No Outs, runner at first base.
"Fourth batter, Catcher, Takehara-kun."
The runner is Mima Soichiro, and the batter is the fourth, Takehara.
This is the situation facing Seidou.
Although Mima was only on first base, the pressure he brought to Seidou was still not small.
After all, he ran back to home plate by running and stealing bases with two outs before.
With three full Outs now available, the odds of him returning to home plate are greatly increased.
Not only the players of Seidou feel this way, but also the fans and Popcorn enjoyers in the stands. They watched the changes on the field nervously, and there was a sense of tension that was about to come.
"This game is so exciting."
"Although I looked forward to Sawamura and Mima's fight against each other, I have to say that this kind of showdown with Mima on base is even more exciting."
"Mima with extraordinary speed, against Sawamura, who has a perfect score."
It is like a feast for everyone in the stands.
In the position of the catcher, Miyuki's face was somewhat troubled. Mima on base is not easy, he only needs to steal once, and he can return to home plate with almost certainty.
With Mima Soichiro's speed, this task is not impossible, as long as he finds the right time, he has a very good chance of stealing bases. And once he steals a base, they can walk him back to home plate with two Outs.
Hakuryu High School can also take the opportunity to take the lead by one point.
In such a stalemate game, whoever takes the lead first will have the advantage of the game.
'You need to stop him!'
The task is in front of you, but easier said than done. This was one of the best talents who was famous for his speed. If his stealing base was so easily restrained by others, he would not be as famous as he is now.
'Leave it to me!'
On the mound, Sawamura looked confident.
Next, Sawamura prepares to pitch.
At first base, Mima moved towards second base just as if he was taking a stroll in the garden.
To be honest, he was not very far from the first base. That distance was much closer than the average runner. Compared with the other runners in the Hakuryu High School, it was about a meter closer.
From this distance alone, Mima is not much of a threat.
Whoosh!
But very strangely, Sawamura stunned him by throwing a pinning ball.
This pinning ball was obviously beyond Mima's expectations. His body froze for a while, but he quickly returned to first base with a stride.
"Safe!"
In the eyes of others, Sawamura's restraint is very strange. At that distance, it was very easy for Mima to return to first base, and he didn't even have to slide like the others.
But at first base, Mima's face was a little ugly.
He's different from the average runner in stealing bases. The stealing of Mima is not so much a stealing, but rather a running.
When other runners want to steal bases, they are facing the pitcher, with their legs spread and their weight lowered.
This stance is the most standard stealing base stance, including Sawamura and Kuramochi, who all use this stealing base stance.
In this stance, whether he is moving to the next base, or when he is restrained and blocked, he can immediately throw himself back to the base, a very flexible stance.
The runner is capable of running or retreating, perfect for stealing bases.
However, this stance does not allow the runner to achieve the fastest initial speed! You go from crossing your legs and re-transitioning to a running form, and it takes time.
In the process of stealing bases, even a fraction of a second is extremely precious, and wasting time is absolutely not allowed.
In response to this, Mima developed his own stealing stance.
That's the kind he just performed, leaving first base like a walk and slowly advancing toward second base.
It looks like his distance from the base is small, and it seems that it is not as far away as the average runner does, he will definitely have it harder in the process of stealing bases.
But he is not. His kind of walks seem to be casual, but the reality is the opposite. His every step is carefully calculated.
He adjusts his pace to the pitcher's rhythm, taking small steps toward second base. The biggest difference between him and the average runner is that the average runner is standing still, and he is accelerating to the second base, although the start is very slow. By the time the pitcher made up his mind to pitch, is when the best opportunity to steal bases came, Mima would already arrived at the place where the runner was about to start.
Not only that, the normal runner's body is standing still, and he has to reposition his legs to a running form before he can continue to advance to the second base.
But Mima doesn't need it. His body is constantly accelerating, so that he can reach his peak speed faster than the average runner. At the same time, because he doesn't have to reposition his legs from standing to running form, his speed is even higher.
Of course, there's a point to be known, the speed of Mima itself is very fast, and it does not rely on skills alone.
The innate speed combined with this skill allows Mima to steal bases as fast as lightning.
Until now, Mima has never met a pitcher who can stop his steals.
But just now, Sawamura pinned a check on the start of his acceleration, completely destroying his rhythm.
To know that at that time he left the base, and not very far. Compared with the average runner who is preparing to steal bases, he is more than one meter behind.
'At that distance, it is expected that the pitcher will not be alerted. But why would Sawamura throw a pinning ball at that time?'
Mima was puzzled.
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura didn't care.
What kind of weird player doesn't exist on the field of the major leagues? Sawamura has personally seen someone who can run as fast as the Current Sprinting Champion. That speed, damn it!
It would make you think that maybe ghosts really exist!
Sawamura has also seen runners like Mima, who keep moving to the base according to the pitcher's rhythm so that their body is in a state of acceleration.
Dealing with such runners is actually very simple.
Just disrupt their stealing rhythm.
Everything has a price. For this kind of quick base stealing, the price is not small. The more subtle things are, the more they need to be calculated accurately. The same is true for that kind of stealing base, if you make a wrong step, you can't move.
Taking advantage of Mima's readjustment of the rhythm, Sawamura threw the first ball.
Takehara did not swing the bat.
"STRIKE!"
One Strikes, zero Ball.
In the position of the Catcher, Miyuki wanted to applaud Sawamura.
'So beautifully done!'
He didn't understand Sawamura's containment just now.
However, he could see the effect. The extraordinary speed of Mima was nailed to the first base, and he could not steal the base.
No need to ask, Miyuki also knew that this must be because of the bizarre containment skill that Sawamura had just used.
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