Sawamura raised his right leg high and then slashed it on the mound like a battle axe.
As the center of gravity shifted, Sawamura's pitch roared out.
The entire time he pitched, the Mitt of his right hand remained in front of his body, preventing the batter from seeing his left hand holding the ball.
Whoosh!
Without any warning, the ball suddenly flew out.
On the strike zone, Yoshizawa's face kept twitching.
This is the first time he saw Sawamura pitching.
Fortunately, he has done targeted training before, and the feeling of being hit still remains in his mind.
He was barely able to grasp the timing of the attack!
The bat in his hand swung out!
In the face of Sawamura's sharp pitch, Yoshizawa didn't hesitate and he swung decisively on the first ball.
The swing of the bat was completed, but the flying baseball he expected never came.
SNAP!
The small white ball landed in Miyuki Kazuya's Mitt slowly.
'Change-up!'
Sawamura's unusual Pitching Form, coupled with the extremely sharp Breaking ball.
Yoshizawa knew that the Demon King was getting serious!
And once the Demon King becomes serious, his never-ending Breaking balls will come raining!
Someone once commented on Sawamura this way. No matter how much information you have about Sawamura, If it was the first time you played and faced off against Sawamura, You can hardly hit his pitching!
Against completely unfamiliar opponents, the Demon King is invincible.
Yoshizawa once again understood this
"STRIKE!"
On the first ball, Yoshizawa missed the swing.
In the second ball, Yoshizawa did not swing in the face of an indistinguishable outside corner ball.
"STRIKE!"
The third ball was a sharp Moving-up ball, and Yoshizawa missed the swing again.
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
After Carlos got to second base, Sawamura opened fire and Struck Out Yoshizawa.
During this process, Carlos was firmly held at second base by Sawamura, unable to move half a step!
At this moment, the whole place was silent.
Then, an earth-shattering cheer erupted.
"Sawamura!"
"Sawamura!!"
"Demon King!"
"Demon king!!"
In the stands, under the leadership of the Brotherhood of Red Heart and the Demon King's Guard, the cheers from the audience were earth-shattering. The stands of Jingu Stadium trembled.
Press Box.
Fujio frowned, then looked at the movement in the stands and Sawamura on the pitcher's mound.
"Sure enough, the game became like this!"
Owada Akiko looked at Fujio in confusion.
"Senpai, what's wrong?"
She is curious.
Every time Sawamura played, the cheering sound was quite scary. Although today's cheer was the loudest, considering that this was the final, Owada Akiko took it for granted.
Why is it messed up?
Fujio shook his head: "Not the cheers but the game itself, or more specifically the rhythm of Sawamura-kun and Narumiya-kun. These two players are very good at controlling the rhythm of the game. In the beginning, when their opponents were not familiar with them, they could make perfect use of their pitching individualities and easily get Outs.
But this time, both Narumiya and Sawamura have encountered unprecedented resistance. So they had to use more Strength and accelerate their rhythms from the beginning to solve the opponent…"
"Does it make any difference?" Owada Akiko really doesn't understand.
"Man is not a machine, and even a machine can't maintain efficient work all the time. If the rhythm is so fast at the beginning, then the two of them will inevitably encounter problems with physical strength, ball control, and reduced ball speed in the later stage,
Next, this game depends on who can keep up with this fast rhythm, while using the least and hold out the longest between the two pitchers!" Fujio judged so.
Subconsciously, he never thought that Inashiro would score when there was someone at second base and it was his turn to score four.
Amid the cheers, Harada stepped onto the strike zone.
As the fourth Batter of Inashiro, Harada's reputation is still very loud. He's on the strike zone, and there's a runner like Carlos at second base. It makes sense that Inashiro's scoring probability should be very high.
Many supporters of Inashiro also stood up and shouted Harada's name, hoping to pass their strength to the batter on the field.
But it is very regrettable that there are too many people around calling Sawamura's name too.
The voice cheering for Harada was drowned out by the cheering calling 'Sawamura' and 'Demon King'.
"Sure enough, he is a big star!"
Harada looked at the standing Sawamura on the pitcher's mound, his eyes became extremely sharp.
Two Outs, the second base runner is Carlos.
One hit, and you can lead!
