In the stands, Fujio Mine was explaining the principle to his partner Owada Akiko.
"The golf swing is different from the normal swing because it is vertical, not horizontal. Therefore, it has two advantages.
The first is that when he hits the Curveball, he is not like a normal Batter who needs to find an intersection. The motion of the swing is parallel to the drop, so it is easier to hit!
Second, such a swing has a lot of advantages against low balls, over a normal swing! Theoretically, this style of swinging is really effective against the high drop Curveball."
After all, the characteristic of the Curve is the rapid break from top to bottom and the low course.
"I see!"
Owada Akiko nodded her head and asked, "Does that mean that Seidou High School can also use the same method to deal with Maki-kun?"
Fujio glanced at his partner and was happy that she understood the principle of this swing.
"Theoretically speaking, yes, it is possible. Of course, the real situation is not so simple. After all, this kind of swing needs practice, let alone apply it to such a game arbitrarily. In my memory, there may be some players in Seidou High School who can swing like this, but the success rate of their swing is far lower than their normal swing."
Otherwise, the batter would regard this kind of swing as a common tactic, rather than a surprise attack tactic.
"Um!"
He didn't know if Owada Akiko really understood, or if she just nodded her head.
The situation of the game became strange and unpredictable because of this sudden home run!
Sensen High School was very famous before, but they never became one of the high-profile-seeded teams in this competition.
This is certainly not without reason.
According to the information that everyone has before, although Sensen High School has a good Ace pitcher, good overall defense, and skills, unfortunately, there are no strong batters like the Ace pitchers.
Sensen High School does not have strong batters to decide the outcome of the game! And this is very important.
Normally, scoring in the games is inevitable. Having a good Ace and a good defense can lessen or even completely stop the opponent from scoring.
But for how long can the Ace hold on? If he can throw nine innings, can he still throw 11 innings? If you can throw for 11 innings, how about 13 innings? You must know that the limit of a game is 15 innings for a pitcher, and no pitcher can guarantee that after fifteen innings, he can still be standing.
Ball speed, power, control…
The slightest mistake can be irreversible.
In order to avoid this situation, a truly strong team needs to be able to have strong batters that can influence the outcome of the game.
In Sensen High School, there was no such Batter before.
Now Sensen High School has suddenly appeared as such a Batter, and he is a strong batter!
The atmosphere suddenly became unpredictable
Can Seidou High School really win as everyone imagined?
A big question mark appeared in everyone's heart, and their eyes widened in astonishment, watching the situation on the field change.
"Kano!"
"Kano!!!"
The players of Sensen High School, especially the substitutes in the rest area, cheered the batter on the field very.
Amazing, amazing! Even they themselves never expected such a result.
Played for the first time in high school, and hit a Home run on the first hit.
Even normally, when Kano is training, his batting strength is good.
But no one imagined that he would be so good.
The cowardice and fear when he faced Seidou High School before were all swept away right now.
It turned out that the so-called Seidou High School was nothing more than that.
On the mound, Tanpa's face was very ugly.
However now, the high drop Curveball is no longer Tanpa's winning shot.
Nevertheless, it is undeniable that this is still Tanpa's most prized ball.
The ball he is most proud of is hitting a Home run, it is definitely not a happy situation to put any pitcher in.
In the rest area of Seidou High School, Miyuki took a deep look at Tanpa on the pitcher mound and then glanced at Chris in the catcher position.
'You have to ask for a Time right now!'
Tanpa Koichiro has two big weaknesses. The first is that after being hit by a Home run, it is easy to lose his form. The second is that after seven innings, his state became unstable.
Now, he's just hit a Home run, you have to call for a timeout. It is a catcher's responsibility to step forward to appease the pitcher and let the pitcher get back to his state quickly.
However, Chris, who was in the catcher position, did not call a timeout to the referee as Miyuki expected.
He just passed the ball back to Tanpa.
SNAP!
When Tanpa caught the ball, it was neither light nor heavy.
This feeling made him curiously relieved.
He immediately understood what Chris meant. This is not the problem of the pitcher, and of course, it is not the problem of the Game calling. No one knew the opponent's information in advance, so such a result was out of their control.
In this case, you can only praise the opponent for being too skilled!
'It doesn't matter if you were hit with a Home run, what matters is what you do after that!'
'This is the most important.'
'I have no time to cry over the spilled milk, my pitching is working just fine against these players, and I have Chris with me here.'
Without saying a word, Chris made Tanpa understand what he meant. Moreover, Chris believed that Tanpa would definitely understand what he meant.
"I see!"
Tanpa nodded.
His fighting spirit has returned.
"Fifth Batter, pitcher, Maki-kun."
Right now, it was Maki's turn to hit as the fifth Batter.
This 195 cm tall player is not only strong when he is pitching. Even his batting is good too.
To be honest, Chris was not feeling well either. Just after being hit with a Home run, facing such a Batter.
However, unlike the previous Kano, they have detailed information about Maki.
Having detailed information means knowing the opponent's weaknesses.
'Come on, the first ball high drop Curve!'
Just hit a Home run, but Chris's game-calling is still very tough. As if he didn't mind at all that it was hit a Home run.
On the pitcher's mound, the flame in Tanpa's heart was also ignited.
Whoosh!
The small white ball, like a falling meteor, suddenly fell just in the strike zone.
In the face of this extremely sharp ball, Maki on the strike zone remained motionless.
SNAP!
The baseball fell straight into Chris's open Mitt.
"STRIKE!"
On the first ball, the batter did not swing the bat at all.
Chris looked at Maki, and instantly thought of many speculations.
There are only two possibilities for a Batter to behave like this. The first is that he has already selected the ball to target, and now Tanpa is not throwing the kind of ball he chooses.
Another possibility is that the opponent's first goal was just to observe the path of the ball.
'In this case, we have to be cautious with the next ball.'
Second Pitch: Inside corner, a Straight barely in the strike zone!
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