"This guy!"
Mima frowned and looked at Miyuki.
Miyuki smiled innocently.
Double play!
A true 1-3-2 double play!
Mima's steal turned into a joke.
But none of the fans and spectators at the scene saw him as a joke.
Almost, just a little bit.
If the Mima is successful, the results will be interesting.
"He almost did a miracle."
But a little bit, just a little bit.
Now all the audiences in the stands are overwhelmed by Seidou's charm.
Sawamura who pitched the ball, Yuuki who made the first base transfer, especially Miyuki who completed the play at home plate, will be deeply remembered.
Let's review what happened in the past minute.
First of all, Sawamura and Miyuki boldly adopted the strategy of fishing. For this ball, Sawamura threw a Moving-Up ball, a variation of the Moving ball where Sawamura put more power into the Moving which made the Moving ball break upward slightly.
And Sasaki, the superintendent of the Hakuryu High School, guessed that right now, Miyuki would use the Cutter to solve them.
But he didn't expect that Miyuki would use a Moving-Up ball!
Sawamura's Cutter, because of the different degrees of pressure on the wrist, the degree of break is also different. Generally, Sawamura's Straight balls do not move high.
When guessing that Sawamura might be throwing a Cutter, the average Batter would aim for two balls above the Straight ball and swing.
As long as the swing is good, no matter what kind of ball appears, this swing can hit it. If you swing the bat thoroughly, you can also take the ball out.
Sasaki thinks that Miyuki will definitely use the Cutter that is higher by two balls because even if they guess the Cutter and swing the bat according to the usual countermeasures, they are likely to hit a slow fly high!
And Miyuki also saw Sasaki's strategy. He asked Sawamura to use the Moving-Up ball.
Miyuki was undoubtedly superior in the battle of resourcefulness between the two.
Kitaooji hit the ball out, creating a grounder right in front of the pitcher.
After Sawamura caught the ball, he glared at third base, so that Mima didn't dare to steal base directly. He then passed the ball to the first baseman and blocked Kitaooji, the Batter.
At this time, Mima also realized that once Kitaooji was out, they would lose their last chance to attack. If there is someone at third base with two Outs, Miyuki and Sawamura simply ignore him and just deal with the sixth batter of the Hakuryu.
Taking a gamble, Mima can only risk stealing bases.
His speed and timing were excellent, and it really gave him a chance.
Witnessing all of this, Tetsuya did not rush to change the pass but received the ball normally, got Kitaooji Out, and passed it to Miyuki.
Tetsuya made the judgment, that Miyuki can stop Mima.
In fact, in terms of time, Miyuki really had time.
Just to catch the ball, he has come to the front of the plate. Nevertheless, that didn't stop him from Touching-Out Mima, he just had to turn around and put the Mitt in front of him.
After seeing Miyuki receiving the ball, Mima immediately changed his running direction and slid off to the outside of the home plate.
It was definitely impossible to touch Mima if Miyuki maintained his original stance, and he will only watch him go to base.
In this situation, Miyuki had an idea, he threw his whole body on the Box before the plate, and he used his Mitt to touch Mima was sliding around Miyuki and the plate out to the side.
The two fell to the ground almost at the same time.
Miyuki didn't touch Mima, and Mima couldn't touch the home plate either.
After Mima stopped, like a puppy, he landed on all fours, moved to the home plate, and then reached out to touch the plate.
And Miyuki, who was waiting for this, covered the home plate from the other side with his arm. blocked Mima's hand with the Mitt.
"OUT!"
Double play!!!
In just a few seconds, the changes on the field made people feel hyped and amazed.
It feels even more interesting than watching the match in the major leagues.
"Miyuki, Tetsuya!!!"
"Seidou, Seidou!!!"
"Sawamura, Sawamura!!!"
Cheers and cheers came from all sides of the stands.
Seidou passed this hurdle without losing points and ushered in the second half of the eighth inning.
Mima looked at Miyuki deeply. With the situation just now, he thought that he would be sure to score. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such a result in the end.
Miyuki Kazuya. He will remember the name.
With this double play, Seidou got three Outs and completed the defense mission of this inning.
"No points after all of this?"
The Players of Hakuryu High School all had despair in their eyes.
They really didn't expect that Seidou would be so tough.
On the other side, going back to the Seidou dugout.
Sawamura's state is a bit odd.
"I was rescued by the Senpais."
Sawamura had some lingering fears at the steal of Mima just now.
Yes, Seidou held the situation through their beautiful defense and did not lose any points. But the reason for the beautiful defense is not because of his mistakes.
In that situation, he should have thought that Mima would definitely steal bases.
It is not difficult to play a trick to get Mima out of the inning early.
Although it may be possible to take Kitaooji Out, such a solution is undoubtedly safer.
And just now, it was very dangerous.
If the catcher is not Miyuki, then Seidou's point is almost lost.
"Sorry!"
Sawamura said in a low voice, looking at Yuuki and Miyuki in the end.
Miyuki and Yuuki didn't take it seriously. After all, if it wasn't that Sawamura had restrained Mima beforehand, it would be impossible for them to stop Mima.
"Stinky boy, what are you doing, throwing such Pitching and performing so well, and then you apologize to us, do you look down on us, boy?"
Yuuki and Miyuki didn't say anything.
Isashiki Jun couldn't take it anymore and punched Sawamura in the chest.
"Don't worry, we won't let your efforts go to waste. At this time, if we don't score points, how can we be Senpais?"
"Look well!"
Kominato Ryosuke said with a smile.
"We're not going to let the game go on like this." Said with confidence.
Looking at these seniors, Sawamura felt that maybe he was worrying too much.
Although their attitude is not friendly, these seniors have actually noticed that his physical strength is approaching the limit.
Since the third inning, Sawamura has pitched six full innings!
There are several wonderful restraints here and there, and Sawamura's physical strength is already on the verge of its limit.
The intensity of competition in high school and middle school are two completely different levels, and his body still has not adapted yet.
"In the future, it looks like I need to strengthen my physical fitness!"
Sawamura is determined to be the Ace, and he does not want people to say that he could not last a full game.
And this game continues.
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