is different for Hongou, he is taking the ladder to fame.

This is almost equivalent to stepping on the Yuuki's shoulders and climbing to a high position.

This has a huge impact on both sides of the game, as well as the results of the entire game.

Komadai, who had already lost momentum and appeared defeated, was reinvigorated by Hongou's powerful strikeouts.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School on the other side.

"He was actually solved Tetsu with a Strikeout!"

This reality is a bit difficult for the Players of Seidou High School to accept.

"A fastball with a ball speed of more than 150 km/h(93 mph), after entering the batter's hand, it suddenly sank. It is not surprising that Tetsu-san can't hit."

Sawamura's eyes became sharp, and because of his experience, it was naturally much easier for him to accept such a result. The reason why Seidou's players can't accept it is more because of their trust in Yuuki.

A 150 km/h forkball is incredibly challenging to hit. Even top players like Yuuki would struggle, and it's unlikely anyone in the country would confidently claim they could consistently hit such a pitch. This forkball's unique downward movement and speed make it a formidable challenge for any batter.

Of course, It's another matter if you know in advance that the opponent is going to throw the cross. Without knowing it, no one can guarantee that they will be able to keep up with such fastball speed and break. Even if it is batters of the professional teams, very few of them can pat their chests and say that they will hit it without knowing it is coming.

It's just these things that the audience doesn't care about. All they saw was that Yuuki got a strikeout, and the pitcher at Komadai Fujimaki High was hard, very hard.

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

Because of Hongou's strikeout, the fans of Komadai High School began to resurge, and many people started to cheer for the Komadai desperately, hoping that they could counter-attack Seidou in the final stage of finals.

It was really the final stage. After the second half of the sixth inning, the game was about to enter the last stage.

For this, Sawamura Eijun, who is now standing on the pitcher's mound, of course, has an opinion.

Strictly speaking, in baseball, Sawamura is not a person who takes the beating lying down. If he was, he would never competed with a pitcher as talented as Furuya for the Ace number, he would never have challenged the Major League just out of high school, and he wouldn't have continued baseball after the two dark years.

Therefore, after being challenged like this, he wouldn't just stay silent.

There was an excited smile on Sawamura's mouth. He stared at Hongou who had stepped into the strike zone, and gave Chris-shisho a wink.

In this regard, Chris in the catcher position is very helpless.

'Is it necessary to be so childish?'

Since Sawamura has already changed his rhythm and wants to rely on the Moving ball to get the numbers of Outs, there is absolutely no need for him to Strike Out Hongou Masamune right now.

In Chris's view, this situation is simply about Sawamura feeling bad for Yuuki, and Yuuki might not appreciate this sentiment.

But pitchers are supposed to be guys with big egos, and although Sawamura is a bit tame in that area, it doesn't mean he doesn't have an ego too.

'Okay, let's indulge him a bit. And we can also use this to put pressure on this pitcher.'

Since he sees it is useful, Chris thinks there is no need to stop it.

This is the first time that Sawamura has played against Hongou in this game. It is not difficult at all to Strikeout Hongou. His Wall-Making Form and three random breaking balls are enough to play Hongou in the palm of the hand.

that's the truth!

Hongou saw Sawamura on the pitcher's mound, raising his right foot higher than normal, and then slamming it down again…

He didn't raise his leg that high very often, not because it wasn't good for pitching, or because it wasn't necessary. On the contrary, pitching with increased action can stimulate Eijun's strength and make his pitching stronger.

It is just because doing so will speed up the consumption of his physical strength.

Although Sawamura himself is not the kind of pitcher who runs out of steam fast, that doesn't mean he should squander his stamina.

And as an Ace, especially an Ace in school, it is still very important to know that the spectators are on the plate.

But now Sawamura is going all out for his Hongou.

The first ball, he threw it to the position close to Hongou's chest. The ball almost wiped the clothes of Hongou's chest and flew into Chris' Mitt.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

Facing the sharp ball that was suddenly inserted into the inner corner from the outer corner, Hongou really had no way to swing the bat. He could only watch the ball and fly into Chris's Mitt.

Next, Sawamura throw to the inside corner with an almost identical Pitch.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

The continuous attack on the inner corner forced Hongou to retreat. It's not that he was frightened by Sawamura, it's just that if he hadn't changed his position with his striking skills, he wouldn't be able to hit this extreme inside corner ball at all.

Right now, Hongou didn't realize what Sawamura wanted to do.

However, Renji in the rest area of ​​the Komadai Fujimaki High School could see that Sawamura was bullying Hongou.

All of his pitches are the same as what Hongou threw previously.

'In this way, if nothing else, Sawamura's last ball should be a Forkball!'

There was no change, just as Renji thought.

Whoosh!

The small white ball, after entering Hongou's hand, suddenly fell rapidly. Hongou could only look at the ball, bypassing his bat and flying into Chris's Mitt.

SNAP!

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"

Sawamura may not be very happy bullying a high school student like this. But the feeling of bullying Hongou is still good, calm as Sawamura, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously rises to a smile.

One Out, no one hits base.

After solving Hongou, there were two batters left, and Sawamura didn't bother, and used the Moving ball directly.

The two batters kept hitting the ball, and eventually, one landed in front of the first baseman and was caught and solved, and the other landed on the top of the second baseman and was picked up by Kominato Ryosuke.

"OUT!"

"OUT!!"

Almost in the blink of an eye, before the Komadai players could breathe a sigh of relief, Seidou High School scored three Outs, advancing the game to the last stage.

In the first half of the seventh inning, Seidou High School attacked.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Superintendent Kataoka arranged tactics for the players against Hongou who had just played. In fact, as early as last night, Kataoka had made the tactics to face Hongou. This time, it was just a concise and to-the-point explanation to get everyone ready.

"Judging from the current situation, we can only play like the game has just started. Sawamura, is your physical strength okay?"

After arranging the tactics, Kataoka turned to ask Sawamura.

Although there were not many pitches, Sawamura pitched five more innings than Hongou, and his physical exertion was much greater.

"Don't worry, it's only five innings. I'll be fine more than Hongou."

Sawamura is very confident!

With his knowledge of Hongou, he can also play six or seven innings with Seidou.

Sawamura himself, although he had already Pitched for six innings, can do it for another six innings. Compared with the pressure that Seidou's lineup can put on the pitchers, the pressure that the Komadai can put on him is not as high.

Moreover, Sawamura is confident that his physical strength is much better than that of the fellows from Hokkaido. (Furuya and Hongou)

Coach Kataoka nodded: "There may be a play-off innings, you have to be ready Tanpa."

After Hongou Struck Out Yuuki, Coach Kataoka realized that it was not good and that the progress of the game might not be what they originally thought. In this case, you have to prepare both hands.

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