In the eighth inning of the game, the performance of Yakushi High School was undoubtedly very surprising.
Sawamura had planned to try out the strategy he had honed against the Batters of Yakushi High School. He wants to see if his set of countermeasures is really able to counter the opponent.
Right now, Sawamura had begun to realize that his little overconfidence had brought him huge trouble.
Just like an ordinary reincarnated person with his memory, he often gets 100% on the test when he enters elementary school. He habitually takes this 100% as the norm, thinking that he can get 100% on all the tests all the time. But in middle school, high school, and college, he will slowly discover how can 100% be so easy?
The same is true for Sawamura. His previous opponents were, after all, people from middle school.
At that time, relying on his strength and rich experience far beyond his peers, of course, he could play those batters with his eyes closed.
But this set of tricks won't work in high school, and it's nothing more than ordinary schools. When dealing with real Tyrants, this set of tricks will never work!
'Looks like it's time to really hone in on my own style.'
This gift of rebirth cannot be eaten for a lifetime.
If Sawamura wants to surpass his previous achievements in this life, he must hone his own pitching style!
Originally, he actually had this idea, but the idea was still very immature and did not take shape.
Now stimulated by Yakushi High School, Sawamura realizes that it is time for him to take one step forward!
As a high school student, the body has matured. Height and weight are almost the same as adults, and maybe a little bit weaker in terms of strength, but in general, they are very close to adults!
Right now, it was time for Sawamura to carve down his own style.
It's just a pity that his ball speed did not exceed 140 km/h after all.
This is probably the biggest regret since Sawamura came back to the past.
Anyway, back to the game.
Sawamura's plan was very good. He wanted to use the players from Yakushi High School to test his countermeasures, but it was a pity that Todoroki Raizou didn't give him such a chance.
Maybe it wasn't Raizou, but the batter from Yakushi High School, who didn't give him a chance.
Oota, who came on the seventh hole, used a bunt.
Ping!
Watanabe, who was second base, was sent to third base.
In previous games, no player at Yakushi High School had ever used a bunt.
It feels like this is a team that actively pursues offense and never uses bunts at all!
This was also the first time anyone from Yakushi High School used bunts in this competition.
in the catcher's position.
Miyuki was speechless as he looked at the bunted ball that rolled to the first base side with precision.
According to the information they investigated, there was no record of the batters at Yakushi High School using bunts, or in other words using bunts in competitions.
But after they used it on the field, the bunts were very good.
This is not right!
Something is very wrong.
In the rest area of Seidou High School.
Chris tapped the back of the bench with his hands, making a rhythmic click. It felt like an espionage agent sending a telegram there.
"This bunt doesn't seem like the product of the Batter's brainstorm."
"There is no doubt that this is a skill that can only be acquired after a lot of hard work. These players at Yakushi High School must have practiced bunts, otherwise, Sawamura's ball would definitely not be bunted so nicely."
Although Sawamura's ball is not very powerful, it is also not easy to bunt his ball with his Pitching Form and power.
And the Batter of Yakushi High School did it!
This fully shows that theirs is not simple.
Kobayashi, the Batter after Oota, also adopted this method.
They want to use the forced scoring method to recover one point first.
"In Your Dreams!"
Sawamura immediately threw the ball wide, wanting to let Miyuki at home plate and touch Out Watanabe.
It's a pity that the other party is not stupid. Watanabe didn't step forward at all, and Obayashi took the bat back.
"BALL!"
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's face turned ugly for the first time.
The cooperation of these two players from Yakushi High School was too annoying.
It made him become a little bit impatient.
"Don't worry about the runners, just focus on the batters."
Miyuki took the initiative to speak to Sawamura.
Sawamura on the pitcher's mound nodded and ignored the runner at third base.
Whoosh!
The small white ball Pitch towards the home plate like a laser beam.
And then, Kobayashi suddenly swings his bat!
Ping!
No one knows if it was the blind cat's luck, or if there was another mystery, the white ball was hit, and the position was not bad. It fell to the first baseman, about two meters to the side.
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's expression became very strange.
Fake Bunt!
Just now, he thought that the people from Yakushi High School would not dare to strike normally, and they would definitely use bunts.
As a result, he naturally fell into the trick of Todoroki Raizou again.
Hit and run!
This is trouble.
If the ball goes through where it lands, it's not just a hit.
The Runner at third base can also go back to home plate!
Everyone expected Sawamura to be troubled, but they didn't notice that Sawamura himself was very calm.
After the ball was hit, he sprinted to first base.
Pak!
The baseball landed and rebounded.
An energetic figure flew out, just in front of the rebound of the baseball.
The Young General, Captain Yuuki Tetsuya caught the ball in his Mitt, and of course, because he was flying over, his body was also there.
"Pass first base!"
Sawamura shouted as he ran to first base.
The Captain of Steel was also very quick, and he immediately made a wired acrobatic stunt and passed the ball precisely to first base.
Sawamura stepped on first base almost at the same time and took advantage of the opportunity to catch the ball in his Mitt.
"OUT!"
Obayashi was Out of the play.
Whoosh!
It wasn't over yet. At the moment when the ball was hit, Watanabe recklessly ran towards home plate and was already close to home plate right now.
But Sawamura's pass penetrated through his hopes, dreams, and the entire distance from first base to home plate all like a laser beam.
