"It's beautiful!"
For viewers who have just watched Sawamura's home run, this hit is at best the icing on the cake.
But for those professional scouts, they saw something deeper in the hit.
When the opponent is about to be shaken, it is very important to be able to give the opponent a fatal blow.
The role of the fourth Batter is interpreted differently by different people and different teams.
But one thing is recognized by everyone, that is, the fourth Batter of the team is the most reliable Batter in the team.
In a professional baseball team, a player who can be called the most reliable Batter must be a player who knows how to play his strength at a critical moment.
Just like Yuuki, he obviously knows when he should show his strength.
As far as the hit just now is concerned, it is definitely much more secure than taking the risk of hitting a home run, and the damage to the opponent is much greater.
Nanami Haruka was hit consecutively after being hit with a home run.
Such a situation has indeed shaken the confidence of Hoshiryu players.
The situation was one Out and the runner on the second base.
"This is not good!"
At the catcher's position, Hosho constantly observed the batter currently playing and Yuuki on the second base.
Yuuki Tetsuya is already in a scoring position, as long as one of the fifth or sixth batters after that has a single hit.
Then Seidou High School will definitely get extra points.
You know, the score of 3:1 and the score of 4:1 are completely different concepts.
The score gap is two points or less, and the team has a high chance of reversing. For example, if the gap between the two sides is only one point, at the last moment, the probability of the defeated team reversing is as high as 1/3.
Two points behind, the probability of the final reversal is not small.
But it is rare to be able to reverse at the last minute after being behind by three points.
If Sawamura Eijun were standing on the pitcher's mound of Seidou High School, the players of Hoshiryu would not even have such an unrealistic delusion, but the pitcher standing on the pitcher's mound of Seidou High School is not Sawamura.
This means that they still have hope of reversal.
The carelessness of Seidou is their business and has nothing to do with Hoshiryu.
Of course, that's when the score doesn't go beyond three points. Once the score is more than three points, Seidou High School definitely has enough time to stop the situation from turning around.
In the worst case, when they lead by three points when you get two points, Seidou High School has enough time to come and make substitutions.
'The score couldn't be bigger!'
The two remaining batters from Seidou High School had to be dealt with.
In the rest area of Hoshiryu, Hosho Ryuki thought exactly the same as his son.
He also played the sign for the players in Hoshiryu High School and had to get the number of Outs.
On the other side, in the rest area of Seidou High School.
Superintendent Kataoka held his two hands, and his eyes with sunglasses were firmly locked on the field.
The score on the field was 3-1, with one Out and a runner at second base.
As far as the current situation is concerned, there are not many tactics that Seidou High School can choose.
The safest course of action is nothing more than a normal hit.
As long as there is a single hit, Seidou High School will get extra points.
The players of Hoshiryu High School must also know this point, whatever happens, they will never let Seidou High School get additional points right now.
In this case, the final blow must be given to the players of Hoshiryu High School.
Coach Ochiai was also looking at the players on the field of Seidou High School.
When he saw Isashiki who got to the Box, he was obviously stunned.
To be honest, he thought Seidou High School had little chance right now.
After all, he has been collaborating with Coach Kataoka for almost two months.
In the past two months, he gradually gained a certain understanding of his boss, but there are still some things that he still can't understand.
For example, the arrangement of the line after the fourth Batter!
If Ochiai was the one to call the shots, he would never put Isashiki Jun in the fifth hole.
In his mind, now Seidou High School's ideal fifth batter should be Chris.
Although he knew that in the days before, Chris had been injured.
But after returning from injury, his performance in the team was much more dazzling than Isashiki's.
Considering Sawamura's high on-base percentage, it would be much better to have a solid Batter like Chris behind them.
Compared with Chris, Isashiki seems to be a little too active…
Not calm enough.
If it was his call, Isashiki must be placed in the lower position in the line. He looks reckless, but maybe he can get a hit and give the opponent a blow, which is also a very important feature.
Such a Batter, placed in the lower line, can definitely play to his strengths.
However, such a Batter is placed at the core of the line. In addition to him stopping the line from connecting and being twice as energetic as others, Coach Ochiai really can't see any other characteristics.
'It looks like I need to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Coach Kataoka.' Ochiai thought to himself.
Just when the two sides were thinking and each had their own plans, the players on the field also made moves.
Yuuki who originally stayed at second base, moved towards third base very purposefully.
This time, these guys from Hoshiryu were stunned.
"How haughty!" Hosho looked amused.
Nanami and him had shown their containment skills before.
Even Kuramochi, who was very fast, couldn't even steal bases under Nanami's nose, not to mention that Yuuki's speed was definitely not fast enough.
It would be a miracle if he succeeded in stealing a base under his and Nanami's noses.
Right now, he had already decided that Yuuki would never steal bases right now. The main reason why he left the second base and moved toward third base was just to distract Nanami's attention. And distract him from concentrating on fighting with the batter.
"It's really uneasy guys."
Seeing through the 'sinister intentions' of the Yuuki, Hosho Okuchi ignored him but gave Nanami a sign to concentrate on dealing with the batter.
Nanami nodded slightly on the pitcher's mound and threw the baseball in his hand.
Hosho also deliberately glanced at the Yuuki at the second base.
Unsurprisingly, the Captain of Steel stayed at second base unmoved, with no intention of moving.
It's just strange that Isashiki Jun, who likes to swing the bat at the first ball, doesn't swing the bat right now.
He watched calmly as the white ball flew into Hosho's open Mitt.
SNAP!
"STRIKE!"
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