Working with smart people is easy. There are things that your partner will fully understand even if you don't say it explicitly.
At this moment, Sawamura on the pitcher's mound, and Miyuki in the catcher's position had the same mind.
In their minds, the picture of Narumiya being solved had already emerged.
'A shutout or a Strikeout?' Miyuki gave Sawamura a sign, and Sawamura instantly understood what Miyuki meant and gave a response!
'The latter!'
If you want to hit Inashiro to the greatest extent, it is definitely of extraordinary significance to strike out Mei-san here.
Seeing this, Miyuki nodded.
Not only did he fully understand Sawamura's choice, he even thought of a specific Game calling plan.
The first ball, a Cutter's ball in the inner corner!
'You don't have to hit the strike zone, it doesn't matter if you stray from the strike zone. With the personality of that guy, and his current mood. He will definitely swing!'
Whoosh!
Miyuki had just signaled, and Sawamura on the pitcher's mound immediately threw the ball.
On the strike zone, Narumiya stared at the baseball thrown by Sawamura without blinking.
'Inner Corner!'
The angles are very tricky and may even be off the strike zone.
'Do you think you can scare me with an inside corner ball like this?' Narumiya thought angrily.
The bat in his hand was held tightly, and his eyes were firmly locked on the flying baseball.
Despite Sawamura's pitch looking faster on the strike zone, in the end, his ball speed didn't really reach that speed.
As long as you don't look at Sawamura's entire Pitching Form. You can wait for the ball to come over and then swing the bat.
Mei thought so and did so.
He waited for the ball to come completely over before he swung.
Ping!
After the small white ball was hit, it did not fly directly above the third baseman as Narumiya intended.
Instead, it fell outside the borderline at third base.
"FOUL!"
In the strike zone, Narumiya Mei's face was a bit stunned.
After the ball entered Narumiya Mei's hand, it suddenly slid to the outside corner!
'This is Cutter!'
The break isn't huge, but it's fast.
Narumiya Mei can be 100% sure that this is Sawamura's Cutter.
Right now, Sawamura suddenly threw a Cutter, which caught Narumiya a little off guard.
He originally thought that the ball close to the edge of the strike zone would definitely be a Straight ball.
Sawamura had always liked to fight in the strike zone.
So he usually doesn't throw many Balls and mostly throws Strikes.
He didn't expect that Sawamura would change his habit and throw a Ball!
In order to deal with him, Sawamura deliberately changed his pitching habits. This level of attention made Mei feel a little bit of smugness.
But at the same time, he also knew that his trouble was coming!
Sawamura changed his pitching habits to deal with him.
In this way, it becomes difficult for Mei to successfully win the hit.
Sawamura will definitely do everything in his power to get rid of him!
"Mei, do your the best."
"Hit a Home run!"
"Narumiya!"
"Mei!"
The audience in the stands also recovered their voice and actively cheered for Narumiya.
"Easy to say!"
On the strike zone, Narumiya murmured.
Hitting a Home run and directly getting the lead with a two-point home run!
But this is easy to say, how can it be so easy to do?
What is he going to pitch for the second pitch?
Narumiya Mei, the original simple thinking has changed.
Whoosh!
Sawamura's second Pitch came roaring.
'So fast!'
Narumiya Mei was shocked.
What surprised the prince was, of course, not Sawamura's ball speed!
It was Sawamura's pitching rhythm.
He hasn't recovered from Cutter's first ball, and Sawamura's second pitch is coming?
In such a fast-paced situation, it will definitely affect the batter's batting rhythm.
Mei's rhythm was affected unknowingly. Facing the sudden baseball, he swung the bat very hastily.
SNAP!
Hastily swinging the bat, the result is as expected.
"STRIKE!"
The small white ball plunged into Miyuki's Mitt as if in slow motion.
Two Strikes, no Ball.
The Batter was chased.
Narumiya's face became solemn.
Harada finally scored a hit, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Inashiro. If he can't hit off Sawamura now, then it will be meaningless.
Right now, in the rest area of Inajitsu, The players didn't even dare to cheer for Narumiya Mei, they were afraid that their voice would affect Mei's performance.
It is natural to make mistakes.
But Narumiya is not an ordinary person. He naturally likes the stage. The greater the pressure, the better his performance.
Just like now, after being chased, his focus returned to its peak.
'Don't think about anything complicated, when the ball comes, hit it!'
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's brows furrowed.
'Tsk again!'
He feels that he will be hit again, no matter what he throws, he will definitely be hit!
Even before Sawamura returned to the past when he faced that guy, this strange feeling didn't appear twice.
'This one too is indeed troublesome!'
Looking at Mei, Sawamura's face also became solemn.
Miyuki then gave Sawamura the sign of the Magic ball.
After resolving Narumiya, there are only two innings left in the game.
If all goes well, Harada and Narumiya won't get the turn to hit again. Even if they use many Magic balls now, it doesn't matter.
Sawamura nodded first and got ready to throw the ball.
He had disrupted Narumiya's focus once before, he wondered if it would be useful for the second time.
Not sure if it will work or not, but Sawamura decided it is no need!
'Throw the ball out of the strike zone first to try it out, Mei-san's swing is good…'
His right foot was raised high and then dropped like a battle axe. With the shift of his body's center of gravity, the Mitt on Sawamura's right hand, covered him like a wall, Under the cover of the Mitt, Sawamura's left hand, which was throwing the ball, could not be seen at all on the strike zone.
on the strike zone, As if he had telepathy, Narumiya was keenly aware that baseball was coming.
Here it is, now!
Sawamura's left hand, which was throwing the ball, was seen by Narumiya just moments before he threw the ball.
'The outside corner!'
Narumiya stepped on the sideline of the strike zone. The bat in his hand was raised high with his movements.
'It will be hit!'
On the pitcher's mound, such a picture suddenly flashed on Sawamura's brain.
'No!'
The moment the ball is released, Sawamura's fingers put more strength on the baseball, pulling it down.
Whoosh!
Even if Sawamura didn't add unnecessary force, the speed of the ball was still astonishingly fast.
On the strike zone, Narumiya waved his bat with all of his power.
'I'm going to get a hit!'
Narumiya, who was swinging the bat, had no other thoughts in his mind except this thought.
Without any basis, Narumiya thought that he would definitely be able to hit the ball.
In fact, Narumiya swung really well. The position of his aim just happened to be the Ball that Sawamura wanted to experiment with before.
'Got you!'
Narumiya's eyes turned red as if seeing prey.
His swinging form became smoother.
But just before the ball was about to hit the baseball, the small white ball suddenly sank, and it sank down.
Pak!
The baseball hit and bounced off the plate, and Narumiya missed his swing.
Done!
In an instant, Narumiya Mei felt that all his thoughts were lost.
He knows all too well the consequences of a missed swing, and what awaits him next will be a relentless strikeout.
Tak!!
There was something wrong with the sound coming from behind, which made Mei feel a brief moment of confusion. Then he heard a voice from the dugout of his team.
"RUN!"
"Don't stop, RUN!!!"
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