In the second half of the game, Sensen High School attacked.
Because of the perfect performance of the pitcher Maki, the Sensen High School players have gained a strong morale.
As it was known previously, these players of Sensen High School are not the best players, they are all the leftover players from what was picked by the Powerhouses.
But they, of course, have the necessary skills.
In any case, the players in Sensen High School's first string were carefully selected from more than 80 people on their team.
With their skills, it is naturally impossible for them to be weak.
However, even these carefully selected players, still have a deep sense of inferiority when looking at these guys from Seidou High School.
They are all second-rated talents, but these players from Seidou High School are not. Most of the players of Seidou High School are famous guys in the Tokyo area.
For example, Captain Yuuki Tetsuya, Isashiki Jun, and the others. When they entered Seidou High School, although they were called no harvest years, they were not very optimistic about the future.
But when they entered, there were already talented players from the Tokyo area in the Team, not to mention the elites selected from other districts and prefectures.
Even when Seidou High School was out of luck, they were also a top giant in the region. Players who were eager to enter here for further education would have formed long queues.
Comparing the players of Sensen High School with the players of Seidou High School, their level was immediately lower by one level.
They knew they were worse than them but now they were evenly matched.
The momentum of Sensen High School would of course rise.
Didn't they see their Ace Maki, have they suppressed the players of Seidou High School?
It turned out that the Famous Seidou High School was not that much stronger than them. They were the champion of the Kanto Tournament but so what? They also didn't waste time and worked hard, and now this is the result.
When they saw that Seidou High School was not as scary as he imagined, the repressed negative emotions in the hearts of Sensen High School players were immediately turned into a burning fighting spirit.
"Smash it out! Smash it out!!!"
"Just like this, let's end Seidou High School."
"let the guys at Seidou High School know our efforts."
In the rest area of Sensen High School.
The players stood in the dugout and frantically cheered on their teammates!
They want to take advantage of Seidou High School's unfavorable offensive opportunity to pull the advantage of the game to their side in one go.
Superintendent Ugai Kazuyoshi glanced at the rest area of Seidou High School across from him with a slightly smug look.
'Although my Team's players are not as famous as your Team's players, in the past two years, they have also been refined out by swords and flames. Their skills are not worse than your player's skills Coach Kataoka. If you become overconfident in your strength, it will be you who will suffer instead.'
The game continues!
In the face of the opponent's sudden soaring momentum, Chris's response was extremely calm.
'Don't worry about them, throw your pitch firmly to my Mitt.'
The first ball: A Straight ball to the inside corner!
The situation is unfavorable to us. Right now, it is time to show the strength of the pitcher firmly and suppress the opponent's momentum. However, Chris did not choose the very variable Forkball and the High drop curve but attacked with Straight balls.
SNAP!
The white ball whizzed and got into Chris's Mitt.
"STRIKE!"
The first ball, the batter of Sensen High School, didn't swing at all.
In the position of the catcher, Chris felt relieved.
This result was exactly as he had guessed. If he were the Coach of Sensen High School, he would also choose to consume Tanpa's pitching count right now.
Why did you do this?
The reason is very simple, as long as you stand in the perspective of Sensen High School and think about how to deal with Seidou High School, it is not difficult to guess the reason why Sensen High School did this!
In this competition, although Furuya and Kawakami, both pitched.
But the time they will play is irrelevant to the team's victory or defeat.
To put it bluntly, the main purpose for letting them play is to train them and to buy time for the Ace to rest.
As for the team's real trust, the two of them obviously haven't reached that level.
Seidou High School really relies on Ace Sawamura and third-year backup Tanpa.
Considering the situation for the final, in this game, even if Tanpa didn't take the lead, the number of innings he would pitch would be indispensable.
Tanpa's strength is not weak, especially with the new Breaking ball.
In a short time, Sensen was able to come up with a solution against Tanpa!
But not right away, in such a situation where they have to fight a long battle, then there is only one strategy that Sensen may take.
Drain Tanpa's pitches and wait for Tanpa to collapse.
Ideally, Seidou High School will also be caught off guard.
To put it bluntly, it is to get the score first without waiting for Seidou High School to react.
In this way, even if Sawamura returned to the pitching mound, they would still be at a disadvantage.
Sensen High School only needs to play a pitching duel with Seidou High School in the following innings.
This is the winning plan that Sensen High School may choose. Chris expects that he will use the shrewdness of the superintendent of Sensen High School, he can think of This point, and Coach Ugai must have thought of it.
So Coach Ugai will definitely do it!
If you want to consume Tanpa's count, the probability of the batter not swinging the first two balls is very high!
That's why Chris gave Tanpa the Straight ball.
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
Facing the first batter of Sensen High School, Tanpa and Chris, the third-year battery, cooperated very well.
After two Strikes, Tanpa used a high drop Curve.
Facing the ball that was about to hit him, the first Batter of Sensen High School immediately backed away!
Unexpectedly, when the white ball was about to approach him, it suddenly curved eerily and then fell into the catcher's Mitt.
He did not swing the bat at the three balls, and it was a matter of course that the batter was resolved.
In the rest area of Sensen High School.
Ugai touched his plump face and took a deep look at Chris, who was the catcher at Seidou High School.
To be honest, although he vaguely remembers Chris' name, he has gradually forgotten about Chris in the past two years.
"I didn't expect to be able to perform so well after a one-year window period. Coach Kataoka, you really have some talents on the team!"
Right now, Coach Ugai expected that his plan would be seen through.
It's just that he didn't expect that it was not Ochiai or Kataoka who saw through his plot, but a student.
"But it doesn't matter, I have more plans."
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE!"
It was also two balls without a swing, and when the third ball came, the batter finally didn't hold back his swing.
But his bat didn't touch the ball.
The white ball went straight above the plate and landed in Chris' Mitt.
SNAP!
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
On the strike zone, the second Batter of Sensen High School looked at the Mitt stupidly.
'The last ball was not a Forkball, but an ordinary Straight ball?'
'This is unreasonable!'
'Why is the last ball not a Forkball, but a Straight ball?'
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