SNAP!
The ball was caught by Miyuki, then he raised his Mitt and swept it over Watanabe.
"OUT!"
Double play!
A 3-1-2 double play.
"Amazing!"
"This is so cool!"
"Man, Seidou's defense is really strong!"
"Tetsu!!"
"Sawamura!!!"
"Miyuki!!"
A block at first base and a touch at home base!
Right now, Seidou High School has shown the definition of the Steel Wall Defense.
The surprise that Todoroki Raizou gave to Sawamura was big and surprising.
It's just a pity that he also neglected some things.
The opponent of Yakushi High School has never been only Sawamura himself. But the entire defense of the entire Seidou High School with Sawamura as the core.
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange!
Not only did the surprise carefully prepared by Todoroki Raizou not work, but the momentum of Seidou High School returned in full force.
In the second half of the eighth inning, Seidou High School attacked.
So far, Sanada has been doing pretty well.
In the beginning, it was almost the same situation.
He used a tricky Cutter ball to solve Shiratsu.
Because Shiratsu was Seidou's lower lineup, Sanada didn't pay enough attention to him at first.
In the last at-bat, he fell into Shiratsu's hands and was hit by Shiratsu's first swing.
Now that Shiratsu has been resolved, he can be considered to have avenged his revenge.
One Out, no one hits base.
And right now, it was the ninth batter turn of Seidou High School's lineup to bat.
"Seidou High School asks for a change of players! No. 20 Kominato Haruichi-kun, play on the field."
At this moment, Kataoka impatiently launched an attack.
Despite having a four-point lead, Kataoka looked like he wasn't content.
At a time like this, he sent a substitute.
After Kominato Haruichi came into the zone, he immediately assumed a stance while standing close to the plate.
Although he was not very burly and tall, Kominato Haruichi, against the pressure of a Yakushi high school player, did not cower back at all.
As long as people who have carefully collected information on the players of Seidou High School, will not neglect the existence of Kominato Haruichi.
So far, in the games that Kominato Haruichi has played, his batting average has all been 100%.
If it is only once or twice, even if it is 100%, this data is not surprising.
But the problem is that so far, the number of times that Kominato Haruichi has played has not been much at all.
His appearance rate is incomparable to the absolute main cores like Sawamura and Yuuki.
But definitely more than Furuya, more than Miyuki.
Adding up these few games, there have been about ten times he got a chance to play.
He has never missed a single hit in so many times.
"Looks like Seidou High School is going to get serious!"
Looking at Kominato Haruichi on the strike zone, the Yakushi player's eyes became firm.
'The game is not over, and we haven't lost yet. One more hit and Raichi will get a turn. As long as Raichi stands on the zone, we still have a chance! So no matter how close it is now, we must Hold on.'
With this belief in mind, Sanada's pitching became more and more sharp.
It's just that no matter how sharp it is, his pitching is centered on the inside corner ball.
And Haruichi Kominato aimed at the inner corner ball.
Pakk!
The white ball flew far away after being hit.
Kominato also got to first base with this hit.
One Out, runner at first base.
With the first hit of Kominato Haruichi, the entire firepower of Seidou High School broke Out.
Kuramochi and Kominato Haruichi adopted hit-and-run tactics.
Kominato went to second base smoothly. Needless to say, Kuramochi also ran to first base with his cheetah-like speed.
Of course, such a sharp attack will certainly increase the pressure on Sanada, but it is not so easy to completely defeat him.
At the most critical moment, the Devil Brother, Kominato Ryosuke came to the zone!
Although it is not obvious on the surface, Sanada's ball power and ball speed have gradually become less than the beginning.
Although he doesn't know why his physical strength is exhausted so fast. But Kominato Ryosuke would not let go of this opportunity to completely DESTROY him.
Ping!
"FOUL!"
Ping!
"FOUL!"
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"Fifteen!!"
"Sixteen!!!"
"BALL!"
"Walk to base!"
When Sanada's physical strength was getting weak, Kominato Ryosuke entangled with him for 16 balls, completely pushing him into the abyss.
In the end, Isashiki was able to hit the base and score because of a long hit.
One Out, full base.
"Fourth Batter, first baseman, Yuuki-kun!"
Ping!
"OUT OF THE PARK!!"
The white ball flew far Out of the field.
Seidou High School expanded the gap in score to eight points in one Swing!
This is not over yet. After Sanada's physical strength collapsed, Sawamura and Miyuki also scored hits, hit base, and successfully ran back to home plate.
The score gap widened to a full eleven!
18:7!
This is an extremely wonderful blow, but it is a pity that Sanada's physical strength has already been exhausted by this time.
He couldn't use his peak strength.
This made Seidou High School's final attack, which seemed like a hurricane, not so sharp.
In the first half of the ninth inning, Yakushi High School attacked.
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!"
"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!"
"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!"
"GAME! SET!!"
Sawamura tackled the ninth Batter, Sanada, the first batter Akiba, and the second batter Mishima, before hitting the turn of Raichi.
Let the batter from Yakushi High School go up and down three times.
"In the quarterfinals of the West Tokyo qualifier, Seidou High School played against Yakushi High School. The final score was 18:7. The winner was Seidou High School!"
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T/N: Yakushi's game finally ended!