In the second half of the eighth inning, Seidou High School attacked!
The brass band played the song 'Train Train'.
The cheerleaders who went with the second and third string in Seidou High School started cheering in earnest.
At this moment, time seems to be frozen.
Fans who are familiar with baseball know that the final decisive stage of this game is coming.
After Nanami threw 107 pitches, he was facing the line of Seidou for the fourth time.
"First Pitch, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."
Kuramochi was the first to stand on the strike zone. His eyes seemed to glow.
Previously, Coach Kataoka gave them tasks before they played.
"The opponent's pitcher has thrown 107 balls so far. Right now, his physical strength should have reached the limit.
Even if he has not reached the limit, there must be a big gap in his current ball power and speed compared with the beginning.
According to The general logic, we should continue to drain him until the pitcher is completely defeated. But this pitcher is not the only one in Hoshiryu High School, their backup fastball pitcher is also very troublesome."
"So, don't bother dragging the count in this inning! Give full play to our own strength, defeat the opponent with your own batting, and score as many points as possible, do you understand?"
"Yes Sir!"
Coach Kataoka had no problem in commanding this scene.
The fighting spirit of the Players is also very high.
Under such circumstances, it was the fourth round of Seidou High School's lineup.
Kuramochi, who is number one, is the offensive trigger of Seidou High School. His primary duty is to get to the base.
'The Coach has said so, this time we have to go to base no matter what!'
After making up his mind, Kuramochi was not holding back, aiming for the first ball that flew over, he swung decisively.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it bounced high.
Kuramochi's face became extremely ugly.
Nanami's pitch was much faster than he had imagined.
SNAP!
The baseball fell into third baseman Tsuchihara's Mitt, and Kuramochi was solved Out.
After being Out, Kuramochi looked up at the display on the electronic scoreboard.
The speed of the ball is 145 km/h.
Sure enough, the ball is faster!
"It's unlucky!"
Kuramochi muttered in dissatisfaction and walked away from the strike zone.
One Out, no one gets on base
"Second Batter, second baseman, Kominato-kun."
When Kominato Ryosuke stepped into the strike zone, there were bursts of exclamations from the audience in the stands.
Unexpectedly, right now, Nanami's pitching has become more and more sharp.
Even the speed of the ball has obviously improved a grade.
"It's amazing!"
"As expected of the proud son of Nagano, Nanami."
"In this game, if the players from Hoshiryu High School were good, Nanami wouldn't have pushed so harshly."
The audience was chattering.
The unshaven middle-aged man in the corner sneered at the corners of his mouth as he listened to the discussions of the people around him.
"You guys, you really don't know anything."
On the Press Box.
"What did you say?" Owada Akiko asked in surprise.
Beside her, Fujio's expression was very bland.
"I said that Nanami's physical stamina is almost exhausted."
"But, didn't his pitching reach his highest speed just now?" Akiko asked suspiciously.
The corners of Fujio's mouth made a good-natured smile.
"It's because he threw his top speed that I would say that his physical strength should have reached the limit now. No one knows this better than Nanami on the pitching mound. Because he knows his own his stamina started to fail, so he deliberately increased his pitching power…"
Increased pitching power!
The answer was bigger than Fujio told her before, Nanami's physical strength was starting to fail, and she was puzzled.
"Could it be that Nanami Haruka didn't do his best when he pitched the ball?"
Fujio glanced at his partner as if looking at an idiot.
"There are many types of pitchers, but most pitchers need to practice both ball control and ball speed. The two are mutually important. The more you pitch the ball with all your strength and increase the ball speed, the harder it is to control the ball…"
After explaining the relationship between a pitcher's ball speed and ball control, Fujio looked at Nanami Haruka and said.
"Just now, Nanami Haruka, probably because he knew that his physical stamina was starting to fail, so he unconsciously used too much power. That is to say, now he has no way to guarantee his control of the ball…"
To Akiko hearing these words, it was almost like listening to words from a baseball expert.
Even after Fujio finished speaking, she didn't fully understand what it meant.
But in conclusion, she knew.
Nanami Haruka is afraid that he will collapse before the end of the game.
Even the Players of Seidou High School know this clearly.
When Kominato Ryosuke stood on the strike zone, he reminded himself.
'We can't continue to entangle, we must hurry to score, if we don't score, the pitcher will be replaced.'
Ping!
After a little entanglement with two balls, Ryosuke chose a sweeter ball and hit the ball directly.
After the white ball was hit, it landed in the guard's gap.
Ryosuke took the opportunity to get to first base.
One Out, runner at first base!
It's Sawamura's turn at bat.
In a previous duel, Sawamura hit a home run.
In the face of such an opponent, whether it is Hosho or Nanami, they are very careful.
Because it was difficult to control the ball accurately, Nanami had to throw all the pitches to the corners.
Sawamura worked hard to distinguish between Strikes and Balls and then hit the ball that entered the strike zone.
To be honest, for Sawamura, this is really not an easy job.
It can even be said that it is too difficult!
Now Nanami can no longer accurately control the ball where he wants to throw.
Even if Sawamura knew about him and Hosho before, there was nothing he could do.
Even if he had guessed what kind of ball Hosho and Nanami wanted to throw, it might not have been in that position.
'I hate playing against opponents who don't have good control!'
For the result in front of him, Sawamura Eijun could only grit his teeth secretly.
Try hard to find opportunities.
But this opportunity, he did not wait for in the end.
"BALL!"
"BALL!"
"Walk to Base!!!"
After struggling with a few balls, Sawamura Eijun managed to pick the Four Balls and was sent to base.
By this time, Nanami Haruka's total pitch count had exceeded 120.
He has run out of fuel…
"Announcing of changing players in Hoshiryu…"
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T/N: In Japanese, Nanami 七海 means Seven Seas.
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