After some adjustments made by Todoroki Raizou, Yakushi High School managed to hold the inning very miraculously.
The importance of the defense in this inning is very big, just a little bit, really only a little bit, and Yakushi High School will be powerless to fight back.
No matter how successful Todoroki Raizou's Coaching was, or how strong his students were, there was a limit to this.
Six points, they won't give up. Eight points, they won't give up. Even if the score difference is nine points, they can still fight to the end with Seidou High School. During the days when Todoroki Raizou started teaching Yakushi High School, Yakushi High School experienced turning defeat into victory many times.
No matter how bad the situation is, they believe that as long as they follow the orders of Raizou, they will be able to turn it around and taste the fruits of victory.
But no matter how strong a person is, there is always a limit.
In a baseball game, if the score difference is drawn to more than double digits is not absolutely impossible to recover, but it is definitely rare.
If Raizou was slower with his substitution, or Mishima was not able to prevent the loss of points.
Then Yakushi High School completely lost in this game, and there was no hope of turning the situation around.
But if they were able to hold on in this inning, the result will be very different.
Yakushi High School was pulled back from the edge of the cliff and got a breather.
With this chance to breathe, Yakushi High School immediately showed their aggressiveness in attacking.
In the first half of the third inning, Yakushi High School attacked.
"Hit it out!"
"How can you not get a hit at a time like this?"
"Smash it out!"
"Look at that skinny pitcher, wouldn't you be embarrassed if you don't hit it out?"
The players in the rest area of Yakushi High School began to clamor wildly.
In the position of the catcher, Miyuki gave Kawakami a sign.
'Don't pay attention to them, just pitch at your own pace. Get the Outs one by one, and play steadily. Now it's us who are leading by a big score!'
Miyuki's encouragement was still very effective, and Kawakami quickly calmed down.
Now Seidou High School has a nine-point lead, and even if he is allowed to complete the game, Kawakami is confident that he will be able to hold on to the end.
'I wasn't playing around in Seidou High School for a year and a half.'
Kawakami, whose spirit started soaring, was very effective.
The tricky Breaking ball was accurately thrown into the corners, making it difficult for the batter to swing.
"Tsk! This pitcher is so annoying!"
After tangling with two balls, the eighth batter of Yakushi High School began to show an impatient look.
Miyuki didn't let go of this detail. When he noticed the impatience of the opponent's batter, he immediately asked Kawakami for a fishing ball.
The cooperation of this second-year battery is still very tacit.
Whoosh!
Kawakami accurately threw the ball to the position where Miyuki's Mitt was placed.
On the strike zone, the batter of Yakushi's eyes lit up.
'This ball is better than the previous two balls!'
Seizing the opportunity, he waved his bat without hesitation.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it flew high.
There was a look of annoyance on the batter's face.
'I didn't expect that ball to be a Breaking ball.'
Kominato Ryosuke barely moved, he opened his mitt and took the flying ball firmly into his mitt.
SNAP!
"OUT!"
One Out, no one on base.
Although Seidou High School did not win the game just now, it completely overwhelmed Yakushi's lineup.
But Kawakami's excellent performance successfully offset the previous momentum.
Even if Sawamura didn't play, Seidou High School still had such an excellent pitcher.
Yakushi High School can't reverse the situation.
Under the leadership of such momentum, the direction of the game completely fell to the side of Seidou.
Next up for the batters was the ninth batter of Yakushi.
This batter, like the other batters at Yakushi High, swings very aggressively.
In the face of this opponent, Miyuki was not relaxing, and was very cautious in pitch calling the ball to Kawakami!
"STRIKE!"
"BALL!"
Ping!
"FOUL!"
Ping!
"FOUL!"
After a few balls, Miyuki glanced at the ninth batter in surprise.
To be honest, he didn't expect that Yakushi High School would put a batter with such superb swing skills at the end of the lineup!
'Then there is no other way, the last ball.'
'A sinker ball that falls to the batter's feet!'
Seeing Miyuki Kazuya's sign, Kawakami nodded.
He doesn't know if it was his own delusion, but every time he partnered with Miyuki, Kawakami felt his potential, as if it was squeezed out by Miyuki like a toothpaste!
Whoosh!
The small white ball, before entering the hand, suddenly fell to the batter's feet.
Such a sharp Breaking ball, but the ninth batter of Yakushi High School, failed to hit the ball.
The bat and the white ball pass by.
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
One shutout, one strikeout.
Kawakami's performance is incomparably perfect.
Two Outs, no one on base.
And now, Yakushi High School's lineup has also taken a turn.
The turn was again in the hands of the first batter.
"First Batter, outfielder, Akiba-kun."
Akiba Kazuma stepped into the strike zone.
Behind him is Yakushi High School, the two strongest batters in the entire line.
The second batter, Mishima Yuta!
The third Batter, Todoroki Raichi!
Now, these two people are standing behind Akiba.
Three batters together the momentum is very scary.
Kawakami was strangely nervous.
At this moment, the dugout of Seidou High School made their move.
"Seidou High School, change players. Pitcher Furuya-kun, play."
Two Outs, no one on base. With Kawakami performing well, Seidou High School chose to make a substitution.
Monster pitcher Furuya Satoru came on and replaced Kawakami.
The audience and the people from Yakushi High School did not understand what was going on, and why Kataoka made such a decision.
Even Ochiai in the rest area of Seidou High School was confused.
"Coach Kataoka, changing pitchers frequently is very risky."
Originally wanted to endure it and go over, but in the end, Ochiai did not hold back, and he took the initiative to advise Kataoka.
"I know!"
Kataoka nodded, of course, he knew that frequent pitching changes were risky.
But he knew better that at a time like this, Yakushi High School was already on the verge of collapse. As long as the final blow landed, Yakushi High School might collapse.
Then he might as well land this last blow on Yakushi High School.
Winning the last number of eliminations, and on the way, with the help of Furuya's batting strength, he will pull the score to more than double digits in one breath!
Maybe this game, which he had expected would be very difficult. It became extremely simple and ended early in the fifth inning.
It would be perfect if things could develop that way!
Unfortunately for Kataoka and Seidou, the game didn't develop in this way.
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