No one out, runner at third base!
"Seventh batter, pitcher, Sawamura-kun."
The score was 8:2, and Seidou High School was six points behind, but the change in the situation on the field was not bad for Seidou High School.
"Hit it out!"
"It's all on you!"
"Sawamura, give it a Smash!"
Because of the unfavorable pitching of Furuya before, those alumni who were feeling aggrieved, all came to the spirit one by one.
There was someone at third base, and it was Sawamura's turn to hit, and the score was almost pinched.
Rest area at Osaka Kiryuu High School.
Superintendent Matsumoto glanced at Sawamura in surprise.
Osaka Kiryuu players are not unfamiliar with the audience's cheering momentum at all. When the batter was Yuuki Tetsuya before, the audience's momentum was also very strong.
"Can the expectations for Sawamura be even on par with their fourth batter?"
Matsumoto looked at Sawamura, and there was a malicious arc at the corner of his mouth.
Among the players who have not joined the regular junior club in middle school and received regular guidance, occasionally there will be some peculiar pitchers.
Because they have not received formal training, they have honed their own pitching forms. Habits are a terrible force, and once they've gotten used to their pitching, they'll still be pitching according to their habit in high school.
And that's where some peculiar Moving ball pitchers are born.
It's just that such pitchers generally have an unstable performance on the mound, and their batting is not too strong.
Sawamura's batting was definitely not great.
In a short period of time, Coach Matsumoto already had a plan against Sawamura.
It is said that Coach Matsumoto should not have discovered Sawamura's pitching quality so quickly.
But what the second batter told him, Combined with the performance of other Batters, it is not difficult for the cunning Matsumoto to see the essence of Sawamura's pitching.
It's just that now is not the time for them to attack. Before attacking Sawamura, they must defend this inning.
"Use points to get Outs."
With a plan, Takahiro Matsumoto immediately gave a sign to the players on the field.
Through the previous performance of Sawamura's batting, plus the batter behind Sawamura is a relatively stable type…
In this game, the probability of holding on without losing points is not very large.
It is better to use this point to make a good rhythm.
It is also acceptable to end the inning with a point loss if possible.
There are runners at third base and no Outs. No tricky balls were deliberately thrown, and no forward defense was arranged.
The intention of Osaka Kiryuu High School can be said to be obvious.
The meat is brought to the mouth, there is no reason not to eat it. It seemed to Kataoka that it was also cost-effective to exchange one Out for one point.
He decisively gave Sawamura a signal.
On the strike zone, Sawamura nodded and used a bunt.
A fine bunt, combined with Miyuki who started early, letting him go straight back to home plate and score the third point of the game at Seidou High School.
And Sawamura ran to first base slowly and leisurely.
Although this result was also expected by Osaka Kiryuu, they couldn't help but get angry.
Sawamura's actions are so irritating!
As if it was deliberately provoking.
Of course, that's not the case in reality, Sawamura just didn't want to waste his energy.
Otherwise, at his speed, unless the opponent's pass is wrong, he can't go to first base at all. Sawamura would not put all his hopes on the opponent's mistakes.
For the teams of the big high schools, the probability of that kind of mistake is less than 1%.
"OUT!"
The total score is 8:3! Seidou High School's bottom lineup recovered another point.
Right now, Coach Kataoka felt a little annoyed.
Putting Sawamura on the bottom line is a waste.
Although Sawamura's swing is not super strong, nevertheless, the stability of his attack is great among his other batters.
Not only that, but he also has very superb bunt skills. As an important point to cooperate with the team's offense, he is fully capable of being in the core lineup.
If Sawamura is the fifth batter, Seidou High School's current score will definitely not stop at three points.
Just like Takashima and Ota proposed before.
The lineup has to be readjusted.
Although the current lineup is already very strong. Nevertheless, when it can be more powerful, who would refuse that?
The game continued, and it was one Out, no one on the base.
"Tachi, there are still five innings left. In the next five innings, you can't lose a single point."
In the rest area, suddenly came the order of Superintendent Matsumoto.
On the pitcher's mound, Tachi's expression changed.
Since Sawamura stopped his attack, he hasn't smirked much.
Now he started to smirk again.
A Disgusting and treacherous smirk.
The calm Shiratsu shuddered subconsciously when he saw the young man's unfortunate appearance.
After returning to the treacherous face again, the pitching of Tachi has increased significantly.
Ping!
"OUT!"
Shiratsu hit a second base fly ball and was caught.
Ping!
"OUT!"
Furuya hit a slow out of the field and was shut out.
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.
With no one out and someone on third base, Seidou High School only recovered one point.
The development of such a situation is definitely extremely unfavorable for Seidou.
In the first half of the fifth inning, Osaka Kiryuu High School attacked.
This time, Osaka Kiryuu's batter is obviously prepared.
Their positions were all at the forefront of the Box, and they seemed to be ready to hit the ball forward without waiting for Sawamura's ball to Break.
A wider metal bat, a bold swing, and a forward stance.
This is equivalent to completely blocking Sawamura's Moving ball.
'So fast?'
Even if he had a premonition, Miyuki was still shocked when he saw Osaka Kiryuu High School in action.
In one inning, in just one inning, the coach of Osaka Kiryuu High School had already come up with a strategy for Sawamura's Moving ball.
The rest area of Seidou High School.
The three Supervisors also looked heavy.
Having an experienced superintendent on the team is beneficial.
Although Superintendent Matsumoto is seeing Sawamura's Moving ball for the first time.
But in his previous coaching career, it was not the first time he had encountered such an opponent.
Since it wasn't the first time he saw it, he certainly thought about how to deal with these pitchers with a Moving ball.
"Incredible!"
This made Kataoka inspired.
Right now, a strange idea popped into his mind.
'Should the school contact an experienced coach for Koshien too?'
So far, Kataoka has been the Coach of the Seidou High School baseball club for six years. He experienced entering Koshien only once.
This time seems to be not short, but in fact, in the entire high school baseball world, it is really not long.
The four giants in Tokyo, are Seidou, Inashiro, Sankou, and Teitou high school.
The superintendents of those schools were all older than Kataoka.
More than ten years, and more than twenty years, they are all more refined and experienced than Kataoka.
That should make a difference, right?
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T/N: The First Chapter!