Seidou Vs Inajitsu in the West-Tokyo final. In the first half of the eighth inning, Seidou High School won a very good scoring opportunity.
In that situation, it is not surprising that Inashiro would collapse afterward.
But at this moment, Tokyo Prince Narumiya unlocked his potential and threw a floating ball.
When the fastball is fast to a certain extent, the ball will float slightly because of the increase in the number of spins.
This is nothing new!
It's just that Narumiya has been in good control before. His Straight ball is very good, and the ball path has not risen significantly.
But now, the ball has floated up.
"Mei!"
"Prince!"
"Nice Pitching!!!!"
From one Out, runners at first and third base, to two Out, runners at first and third base.
Narumiya Mei, one ball turned the momentum around.
The situation he is facing now is completely different from before.
Now, as long as he solves Sawamura smoothly, the crises will be solved.
"Third batter, pitcher, Sawamura-kun."
When the announcer said Sawamura's name, the audience was immediately excited.
Another direct duel between Sawamura and Narumiya.
In this game, the most anticipated is probably Sawamura batting against Narumiya.
As for Narumiya batting against Sawamura?
To be honest, there is really nothing to look forward to. In the previous duels, Sawamura has always won.
So far, Narumiya has not made any effective counterattacks to Sawamura's pitching.
On the contrary, it was Sawamura, who had played against Narumiya three times before, whether it was luck or strength. He hit out Narumiya's pitching twice and had a long hit.
In terms of pitching performance, Narumiya and Sawamura are evenly matched.
But when it comes to batting, in today's game, Narumiya Mei's performance in the batting was far worse than Sawamura's.
Even in terms of the results of the attack, Sawamura can be regarded as the best in today's game.
Of course, the main reason why he was able to achieve such a high record is that Sawamura knows a lot about Narumiya's pitching and personality.
In the process of walking to the strike zone, Sawamura went against Ryosuke who was solved.
"How did it feel?"
With Kominato Ryosuke's batting level, Sawamura was of course surprised that Narumiya solved it with just one Pitch.
In addition to being surprised, there was a faint trace of unease.
Even though the strongest swinger at Seidou was Tetsu-san, when it comes to batting skills, Kominato Ryosuke's level is definitely higher than his own captain.
The break in the ball path caught Kominato Ryosuke by surprise, Sawamura couldn't see it from the on-deck circle.
"Be careful of Narumiya's Straight ball, it is completely different from his previous Straight ball. The Straight ball rises upward slightly, and the range of break is about half a ball. Judging from his performance before, it does not seem to be a reserved Winning Shot, it should be an unconscious thing. But it cannot be ruled out that in the following pitches, he will use more and more force, and the range of the ball will rise higher and higher."
Break upward?
This information surprised Sawamura for a moment.
It was only one ball, but Ryo-san was able to find so many things, which really surprised Sawamura.
Surprise is a surprise, but this is not the real reason for Sawamura's stunned. What really caught Sawamura off guard was that he knew what Narumiya Mei was throwing.
Phantom Series.
Phantom Series is something like Sawamura's Numbers.
The name was given by Mei himself.
Honestly, it's not that amazing.
The Phantom Series is a Straight ball that can float up and sink down.
The reason why Narumiya Mei later was able to become one of the five players in the same generation to became famous in the Major League was Because he relied on the Phantom Series that he had honed after his injury.
It's just that Narumiya developed this after he was injured, and his ball speed wouldn't increase anymore.
Because he wasn't injured, Sawamura originally thought that the Phantom Series would never see the light of day.
Unexpectedly, the Prince of Tokyo unlocked this unconsciously due to Seidou's pressure.
"If he is really proficient in Phantom Series, it will not be easy to deal with him right now!" Sawamura murmured something.
He has to admit that Narumiya's Phantom Series pitching is really dangerous!
But now the Phantom series has not fully developed, and even Narumiya himself has not noticed the strangeness in his pitching.
Only someone like Ryo-san can detect the changes in Narumiya's pitching.
He doesn't know if it was Seidou's good luck or Inashiro's bad luck that the one who saw it first was Ryo-san.
'No, it is not about luck. This is the strength of Seidou!'
Sawamura, who stood on the strike zone, assumed a golf swing stance.
Such an approach successfully angered Harada in the catcher position.
'Seidou really thought that golf swing was a powerful tool against Mei's pitching?'
'Just now, Chris used this swing to hit Mei's Forkball. Now do you think we will be fooled?'
'What Mei can throw is not just a vertical Breaking ball.'
Sharp pitches, to the edge of the high outside corner!
For golf swing, such a high outside corner is difficult to hit.
Roaar!!
On the strike zone, seeing the ball coming, Sawamura suddenly took a step forward closer to the mound and also closer to the zone, and his stance, which was a golf stance, changed miraculously!
Seeing his actions, Harada was stupefied.
'How can the joints of the human body be okay like this?'
Harada and the vast majority of the audience looked in disbelief.
Sawamura's batting stance has been adjusted from a golf swing to a weird baseball swing.
This matter itself is not difficult with Sawamura's body, but it is necessary to know that the ball from Narumiya's hand to the top of the plate only takes about 0.4 seconds at most.
In such a short time, it is very incredible to complete the adjustment of the swing action.
And Sawamura did it!
Ping!
The white ball was hit between the third baseman and shortstop position.
Shirakawa ran all the way and was one step short of stopping the baseball.
Baseball goes through!
"A hit!"
The baseball went past the shortstop's fielding, landed, and bounced into the outfield.
Carlos moved quickly. Strictly speaking, the position where the baseball rebounded was no longer within his fielder range, but he was the first to run over.
Picking up the ball, Carlos looked up at home plate.
That's too late!
By this time, Chris had managed to get back to home plate, helping Seidou get their long-awaited extra points.
The total score is 2:0!
Kuramochi, who was originally at first base, ran all the way to second base.
And Sawamura, because he was the one who made the hit. So, it is inevitable that the speed is a bit slow. right now, there is no first base.
Whoosh!
Sharp back toss, like a laser, straight to first base from the outfield.
Although he lost a point Carlos felt frustrated.
But this feeling doesn't affect Carlos's judgment in baseball in the slightest.
His choice was very correct.
But the reality is cruel.
Sawamura's speed was a little faster than Carlos' toss.
He stomped firmly on first base.
"SAFE!"
Two Outs, a runner on first and second base.
Seidou High School attacked and began to score consecutive hits.
"Ooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!"
In the stands, all the fans of Seidou High School couldn't help but get excited!
Won!
Won!!!
Seidou High School is finally going to win!!!
After being away from Koshien for five years, the players of Seidou will finally enter Koshien again.
Not only the players, coaches, and managers of Seidou were all happy.
In the stands, the audience supporting Seidou High School was also very excited.
"Chris!"
"Chris!"
"Sawamura!"
"Sawamura!!!"
In the stands, supporters of Seidou High School alternately shouted the names of Chris and Sawamura Eijun.
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