Isashiki is acting very abnormal, he is not swinging at the first ball, and Hosho also understands why.
Just as their opponents are bent on preventing Seidou High School from scoring additional points, the Seidou players are surely concocting schemes to rack up the scoreboard. It's a strategic tug-of-war where every point is a battle won!
Now that runner is at second base, there is no way to choose the method of forced score in sequence to Walk Yuuki back to home plate.
When Isashiki swings, naturally he can't be as casual as before.
He must be trying to pick an easy pitch and use it to get a hit!
'I'm sorry, there will be no such pie in the sky, and there will be no hits.'
Hosho Okuchi didn't hesitate and continued to give Nanami a sign.
On the pitcher's mound, Nanami nodded.
Although it seemed to them to be superfluous, Nanami Haruka deliberately turned his head and stared at Yuuki.
Eye pinning him.
Then he opened up the stance, ready to throw the ball.
During this process, in fact, in the minds of Hosho and Nanami, no one believed that Yuuki would try to steal.
The catcher passes to third base much closer than to second base.
Given Yuuki's speed, his success rate for stealing from first to second base is not high, let alone the even more challenging feat of stealing third base from second.
Next, a very incredible scene happened!
Even when they saw it for the first time, the audience was stunned. They didn't understand why the Yuuki would do that.
Yuuki is trying to steal a base!
At the same time that Nanami Haruka started to throw the ball, Yuuki started stealing bases one step ahead.
In the stands, several professional baseball scouts invariably widened their eyes.
"Too reckless!"
One of them hesitated.
He didn't understand the thought of Yuuki, but Hoshiryu's Catcher was obviously very wary of the stealing bases of the Yuuki. right now, he was forcing his way to steal bases, which meant that he was sending Outs to them.
"But I have to say, he chose the timing really well!" Another scout said.
Despite Yuuki stealing base looking a bit reckless, the timing of stealing the base he chose was very good, and the moment Nanami turned his head, he began to accelerate.
He predicted that Nanami had no plan to contain him.
In terms of timing alone, Yuuki's choice is flawless.
In the position of catcher, Hosho originally focused his energy on Nanami's pitching, but he suddenly realized that the surrounding voices seemed to be very different.
Looking up in amazement, he saw Isashiki swinging his bat.
Swing?
Now?
Hosho was a little stunned, even though Isashiki's performance had not been very good. However, his strength is still high, ordinarily, the timing should not be judged so badly.
No, not right!
Suddenly, Nanami Haruka's brain seemed to explode, and he looked in the direction of second base in horror.
But there is no Yuuki!
Steal?
After hesitating for a few tenths of a second, Hosho reacted.
'Does he dare?'
Okuchi's question was destined to be answered by no one.
And the reality is that it is daring to achieve, and it has been done.
He ran to third base very quickly.
SNAP!
Turning around, Hosho received the ball. right now, Isashiki Jun, who was swinging in full swing, just blocked his sight.
Hosho had to step back and pass the ball.
But when the pass reached third base, it was obviously a step too late.
"SAFE!"
Tetsuya had a thrilling run to third base.
How lucky!
Right now, all the players and supporters of Hoshiryu High School couldn't help but spit out dirty words in their minds.
Does that work?
Could it be that luck has completely abandoned Hoshiryu?
In the rest area of Seidou, the Players were also surprised and delighted.
"Good job, Captain!"
"Awesome!"
"A new way of stealing bases."
In the Press Box, Akiko Owada watched in disbelief at Yuuki who went to base safely.
"Is this all right?"
Even if she didn't know much about baseball, she knew that stealing bases was hard. Among the players who are in Seidou, Yuuki can't be said to be slow, but he can't be considered fast either.
It's incredible to be able to steal bases in this way.
"The reason why Yuuki-kun was able to get to the base is that Hosho and Nanami had preconceived the idea that he would not steal a base!"
There is a difference between a prepared response and an unprepared improvised response.
The total reaction time may be only a few tenths of a second off.
But in baseball, even a fraction of a second can be deadly.
In the rest area of Hoshiryu, disbelief sparked in Hosho Ryuki's eyes.
When Nanami turned his head and stared at Yuuki, Yuuki had seen through it, and knew that Nanami would wouldn't restrain him!
'These guys decide for themselves whether to steal bases or not?'
And Isashiki's reaction was just to give a cover for Yuuki's steal.
"These guys!"
Even though he had a lot of talented star players under him, this disparity still shocked Ryuki.
The play freedom of the Seidou players was significantly higher than that of the players from Hoshiryu.
One Out, runner at third base!
The next process is like rehearsing countless times.
Nanami Haruka threw the ball, and Isashiki swung the bat and knocked the ball.
Yuuki ran to home plate while Nanami Haruka pitched the ball.
Hit and run plus forced scoring.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it bounced to the ground.
One step ahead Yuuki of in stealing bases, he ran back to home plate before the players from Hoshiryu High School caught the ball.
"Safe!"
Seidou High School scored the fourth point, and at the same time widened the gap to three points.
With three innings remaining, unless Seidou suddenly collapses, they are already guaranteed to win.
SNAP!
"OUT!"
Isashiki is Out.
Two Outs, no one on base.
When Yuuki returned to the rest area, Isashiki also came back.
"You scared me to death, how did you know they didn't want to contain you?"
This question has troubled Isashiki and he still can't figure it out.
"Intuition!" Yuuki said.
In fact, Yuuki did not all lie. Nanami's eyes gave him a feeling of bluffing. That's when he decided to steal bases.
Total score 4:1!
After Masuko was Out, the inning came to the back end.
In the seventh game, Hoshiryu attacked.
Right now, Hoshiryu was on the verge of collapse.
In the rest area of Seidou High School.
Before going on the field, Coach Kataoka looked at Furuya and Kawakami who were looking at him with fiery eyes, and finally set his eyes on Furuya.
"Furuya you are going!"
"Yes!"
"Notification of the change of players from Seidou High School, Furuya Satoru will replace Tanpa! Re-broadcasted once again, notification of the change of players from Seidou High School…"
In the first half of the seventh inning, while Seidou High School was on the defense, Tanpa, who had performed almost perfectly before, was replaced.
Through this game, Tanpa is enough to be among the top pitchers in the country, and his future will be brighter.
In the rest area of Hoshiryu, For Seidou's sudden action, Hosho Ryuki was already somewhat taken aback.
"No matter who the opponent is, our goal remains the same, and we must score points in this inning."
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