After the game, the players of Seidou High School did not leave Koshien immediately.
They walked into the stands, and all stayed to watch the next game.
"If your opponent is Seihou, you have to be careful!" Isashiki said to Sawamura.
"Is that Sano Shuzo really that strong?" Sawamura asked curiously.
Since Seidou High School won the first round of the competition and defeated the national top giant Konan High School from Okinawa, Sano Shuzo also made a name for himself, and it always appeared in Sawamura's ears. It seems that everyone around him is looking forward to a head-to-head confrontation between him and Sano Shuzo.
To be honest, Sawamura, who started his career in the Major League right after graduation really doesn't have much memory of this senior!
'I don't know if he didn't join professional baseball, or if there are other secrets.'
In short, in Sawamura's memory, he did not remember the name Sano Shuzo.
But looking at his record, he should be very powerful. These Senpais in the third grade of Seidou know about him even without having played against him.
Maybe this guy is a big shot.
"67 home runs and a lot of hits. Among the batters at Koshien right now, this guy's level is definitely one of the best."
road.
"It looks like I can't take this lightly!" Sawamura smiled bitterly.
Seihou High School, Sano Shuzo.
It seems that the road to the National Championship is not smooth.
"For you, Sano is also the best test. How much strength do you, the Demon King who has just risen from middle school, have? There is no better opportunity than this game!" Coach Kataoka said.
"Yes!"
His own Coach said so, Sawamura naturally has no reason not to agree.
"Everyone just talks about Seihou. Could it be that Osaka Kiryuu doesn't have any chance?" Furuya asked.
There was a practice match between Seidou High School and Osaka Kiryuu before. In that match, Furuya was beaten to pulps by Osaka Kiryuu's batters.
He really hopes that Osaka Kiryuu can win. Only when Osaka Kiryuu advances, will he have a chance to take revenge.
Furuya's question made all the players of Seidou High School feel stunned and embarrassed.
In fact, the game has not started, let alone ended, and the outcome of the two has not yet been determined.
Right now, Seidou made preparations on the premise of Seihou's victory.
This seems to be a little bad.
But in the minds of all the players of Seidou High School, it seems that they never thought that Osaka Kiryuu High School would be able to defeat Seihou.
Everyone was silent for a moment, but Miyuki finally broke the silence.
"That's right, Osaka Kiryuu also has a chance to win."
"Well, that's right!"
In any case, Osaka Kiryuu High School's strength is not weak. Even if it is against Seihou, the chances for the two sides are only 50/50.
That's what is said, but the topics discussed by all the players at Seidou High School are still focused on Seihou High School.
As for Osaka Kiryuu High School, although they are a Friend School of Seidou High School, the players of Seidou High School don't seem to think that they will meet them.
"What should you do if Osaka Kiryuu High School suddenly gets cold?"
Ochiai asked strangely while pinching the goatee on his chin.
If he was being honest, Seidou's approach to this is really wrong. The material they prepared may be too biased toward Seihou…
After listening to Coach Ochiai's words, the players of Seidou High School looked at him and stopped talking.
Coach Ochiai is right!
Seidou really has no interest in Osaka Kiryuu.
When we played the practice game before, just after the training camp, the exhausted Seidou High School was able to beat Osaka Kiryuu.
Today, the players of Seidou High School are way better. They didn't say that they would definitely be able to sweep Osaka Kiryuu, but the victory should be guaranteed, right?
If Seihou can't even win Osaka Kiryuu High School…
God is too kind to Seidou High School, right?
While the players of Seidou High School were chatting, the match between Seihou and Osaka Kiryuu High School started!
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE!"
"STRIKE! BATTER OUT!"
"OUT!"
"OUT!"
At the beginning of the game, Hiromi, the Ace pitcher of Osaka Kiryuu High School, showed an amazing fighting spirit.
It seems that he is very excited to challenge for the championship.
With Tachi Hiromi's hard-working pitching, the giant Osaka Kiryuu High School showed astonishing combat effectiveness, and they were evenly matched with Seihou in the first two innings. In the second inning, Tachi Hiromi pitched Four Balls and dropped a hit, but he didn't drop any points.
The two games are over, and the score is still 0:0!
On the stand, the gathering place for the players of Seidou High School.
All the Players of Seidou are very silent.
"Not even Tachi has the courage to face off against Sano?" Isashiki said with dissatisfaction.
They have played against Tachi and have a certain understanding of Tachi Hiromi's character. After the first time that Tachi Hiromi faced Yuuki head-to-head, he was so frightened by Tetsu's swing, that he always Walked him afterward.
And when he just played against Sano Shuzo, Tachi Hiromi directly chose to Walk him.
This difference made Isashiki very uncomfortable.
"I think in the previous game, Sano got a lot of Walks," Ryosuke said.
His words sounded insignificant on the surface, but they actually had a deep meaning.
The batter is different from the pitcher. The batter has no way to escape the pitcher because he has to hit the pitch flying from the mound no matter what, in order to have a chance to score.
But if a pitcher is determined not to fight a batter. He can choose to avoid confrontation with this batter.
It seems that Tachi, the Ace of Osaka Kiryuu High School, has made up his mind to avoid the head-to-head confrontation with Sano Shuzo as much as possible.
Of course, Ryosuke meant more than that.
Even Tachi Hiromi was reluctant to go head-to-head with Sano Shuzo, let alone an average pitcher. For normal pitchers, when the situation is not good or when they have no confidence, will naturally walk batters like Sano Shuzo.
Although Seihou High School has many games and strong strength, the number of times that Sano Shuzo can really fight against pitchers is probably not as many as everyone imagines.
In such a situation, he still hit 67 home runs!
"Maybe this guy is really a monster!" Sawamura's eyes became sharp.
If he doesn't really stand on the pitcher's mound and face off against Sano, he won't feel the strength of Sano Shuzo.
But it is possible that this is definitely an opponent of sufficient weight.
And at the level of Seihou High School, they must have carefully studied Sawamura's pitching.
He couldn't wait to play against Seihou High School.
"The Pitcher of Seihou is weird!"
Just when everyone was discussing Sano Shuzo, Chris suddenly changed the subject.
If he didn't say it, the players of Seidou wouldn't notice it. After he reminded them, everyone realized it.
The Ace pitcher of Seihou is acting strange.
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