"The finals of the Kanto Tournament, West Tokyo's Seidou High School's play against Gunma's Hakuryu High School, officially begins!"
Following a sentence from the commentator, after the players on both sides saluted each other, they took their places and prepared for the game.
The first to attack in this game was Hakuryu, and Seidou was responsible for the defense.
Regarding the starter of this game, Kataoka has also had some deliberations.
Needless to say, Kawakami Nori, is equivalent to being ranked outside the Ace competition. Furuya Satoru is a secret weapon, waiting to be developed. These two people's skills are not enough for Kataoka to pin the team's hopes on them.
They won't be given a chance to play in the Kanto final.
Currently, Sawamura and Tanpa are the only ones who can really compete for the Ace number.
So in the final, Kataoka still made up his mind to let both of them play to feel the atmosphere of playing against the top Giants in the Nation.
The starter is Tanpa, and Sawamura will be in the left field and be ready.
In addition to the pitcher's rivalry, the Seidou Catcher's rivalry is now getting more and more intense. The battle for the Catcher position is even more brutal than the battle for the pitcher. In a game, exhaustion of the Pitcher is almost commonplace.
Especially in the hot summer competition, any team targeting Koshien cannot survive with just one pitcher. The physical exertion of the pitcher is already high, the schedule is dense, and the game of baseball is very tormenting.
On the field of Koshien, there are not a few pitchers who ruin their careers because of over-pitching.
This is also one of Koshien's dark side!
In fact, it is more than Koshien, everything has positive and negative sides. In general, Koshien still pinned the dreams of young people and caused a social sensation. Its meaning is so far-reaching that words are indescribable.
You can't stop eating because of choking!
And after entering the new century, most of the giant teams in Koshien have adopted a multi-pitcher rotation system, and will not put all the burden on the Ace alone. Unless it's a dark horse team like that with insufficient foundation, and there is no replacement at all, otherwise the Ace will not always be on the mound.
For example, like Seidou now, keeping Sawamura on the mound is the safest for the team to win or lose. But Kataoka wouldn't do that, even if it would be most beneficial for Seidou to do so. He will still focus on Tanpa and Sawamura as the core, for the coming summer games.
The most important purpose of this is to protect Sawamura!
People's hearts are changed by other people's hearts. After being reborn, Sawamura never thought about any other school in the past. Why? It is because he has met the best Coach, the best teammates, and the best education in Seidou.
Of course, it didn't mean that other schools were bad, but Sawamura didn't know much about those schools. And even if other schools were the same as Seidou in all aspects, Sawamura would still choose Seidou.
After all, this is where his heart is!
All in all. In the new era of competitions, the relay pitchers are a very normal thing, and it can even be said to be common sense. Basically, a strong school with enough weight will do this.
But who have you heard or seen, that team will trade their main Catcher?
Once the main catcher is identified, it is very difficult to replace.
The Catcher is also the coach on the field, and it is conceivable how many responsibilities he has. No matter how simple Kataoka's thoughts are, or how close Chris and Miyuki are in strength.
In the end, Seidou needs to choose a Catcher!
The semi-final was handed over to Chris, and the final was handed over to Miyuki. Although Chris came back strong, and his performance in all aspects was not inferior to Miyuki's. But in Kataoka's mind, at least now, Miyuki is still the team's main Catcher.
Otherwise, Kataoka would not have handed over the most crucial game of the Kanto Tournament to him.
In the first half of the game, Hakuryu High School attacked.
"First Batter, shortstop, Shindo-kun."
The grade of the members of the Hakuryu are very neat, with nine players, five are third graders, and four are second graders. Among them, Shindo is one of the five third graders.
The Catcher, Miyuki, glanced at Shindo, and all the information about Shindo flashed in his mind.
Almost all of Hakuryu's members are very fast, and their mobility is second to none in the Nation.
But even in such a team, Shindo's speed is one of the best.
Watching Hakuryu's game video, Miyuki's deepest understanding is that once someone from Hakuryu High School hits the base, the game will become very troublesome. Considering the speed of Shindo, he didn't even want to encounter such a situation at the beginning of the game.
'So, let's go all out on the first ball, Tanpa-senpai.'
The first ball: high drop Curveball.
Seeing the sign from Miyuki, Tanpa subconsciously frowned.
'Start with the best Breaking-ball?'
Even if it was this game, the Coach arranged for Sawamura to relay, but in Tanpa's mind, of course, he still hoped that he could Pitch the whole game. If the goal is to Pitch the whole field, it is best to use only straight balls in the first inning! After all, Tanpa is not Sawamura, and he doesn't hold as many Breaking-ball weapons as Sawamura does!
If you use your own Winning shot frequently from the beginning, in the second half of the game, Tanpa's prized Pitch will definitely be targeted by the opponent.
At that time, he is likely to be surrounded by the opponent!
'Even you, don't believe I can finish it?'
Tanpa gave Miyuki a deep look but didn't say anything. Instead, he nodded slightly, agreeing with Miyuki's ball-matching plan.
Whoosh!
The small white ball flew from Tanpa's hand to Miyuki's glove.
On the strike zone, Shindo never left the flying baseball.
Finally, the ball came, and the speed was so fast!
As the current Ace pitcher of Seidou High School, Tanpa is remarkable in terms of ball speed and power.
His pitching is amazing!
But Just this ball cannot make the batter of the Hakuryu Academy flinch.
Although the speed of the ball is not slow, in Shindo's view, it is not so fast that he can't hit it.
The moment he saw Tanpa throw the ball, he had a hunch that he could hit the ball and hit it beautifully!
'Coming! It's now!!!'
The small white ball approached his hand and was about to pass over the top of the plate and into Miyuki's open glove.
At this critical moment, Shindo in the strike zone decisively swung the bat in his hand out!
The bat whizzed by, and the wind followed.
Although it has always been said that he is a speed-type player, this does not mean that the Swing of Shindo will not work!
In fact, his striking power is also very eye-catching.
It's just that such an excellent Swing is doomed to miss.
Before the baseball got close to the batter, it suddenly and rapidly fell!
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