SNAP!
SNAP!
The cooperation between Sawamura and Miyauchi is getting better.
Except for the first ball, Miyauchi caught the next two balls.
His technique of catching is also solid.
But the more he catches the ball, the less calm Miyauchi Keisuke's heart is, and he doesn't know if it's his own illusion.
After three Pitches, Sawamura Eijun's momentum changed.
"Senpai, can I Pitch seriously next?"
As soon as Sawamura's question came out, both Tanpa Koichiro and Miyauchi Keisuke felt like they had been struck by lightning.
Wasn't Sawamura's serious pitching was the ball missed by Miyauchi just now?
Miyauchi's heart sank even more.
Until now, he actually thought that Sawamura's Pitching was all Straight Fastballs.
After all, Tanpa has already shown his best pitch, and as a pitcher, Sawamura will definitely respond with his best pitch.
Although it seems a little naive, pitchers are creatures that cannot be understood by logic.
Never give up your place on the mound to someone else.
Any good pitcher probably has this kind of obsession. If Tanpa is like this, Sawamura must be the same.
Therefore, Miyauchi deduced that Sawamura's pitch just now was his legendary Fastball. To be honest, this ball is really fast.
From the pitcher to his Mitt.
The tension Miyauchi felt in his hand was no less than that of the 150-km/h ball thrown by the pitching machine.
This is obviously significantly faster than Sawamura's actual ball speed, and it's not that he hasn't seen Sawamura throwing the ball from the side, and it's not that he has no understanding of Sawamura's ball speed.
Hearing what Sawamura said, this kind of ball is not his limit.
That is to say, the ball that he has just received isn't the Straight Fastball at all.
he grits his teeth, Miyauchi is like an angry bull, spewing out currents of air from his nose.
"Bring it on!"
His voice was a little low. However, in terms of bearing, there is no retreat.
At the pitching position, Sawamura's right foot lifted high, and then fell heavily…
Chris and Miyuki also temporarily stopped catching the ball and put all their focus on Sawamura.
Miyuki smiled bitterly in his mind.
In Sawamura's previous life, Sawamura and Miyuki developed a system they called Numbers to organize Sawamura's Pitching.
However, later in Sawamura's career, Sawamura's control over his Breaking balls improved so his Catcher and his Coach in the Pro league decided to stop using this system.
Because Sawamura now can control his breaking balls well enough, so there is no reason to stick to the specific courses of the Numbers.
In this life during Sawamura's middle school, he also didn't use the Numbers. Because he didn't need them, and also there is no catcher in middle school who can catch them.
Now in Seidou High School, Miyuki, after partnering with Sawamura, still divided Sawamura's pitching using a numerical system like a habit that transcended time and space, although it is way simpler this time.
Miyuki divided Sawamura's Pithing by LEVELS this time.
Ordinary Straight balls are Sawamura Level-One pitching.
In addition to ordinary Straight balls, Sawamura also has Pitching of Level-Two and Level-Three.
'Here we go, Sawamura's Level-Two pitching.' Miyuki Thought.
Whooosh!
The small white ball flew over like a laser light, and suddenly it broke its course before entering the top of the home plate.
This slight break was not even noticed by Miyauchi.
SNAP!
It's just that the ball didn't fly in at the exact position he had calculated, but it flew passed him wiping his Mitt.
'This is the Moving ball!'
Miyauchi's eyes widened.
In the pitching position, Sawamura briefly glanced at Tanpa.
'This little..!'
Tanpa's anger immediately soared.
"Chris, let's continue!"
Tanpa aggressively asked Chris to catch for him.
"If you really aim at the Ace number, then I advise you to take a good look and see what kind of monster your opponent is."
As a Senpai, it is a little awkward to call your Kohai a monster.
But when Chris said so, but no one at the scene questioned it.
Perhaps in their minds, the current Sawamura is still a monster.
The fifth ball is a Change-up.
Just experienced the might of the Moving ball, facing Sawamura's Change-up, Miyauchi Felt it was so slow.
This is also catching the ball in the catcher position. If he is in the Batting Box, looks like he was already Out by now, right?
SNAP!
