"Miyuki!"
"Miyuki!!"
Although Seidou High School's own players were very puzzled that Kataoka got Miyuki in right now.
But the fans who cheered Miyuki Kazuya at the stand didn't think so much. As long as they see their favorite players on the field, they are very happy!
Seihou High School dugout.
The assistant coach looked strangely at the suddenly lively stands.
"Is this batter famous?"
The Coach Nishidera nodded.
"Of course, before Chris's comeback, this guy has been the main catcher of Seidou High School and is known as the savior of Seidou High School. He is also quite accomplished in attack."
Saying so, but Coach Nishidera had a very serious look on his face while saying this.
From the information they had collected before, Miyuki was indeed a good catcher, and his batting skills were also impressive.
But it doesn't seem like he's a real strong Batter, and even compared to Seidou High School's humble ninth batter, he doesn't have much of an advantage. Especially when there are no runners on base, his hit rate is not even as good as the ninth batter of Seidou before him.
The current situation is one Out, no one on base.
'I really don't understand, what was the intention of Coach Kataoka to send out right now?'
"I will do it!"
Miyuki himself didn't know that Coach Nishidera underestimated him so much.
As far as his personal self-cheering is concerned, he still thinks he has brought a huge surprise to Seihou High School by standing on the strike zone right now.
In fact, it is hard to say whether it is a good surprise or not, but there may be chances.
Seihou High School would never have expected that the first substitute player from Seidou High School was actually Miyuki.
"Victory by surprise?"
In the rest area, Sawamura glanced at Kataoka thoughtfully.
He was wearing sunglasses, and there was no wavering on his face.
To be honest, Sawamura really didn't think that such a strategy would be thought up by Coach Kataoka.
A person's leadership style is the same as how he acts, as long as people who are really familiar with him can see it at a glance.
Just like now, Miyuki was suddenly put on the field as a batter.
This is not at all like Kataoka's style, but rather like Ochiai's thinking.
Avoid the edge of the sword, and hit it from the side!
Akutsu was able to play all the batters of Seidou High School between his hands by depending on two things.
One is the strong fielders of Seihou High School, and the other is huge data analysis.
It is by these two aspects, combined with his own excellent pitching, that he is able to accomplish such a feat.
Of these two things, it is not hard to take any one of them alone. Only after the two aspects are perfectly combined that can such a tough defensive force be formed.
It even gave Akutsu an outstanding performance that was no less than Tokyo Prince Narumiya and Sawamura Eijun.
Of course, this does not mean that Akutsu can't really be conquered. If you find the right method, there is still a good chance of defeating him.
First and foremost, this guy's pitching doesn't have any unique characteristics of his own.
Just like Narumiya Mei's Straight ball, which has a terrifying ball speed of 150 km/h. Sawamura Eijun's original Straight ball is actually a Moving ball to a certain extent.
Even if they don't deliberately hone or use a Breaking ball, they can have a very powerful fighting force just by their own Straight ball.
And although Akutsu has barely reached the strength of Sawamura and Narumiya, his strength is indeed full of loopholes. First of all, his own pitching is not the type that people can't touch. The reason why Akutsu's pitching can be as strong as Sawamura and the others is just because he is Akutsu.
In theory, as long as you can guess what Akutsu is going to throw and hit his ball, it is not particularly difficult for batters like Seidou High School.
The real difficulty is that there is no way to guess Akutsu's pitch!
right now, Miyuki was able to play. largely because Akutsu probably couldn't make a precise judgment on Miyuki's swing.
With Chris as the main catcher, Miyuki didn't have many opportunities to play like before. Just in these few opportunities, Miyuki's performance in the attack was also very strange.
He seems to prefer to aim for some tricky Breaking balls, but he is not very interested in ordinary Straight balls.
This is also one of the reasons why he is often struck Out by opponents when he comes on the field.
Such an opponent against Akutsu, it is difficult for Akutsu to guess his intentions, right?
Facts have proved that Miyuki did live up to the expectations of the two coaches. After being tangled with Akutsu for a few balls, he hit the ball beautifully.
Ping!
After the small white ball was hit, it flew into the gap of the guard.
"Lucky!"
Miyuki was very happy to be able to hit Akutsu's pitch cleanly.
In the position of the catcher, Hirahara had a blank expression on his face.
He really did not expect that Miyuki had guessed the path of the ball just now. This is the first time he has seen someone who can guess Akutsu's ball path.
'And such a player was warming the bench all of this time!'
One Out, runner at first base!
The game continues.
"First Batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."
If Seidou High School were to pick out three of the most depressed players right now, Kuramochi would definitely be among them.
In the previous confrontations with Akutsu, he has not achieved an inch.
"This time I must hit it out!"
The dreams are very high and beautiful, but the reality is harsh and cold.
Kuramochi, who vowed to hit the ball, was finally defeated by Akutsu.
Ping!
One Out, runner at first base. Kuramochi was barely able to hit the ball Out.
It's not that he doesn't have time to steal bases, it's just the players of Seihou High School who didn't give him that chance.
The white ball bounced off the ground after being hit and was stopped by the fielder of Seihou High School and sent to first base.
"OUT!"
Although Kuramochi was very depressed to be Out, Miyuki, who was originally first base, was not idle.
As early as when Akutsu was about to throw the ball, Miyuki started running.
"Safe!"
It is precisely because of this that although Kuramochi failed to run to first base at the speed of Kuramochi, he was barely able to reach second base without incident.
The situation turned into two Outs with runner at second base.
"Second Batter, second baseman, Kominato-kun."
"We meet again!"
Kominato Ryosuke looked at Akutsu on the pitcher's mound with a smile on his face, almost making Akutsu cry.
To deal with Kominato Ryosuke, Sawamura can use unending breaking balls to suppress him, and Narumiya Mei can suppress him with brute force.
But Akutsu, the Ace of Seihou High School, does not have such a pitching characteristic, and cannot rely on such a simple and rude way to deal with Kominato Ryosuke.
"Let's have a loooot of fun!"
On the surface, he looks harmless to humans and animals.
But seeing Kominato Ryosuke's face, Akutsu couldn't help trembling.
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T/N: While Haruichi has the best contact skills in the series, Ryousuke has the best Dynamic Vision, even more than Mima Soichiro and Shirakawa Katsuyuki.