Next to the awed Akiko, Fujio said calmly.
"The next round will directly determine the direction of the game."
Fujio didn't have as many thoughts as Akiko, he just judged with certainty.
In the fourth inning, Seidou High School and Inajitsu were their core batters.
The result of this attack will directly guide the direction of the game.
Whether or not to score right now is secondary. The most important thing is whether the two teams' lineups can really threaten the two pitchers.
In the first half of the fourth inning, Seidou High School attacked.
"Second Batter, second baseman, Kominato-kun."
With the voice of the announcer, Kominato Ryosuke, who was not burly or tall, walked slowly to the strike zone.
This is also his second duel with Narumiya Mei.
"It's really exciting!"
Looking at the pitcher on the mound, the guy known as the Prince of Tokyo.
Kominato Ryosuke's eyes are a bit complicated.
Except for Chris, the third graders in Seidou High School now climbed up from the dark and damp hell.
They started from a poor harvest year and worked hard step by step until now.
Compared with them, Narumiya's road is much simpler.
In his first year at Inajitsu, he was already an important pitcher on the team. After Inajitsu entered Koshien, he was even the finishing pitcher in the team.
Last summer, the match between Seidou High School and Inajitsu was ultimately lost to Narumiya!
"If we want to advance to Koshien, we still have to cross the obstacle in front of us!"
Seeing Narumiya's appearance, Ryosuke subconsciously tightened his grip on the bat in his hand and then raised the bat.
His grip is a short grip!
In the position of the catcher, Harada was keenly aware of Ryosuke's plan.
'He intends to hit Mei's breaking ball and get a steady hit.'
'But with such a grip, how can you resist Mei's ball power?'
Harada decisively gave Narumiya a sign!
There's nothing wrong with Kominato Ryosuke wanting to hit accurately. With his hitting skills and swing speed, it is not difficult to touch Mei's pitch.
With such a short grip, and Kominato Ryosuke is not a strong Batter himself, How do you hit a ball that is as heavy as Narumiya's?
Based on this consideration, Harada Masatoshi decisively gave the sign Narumiya a Straight ball.
Narumiya is extremely satisfied with the call that Harada gave him this time.
All the batters at Seidou High School have their own habits, there is nothing wrong with that.
To a certain extent, the lineup of Seidou High School is indeed luxurious and coveted.
But that doesn't mean that the batters at Seidou High School don't have their own weaknesses.
For example, the second batter Kominato Ryosuke, has batting skills that are among the rare talents in the entire High School!
But because of his height and size, his batting power is…
If Ryosuke is holding the Bat long, then the players of Inajitsu might be more cautious.
But now he is actually holding the bat short!
Even if he can hit the ball, it is difficult to hit the ball far.
As long as the ball is not far away, Inashiro will get an easy Out of the game.
Whoosh!
The ball flew like a missile hurried across the top of home plate.
Looking at the flying baseball, Kominato Ryosuke raised the bat high, and it moved!
During the attack, Ryosuke's mind kept recalling the memories after he joined Seidou High School.
In these memories, Ryosuke is most dissatisfied with the fact that some people talk about his height.
'With such a short height, can you become a baseball player?'
'How can you hit the ball far with this small body?'
Entering high school, such sayings have been with him.
'So what if I am not tall enough?'
'In fielding, I can make up for it with skill and flexibility'
'And for strength, I can exercise by myself.'
For two and a half years in Seidou High School, Ryosuke's height has only increased by five centimeters. This growth can't be said to be slow, but in high school when the height of adolescence is growing wildly, it is not much different from not growing.
But this does not mean that his power has not grown.
Ping!
The roaring Straight ball with a sonic boom was hit by an ordinary swing and flew Out.
After the white ball was hit, it flew high.
Hit out!
In the position of the catcher, Harada's brows jumped involuntarily.
'He can hit Mei's Straight ball to the outfield? With such grip and a 'defective' figure?'
The baseball that was hit looked wobbly and was not strong. But the landing position is very clever, right in the middle of center field and left field.
When Carlos and Inashiro left fielder arrived.
Baseball has landed!
As the baseball landed, Ryosuke also ran to first base smoothly.
No Outs, a runner at first base.
