Without sufficient psychological preparation, there is no way for you to play against Seidou High School. This is the strength of Seidou High School now.
Akikawa is different from the two teams that played against Seidou before!
Seeing the supporters of the Seidou, and seeing the spirit of the Seidou players, which was honed by long-term training, they did not flinch at all.
Obviously, they are ready to fight against Seidou.
In the rest area of Akikawa Academy.
Coach Ogata looked at Yoh Shunshin and asked.
"How does it feel?"
Yoh Shunshin took off his earphones and chuckled, "That's really good!"
He was talking about music.
"I asked about the game!"
Ogata continued to ask.
"The same feeling as before, the same shape, the same pitch."
Hearing Yoh Shunshin's words, all Akikawa players including Ogata laughed.
'Is there anything more reliable than this?'
"Ah, come on!"
Following Ogata's order, Akikawa's players stood up one by one.
"Let's get out there and enjoy baseball!"
"Yes!!!"
The players of the two teams stood opposite each other and then rushed forward like the ancient samurai.
"Pleased to play with you!"
"Pleased to play with you!"
Seidou High School's match against Akikawa Academy has officially started.
In the first half of the game, Akikawa Academy took the lead in attacking.
Seidou's starting pitcher is Ace Sawamura Eijun.
In the stands.
Two reporters from "Baseball Kingdom", Fujio Mine and Owada Akiko, also came to the scene.
"Akikawa was the first to attack. They should be trying to score first and then keep the advantage."
Owada Akiko said worriedly.
Her eyes stared at Yoh Shunshin in the rest area, her eyes blurred.
Fujio shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Seidou High School attaches great importance to this game. They directly dispatched their own Ace, and it will not be easy for Akikawa to score points."
Before Seidou went to the field to defend, Chris took the initiative to talk to Sawamura.
"Although the opponent's momentum does not seem to be high, but they are very tenacious and not easy to defeat."
Sawamura nodded: "Then let them experience despair."
"The orders of the Coach are to avoid using any of higher Level courses, if it is not necessary, it is better not to use them."
"There's no need for it. To deal with Akikawa, the Pitching below Level Two is fine."
"Don't be too careless."
"Don't worry, Shisho, I will be careful."
***
"First Batter, Center, Ninomiya-kun."
Watching Ninomiya walk into the strike zone, there was a burst of boos at the scene.
"Boooo!!!!"
On the strike zone, Ninomiya's face turned slightly pale.
It's the first time he has been booed by thousands of people.
It feels as if he has been abandoned by the world and become a big bad guy.
'As expected of a star player, there are so many fans! If Shun was also on a team like Seidou, he would have received such support, right?'
Despite being very nervous, despite being booed at, Ninomiya who was standing on the strike zone did not retreat a single step.
Chris raised his eyelids in surprise.
'Seeing Sawamura standing on the mound, the opponent was not surprised at all, and he seemed prepared. Apparently, they guessed that Seidou's starter was Sawamura!'
'And the corresponding countermeasures have been formulated!'
'Hooh!'
With a smirk in his mind, Chris gave Sawamura a sign.
'The opponent is Sawamura. I don't know if the countermeasures you have formulated are easy to implement?'
In the rest area of Akikawa Academy.
Coach Ogata looked at Sawamura on the pitcher's mound and pondered.
"As expected Seidou High School was so cautious and they even sent Sawamura in the first inning. Rather, is it worthy of Seidou High School?"
On the bench, Yoh Shunshin shook his head.
"The summer competition is a knockout round. No matter which team it is, if they lose a game, their summer will end. Now it is the fourth round of the competition, and the winning team can enter the quarterfinals. Of course, Seidou High School will not be careless."
On the mound, Sawamura's legs lifted up high and then fell down again.
As the center of gravity shifted, the baseball in Sawamura's hand was thrown out like a shooting star.
Whoosh!
On the strike zone, Ninomiya looked at Sawamura who was pitching, and felt awkward.
'I can't see the Pitch point at all, exactly as rumored.'
Before the tournament, they didn't know who it was, and suddenly all the information about Sawamura was announced.
Including the variety of breaking balls, the strange form of pitching, the feel of the batter on the strike zone…
This information was available before the summer competition, of course, you have to collect it in advance, if you don't collect it carefully, you certainly can't know.
Maimon High School hasn't even watched any of the game videos of Seidou High School before, and it's even more impossible to find these materials on the Internet.
However, obviously, Akikawa Academy is not as careless as Maimon High School. Before the competition, they collected all the information about Seidou High School in detail and formulated corresponding countermeasures.
It's just collecting data, and if you actually watch Sawamura throw the ball on the spot, the feeling will still be different.
From when he saw the white ball coming out to when the white ball entered his hand, it didn't even take a blink of an eye.
SNAP!
"STRIKE!"
A bead of sweat suddenly fell on Ninomiya's forehead.
He was really scared like a baby!
'Is this the legendary Sawamura Eijun's pitching?'
'I didn't expect the ball to be so fast from the strike zone!'
'And it's completely different from listening to the information about his pitching. It seemed like there were a lot of amazing things happening at the same and my mind can't keep up.'
'Amazing!'
'And scary!'
Fortunately, they were mentally prepared in advance, otherwise, it would take 2 to 3 rounds to get used to Sawamura's pitching.
In the position of the catcher, Chris glanced at Ninomiya suspiciously.
'The first time he saw Sawamura's pitching, there was no confusion on his face.'
'I don't know which opponent it was at the Kanto Tournament who exposed the details of Sawamura's pitching to the Internet.'
Naturally, the students of Seidou High School knew about this, and they also saw this information on the Internet.
However, the people from Akikawa Academy were serious about this, and they actually found Sawamura's pitching information and did adaptive training.
If not, the normal expression on the batter's face should be blank when facing Sawamura's ball for the first time.
'They have already prepared psychologically for your pitching individualities, and they have also done targeted training. You have to be very careful when dealing with such opponents. You might as well use Balls to seduce them.'
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura nodded slightly.
Then pitch the ball.
Whoosh!
The small white ball, like a stream, passed above the plate and into Chris's open Mitt.
SNAP!
"STRIKE!"
Won two Strikes, but Chris was not too happy.
With his perception, he has roughly guessed the countermeasures of Akikawa Academy.
'I see, they want to drain Sawamura's stamina.'
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