One home run, one four Ball!
Lost a point, no Out, runner on first base.
This kind of start can no longer be described as bad, it is simply embarrassing.
The worst situation is not the embarrassment on the scene, but the collapse of the pitcher…
The second batter of Osaka Kiryuu High School, he successfully provided his friends with a way to defeat Furuya.
The ball speed is 145 km/h, although it is not impossible for them to hit. But there is still a risk because Furuya has no ball control. When he throws the ball, he doesn't know where the ball will go.
At this time, it is difficult for you to aim and hit!
It's even more impossible to guess the ball, even if you guess Miyuki's pitch calling it is useless.
Because even if Miyuki had chosen a course, Furuya would not necessarily be able to Pitch there.
The ball is fast and very sharp!
As it is known. No matter what your tricks are, under super-high-speed pitching, the power will be multiplied.
Even if it is just the most common Straight ball, when the speed of the ball soars to 145 km/h, it is very sharp.
Even the Batter of Osaka Kiryuu had to be cautious in the face of a 145 km/h high-speed ball.
Originally, they thought that if they wanted to conquer Furuya, it would take a few rounds.
With a high-speed ball like Furuya, the probability of hitting consecutive hits is not particularly high.
They have to seize the opportunity time after time, hit after hit, and score. In the end, the score will gradually increase…
After the score widened to a certain extent, Furuya would collapse.
That's what they had in mind when they first faced Furuya pitching.
After all, that Straight ball is really fast.
However, with the second batter being Walked, they seem to have seen a second way, a way to completely defeat Furuya!
Pick four Balls!
The speed of the ball is 145 km/h, and the average Batter will definitely feel dizzy when he sees it. If he is dizzy, his judgment will not be so accurate.
But Osaka Kiryuu's Batters are different. They usually practice against a pitching machine with a ball speed of 150 km/h.
The 145 km/h Straight ball cannot scare them.
After calming down, they will find that Furuya's balls are not so hard to distinguish.
It's easy to tell the difference between a Strikes and a Ball!
Then the next task is simple…
They just don't swing until they have two Strikes.
Waiting for Furuya to pitch himself to death.
Pitcher is a very high-risk profession. The distance between the mound and the home plate is about 18 meters. Then you have to put the ball into the strike zone, which is less than one square meter, from a distance of 18 meters. (18 m = 60 ft.)
It's not easy In itself!
In addition, you can't just throw in the strike zone, you have to field, stay on the mound, and be ready to cover a base against the batter you are fighting against.
At a time like this, when the pitcher is not in the best physical condition or has a problem, it is normal for the pitcher to fail to throw to the strike zone in a row.
This is the dilemma of ball control.
Furuya's current control of the ball is already bad.
After failing to make consecutive Pitches into the strike zone, he Walked several batters one after another.
The Walks continued with the third and fourth batters.
In this way, the runner on second base, who was originally at first base, was directly pushed to third base.
No Out, full bases.
What is the most difficult start, probably nothing is more appropriate than this.
Of course, Furuya won't throw four Balls in continuous Pitching.
In the face of Osaka Kiryuu's fifth batter, he suddenly showed his power.
Three Balls in a row, followed by two Strikes. He suddenly threw a very tricky ball, and let the fifth batter miss the bat.
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!"
After an arduous and outstanding struggle, Furuya finally won the first Out of this game.
It's very hard to get!
The rest area of Osaka Kiryuu.
Coach Takahiro Matsumoto asked the batter who was struck out.
"How was that first-year pitching?"
The player hesitated for a moment and answered honestly.
"He has the speed of the ball, but it's not that he can throw a Strike always. And his Strikes and Balls are very obvious, so it's easy to judge."
You can conquer him, effortlessly, very easily.
Such an optimistic situation did not make Matsumoto too excited!
Because he has to play against Seidou High School almost every year, Matsumoto is also familiar with the ways of Seidou High School.
If he remembered correctly, the training Camp at Seidou High School had just ended.
Combined with the performances of Furuya Satoru and Seidou, Matsumoto almost guessed what Kataoka was thinking.
He is borrowing his own hands to train the players of the Seidou.
"As for the helping hand, I can help with this. But if I accidentally abolish this pitcher, you can't blame me for this, right?"
There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and Matsumoto felt more kind.
"Although the opponent's state is not good, we don't have to hold back, let's blast them into a daze…"
"Yes!"
Coach Matsumoto is ready to destroy Furuya.
Anyway, the talented pitcher did not grow in their School, and if he was destroyed, let him be destroyed.
At this time, Furuya threw four Balls again, sending Osaka Kiryuu's second batter back to home plate.
One Out, full base.
Lost two points!
The rest area of Seidou High School.
President Ota was in a cold sweat!
"Although I know that Furuya is very tired now, I didn't expect his state to be so bad. In order not to let him lose confidence in future games, it may be better to change his mood while taking him off the field now."
Superintendent Kataoka did not adopt Ota's suggestion.
Although he had reminded Furuya before, at the critical moment, Kataoka's principle is still very strong.
"In this game, Furuya has to finish the third inning. If he can't support even three innings, then there is no way for him to be a fighting force in the first string."
There are still 23 people in the current first string, and three will be eliminated before the summer competition.
If you get into Koshien, you will have to eliminate two more.
Even if Furuya is not eliminated before the summer tournament, if one day he does make it to Koshien, Furuya will be kicked out.
The capable go up, the mediocre go down.
This is the survival law of Seidou High School.
In the corner next to him, Miyauchi fell into contemplation.
Earlier, Kataoka asked him, if he were to lead Furuya, how would he lead him?
At that time, Miyauchi also thought about it carefully, and finally firmly believed that he could use the power of Furuya's speedball to deal with the opponent.
Now it seems that his original plan is really naive.
Why didn't he think that Furuya might collapse on his own?
Turning to look at Chris, Miyauchi thought to himself.
'Chris probably also included this possibility, so he said that he should ask Furuya to throw his ball low.'
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T/N: Alternative Title 'Furuya Touching Grass!'
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