"Seidou!"
"Seidou!!"
The fans at the scene, being ardent supporters of Seidou High School, were brimming with enthusiasm.
"Amazing!"
"It's so exciting!"
Consider revisiting the recent events. Observing the past duel from the viewpoint of a passerby adds an extra layer of excitement to the experience.
In that short dozen seconds, the two sides had a wonderful duel. Whether it was Seidou High School or Hoshiryu High School, they all showed extremely high standards and skills.
From the spectators' perspective, the clash between the two contenders was a bewildering spectacle. It wasn't until the dust settled and the duel concluded that the audience could replay the events in their minds, finally appreciating the brilliance of the encounter.
A wonderful starting point should start with Okuchi's bunt.
There were no Outs at the time, there was someone at second base. Okuchi tried to use a bunt to help Matsumoto on second base and advance to third base.
The spectators were on the edge of their seats, utterly captivated by Hosho Okuchi's thrilling performance. In their eyes, it was clear that Okuchi was bracing for an epic showdown with Tanpa, ready to face the challenge with enthusiasm.
But it was obvious that Okuchi had fooled them, but he had not fooled the catcher Chris of Seidou High School. Chris quickly saw through his plan and directed his teammates to advance to the defense.
Next is the start of the exciting duel!
Contrary to expectations, Hosho, whom Chris had seemingly figured out, was not easily dispatched. In a surprising twist during their duel, it was actually Hosho Okuchi who emerged victorious.
Relying on a stroke of Luck, he knocked the ball forward. Although he himself was quickly blocked Out, his strategic purpose was achieved, and Matsumoto was walked to third base.
One Out, runner at third base!
In this scenario, Hoshiryu stands a great chance of evening the score. With runners on third and Outs to spare, a baseball team has a treasure trove of offensive strategies at their disposal.
Pitchers face more than just Batters at this point.
Just as it seemed Hoshiryu's streak of good fortune was set to last, fate took an unexpected turn with another accident.
Although they can't figure out why?
However, Once Seidou High School's fielders switched up their defense, the Hoshiryu High School batter found himself in a pickle. Bunting was off the table, so he had no choice but to face Seidou's pitchers in a direct showdown.
Then the batter hit an easy long hit and was picked up by Sawamura.
Originally, everyone thought that the duel had come to an end here. Unexpectedly, it was not over yet, and in the short three seconds that followed, a more thrilling thing was happening.
Sawamura almost fell because of his unsteady center of gravity. The runner of Hoshiryu High School did not miss this opportunity and directly ran to steal the home base.
Seizing the moment, Sawamura Eijun shifted his weight to anchor his center of gravity before deftly passing the ball with a well-trained stunt.
The sequence of clashes was so intense it could make heads spin. It was only when the dust settled after the epic showdown that everyone had the chance to relish the moment. And that's when it hit them – they were all drenched in a surprise sweat without them knowing!
So exciting!
The strategies of both parties are interconnected, and it is only at the final announcement of the results that the winner and loser become known.
On the Press Box, The reporter Fujio Mine, who is familiar with Sawamura's character, has seen much more than the average audience.
What the audience sees is always just superficial things. And Fujio, combined with his knowledge of the players on both sides, saw something deeper.
For example, Sawamura's 'unsteady center of gravity'!
That's obviously a trick.
"The players of Hoshiryu High School didn't see it coming, they were deceived like this."
After listening to Fujio's analysis, Owada Akiko said with a smile.
Fujio resisted the urge to roll his eyes and ignored his partner.
Who is he kidding?
The recent showdown between the two teams was nothing short of a high school baseball epic. The final scorecard read like a dramatic overture, with Hoshiryu being double-played.
However, it is clear that it wasn't a case of Hoshiryu lacking skills, rather, it was the Seidou High School players flexing their overwhelming strength on the field!
Chris had to analyze it accurately, Sawamura Eijun's superb acting skills, and the perfect cooperation of the last two people.
Playing against these two talented players, the runner at third base in Hoshiryu High School is obviously not enough.
Of course, It wasn't just catcher Chris and Sawamura Eijun that caught the eye in this matchup just now.
The most important thing is the pitcher!
The opponent is Hoshiryu the dark horse that was full of surprises, and he pitched five innings and only lost one point. The most important thing is that he still took the opportunity to survive the core line of Hoshiryu.
In this way, at least he will have no problem holding on for another inning.
Five innings, one point lost.
In the quarterfinals of Koshien, he had such a performance. Tanpa Koichiro's reputation will definitely rise after this game…
The game continues.
In the second half of the fifth inning, Seidou High School attacked.
"Eighth Batter, outfielder, Shiratsu-kun."
Right now, it was just the turn of the eighth batter Shiratsu to hit the field.
It was right now that Seidou High School had a relatively large free time for the first time, and Chris could share the information he detected with everyone.
Chris had just finished the attack before, and immediately went on the field to defend, there was no time to tell everyone.
"Nanami's pitch is very strange!"
Here Chris has just spoken, and Shiratsu has been resolved on the field.
Ping!
The white ball bounced off the ground after being hit, was caught by shortstop Oda, and then passed to first base.
"OUT!"
Shiratsu was banned from the play.
One Out, no one gets on base!
The speed of the solution was beyond the imagination of everyone at Seidou High School.
After entering Koshien, there were not many hits against the steady Shiratsu. But this is not to say that he did not make any contribution to Seidou High School's offense.
On the contrary, in the days when he didn't get a hit before, Shiratsu's contribution was not small at all.
His mission is very similar to that of the second batter Kominato Ryosuke.
The most important task is to be responsible for depleting pitchers' count and collecting information.
This batter is also doing auxiliary work, so of course he is not very eye-catching at ordinary times.
But that doesn't mean that auxiliary work isn't important.
He has always been one of the important fighting forces of Seidou High School.
Now such an important combat power, was solved with one ball?
The players of Seidou High School, of course, couldn't help but be surprised.
Chris, who was about to introduce Nanami Haruka's information just now, flashed a sharp light in his eyes.
"Here we go!"
"What?"
Sawamura was so surprised by his Shisho that he asked subconsciously.
"The true face of Nanami's pitching, high-speed Shuuto!"
Shuuto, or high-speed Shuuto?
Everyone looked at Chris in surprise.
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