At this moment, all the spectators in the stands who supported Seidou High School immediately boiled over!
"Seidou!"
"Seidou!!"
Sure enough, it is not bragging that this is the Golden Generation of Seidou.
The current Seidou High School does indeed have the top strength in the country.
Facing Inajitsu, facing Tokyo Prince Narumiya, the players of Seidou High School won the hits before they said they won.
"To be so small able but hit the ball this far? It's a foul, okay?"
On the pitcher's mound, Mei was furious.
Even if someone was as proud as Narumiya didn't want to put a runner on base before facing Tetsu-san and Sawamura.
Once someone hits base, it's not a small crisis.
Like now, the crisis is coming!
The atmosphere in the whole stadium right now was at a boiling temperature.
"Third Batter, pitcher, Sawamura-kun!"
Sawamura stepped into the strike zone.
In the stands, the brass band started playing 'Abarenbou Shogun'.
Seidou's second and third string, in addition to the members of the Brotherhood of Red Hearts and the Demon King's Guard immediately began to sing and cheer with the music.
"Demon King!"
"Sawamura!!!"
Sawamura had a bad hit before.
This is his second duel with Narumiya Mei.
To be fair, such a matchup is more favorable for the batter.
The further back the game is played, the more likely the pitcher's power and speed will go wrong and the more accustomed they become to the pitcher's pitching.
There are countless examples of pitchers who performed well before suddenly being hit and collapsed in the late stage of the game!
Like Sawamura, the first time he played, he took the hit from Narumiya.
After that, consecutive hits are very likely…
"You brat!"
No Out, There is someone at first base.
The batters were Eijun and Tetsu-san.
For Narumiya, this is no small challenge.
His whole body was on fire, and his momentum had completely soared.
In the strike zone, Sawamura clearly felt the difference from Narumiya.
'He's serious now!'
Although in this life, there are not many opportunities for the two to confront each other head-on. In the previous life, Sawamura was close with Narumiya for several years.
Sawamura was able to keenly perceive some of the slight changes in Narumiya.
Taking advantage of such cheat-like information, Sawamura was somewhat apologetic for Narumiya.
But the reality is like this. Noticing the moment when Narumiya Mei's momentum changed, Sawamura was keenly aware of how he planned to make his first Pitch.
No accurate principle or data on this, It was only with his intuition that he was able to determine the next ball of Narumiya.
With what he knew about Mei, this arrogant guy would definitely make his first Pitch…
In the catcher's position.
Harada's face was not relieved at all.
Although Kominato Ryosuke only hit first base, no one is Out now.
Moreover, the next Batters are Sawamura and Yuuki who need the most attention.
Sawamura's batting is not flashy, but he has a solid on-base average and a lot of Home runs.
In middle school, when he played against Narumiya, he even hit Mei's ball perfectly.
Not to mention that among Seidou the first-round of batters, he was the only one with a single hit.
After hesitating for a while, he gave Narumiya Mei a sign.
On the mound.
For the first time, Narumiya shook his head!
'Um?'
Harada looked at Mei in surprise.
Before Narumiya did not completely follow his ball allocation but he didn't shake his head at Harada's Game calling.
For the first time, Narumiya shook his head solemnly, rejecting the call that Harada gave him in this game.
Oh~
In the beginning, Harada was a little surprised. When he saw Mei's serious expression, he instantly understood Mei's plan.
'I want to throw a ball that Eijun can't hit!'
'In addition to dealing with Yuuki, you even want to go all out against Sawamura?' Harada's eyes sank, and he looked at Sawamura.
He hadn't thought before that, in Narumiya's heart, Sawamura was his most serious rival.
So of course, he doesn't want to cower back or lose to his rival at this moment!
Yes!
In the first three innings, the count was well-controlled. Faced with a crisis right now, it's okay to throw a few more Pitches.
'Then do it!'
Harada opened his Mitt and gestured for Narumiya to throw the ball he was most proud of.
On the pitcher's mound, Mei nodded contentedly, then made his stride and threw his favorite ball!
Whoosh!
On the strike zone, Sawamura's eyes were extremely firm.
The first ball is the Screw like Change-up!
This Pitch was exactly the same as what Sawamura had guessed.
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