Coach Ugai Kazuyoshi gave a sign to the players on the field.
Then, the catcher of Sensen High School stood up and left the strike zone.
A Four-Ball Walk!
Moreover, this is not an ordinary Walk, but a Guaranteed Walk.
What is Guaranteed Walk? It is simply not giving the players any chance to swing.
If you want to hit the ball, how can you hit it when it is not even in your swing range?
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"Walk to Base!!!"
"…"
Sawamura stood on the strike zone feeling frustrated.
When he was in the game, he rarely encountered such a situation, it was too frustrating!
It doesn't matter if he wanted to pitch or not. As the Ace of the team, of course, he knows who Seidou High School's real opponent is. If he wants to advance to Koshien, his stamina is also an important thing before that final.
If Tanpa can really finish this game, even if he is in Kataoka's place, he will not put himself on the field.
Nevertheless, when he was on the defense, Sawamura didn't find any chance to do much because of Chris and Tanpa were perfect partners. As for the attack…
One bunt, one Walk.
'I want this match to end already!!'
Amid the boos from the Demon King's Guard and the Brotherhood of Red Hearts, Sawamura was walked to first base.
Tetsu, who had deliberately stayed at first base, was pushed directly to second base.
Tetsuya underestimated the shamelessness of Sensen High School. He thought that as long as he stayed at the first base, Sensen High School would not easily Walk Sawamura.
In terms of risk factors, a runner on first base poses a different threat than a runner on second base.
Unexpectedly, Sensen High School doesn't care about those things at all. In order to avoid the face-off against Sawamura, they directly walked Sawamura to get a full base.
One Out, full bases!
"Sixth Batter, third baseman, Masuko-kun."
Right now, it was Masuko who stepped into the strike zone, and his eyes looked a little fierce.
Normally, Masuko is a very kind senior. Although he looks big, he is very gentle.
But now he is very angry.
Sensen High School is looking down on him!
Not just a bit, but extremely so. They don't face Sawamura-chan, but when the bases are full, they fight against him, a batter who can hit long hits.
'Do you underestimate me so much?'
The bat in his hand was raised high, and Masuko also received an order from Kataoka right now, to Smash the ball with all his strength.
As long as the ball can hit the outfield, with the distance far enough!
It doesn't matter if he gets solved Out.
A runner who is close enough to third base can just run back to home plate.
The most important thing now is to expand the score, even if it is a single point, it is okay.
The players from Inashiro Industrial should watch from the stands. In this case, Kataoka didn't want to expose more tactics.
"Ugaah!"
With all his strength, Masuko slammed the bat in the face of the rapidly falling ball.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it flew far away like a kite with a broken string.
"TSK!"
Looking at the direction in which the ball fell, Masuko felt that his heart was cold.
The kind of ball that falls sharply from top to bottom is really not easy to hit, but he still accidentally hit it into a slow high fly.
But that's okay, the ball fell far enough to get Ryosuke back to home plate.
SNAP!
In the outfield position, the outfielder catches the ball.
The ball is about 70 meters away from home plate.
"Enough distance!"
Although Kominato Ryosuke is not tall or fast, he is ready.
He trotted all the way to home plate.
However, Sensen High School displayed an amazing defense.
The second baseman stepped forward as a relay.
After receiving a pass from the outfield, pass it directly to the catcher.
SNAP!
SNAP!
The cooperation of the three is extremely high, and the speed is even more frightening.
Before Kominato Ryosuke was within five meters of home plate, the ball was already in the hands of the catcher.
Home plate touchdown!
Double play!!!!
"YEAHH!!!!!!!"
The players of Sensen High School let out a roar like wolves.
This defense is amazing!
In the stands, Owada Akiko whispered in disbelief: "One Out, the base is full. And Seidou High School didn't even score!"
"That's not surprising! It is known that when the bases are full, it's not easy to score points. All this was planned by Sensen and calculated in advance. Otherwise, they would not have Walked Sawamura, and the situation would be like this."
Fujio said and glanced at Ugai Kazuyoshi.
Although his fame is not very high, the other party is, after all, an old Coach with more than 40 years of experience.
His experience is unmatched by other coaches.
In the rest area of Sensen High School.
Superintendent Ugai Kazuyoshi patted his chin proudly and looked at the rest area of Seidou High School.
"Hehe, any defense based on information has its inevitable results. Even if the players are excellent, if the Coach is not good enough, it will be difficult to produce good results. The children of Seidou High School are too unlucky!"
Great opportunity but without results!
In the rest area of Seidou High School, Coach Kataoka's face was very bad.
He suddenly asked Isashiki Jun next to him "Is the opponent's pitching so tricky?"
"Yes, but not that tricky because we have the training of yesterday. However, there will be a case of missing the ball! By the third round, we will definitely be able to conquer him." Isashiki said.
After listening to Isashiki's words, Coach Kataoka nodded and said nothing more.
As long as the players have confidence, it's not difficult to do.
But then again, the fact that Sensen would be this difficult was beyond the expectations of Coach Kataoka.
Next to him, Ochiai rarely speaks this game.
He pinches the goatee on his chin, lifts his eyelids, and glances at the score on the field.
1:1!
Seidou High School reached the fourth inning, and even with the attack, this is the current situation.
This represents the strength of the opponent, and it is difficult to deal with.
Now the Seidou High School baseball team has a very strong comprehensive strength in all aspects.
If the opponent is not on a certain level, the huge strength gap will directly crush the opponent!
Nevertheless, the situation in Sensen High School is definitely different.
So far, they have not been weak in the face of Seidou High School's strong defense or sharp offense.
Coupled with the Coaching of the old and refined management, the situation is even more complicated!
"It seems that it is not as easy as we thought to win this game."
Ochiai sighed and turned to look at Kataoka.
'I don't know that as the leader of the team, what is Coach Kataoka's plan?'
Kataoka remained silent.
However, the game came to a climax invisibly.
After a long time, another player from Sensen High School got on base.
Tanpa's ball control is not as good as Sawamura's. Although his pitching is very sharp, sometimes some sweet balls are thrown!
This is the case this time. After successfully resolving Sensen's second batter, they were hit by their third batter on the Straight ball.
Ping!
Seeing the baseball being hit, Chris's eyes suddenly sank.
He used the same strategy to solve Sensen's second batter.
The Coach of the other party should almost guess his own game-calling plan.
They were supposed to change tactics, but they didn't. Until now, they are still aiming for Straight balls that are easy to hit.
"Fourth Batter, outfielder, Kano-kun!"
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