"Demon King!"
"Demon King!!!"
Watching Sawamura Strikeout Harada, the members of the Demon-King's Guard stood up excitedly and cheered for Sawamura.
The surrounding audience, led by the Demon King's Guard, cheered.
In an instant, the Demon King's cheers resounded in the Jingu Stadium.
So strong!
He struck Out Inashiro's third and fourth batter, and Sawamura's performance made people feel excited.
The middle school Demon King is still powerful even in high school.
"Pitcher Duel!"
In the rest area of Inajitsu, After Carlos returned to the rest area, he said to himself.
In fact, without him saying it, everyone in Inajitsu can also see it.
It is not easy for both sides to score in this game.
'Next, let's see, how Narumiya and Sawamura suppressed the other's lineup.'
"Go!"
Superintendent Kunitomo looked at Narumiya and said.
"Rest assured Coach, I will not lose."
Narumiya nodded and walked up to the pitcher's mound.
Right now, it was Seidou High's fifth batter's turn at bat. Isashiki Jun, who was actively swinging the bat, swapped the hitting positions with Sawamura. In this game, Seidou High School's luxurious lineups focused on the top four.
If the expectations are good, the top four should be able to play against Narumiya four times.
That is an estimated one or two points!
As long as the first four Batters can concentrate their firepower, and they can score points, the initiative of this game will firmly be in the hands of Seidou High School.
Coach Kataoka has absolute confidence in Sawamura.
Of course, because of the lineup adjustment, the deterrent effect after four Batters is definitely not as good as before…
Before the game, Kataoka gave them a task, the task for the fifth and subsequent batters was to give them a chance, of course, to actively attack and score. If there is no good chance, the main purpose is to consume the number of pitches of Narumiya Mei.
Isashiki Jun pouted, remembering the instructions of his Coach, and he couldn't hide his dissatisfaction.
"What does it mean to attack when you have a chance? Isn't it a good opportunity now?"
The first ball, at the first ball thrown by Narumiya Mei, Isashiki Jun swung the bat without hesitation.
This ball is Narumiya's Slider!
From Narumiya's left hand, he threw a ball that strayed from the strike zone to Isashiki's inside corner.
For a batter, there is no more tricky way to go.
'Inner corner!'
The expression on Isashiki's face was all distorted. Seeing the ball flying over, he swung the bat without hesitation.
Ping!
The small white ball was hit abruptly and flew to the outfield.
In the catcher position, Harada looked at the flying baseball in disbelief.
'Mei's ball speed is 150 km/h, and it is extremely difficult to hit the ball at this speed. But so far, none of Seidou's Batters has lost to Mei's ball speed.'
'From the first Kuramochi to Isashiki just now.'
'All of them seized the opportunity to swing the bat, and at least touched Mei's ball.'
Different, really different.
Compared with the opponents that Inashiro had played against before, the level of Seidou High School was obviously not on the same level as those of the previous teams.
'This game may be more difficult than expected!'
The catcher Harada was keenly aware of this.
At the same time, the ball that was hit by Isashiki Jun now has a result.
The ball flew in the outfield and was caught by the outfielder of Inajitsu.
SNAP!
"OUT!"
On the strike zone, Isashiki looked embarrassed.
His aggressive swing just now was actually a violation of Coach Kataoka's previous orders.
If it's a hit, that's all right. Not being able to get a hit is equivalent to not fulfilling the task of Superintendent Kataoka.
After all, Coach Kataoka had instructed them before that they would go all out to consume Narumiya's ball count.
As long as Narumiya is tired, they will have more chances in the second half of the game.
Now, he was eliminated by Narumiya with one ball…
When returning to the rest area, Isashiki was inevitably a little depressed.
Coach Kataoka glanced at him and said nothing.
Beside him, Coach Ochiai also gave Isashiki Jun a deep look.
'Although I have to admit that these players from Seidou High School have thoroughly trained. But sometimes they ignore the instructions a do whatever they want.'
'If the Players can act according to their own thinking, they can indeed improve the strength of the team to a certain extent. But if the players are too willful, some long-term tactics will not persist.'
There are pros and cons to anything after all!
The current style of Seidou High School cannot be said to be good or bad.
As far as the personal growth of the players is concerned, it is still very beneficial. They can learn to play baseball by using their own brains.
This is crucial for their future.
Then again, there are gains and losses.
The players who obey the Coach without question are players who need much longer time to grow!
And high school is time-limited.
In just two and a half years, do the players have enough time to really grow to that point? In addition, this becomes the key to whether Seidou High School can advance to Koshien.
This is a good thing for the players of course, even in the days when Seidou High School did not make it to Koshien. The players he has was ready enough to go to professional baseball.
At this point, you can see the clue just by looking at the previous fourth batter, Azuma Kiyokuni, who was picked by the Pro draft.
If the professional baseball team didn't trust the training system of Seidou High School, they would never have given Azuma Kiyokuni such good treatment anyway.
However, for the supervision of the team, this kind of training method may not be beneficial.
Unless...
Just when Coach Ochiai was thinking about the problems of Seidou High School, the situation on the field changed.
After Isashiki Jun, Masuko, who hit the field, hit a flat fly ball in the direction of third base.
This ball, without a doubt, was directly solved by the third baseman of Inajitsu!
"OUT!"
Two Outs, no one on base.
In the rest area of Seidou High School.
Kataoka's face became ugly.
Isashiki was dealt with one ball, and then Masuko was dealt with two balls…
Narumiya Mei scored two Outs with only three balls!
On the surface, the players of Seidou High School kept hitting the ball, and the momentum was amazing!
But the real situation is quite the opposite. Seidou High School's attack looked very gorgeous, but it did not achieve the desired effect, and even their most basic assignment, which was to consume Narumiya Mei's pitching count, was not achieved.
This is troublesome!
Coach Kataoka made up his mind and prepared for a protracted war.
Suddenly realized that his original plan may not hold.
Even if they wished to consume Narumiya's ball count, Inajitsu did not need to cooperate with them in the plan.
"Seventh Batter, catcher, Miyuki-kun."
Right now, it was Miyuki's turn to strike as the seventh.
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"
Narumiya, who had been repeatedly thrown out of rhythm before, suddenly regained his energy and struck Out Miyuki!
"Damn, you're too bad when no one is on base, right?"
In the stands, many second-year players couldn't help but complain after seeing Miyuki's performance.
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange!
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