'As the team's fourth Batter, there is no better opportunity than now.'
'I must get a hit!'
With firm belief, Harada is motivated.
Behind Harada, Narumiya gave Harada a worried look.
"Masa-san is good at everything. But if there is anything wrong with it, it's that you sometimes think too much. The hit is just hitting the ball forward. Thinking so much is useless!"
In the position of the catcher, Miyuki looked at Harada, who was waiting for him, and the corners of his mouth showed a bit of a smile.
'The opponent's determination is very strong. In this case, as long as the ball falls in the strike zone, he will definitely swing!'
The opponent is willing to swing, which is not difficult for the current battery of Seidou High School.
'He wants to hit Sawamura's pitching, it is difficult to hit without selecting the ball path in advance. In terms of Harada's habits, the path he will choose is…'
Light flashed on Miyuki's sports glasses. He gave Sawamura a sign very decisively.
The first ball, a Straight ball in the middle!
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura was stunned for a moment.
From a feeling point of view, Harada will never miss an easy ball. Right now, there is no need to say more about the danger of hitting the meatball. Nevertheless, Miyuki still asked him to pitch this.
He is very sure that Harada is not aiming at his own Straight ball now!
Sawamura completely believed Miyuki's judgment.
As he stepped, his body weight shifted, and Sawamura swung his hand like a whip and threw the ball.
Whoosh!
On the strike zone, Harada's face was serious.
'Come on, the ball is in the middle!'
If Narumiya's center ball is a trap, Sawamura's center ball is a minefield!
Faced with what might be the center ball, Harada did not hesitate to swing the bat.
BUZZ!
The low sound of swinging the Batter shows the extraordinariness of Inashiro's fourth Batter.
But he was doomed to fail.
The bat is whizzing past the baseball.
SNAP!
"STRIKE!"
A glint of joy flashed in Miyuki's eyes.
'Sure enough, he aimed at the Moving-up ball!'
This is exactly as Miyuki expected.
On the strike zone, Harada's expression changed.
'What Sawamura threw turned out to be an ordinary Straight ball?'
This is simply incredible.
'Dose he dare?'
Among these famous pitchers in the country, quite a few pitchers like to throw in the middle.
In theory, there is no better Pitch than in the middle.
Nevertheless, the opposite is equally valid.
No ball is easier for a batter more than a ball in the middle.
So, the pitcher who dares to throw the ball in the middle has to be very confident in his pitching.
Sawamura also likes to throw in the middle, and it's not all about his confidence in his straight Pitches. But because he has a lot of breaking balls that evolved from the middle. For example, the Moving-up, the Change-up, the Forkball, and so on.
When he throws the Straight ball, it is very rare!
When Harada was about to swing, his body's center of gravity lowered subconsciously, and he held the bat a bit shorter…
Through these tiny details, Miyuki judged that he was aiming at Sawamura's Breaking ball.
He wanted to blow Sawamura's Breaking ball with a strong swing!
As long as his swing is strong enough, he can use brute force to sweep the ball Out.
Once the swept ball hits the ground, Inashiro's chance to score will come!
Knowing Harada's plan, Miyuki and Sawamura cooperated to solve him, naturally.
The second ball is a Straight Fastball to the low inner corner.
Whoosh!
The course is tricky and the ball is faster than usual, by the time Harada swung his bat, the ball was already in Miyuki's Mitt.
SNAP!
"STRIKE!"
The count is two Strikes, no Balls.
The batter is chased.
'Any hit! Just any hit!'
A trace of panic flashed in Harada's eyes.
The cunning Miyuki will never let go of such detail, and he decisively asks Sawamura for the third ball.
On the mound, Sawamura pitched without hesitation.
Whoosh!
Seeing the ball coming, the chased Harada Swung the bat with all of his power aiming to sweep the ball forward with his power, even a grounder is fine for him too.
BUZZ!
But unfortunately, the ball was out of his reach.
The third ball is a Ball to the outer corner.
After an inner corner ball, a Ball to the outer corner looks so far away.
SNAP!
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
'Damn!'
Until the end, Sawamura didn't throw a Breaking ball, and all the Straight balls flew over.
During the entire attack, he was completely led by Seidou's battery.
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