"Second Batter, catcher, Enjou-kun."
The situation was one Out, no one got on base, and it was Renji's turn to attack.
Renji still had that easygoing expression, wearing glasses and looking very gentle. Even if he had just been seen through by Sawamura before and lost a hit. Now facing Sawamura, he is still indifferent, and you can't see the slightest discouragement in his mood.
The game reached the seventh inning and the score was still 0:0. But this does not mean that there is no advantage or disadvantage between the two sides, and it is impossible to see who has a higher rate of winning.
Although no one has scored points, the difference in hits between the two sides is huge. So far, Seidou High School has scored quite a few hits, not counting those who were blocked in the middle of the game, a full four effective hits pushed the line.
To put it bluntly, until now, the reason why Seidou High School has not scored, in addition to Komadai's tenacious defense is that the luck of Seidou High School is indeed a little bad.
Two good scoring opportunities, both of which ended in vain.
Compared with Seidou High School, Komadai Fujimaki High School is much worse.
Up to now, the players of Fujimaki have not won any effective hits from Sawamura's hands, not even a single base.
Seidou High School didn't score, so it could be said that it was bad luck and the time had not come. Komadai Fujimaki High School is hopeless at all…
The game fell into a weird stalemate. Most people at the scene believed that Seidou High School would win in the end. Not only the audience at the scene but also millions of baseball fans who were standing in front of the TV and online media, The vast majority think so too.
They knew that the final winner would definitely be Seidou High School, and it would depend on the timing and when it appeared.
The players of Seidou High School are confident to win this opportunity and finally seize it. Therefore, even if it is a draw, the players of Seidou High School can hold on to it.
On the contrary, the players of Komadai High School are not so calm. They were also caught in this deadlock, struggling in vain.
As long as there is no way to get a hit from Sawamura Eijun, This predicament will stay with them until they fail.
'The only way to solve the current predicament is to get points from Sawamura Eijun as soon as possible, and at least one hit.'
No one knows this better than the players of Komadai.
But it is easier said than done, If you want to drag down Sawamura and get hits from his hands, strength alone is not enough, and you need a little luck.
On the strike zone, Renji calmly prepared to swing and looked at Sawamura with a pair of casual eyes.
He knew very well what kind of mean Sawamura would use to deal with him next.
'Moving ball!'
This is actually not difficult to guess at all, and you don't need to be smart to guess. Right now, the people from Seidou High School had probably already guessed their plans too and had a premonition of the direction of the game.
If there are no big surprises in this game, it is very likely that a playoff will be played.
They really couldn't do anything about Sawamura Eijun's pitching. The Dai-Maou who haunted them like a nightmare in middle school will continue his journey in high school.
In the same way, the players of Seidou High School also had no good way to face the firepower of Hongou who had just entered the field.
At least in a short time, they have no certainty of winning consecutive hits and scoring points from their Hongou.
In this way, the probability of playing a play-off is very high.
Unlike Hongou, who just played, Sawamura has pitched several innings in a row before, and his physical exertion is much greater than that of Hongou.
So he couldn't maintain the previous strikeout rhythm, the pitching rhythm continued, and Sawamura Eijun's physical strength couldn't last until the end of the game, let alone play extra games.
In order to adjust the rhythm, Sawamura Eijun Will definitely use the Moving ball a lot. He will never resume his previous rhythm until someone hits the base.
This is an opportunity for the players at Komadai Fujimaki High School.
Compared with Sawamura Eijun's Moving ball with a small break, the one with the obvious break in the ball path is really dangerous.
But with the normal Moving ball, luck is also a big part of the duel.
It's just that this opportunity is not easy to seize.
If they play Moving balls and need luck. The problem now is that they don't know if they have this luck.
At the very least, Renji didn't know if he had such luck.
Fortunately, his nature is indifferent, and he doesn't force anything. As long as he does everything he can do, there is nothing to regret.
So he chose the biggest bat they had, which was a metal bat because the tip was wider and easier to hit the Moving ball.
On the other hand, when he was attacking, he consciously moved forward, but it was not particularly obvious.
Sawamura Eijun's pitch has its own characteristics, and the ball begins to break when it enters the batter's hand.
This means that the ball is an ordinary Straight ball before it enters the batter's hand.
'All is ready except for the opportunity!'
After making all the preparations that could be done, Renji stood on the strike zone, staring at Sawamura, waiting for the baseball in his hand to be thrown.
Sawamura Pitched!
Although Chris-senpai had already discovered Renji's preparations, they didn't care too much.
Against baseball bats with wide tips, if the Moving ball doesn't work, use the Moving ball Kai instead.
It also starts to break after entering the batter's hand, but the break of the Moving ball Kai is much larger than that of the ordinary Moving ball!
Sawamura Eijun is confident that Renji will be solved by the Moving ball Kai.
It's just a pity that he miscalculated!
There is at least a 90% probability of his Moving ball Kai breaking, which is much larger than that of ordinary Moving balls.
It's a pity that he happened to see the 10% now.
There has not been much break in the Moving ball Kai. Faced with such a result, Renji, who has been waiting in the strike zone for a long time, will naturally not let it go.
Ping!
He hit the ball very cleanly and landed right behind Sawamura. That is the position of the second base. After the ball landed, it was about to fly to the outfield.
Sawamura on the pitcher's mound sank.
To be honest, he really didn't want to, and now it's reached this point, there was no way. Once Renji got to base, he would have to go all out to deal with the next few batters, and he couldn't let the players from Komadai Fujimaki High School take this opportunity to score points.
Seidou High School will need to fight back hard!
The Moving ball is just that eccentric. Even the pitcher can't fully predict the break in the Moving ball. The ball may have a very small to non-existent break, and naturally, it is possible to throw a sweet ball that is easy to hit.
There are so many uncertainties!
Just when Sawamura was secretly getting himself ready to go all out.
The small ball that was hit was stopped by someone who appeared from the end of his vision.
This guy is really agile, and it was not until he caught the baseball that everyone realized, who is he.
Kuramochi!
The shortstop of Seidou High School did not allow the white ball to pass through the defense area of the second baseman.
"Ryo-san!"
After throwing the ball, Kuramochi didn't even lift his head, just shouted and threw the ball forward.
In front of the baseball, a short figure was there, caught the ball in his bare hand, and passed it to first base in one go.
SNAP!
"OUT!"
"Seidou's Steel Wall!"
"It is indeed the most reliable Keystone Duo of Seidou High School."
The perfect cooperation between Kuramochi and Ryosuke helped Eijun to overcome this crisis.
Sawamura himself was of course very happy and thanked them loudly.
"You stinky brat, do you think this uncle standing here to get a sunbath."
In this regard, Kuramochi-kun is completely indifferent.
Instead, it was Ryosuke, whose tone was unprecedentedly gentle.
"Don't put all the pressure on yourself, don't forget, you also have teammates. We are behind you, so feel free to pitch."
Hearing Kominato Ryosuke's words, Sawamura remembered his earlier words.
'Yeah, those are not some weak team, but the Champion candidates, and my teammates!'
'Damn it, why am I getting this worried. I have these amazing guys behind me.'
He is not the only one who wants to win, everyone on this team does.
And they CAN win.
"And We will win!" Sawamura's eye was full of fire and confidence.
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