One thing pulls the other!
It is probably the relationship between Akutsu and Kominato Ryosuke.
Akutsu's skills are high as a pitcher, with precise ball control, 140 ball speed, and various breaking balls. Under the control of his super brain, Akutsu's overall strength as a pitcher can be compared with Narumiya Mei and Sawamura.
It's just a pity that these skills of his are just restrained by Kominato Ryosuke.
Although Kominato Ryosuke may not be able to get hits from Akutsu, he can really use his amazing dynamic vision and superb hitting skills to keep hitting Akutsu's balls out of bounds.
Of course, with such a wonderful performance like walking on a tightrope, it is impossible for Kominato Ryosuke to play like this all the time. Sooner or later, he will make an error against Akutsu. Like get a bad hit, or get a strikeout…
But that's not the point, the point is how many balls can he tangle with Akutsu?
Akutsu is not a machine, and he can't throw too many balls. He has been entangled by Kominato Ryosuke himself for more than 20 balls before. Now if there are 20 more balls, there is no need to wait for the end of the game, and Akutsu himself will be destroyed.
Therefore, when he saw Kominato Ryosuke showing his devilish aura, Akutsu felt a pain in his head.
Without much thinking, Akutsu gave Hirahara Rei a sign.
Walk him!
Upon receiving the sign, Hirahara was quite surprised. Although he also knew that Kominato Ryosuke was not easy to deal with, now that there is one runner on the base already, if Kominato Ryosuke is Walked, they will have to fight to the end with one of the next two batters of Seidou.
The Demon King Sawamura!
And the Steel General Yuuki Tetsuya, who they were planning to Walk every time before.
After thinking about it for a while, Hirahara also thinks that this is not a problem.
Originally, the duel between Akutsu and Sawamura was not one-sided, and Akatsu was not necessarily on the losing side. Even if it doesn't work, they have never faced off against Yuuki once.
'Yeah, not completely out of possibility.'
With a plan, Hirahara put the Mitt out of the strike zone.
However, he was still a little surprised.
'Is Kominato Ryosuke more troublesome in Akutsu's view than Sawamura?'
The answer is yes, if Akutsu doesn't think so, he has no reason to walk Kominato Ryosuke.
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"Four Ball Walk!"
Without any suspense, Kominato Ryosuke was Walked.
One Out, runner at first and second.
Sawamura got the strike zone in this situation.
'So they decided to face me in this situation.'
As a star baseball player, to be underestimated like this, of course, Sawamura had to respond back in kind.
For the first moment, he could no longer hear the cheers of anyone around him. He just stared wholeheartedly at Akutsu on the pitcher's mound, going head-to-head with this pitcher.
Almost subconsciously, Sawamura assumed a bunt stance.
Seeing Sawamura do this, no one misunderstood that he was going to bunt with two Outs and runners at first and second base.
They all knew that Sawamura was just focusing on hitting.
"100% Hit Stance!"
"This is the legendary 100 percent hitting stance."
There were exclamations one after another from the audience.
The unshaven middle-aged man looked at everything around him in amazement.
It's just a bluff, is it necessary for people around to be so surprised?
Unlike middle-aged people, the scouts of several big teams in the stands had dollar signs $ in their eyes.
'Big star!'
Every move affects the emotions of the audience.
'Whoever can sign him will definitely make a fortune.'
Several scouts in the draft have this consensus. It would take two years for them to compete for Sawamura, so laying the groundwork first is important.
Ping!
Sawamura, who was in a 100% hitting stance, seemed to have divine help.
He hit the ball that Akutsu threw cleanly.
'I was hit again!'
In the head-to-head fight with Sawamura, Akutsu lost more and won less.
Akutsu himself was bewildered by this opponent that he had the confidence to solve, but lost against him again.
'Is it because I have collected too little information, why do I feel that Sawamura is so much stronger than I expected?'
It is not right to say that he is powerful. Sawamura Eijun's base ability is not much different from what he expected before.
It's just that Sawamura Eijun seems to be able to bring out his own strength better making him more unpredictable.
Sawamura reached first base.
Kominato Ryosuke went to second base, and Miyuki went to third base.
Two Out, full base.
The strong defense of Seihou High School saved their lives, if they hadn't fought hard to get the ball in the infield fast enough, maybe Miyuki would have run right back to home plate.
In Seidou's dugout, Ochiai looked at Akutsu on the mound with a calculating gaze.
'As expected, he that kind of pitcher.'
Although pitchers are the type of players who need strong emotions and brave hearts to be able to pitch on the mound, some oddball pitchers appear from time to time.
They are the kind of pitchers who judge the situation on the field based on cold hard logic alone.
In the face of difficult situations, they are capable of keeping their cool and handling the situation with a calm mind and efficiency, which shows that they are very tough and brave pitchers to deal with, but the truth is actually the opposite.
In short words, they just don't care.
They don't care whether they win against the batter or not, whether they Walk the batter, or lose a hit to the batter.
They only care about winning the game.
These kinds of pitchers usually hard to deal with normal tactics like targeting their favorite pitch because they don't have any.
'Because of that, they appear very hard to deal with. But actually, the solution for this kind of pitcher is very simple.'
'Beat them with power beyond their league!'
"Fourth Batter, first baseman, Yuuki-kun."
'Usually, these kinds of pitchers lack passion, so they don't hone their abilities very much, making them uncommon and an easy target for the Famous Teams, but this Akutsu looks like the exception.'
'Well, not for long.' Ochiai thought with a smile.
"Yuuki!"
"Yuuki!"
The audience, who supported Seidou High School, cheered loudly for Tetsuya who had been Walked for three consecutive rounds before.
They had long been looking forward to Tetsuya's duel with the Asura.
Now their chance has finally come!
'Continue Walking him?'
Right now, Hirahara reluctantly called a timeout and ran to the pitcher's mound to discuss countermeasures with Akutsu.
Originally, according to the plans of Akutsu, it was to always Walk Yuuki every time.
Akutsu gave his partner a blank look.
"If we Walk him right now, we have no hope of winning!"
Seihou High School had no choice but to choose to face Yuuki head-on.
And the next moment became the dividing point between the victory and defeat of the game.
In the face of Akutsu's sharp but not-so-unique Slider, Tetsuya swung his bat unhesitantly
PANG!
The ball was launched like a rocket until it reached the back fence of the field.
Yuuki won the super long hit.
Miyuki, Ryosuke, and Sawamura ran back to home plate one after another.
Seidou High School scored three Runs in one swoop.
Akutsu's previous choice was not wrong, and he couldn't deal with Yuuki with his pitching.
Although it was amazing for a logical pitcher to have skills at this level, it was not enough to deal with batters at the level of Yuuki Tetsuya.
3:0!
With this, the game is sealed.
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