Seidou High School against Akikawa Academy.
In the second half of the third inning, Yoh Shunshin, the Ace of Akikawa Academy, seemed to have suddenly entered the Zone.
Every Pitch he made was full of fighting spirit.
Sawamura, Chris, Miyuki, and others also discovered the true face of Yoh Shunshin's pitching.
Like Chris and Miyuki, he has the talent of a catcher.
Like them, he possesses a terrifying talent to understand people's minds!
In the bottom half of the third inning, one Out and no runner.
Kuramochi stood on the strike zone and looked at Yoh Shunshin with a gloomy expression.
He must get on base!
As the team's starter, if he fails to hit base in a row, where will his pride as a player be?
However, the opponent is Yoh Shunshin, and it is not easy to get on base.
If he wants to contribute to the team, he has to adopt a strategy.
With Shunshin's pitching, it is impossible for sweet balls to fly over, and it is impossible to expect four Balls.
'In this case, I can only swing the bat more firmly!'
Ping!
Having made up his mind, Kuramochi swung his bat with all his strength. After the white ball was hit, it flew to first base.
Akikawa's first baseman, Kunimi, saw the baseball played by Kuramochi, and quickly turned around and ran to catch the ball with his Mitt.
SNAP!
The baseball hit the Mitt, and a heavy force kept pushing Kunimi's arm.
'So heavy!'
He wasn't standing steady and he did not expect that Kuramochi, who is not very physically strong, would have such a terrifying swing power.
He gritted his teeth, but still couldn't hold on. The baseball flew out of the Mitt.
"The baseball is off the Mitt!"
"Good chance!"
With Kuramochi's speed, Kunimi picked up the ball again, and it was definitely too late to return to first base.
The eyes of Seidou's players lit up at once.
It is said that the members of the one-man team are unreliable, and you never know when they will make errors.
Seidou's rest area.
Sawamura's eyes were very bright too.
He was familiar with such a scene. When he was in Akagi in the past, a lot of situations like this happened.
He wonders if Yoh Shunshin is as experienced as he is.
On the pitcher's mound, Yoh Shunshin ran to first base the moment the baseball was hit.
"Don't panic Kunimi!"
It is much closer to go from the mound to first base than to go from the hitting zone to first base.
Nevertheless, because Kuramochi ran early and was fast, it was hard to say which of the two would get to first base first.
At a time like this, Yoh Shunshin took advantage of his height and stepped onto first base a step ahead of Kuramochi.
At the same time, Kunimi also picked up the ball and passed it to Yoh Shunshin with a worried expression.
"Shunshin!"
Shunshin caught the ball and stepped on the base at the same time.
"OUT!"
He was a step behind Yoh, and Kuramochi was Out. Although his speed is fast, the distance to run is farther than Yoh Shunshin, so that he is a step slower.
Two Outs, no one on base.
Immediately after the mistake, he showed a beautiful defensive performance.
The luck seems to always be around Akikawa Academy.
Seidou players looked at each other confused.
This too didn't work?
"Yoh Shunshin's defensive skills are no less than Sawamura's."
"This guy is really troublesome."
"Second batter, second baseman, Kominato-kun."
With two Outs, it is difficult for Ryosuke to perform well.
Right now, he still chooses four Ball.
The Devil Brother is also prideful in his heart. If he falls from there, he naturally has to get up there.
It really doesn't work, it will also consume more balls from Yoh Shunshin.
Although Yoh Shunshin performed very well, Seidou also consumed his pitching count.
In a prolonged war, the one at the disadvantage is not necessarily Seidou.
Just, it's not easy.
Because Shunshin misled the referee, the Ball to the corner was also judged to be a Strike.
As a result, Kominato Ryosuke had to expand his strike zone.
This is too awkward. To expand the strike zone in his mind increase the effort to hit the ball.
Whoosh!
Another corner ball came.
In Ryosuke's eyes, this must be a Ball. Nevertheless, he doesn't dare not to swing the bat.
Otherwise, he is afraid that he will be struck Out again.
'This blind referee!'
Kominato Ryosuke cursed the referee again in his mind.
Ping!
The bat hit the ball, and Kominato Ryosuke's face became ugly.
Too much energy was put into distinguishing the ball path, and he didn't even notice that it was a Breaking ball.
The white ball was hit, bounced to the ground, and was caught by first baseman Kunimi.
"OUT!"
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.
So far, the score between Seidou High School and Akikawa Academy.
First inning: 0:0.
Second inning: 0:0.
Third inning: 0:0.
Seidou High School was suppressed for three innings and didn't get a single point.
This shows that few of the national tyrants of the previous Kanto Tournament can do it.
Seidou's rest area.
The third-year Batters, led by the Tetsuya, had a chilling look in their eyes.
On the other side, the rest area of Akikawa Academy.
"Nice Pitching, Shunshin."
"Just suppress Seidou like this."
"We have a chance, we have a chance."
At this moment, the players of Akikawa Academy had immense confidence in Yoh Shunshin.
They can definitely go further.
In the stands.
Fujio's eyes were firmly locked on Yoh Shunshin.
"It's not easy!"
'Seidou definitely did not underestimate the opponent, they went all Out.'
However, they failed to break through Akikawa's line of defense.
There are many such teams in Tokyo. However, with a group of teammates like Akikawa, they can still achieve this kind of performance.
'It is only because of Yoh Shunshin!'
"This player is really good."
"Glasses, glasses are so cool!"
In the rest area of Akikawa Academy.
Coach Ogata looked at Yoh Shunshin like he was shrouded in light, and his heart was extremely thrilled.
He is having goosebumps from excitement.
"Seidou's line was completely blocked by Shunshin."
This is really, really miraculous!
Yoh Shunshin was not high on the atmosphere, he stared blankly at Kominato Ryosuke, who was not tall.
In the end, Kominato Ryosuke obviously did not expect that he would throw a Breaking ball.
Nevertheless, Shunshin was stunned to see the Breaking ball being hit by Ryosuke relying on his batting skill!
'Seidou!'
'Kuramochi Youichi, Kominato Ryosuke, Isashiki Jun, Yuuki Tetsuya, Sawamura Eijun, Masuko Toru, Takigawa Chris, Shiratsu Kenjiro… Every Batter has its own characteristics and is very strong!' (Sakai: And me? What about me?)
'They are indeed a nationally renowned school. And if you don't get points as soon as possible, the situation can get very troublesome.'
'We can't go on like this! We have to get the score as soon as possible.'
In the first half of the fourth inning, Akikawa Academy attacked.
Sawamura climbed the pitching mound.
"First Batter, Center, Ninomiya-kun."
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE!!"
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
Second Batter…
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
The third Batter…
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
Sawamura glared at Akikawa's dugout as if he was telling them.
"You guys won't have a chance!"
…