Koshien, in the quarter-finals, Seidou High School against Hoshiryu High School in the first half of the seventh inning.
The situation was two Outs with no one on base.
The batter was Nanami, who had hit a home run before.
When Nanami stood on the strike zone, he kept thinking about what Hosho Ryuki told him.
"If you see that the opponent is throwing a Straight ball, then you aim to swing the bat a ball above the Straight ball."
Although Superintendent Hosho was not as cunning as the old man, he was still good at baseball.
Nanami is utterly convinced about the accuracy of the information he's been given.
'Then I will aim a ball above the Straight ball!'
In the position of the catcher, Chris saw Nanami waiting for the ball, and he almost guessed what he was thinking.
'He should be aiming for the Straight ball of Furuya!'
If his partner was changed to another person, Chris would definitely be able to come up with many different ways to deal with Nanami Haruka right now.
As for facing Nanami, whether it can be successfully resolved in the end, Chris can't guarantee it.
But as long as these methods are used, they will firmly occupy the initiative, which is certain.
It's just a pity that his partner is Furuya.
No matter how many plans Chris has in mind, as long as his partner is Furuya, all his plans are meaningless.
If you want to rely on the game call to solve the opponent, the pitcher can at least throw the ball where the catcher asks. This is the foundation.
The problem of Furuya Satoru is that the foundation is insufficient.
In fact, in the past six months, Furuya has made great progress. He was able to accurately throw his sharp Straight ball into the strike zone. Everyone at Seidou High School felt very amazing.
So what is the level of Furuya's ball control now?
Now if you let Furuya throw 10 balls, he's going to have about seven in the strike zone.
That's the level of ball control he has right now.
With this kind of ball control, the strength that the catcher can make use of is very limited. The pitcher can't even guarantee the ball into the strike zone, so what's the point of game-calling?
It's all nonsense~
But even so, the fact that six or seven of the ten pitches were in the strike zone had already stunned some of the Players in Seidou High School.
We will not talk about Furuya who has just entered school. Before participating in Koshien, the opponent could still force Furuya to make four Balls easily. This is not difficult to see his level of ball control at that time!
At that time, Out of his ten balls, he couldn't even guarantee four Pitches into the strike zone.
Even if Chris is his partner, there is no good trick he can use. You can only let him play freely, otherwise, even if he is asked for a certain course, he will not be able to throw there.
Under the hesitation, it will weaken Furuya's own ball power.
To partner with him, it is best to be a qualified ball-catching net.
'Come on! Trust your own pitching and throw it to my Mitt!'
Chris opened his Mitt and worked hard to support his Kohai.
On the pitcher's mound, Furuya still had an expressionless expression on his face, and his action was very suitable as a pitcher.
For a batter, a faceless opponent is always more intimidating.
"It's a good expression!"
Nanami also noticed this, and he muttered in approval.
Then his pair of eyes locked firmly on Furuya on the pitcher's mound.
Fighting against a formidable opponent is always exciting. Nanami has such a feeling now, he feels danger from Furuya.
'This is an opponent worthy of all-out efforts.'
The bat in his hand was raised high, Nanami Haruka looked at Furuya intently, and then he saw Furuya make his stride and throw the ball.
During this process, Furuya was not disturbed by any outside world distractions, and his eyes were extremely cold.
His stride is very large, and it seems that he has lengthened the whole process of accumulating power. It is no wonder that the not burly Furuya can throw such a fastball.
Through the duel, Haruka was able to understand why Furuya Satoru was able to throw the ball so fast.
"Interesting."
Muttering in a low voice, Nanami unceremoniously swung at the flying ball.
Furuya's ball speed is very fast!
He threw a total of six pitches before Nanami's turn.
The first ball reached a high speed of 150 km/h. (93 mph)
Their speed in order was:
151 km/h!(94~ mph)
153 km/h! (95 mph)
150 km/h!
151 km/h!
153 km/h!
In the last ball, it soared to a high speed of 154.5 km/h. (96 mph)
"Furuya!"
"Monster-kun!"
Every ball caused the audience to scream again and again. It was in such an atmosphere that Nanami faced off against Furuya.
The ball was soaring at 150 km/h, and the baseball was thrown from the pitcher's hand to the catcher's Mitt, for a total of half a second.
In the eyes of ordinary people, half a second is the blink of an eye. It is extremely difficult to swing the bat with precision.
But Nanami is different, he has a highly dynamic vision. It was for this reason that his blows surpassed Matsumoto, Hosho, and the others.
And Became the fourth batter of Hoshiryu!
When he was in extreme focus, the ball thrown by Furuya was very slow.
He can even see the direction the baseball is spinning.
'This spin is a Straight ball!'
After calculating the ball path, Nanami Haruka swings the bat decisively.
As Superintendent Hosho said before, he aimed at a ball above the Straight ball.
Ping!
Nanami's swing was very clean.
It's just that the bat only scratched the top of the baseball, and after the small white ball was hit, it bounced directly to the ground.
In the strike zone, Nanami was very embarrassed.
'Sure enough, the Coaches are all liars. There was no need to aim at the two balls above the Straight ball.'
If he was playing normally, it would be difficult to hit a home run with such a heavy ball, but it would be no problem to hit a good hit.
'Now he can only regret it.'
Here we have to explain that there is nothing wrong with Superintendent Hosho's suggestion, nor is Nanami's feeling.
It's just that there's a very nice little misunderstanding at the very end.
Superintendent Hosho's suggestion only applies to ordinary Batters, not to Nanami Haruka.
Ordinary Batters don't have a top-level dynamic vision, so naturally they can't tell the rise of Furuya's pitching.
But Nanami can do it!
He can tell that the ball is floating, so if he aims at a ball above the Straight ball, the result is naturally more tragic.
SNAP!
Shortstop Kuramochi received the ball, passed it to first base, and blocked Nanami from the game.
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange!
In the second half of the seventh inning, Seidou High School attacked.
In the face of Nanami, whose pitch count has soared to the limit, the batter of Seidou High School did not miss the opportunity.
Chris and Shiratsu teamed up and entangled Nanami for fifteen balls!
Let Nanami's pitch count exceed three figures.
In this way, the game came to the eighth inning.
...