Sawamura guessed right, Hirotaka High School will definitely choose to continue using the Moving ball.
This is a problem for Seidou High School. The Moving ball is definitely the most unexpected of all balls! Whether this kind of ball can be hit or not, skill is not necessarily the most important aspect, sometimes luck can also be a big factor.
Is Seidou High School lucky enough?
Sawamura didn't know, and he didn't want to know. Whether the luck of Seidou High School is good or not, it does not mean much to Sawamura, and he does not want to rely on luck to win.
Sawamura's eyes became sharp, and at the same time, he silently made a sign to Shiratsu on the strike zone.
After Shiratsu received the sign, he nodded indistinctly, and then decisively assumed a batting form.
'Bunt?!'
Such a result was obviously beyond the expectations of Hirotaka High School.
Their catcher looked at Shiratsu in amazement, and then at Sawamura, who was ready to steal the base at any time.
'Is this to walk him to the next base?'
'But the ninth batter of Seidou High School is not particularly strong, and bunting with two Outs is useless, so what is the meaning of using the bunt now?'
The catcher's mind started to overload with assumptions.
Until…
'Substitution!'
He knows that in the rest area of Seidou High School, there is still a stack of strong Batters.
There is no need to mention other batters, just Chris is enough to give people a headache.
At this moment, the catcher felt like there was a light cutting through the darkness and enlightening him about the sinister plans of Seidou High School!
'No, I can't let the players of Seidou High School do whatever they want!'
After thinking about it, he motioned his teammates to start changing the defense formation, and the first and third basemen moved forward…
'If Seidou High School wants to use bunts, then let them try and see how it goes for them.'
'Perfect!'
At this moment, the catcher of Hirotaka High School was extremely satisfied.
If he could sabotage Seidou High School's plan and use it against them, he would probably be happy about it for years to come.
'Then give me a Moving ball!'
Of course, the sign remained the same. In fact, apart from the Moving ball, Hirotaka High School couldn't think of any other countermeasures right now.
On the pitcher's mound, Kosuke opened his stance, ready to pitch.
The moment before he opened his stance, Sawamura, who was ready for a while now, ran straight to the third base.
He wasn't as fast as Kuramochi, but his timing was very good.
'As expected!'
The Hirotaka High School catcher who saw him stealing bases was not only not surprised, but he was expecting this.
He had already guessed the plan of Seidou High School. The next development depends on who is faster in his action.
But to his surprise, Shiratsu, who was in a bunt stance, suddenly retracted his bat after Sawamura started running.
'Wait…'
At this moment, the catcher of Hirotaka High School realized that something was wrong.
'Seidou High School may not have thought about bunts and walk runners to third base at all.'
'Their real purpose is to hit and run!'
'Damn, they have deceived me!'
Well, it is just that Hirotaka High School's catcher still hadn't really guessed Sawamura's intentions.
Shiratsu watched the ball and watched standing still as it got into the catcher's Mitt.
SNAP!
"STRIKE!"
The catcher of Hirotaka High School, who caught the ball, was stunned at that time. He didn't understand why Shiratsu didn't swing the bat and hit the ball forward.
'Oh no!'
'Their goal is not to bunt, nor to hit and run, but to simply steal bases!'
"No way?"
Even if it was his own conclusion, the catcher at Hirotaka High School felt very unacceptable.
How dare the members of Seidou High School be so bold and directly use the steal base?
You must know that Sawamura Eijun is not a fast runner like Kuramochi, and his speed is just a little faster than the average player.
'How is this possible!'
No matter how hard it was for the catcher at Hirotaka High School to accept the fact, the fact was the fact.
Sawamura stole the base, and because Hirotaka High School's catcher was slow to respond, Sawamura's stealing base was not even a thrill, and he took the third base bag firmly.
One Out, runner at third base!
"Oh, nice run!"
"Another Cheetah of Seidou!!"
"The timing is also prodigious!!"
After seeing Sawamura Eijun going to base, the stands were also full of delight.
The next thing, as if it was a matter of course, Seidou High School adopted the tactics of forced score.
Shiratsu used a sacrificial bunt to send Sawamura back to home plate.
Seidou High School scored the fifth point, making the total score 5:0.
This score is absolutely guaranteed the win for Seidou. Under such a large gap, there are examples of the lagging side being able to catch up. And no one can say that there is no such thing, but it is a rare and unreliable metric to build hopes on. Any game, unless the level is particularly low, can be used as a classic game study.
With two Outs and no one on base, Sakai hit an infield Pop-fly and was knocked Out.
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.
From Kosuke's full awakening, he began to throw balls with more irregular breaks. Hearing that in the third and fourth innings of the game, he only lost one point in total.
But even so, the scouts from the draft in the stands agreed.
Seidou High School can be said to have pre-booked the championship of this Koshien in advance.
'It is an amazing team!'
'And to think this team didn't reach Koshien for five years.'
Even against the top four teams in Koshien, Seidou can crush them with tyrannical strength.
With this kind of strength, is there any reason not to win the championship?
In the semi-finals of Summer Koshien, by the end of the fourth inning, Seidou High School had already gained a crushing advantage.
5:0!
A five-point lead, needless to say, the opponent is Seidou High School, even if Hirotaka High School were to change their opponent right now, they might not be able to catch up.
For Seidou, the current situation is already a winning ticket.
Coach Kataoka began a drastic adjustment of the team arrangement to get ready for the finals.
The first to be replaced was Sawamura Eijun. Of course, just in case, Sawamura Eijun still did not get out of the field but was replaced to the outfield.
In this way, if the situation is really bad, Sawamura Eijun can return to the pitching mound.
It's not only Seidou that would do this. This is a regular tactic for the three giants in West Tokyo, and all of them do this.
At Inajitsu, even if Narumiya was replaced from the pitcher's mound, he would usually stay on the field as an outfielder. Unless the score gap is particularly large, the Prince will never go off the field.
The same is true of the true for Coach Tahara of the Sankou High School. He will use the rotation between the outfield and the mound.
The most thorough is Seidou High School.
From the beginning of the summer competition until now, Sawamura Eijun has not stayed in the rest area.
The guy is always ready to play.
That's the Ace.
Now that they are leading the score, and considering the subsequent finals, there is no need to let the Ace stay and pitch in the field!
So Coach Kataoka decisively sent someone to replace Sawamura Eijun on the mound.
The second-year pitcher Kawakami Norifumi!
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