Ping!
"FOUL!!"
"SIXTEEN!!!!!"
Even if the temperature is as high as 34 °C (93 °F.) now, the stands of tens of thousands of people are tightly packed like sardines.
It's hard to even breathe here…
But this did not affect the passion of these audience members in the stands.
Too Shit is too exciting!
In the past, this kind of duel was like a magic show. They could only watch it in Manga or Anime. In reality, they saw with their own eyes that someone could keep hitting an Ace pitcher's ball out of bounds.
This is the real stunt.
Wonderful, unbelievably wonderful!
Now the scene is almost out of control, and it is close to reaching its peak.
If Kominato Ryosuke can go to base in this duel.
Then he can definitely become a legend in one battle and become folklore in the Koshien stadium.
Of course, if Kominato Ryosuke ends up being struck Out or resolved.
That effect will naturally be much lower.
The current situation is two Outs and no one on base.
The count is two Strikes and two Balls.
Here rules on the baseball field. Of course, it is only the rules for determining whether to Strike or Balls.
First of all, what is a Strike?
When the pitcher throws the ball across the strike zone and into the catcher's open Mitt, it counts as a strike.
At the same time, there is another situation where the pitcher throws the ball and the ball does not cross the strike zone, but as long as the batter swings his bat at the ball, it is also a Strike.
What is a Ball?
The pitcher throws the ball without getting it into the strike zone and the batter is not swinging.
It will be counted as a Ball.
When the batter hits the ball, the ball does not fall into the field but falls outside the field. Such a ball is called a Foul.
All throws that are Fouls are considered Strikes until the pitcher accumulates two Strikes. After the pitcher has accumulated two Strikes, Fouls are not counted as Strikes.
In this case, for the pitcher to get a third Strike, he either has to throw a Strike or make the batter swing and miss, the batter is will out.
When the pitcher's pitches total four Balls, the batter is sent to base.
What Kominato Ryosuke is doing now is using the Fouls to keep the pitcher pitching.
On the mound, Akutsu had to admit that his skills were less than the batter in front of him.
He is facing Kominato Ryosuke now, and there is nothing he can do.
This guy's swinging skills are abnormal, even if he touches the ball that breaks suddenly, he can use his high reflexes to force the ball to fly out of bounds.
In Akutsu's eyes, the current Kominato Ryosuke is an unsolvable problem.
Ping!
"FOUL!"
"SEVENTEEN!!!!!"
The audience followed suit, getting louder and louder.
Akutsu knew very well that if he continued to entangle like this, Kominato Ryosuke would make mistakes sooner or later. Of course, the premise is that he doesn't throw Balls himself!
But how many balls does he have before he misses? He can't give an accurate answer.
'This can't go on like this!'
Not to mention his remaining physical strength, how much can he entangle with Kominato Ryosuke? Even if he can win against Kominato, what's the use? His opponent is not just Kominato.
But the lineup of the entire Seidou High School!
"I'm done!"
Glancing at Kominato Ryosuke with respect, Akutsu threw two Balls amid the boos from the audience.
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"Four Ball Walk!"
Because he was afraid that Kominato Ryosuke would throw the ball he threw out of bounds again, Akutsu threw these two balls that deviated from the strike zone, obviously to avoid the head-to-head confrontation with Kominato Ryosuke.
"NINETEEN!!!"
An astonishing roar erupted from the audience.
It's just that there is a little bit of regret in their voices, it's really a pity that they didn't get entangled to twenty. But the results were still very satisfying.
Kominato Ryosuke was Walked to base. At this moment, he seemed to be the center of the entire Koshien Stadium.
"Ryosuke!"
"Ryosuke!!!"
It's not uncommon for tens of thousands of people to shout a person's name in unison at a game of Seidou High School, but in the past, this kind of cheers usually only belonged to captain Yuuki and Ace pitcher Sawamura.
This was the first time that such a big commotion was made for the third person.
"That was so Cool!"
"Can such a player actually exist?!"
"To think that Seidou had another player like that!"
"Just what the hell was they feeding them at Seidou?"
"Ryosuke!!"
Kominato Ryosuke is fire!
Needless to say, his nineteen-pitch tangle with Akutsu Watari, the Ace pitcher at Seihou High School, was enough to make him a recognizable name baseball star.
It's hard to be famous!
But sometimes being famous is very easy, you just need to do one impressive thing on a big enough stage.
This is the case with Kominato Ryosuke. He did an earth-shattering thing on the field of Koshien.
At this moment, he is in the spotlight as if he is shrouded in light.
Kominato Ryosuke has transformed into a top star player in the country from this moment on.
In a corner of the stand, a couple who didn't seem to be old were so excited that they burst into tears.
Their son is amazing!
In the rest area of Seidou High School.
In the eyes of a young man, there was a gleam of admiration.
"Aniki!"
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On the On-Deck Circle, Sawamura Eijun stood up slowly, waving the bat in his hand non-stop, doing warm-up before hitting.
Right now, Kominato Ryosuke had thrown away his bat and ran to first base.
"As expected of the Devil Brother!"
Sawamura glanced at Kominato Ryosuke in respect.
He has never seen such a superb striking skill from anyone else.
In the third grade, there was Chris, a talented catcher who showed his brilliance in middle school, Yuuki, the captain who came from behind, Isashiki who was full of fighting spirit, and Masuko who had amazing power.
But this did not hide the light of Kominato Ryosuke.
Although his height is really not high, as long as he stands on the field, his presence is undeniable.
"So cool!"
Two Outs, runner at first base!
Sawamura stood on the strike zone.
The Senpai has set the stage for him. As a reliable Kohai, Sawamura feels that he is very obligated to send the senior Kominato Ryosuke back to home plate.
This is perfect!
Sawamura's goal is very good, but the reality is extremely cruel.
Seeing Sawamura full of fighting spirit, Akutsu quickly came up with a countermeasure and used a fishing ball to make Sawamura hit fly high.
Ping!
The white ball was hit high, and Sawamura's eyes were full of disappointment.
He watched helplessly as the white ball fell into Akutsu's open Mitt.
"OUT!"
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.
By the end of the third inning, neither side had scored.
Seidou High School had a total of a hit and two Walks.
As for Seihou High School, only Akutsu had a single hit.
It's a close Pitching Duel!
At least this is the case for the first three innings of the game, that's it.
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