Seidou won!
Most of the people on the scene felt this way seeing Yuuki Tetsuya returning to home plate.
There is no basis for this feeling, but judging from the content of the previous game, everyone felt that it would be difficult for Hakuryu High School to grab another point from Seidou High School.
On the contrary, it was the side of the Hakuryu High School. The possibility of continuing to lose points is very, very high!
So they took it for granted that this game was won by Seidou high school.
The Ace of a team, the most important thing is to bring this sense of stability to the team. Needless to say, to lead the score, even if it is a tie, it will be them who will win.
This reality was the same for the players of Hakuryu High School. They also had a premonition that in this match, the balance of victory was constantly tilting towards Seidou High School.
In the dugout, Coach Sasaki's face was extremely pale.
He miscalculated!
For the two points lost this time by Hakuryu High School, at least 70% of the blame should be placed on him.
It was he who didn't guess Coach Kataoka's plan so that the players lost the crucial two points.
In fact, he paid too much attention to Sawamura alone, so he neglected that he was not facing Sawamura alone, but the entire team of Seidou High School, and Seidou High School was not the only one Batter.
For a while, Sasaki's heart was as painful as a dagger scratching his heart.
The game is still going on, Seidou High School successfully sent the runners on the two bases back to home plate, and at the same time, there was no one on their base bags!
And now, Miyuki also entered the strike zone.
He continued forward with his style. When a runner is on the base he is invincible, and when there is no one on the base he is normal and plain.
Unsurprisingly, he was solved by the cooperation of Takehara and Miyano.
After being attacked one after another, and being scored one after another, the battery of the Hakuryu High School showed the bearing of an Ace, and calmly endured this inning, and the inning was over.
In the first half of the seventh inning, Hakuryu High School attacked.
After striking out the ninth bat from Hakuryu High School, Sawamura faced the top Hakuryu's lineup.
'No need to hold back!'
Having had the experience of playing against each other before, Sawamura had a clearer idea of the strength of the players of the Hakuryu High School.
The first few batters of the Hakuryu High School are very powerful. Even if it is some tricky Moving balls, they still have the opportunity to rely on their strong swing to sweep the ball out.
Although this probability is not very high, Sawamura does not want to take such a risk. Now the game is not in the beginning to calmly do this. The current game has come to a critical moment, and a hit on base is likely to inspire the confidence of the Hakuryu High School.
So there can't be a single mistake, even if you can't guarantee Strikeouts for everyone, at least you have to make the balls they hit be 100% blocked.
'Bring it on!'
Sawamura and Miyuki are full of energy. In the same way, the batters of Hakuryu will not miss the opportunity to regain the lead, especially the first batter Shindo, and the second batter Hoshino.
At their speed, as long as they hit the bases, they will create great chances, and the third batter is Mima.
Extend the opportunity to attack into the hands of Mima. Add to that the fact that there are runners on the base, and they have a high probability of taking a point from Sawamura.
Therefore, Shindo who is standing in the strike zone, has a very high fighting spirit.
But in front of the really serious pair of Sawamura and Miyuki, he was still a little too immature.
Although he has collected a lot of information about Sawamura's pitching so far, this information does not mean that you can deal with him just by collecting it. If you want to hit Sawamura's ball at this current level. Go back and come up with countermeasures. At the very least, some special training is required to make it possible.
The Wall-Making form makes it impossible to see where the ball is being thrown. From the strike zone, Sawamura's pitching speed is faster than the real ball speed.
These are combined with the kinds of Breaking balls that Sawamura can now take out.
Miyuki's calling should not be underestimated either.
The two teamed up and complemented each other. Even the course chosen by Shindo was seen through by the genius Miyuki and the regressed Sawamura.
So the result is very obvious and tragic.
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE!!"
"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!"
"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!!"
As the game drew to a close, Sawamura no longer had any scruples and went all out.
Shindo and Hoshino became his victims.
Moreover, right now, their hearts are full of anger.
Seriously speaking, they are not the first team to play against Seidou. Although the teams that played against Seidou before weren't the top tyrants in the country, there were still several giants.
At the level of those guys, it's not difficult to test Sawamura's pitching characteristics. Especially seeing the characteristics of his form, it is a matter of course.
But until the match between Hakuryu High School and Seidou High School, they never heard any rumors about Sawamura's pitching form.
"These sinister and cunning fellows!"
Of course, the people at Hakuryu High School knew what those guys planned.
'We have all suffered a big loss, so of course, we can't let you have it easy.'
This is now, I believe that when the summer competition comes, they will definitely go everywhere to promote Sawamura to be extremely powerful.
Let all Seidou's opponents notice Sawamura, if they can end Seidou by then, it will be perfect!
Three Outs, offense, and defense exchange.
Sawamura struck out three consecutive batters, detonating the atmosphere of the scene to the apex.
The situation of the game was tightly grasped in Seidou High School's hands.
Just such a big advantage did not help Seidou High School to score immediately.
The Hakuryu High School, which was forced to the edge of the cliff, showed an incomparably astonishing tenacious will and abruptly blocked the attack of Seidou High School.
Shiratsu, Sakai, and Kuramochi were out.
Three Outs, offense, and defense exchange.
The current development of this situation is very advantageous for Hakuryu.
If all goes well, they could even separate the fourth and fifth batters of Seidou.
In other words, they are expected to hold on to the last two innings.
But if you want to win, you can't just hold on to the last two innings. The game continues to drag on, and Miyano, whose physical strength is approaching the edge, can't hold on at all.
So, they have to get at least one more run!
In the first half of the eighth inning, Hakuryu High School attacked.
Mima, who had been holding back his strength to face Sawamura head-on, entered the strike zone.
After entering the strike zone, he put on an imposing stance as if he were about to confront him head-on.
After seeing it, Miyuki also thought that the Hakuryu might have pinned all its hopes on Mima!!
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T/N: The First Chapter!