Although the ball was not difficult to catch, Miyauchi still saw the terrifying power of the ball.
Especially if this kind of ball is mixed with the Straight ball, it will definitely make the opponent mess up the rhythm.
Then the sixth ball, the Moving-Up ball.
Whoosh!
The small white ball, Miyauchi watched it keep rising and then break.
'Eh? What?'
SNAP!
Slightly raised the Mitt and Miyauchi caught the ball.
A pitched ball doesn't rise. Or more like all pitched balls drop naturally because of air resistance and gravity.
And the mound is higher than the zone, so even the most straight ball will drop but on a straight line.
However, this ball rises or more like it stops lowering its altitude for a moment and then continue dropping.
When a batter looks at this pitch from the zone, he will see it break upward and then drop back.
This is a variation of Sawamura's Moving ball. When Sawamura put more power into the original Moving, this unique breaking ball appeared.
'Amazing!'
Right now, Miyauchi was not just amazed at Sawamura's pitching, he felt sad for Tanpa.
Not to mention the performance on the field, just pitching, Sawamura has so much depth than the current Tanpa. Tanpa's Straight ball, Forkball, and high drop Curveball. Compared with Sawamura's Change-up, Straight, Moving, and Moving-Up, there is absolutely no advantage.
Even if the Forkball is honed, the current Tanpa will have it very difficult to pull Sawamura from the Ace position.
The biggest gap between the two now is not in the content of the pitch but in the performance on the mound.
If Tanpa and Sawamura stood on the mound, the kind of stability each of them brings is different.
The training continued and Sawamura continued pitching.
Next, the seventh ball, Sawamura used the Cutter ball!
The pitch suddenly breaks inward sharply.
This ball, because Miyauchi was mentally prepared, he also caught it.
After the fourth pitch Moving ball, Sawamura's Change-up, Moving-up, and Cutter were all caught.
Miyauchi's Skills in Catching are still very stable.
But right now, Chris and Miyuki, who should have applauded for Miyauchi, were silent.
Their silence made the atmosphere of the entire bullpen more solemn.
Suddenly, Sawamura stood on the pitcher mound like a completely unknown creature.
Chris and Miyuki felt refreshed at the same time.
'Here comes the LEVEL-Three Pitching!'
The feet were raised high, then like a battle axe, slashed to the ground fiercely, and the ball in Sawamura's hand, like a war arrow, pierced through the air.
Whoooosh!!
Miyauchi just saw the white spot of the baseball here, and in the next instant, the baseball was already flying over.
SNAP!
The baseball slid precisely into the open Mitt of Miyauchi.
Miyauchi felt as if his catching hand had been hit hard.
This, is, the legendary, Straight Fastball!
There was no time for anyone to react, and the baseball flew over.
If it wasn't for the fixed Mitt, if it wasn't for a Straight Fastball not having any breaks, it would have been impossible for him to catch this ball!
'Strong, really strong!'
After Miyauchi passed the ball to Sawamura mechanically. Sawamura continued his rhythm and got into the form of pitching again.
Right now, when Miyauchi looked at Sawamura again, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind.
Originally, he had told the Coach boldly that Tanpa had the opportunity to take the Ace number from Sawamura's hands.
Now, that speech looked like a bad joke.
This kohai in front of him should have just entered high school.
But with these skills and strength, even if you searched the whole country, maybe you find less than a handful…
Whooosh!!
The ninth ball came!
PAK!
Miyauchi was stunned as he looked at the ball that flew out of his grasp.
Not only did the ball sink, but it also moved to the outer corner!!!
'This is the Forkball that was ordered by the Coach to be temporarily sealed?'
Seidou High School, Office of the Superintendent.
Manager Ota and Superintendent Kataoka stood side by side, giving a sweeping view of the scenery in the bullpen.
"Nine balls, but he missed three of them."
He rubbed his hands and looked at Kataoka: "Although Miyuki and Chris also made mistakes when they took Sawamura's pitch for the first time, they both missed one ball, but three from nine balls like this…"
The words were not made clear, but Ota's meaning was expressed very clearly.
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T/N: The Second Chapter!