In the stands of Koshien Stadium, a very strange thing happened right now.
The attentive audience actually heard the breathing of the people around them.
This is really incredible in the Koshien stand, where the audience reaches tens of thousands! There are so many people around, all of them are watching the showdown in the center of the stadium with all their attention.
One Out, there was someone at third base.
Now the Batter at Seihou High School, it's the fifth batter Hirahara Rei.
But the audience didn't pay too much attention to the batters. They paid more attention to Sawamura on the mound and Akutsu at third base.
Can Seihou High School take advantage of this favorable opportunity to score a run from the hands of Sawamura?
This is exciting!
Everyone in the audience was curious, and they were all curious about the answer to this question.
On the contrary, those who are fighting have already made up their minds.
The players at Seihou High School generally believed that they had won this point.
When Akutsu just proposed that adventurous plan, even his own teammates at Seihou High School didn't necessarily believe it. If they believed that Akutsu's tactics would be successful, Coach Nishidera would not have arranged for Sano Shuzo to swing according to his own desire.
But it happened that this seemingly hopeless plan was realized step by step by Akutsu.
First of all, he successfully scored a double and went to second base himself.
This was the most adventurous part of his entire plan, but he passed this difficulty very smoothly.
Next, Sano Shuzo did not walk him according to the tactics they had discussed before.
To a certain extent, this is actually a dismissal of Akutsu's plan. If you change to a player who is generally more temperamental, it is very likely that he will directly give up on the plan.
But Akutsu did not, even was Sano Shuzo chose to confront Sawamura Eijun head-on, and was solved neatly.
Akutsu also did not abandon his original plan.
He was very lucky, and with the grounder of Sano Shuzo, he quietly sneaked to third base.
Despite the twists and turns of the process, as far as the result is concerned, the situation facing Seihou High School is almost exactly the same as Akutsu's previous prediction.
"Oh my God!"
Akutsu's performance has strengthened the confidence of the players of Seihou High School.
As long as they follow Akutsu's plan, they will definitely win in the end.
From 6.25%, now Seihou High School has really increased the probability of being able to score to 50%.
Now everything is ready, just the right moment.
In the end, as long as Hirahara Rei can bunt the ball firmly, Seihou High School should be able to score a point.
Many people at the scene thought so. While Sawamura was pitching, Akutsu, who was originally at third base, suddenly took action.
He wants to steal the home plate!
Right now, Sawamura Eijun's pitching has not finished, and there is no way to change his pitching course in the middle of the pitching.
As long as Hirahara Rei can cooperate well, he will knock the ball thrown by Sawamura.
Seihou High School's score is almost assured, maybe even 100 %.
Seeing that Seihou High School was going to use forced scoring, Chris, who was in the position of the catcher, couldn't help but smile.
In the face of Sawamura Eijun, it is very dangerous to use a forced score.
Sawamura Eijun has another quality. Not a great Breaking ball, but a very amazing trait in a baseball player, especially in a pitcher's hand.
Sawamura Eijun has the ability to make a change in his pitching at the last moment!
Because of precise ball control and soft wrists and joints, Even with a fixed pitching form, during the pitching process, as long as the ball has not completely left his fingers, Sawamura can change the pitching course to a certain extent.
For example, a ball that could have been thrown into the strike zone can suddenly turn into a Ball.
On the surface, this doesn't seem like a big deal.
A normal person may even think that it is not difficult.
But only real baseball pitchers know how hard it is to suddenly change the direction of the pitch.
This is definitely not as easy as everyone thinks. Ordinary pitchers either don't have time to make adjustments and even if they have time to make adjustments, there is no way to guarantee that the catcher will catch the ball they throw…
And Sawamura can not only adjust but also ensure the position of his pitch.
Just like now, at the moment when the baseball was released, the two fingers exerted a little force this time.
Just like that, the ball that was flying towards the strike zone suddenly changed direction.
Chris took one step away and steadily caught the ball that Sawamura had deliberately missed in his Mitt.
SNAP!
When he saw Akutsu wanted to use forced scoring to get a point.
Chris immediately formulated a strategy based on Sawamura's strength. When Akutsu started to run, Sawamura deliberately threw the ball wide, so that even if Hirahara wanted to hit the ball, he could not touch the ball.
In this way, whether Akutsu continues to rush to home plate, or wants to return to third base.
Chris is sure to deal with him.
The two of them are like people who have set up a long line and are waiting to fish.
Waiting for Akutsu to take the bait.
Although the IQs of Chris and Sawamura were not as terrifying as Akutsu's, they took advantage of the unequal information.
Akutsu didn't know that Sawamura could change the location and orientation of the baseball while pitching.
That alone is enough…
'Wait, wait, no!'
After receiving the pitch from Sawamura, Chris turned his head to look in the direction of third base.
Akutsu, who had run several meters in the direction of home plate before, returned to third base at some point.
How is this possible?
Disbelief flickered In Chris's eyes,
'Could it be that guy even expected this?'
The more he thinks about it, the more his heart sinks.
Next, he couldn't even think of any good countermeasures to deal with Akutsu.
"Shisho!"
At this moment, Sawamura on the pitcher's mound suddenly spoke up.
Chris looked up at the mound.
"The initiative is in our hands!"
Chris smiled as he heard that.
Yeah, how did he get confused?
Isn't the initiative always in their hands?
'Okay let's do it!'
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"BALL!!"
"Four Ball Walk!!"
Because Akutsu kept trying to get back to home plate, Sawamura had to use his delayed change to throw the ball out of the strike zone.
In this way, he threw four Balls in a row and finally sent Hirahara to base.
This is also the first time that Sawamura Eijun Pitches four Balls at this Koshien.
One Out, runner at first and third base!
It seems that the chances of Seihou High School scoring are even greater!
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