Whoosh!
The white ball seemed to have life, and it kept drilling to the top of the plate.
When they realized that Ryosuke Kominato Ryosuke's Dynamic Vision could completely distinguish between Strikes and Balls, Hosho Ryuki and Nanami Haruka also knew that it was completely unrealistic to use Balls to trick Kominato Ryosuke into swinging.
In this way, their choice is simple, either Walk Kominato Ryosuke to first base with four Balls, or fight with Kominato Ryosuke in the strike zone.
This choice is extremely simple.
Nanami Haruka threw Strikes without hesitation.
His pitching momentum is amazing, and the rhythm is even more frightening.
It seems that there is no preparation time for the batter at all.
Standing on the strike zone, the white ball seemed to have life and was extremely flexible.
Kominato Ryosuke's lips curled into a chilly crescent.
He stared at the flying baseball without blinking, making precise calculations in his mind.
From the angle of this ball, it is not easy to hit the ball accurately out of bounds, whether it is aimed at a Straight ball or at a fast Shuuto.
'In this case, if you want to hit the ball accurately out of bounds, the safest way is to aim at the bottom of the baseball and swing the bat!'
Ping!
The bat hit the lower part of the flying baseball, and the baseball rubbed the bat and flew over the catcher and umpire.
"FOUL!"
The referee in charge of announcing the result was dumbfounded. He thought the ball was flying towards him.
'This shit is too scary!'
Subconsciously tightening the protective equipment on his head, the referee swallowed hard after announcing the results.
Another foul ball!
The count is two Strikes and two Balls, it seems that the batter is being chased.
But neither the audience at the scene nor the players on both sides of the game thought that it was Kominato Ryosuke who was being chased.
On the contrary, they all think that the one who is being chased is the battery of Nanami and Hosho.
In the stands, Kanemaru and Toujou are not the only friends who come to Koshien to cheer for Seidou High School.
All the players from the Second String and the Third String, all present, they were in the center of the cheerleaders and the brass band that was playing 'Cutie Honey' with more intensity than usual!
The Maezono had a smile on his face.
"Seeing the opponent being forced to throw so many more balls, is bizarrely refreshing."
"Kominato-senpai! Fight!"
"Keep it up and let the pitchers throw more Pitches."
Not only the Players in the stands were excited, but so were the players in the rest area.
As far as the strategic intention is concerned, the strategic intention of Seidou High School has been achieved.
Miyuki took a deep look at Kominato Ryosuke on the strike zone.
'Have to say, this is really a troublesome opponent. If we run into such a guy like this, it will probably be a headache.'
Among the pitchers of Seidou High School, if Kominato Ryosuke were determined to choose the Four-Ball, looks like even Sawamura would not dare to say 100% that he would definitely be able to solve him.
"The ball's speed hovers in the low 140s, and its power isn't exactly earth-shattering. Yet, it boasts a fine quality that doesn't quite push beyond Ryo-san's reach. For the opponent, tackling Ryo-san is no walk in the park." Miyuki smiled wryly.
"Not necessarily, maybe the opponent is just like the previous Akutsu, who directly chooses to Walk Ryo-san," Kuramochi said.
After he finished speaking, he found that the faces of the Players around him were very strange.
'Wouldn't it be better if he Walked him? Isn't it also an effective hit.'
Honestly, placing themselves in Nanami's shoes, they would surely experience a twinge of discomfort in their hearts.
When encountering an opponent like Kominato Ryosuke, they can only admit that they are unlucky.
In the on-deck circle, Sawamura Eijun didn't hear Kuramochi's remarks. If he heard it, he would definitely laugh.
Nanami Haruka is different from Akutsu!
For such a proud man, being asked to lower his head and intentionally Walk the batter is a fate worse than death. It's like asking a peacock to trade its feathers for a chicken suit
Unless it really can't be done, Nanami Haruka will temporarily abandon his arrogance for the sake of the whole.
As long as he has the possibility to solve the opponent, he will never give in!
No matter how many balls Kominato Ryosuke and Nanami Haruka face off with, Nanami Haruka will not take the initiative to Walk Kominato Ryosuke.
Just as everyone was talking, eight more balls were thrown on the field.
So far, Kominato Ryosuke and Nanami Haruka have been entangled with 14 balls.
In this scene not only was dumbfounded by the audience Koshien, but even the guys watching the game who were eating instant noodles in front of the TV opened their mouths and let the instant noodles drip onto the table.
"Oh My God!"
"Is this guy really human?"
In the stands of the stadium, several professional scouts kept staring at their notes, wishing they could make a hole in the notes.
So far, Nanami has thrown a full 78 balls!
On the surface, there is nothing particularly striking about this count. But those who know Nanami know that Nanami has already passed his peak performance count right now.
He has over 70 pitches!
The next pitches after 70 are down in performance by a notch every 15 pitches.
After lowering two notches in a row, Nanami will reach around 80% of the level of the peak performance, and it is time to be ready for the rain of hits.
70 balls, 100 balls, 130 balls!
These three ball counts are like three barriers or stages for the pitcher. Although each pitcher is different due to individual differences, the specific number of pitches will also vary.
But no matter how different there are, at most one barrier can be bridged, and it is impossibly hard to bridge two gaps.
No matter how good the stamina is, a pitcher can at most push a 70-ball level to 100-ball. But that won't be the case for 130 Pitches.
If the Ace pitcher can keep a game under 130 pitches, will be called keeping a good rhythm.
If it can be controlled within 100 balls, it is a very good rhythm.
In the previous five innings, Nanami Haruka's pitch count was in the early sixties.
This rhythm is okay. Keeping this rhythm, he will throw about 110 balls by the end of the game.
But now, it's different!
In the second half of the sixth inning, Nanami Haruka still didn't get one Out.
His pitching tally has soared to 78.
78 balls, 15 Outs, an average of more than five balls per Out.
In such a game, Nanami's pitching count will reach 140!
"His pitching rhythm is out of order!"
Of the 78 balls, Kominato Ryosuke entangled 26 of them himself!
More than 1/3 on average.
The layman observes the amusement, the layman perceives the door.
The audience at Koshien and the audience in front of the TV just felt very interesting that Kominato Ryosuke played like this.
But in the eyes of these professional scouts, the meaning is completely different.
"What a Talent!"
They stared at Kominato Ryosuke, and suddenly the light of money appeared in their eyes.
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