"Gone through!"
"A long hit!"
"Run, boy."
"As expected of the Demon King!"
"Sawamura, Sawamura!!!"
With Sawamura's long hit, the scene fell into an inexplicable wild atmosphere. Not only the members of the Brotherhood of Red Hearts and the Demon-King's Guard were crazy in the stands, but many fans who had supported Seidou and even neutral fans followed suit.
So much fun!
Different from the speed duel on the base just now, this kind of pitching duel does not seem as novel as the speed duel, but it is even more amazing.
The duel of resourcefulness, the duel of Skills, the duel of mindset.
The layman watches the fun and then the door.
different people see different things when they see Sawamura's Swing just now.
"Sawamura, has he completely grasped the opponent's thinking?"
In the rest area of Seidou.
Chris looked at Sawamura's figure running to second base with emotion and said.
By the way, Tetsuya took advantage of this opportunity and returned to home plate very easily. He cooperated with Sawamura to help Seidou recover one Run.
It's just that everyone's attention is now not on Tetsu who is returning to home plate, but on Sawamura who is made a long hit.
Including the Players of Seidou High School, most of them praised Sawamura.
It is a beautiful hit.
A good play is the general opinion of the Players, but Chris and Kataoka saw something deeper.
Simply speaking, Sawamura's skills at the bat are not as strong as his performance on the mound. Of course, he is not weak. In the current Seidou, he is next only to Kominato Ryosuke and Yuuki Tetsuya.
Similar to Chris and Miyuki. They are stronger than Isashiki Jun and Masuko Toru, but they are not much stronger.
But even with such swinging Skills, Eijun certainly has his own set of goals to achieve a hitting rate that is no less than that of the Yuuki Tetsuya.
Just like just now, seeing the opponent's pitching, Sawamura instantly understood the thoughts of Miyano and Takehara. The two wanted to use an aggressive pitching method to face off against Sawamura.
Although Sawamura is good at hitting those pitches that are not too powerful, he also struggles to play corner balls like this.
To secure a hit, Sawamura had to lock at a course from the start.
But he is not as good at guessing the opponent's ball path as Chris and Miyuki. He doesn't know what ball the opponent will choose for the next ball, and it is even more difficult for Sawamura to hit certain balls. This is also where he is worse than Tetsuya and Ryosuke.
Tetsuya has the Skills that no matter what the opponent throws, he can hit.
Ryosuke is also very scary. He observes the ball and swings with his extreme contact Skills.
Of course, Sawamura can have a 70% strike rate, of course, he will not lack his own way to fight.
Since there is no way to guess the opponent's ball, he lures the ball to where he wants the opponent to throw. This is why Sawamura could hit the inside corner ball because he figured that as long as he stood close to the sideline of the strike zone, the opponent would definitely take an inside corner.
This feeling is like a chess master, Yuuki Tetsuya, Kominato Ryosuke, Miyuki Kazuya, Takigawa Chris Yu, and Sawamura Eijun are all chess masters.
Yuuki Tetsuya relies on Strong Might, Kominato Ryosuke relies on Skills, and the two are a bit like the kind of genius who has cultivated chess skills since childhood.
As for Miyuki and Chris, although they didn't learn chess for as long, they were smart and quickly became masters by learning various chess manuals.
As for Sawamura, it's just pure experience.
Just like the old wine cellar.
Having faced off against all kinds of top players in the world for more than ten years, Sawamura's understanding of himself and his judgment of various situations have already reached the point of turning dirt into gold.
This is where he is the best!
The total score is 1:1, the situation on the field is that no Out, and runner is at second base.
"Sixth, third baseman, Masuko-kun."
"Ugah~"
Masuko went to the strike zone, his huge body showed an extraordinary presence on the strike zone, making it hard for others not to look at him.
Takehara was still immersed in the grief and anger that he had just been deceived.
'Cunning guy!'
Seeing Sawamura stepping out, he also knew that he had been fooled. That kind of stride can't be done after seeing the ball, it has to be done before Miyano pitches.
So, Sawamura aimed at the inner corner from the beginning!
'I've been fooled!'
Just now, he was proud, thinking that Sawamura had fallen into their trap, and he didn't expect that the other side would turn the situation around in the blink of an eye.
'It's embarrassing~'
'Forget it, it's natural to lose a point in that situation.'
'Next, the most important thing is to get the number of Outs.'
The Catcher looked at Masuko in the Box, his eyes became sharp.
'Be careful with the first ball, never allow the opponent to hit consecutive hits.'
Ping!
Throwing on this side, Masuko, who was aggressive on the other side, suddenly switched to a bunt and sent Sawamura to third base.
"OUT!"
Masuko himself was banned from the game.
One Out, runner at third base.
But now, Seidou High School suddenly adopted the strategy of pressing step by step. Obviously, they made up their minds. Even if they exchanged two Outs, they would have to win a point.
The rest area of the Hakuryu High School.
There were blue veins on the hands of Coach Sasaki holding the stopwatch.
Obviously, he really hadn't thought of Seidou's tactic.
No one was Out just now, there is a runner at second base, and the batters in the back were not weak. He had thought that Kataoka would take a countermeasure of aggressive swinging. After all, the probability of scoring like that is not low.
Unexpectedly, he has already begun to consider Miyano as a strong Pitcher. When you can get a point, you must not be too greedy.
'Does he really trust this freshman as the fifth batter?'
The same tactic was supposed to work when Yuuki was a top base. But Kataoka was silent at the time and instead chose to let Sawamura go head-to-head with the pitcher.
From this, it is not difficult to see the extent of Kataoka's trust in Sawamura's Swing.
"If that's the case, then we can't make things go your way any more than that."
With a click, the stopwatch cover in his hand was closed, and Sasaki's eyes became sharp.
'Move forward!'
The Hakuryu players who received the order rushed forward one by one, using forward defense.
"Seventh, Catcher, Miyuki-kun."
Miyuki happily stood in the strike zone, and the opponent's fear of Sawamura was really surprising.
However, it was a good thing for him.
It was precisely because of their fears that it was easier for Miyuki to guess the ball.
1st ball: to the outside corner, barely a Ball!
On the strike zone, Miyuki stepped out in one step, sticking his entire body to the sideline of the strike zone, swinging the bat decisively.
Ping!
The white ball was hit and flew far away.
SNAP!
As soon as the baseball hit the ground, Sawamura rushed back to home plate and helped Seidou score a go-ahead Run.
The total score is 2:1!
Miyuki also took the opportunity to get to second base.
In the position of the catcher, Takehara's eyes were like seeing a ghost.
In this ball, he made Miyano deliberately miss a lot!
And Miyuki seemed to see through his heart, aiming for this Ball and Swung.
How can that be?
In the stands.
A woman standing, holding her arms and smiling.
'If there is someone on the base, there is no more reliable Batter than Miyuki-kun!'
One Out, runner at second base!
Seidou's attack has not stopped.
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