In the ninth round, Seido's attack sequence started with the second stick Kominato Ryosuke.
Kataoka Manager looked around at the team's center hitters, "It's already the ninth inning, and there's a high probability that the opponent will start pitching at full strength. How are you adapting?"
"It's very difficult to catch, but after nine consecutive innings, Narumiya Mei will definitely find a flaw in a certain ball, and I will hit it out!" Yuki Captain was targeted throughout the game, and this time he was determined to break that person's pitch.
"Getting used to it."
"Watch me carry a big one for him!"
"Then go, open this door and you will see Koshien." Kataoka said this, but his eyes turned to Dugout in the back. Over there, there was Kōshū who was replenishing water. His sight flashed past, and he turned around again, "Don't be afraid of being out. Choose the ball carefully and play boldly."
"Hi!"*3
"Gudu, Gudu, wow - it's so cool!" Kōshū, who had filled a full glass of water, breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly stretched out a water glass next to him, and the water in the water glass almost overflowed because of this action.
"Furuya, you're the one who deserves the most water, right? Why did you give me the water glass first?" Kataoka Manager left Furuya in the left field, probably because he wanted to cover up. In case Kōshū failed to resist, it is always good to have one more pitcher who can play.
"It doesn't matter what I said. I was in the left field just now and didn't hit a single ball. I've been resting for a long time." Furuya didn't say this in a complimentary tone, but it felt comfortable to hear it.
"Ah, when did you become so good at talking?" Kōshū knocked on Furuya, and finally couldn't resist the gaze of the man next to him who had been there since just now.
"So, what's wrong, Eijun?"
"Brother, do you think I should go warm up now?"
"Huh? You've never been this character, right? What's wrong?" Eijun always rushes out to throw a wave of balls without others telling him. Sometimes I suspect that he only rushes to Bullpen to satisfy his desire to throw.
"Ah, how should I put it, nervousness, yes, if I throw the ball on the sidelines, it will make the opponent nervous, so I should go and warm up."
Kōshū thought about it for a while and probably understood. Eijun, a guy who is very slow most of the time, is unexpectedly sensitive in some places. Maybe he is afraid that being in Bullpen will affect the status of other people in the team?
At this time, the duel between the batter and the pitcher has continued to the third ball. Currently, the number of balls is two good and one bad.
"Bump--" The straight ball came straight from Pitcher's Mound, but turned in the middle and turned towards the outside corner of the batter. Kominato was already being chased by two good balls. This time, he was halfway through the swing and could only barely touch the ball.
148 kilometers, 3 kilometers higher than the fastest speed of Kōshū, and at such a high ball speed, the accuracy still maintains a certain level. Coupled with his sharp Changeup, playing such a ball is almost hellish.
It does make sense to a certain extent that left-handed pitching beats left-handed hitting.
"Bump!" Outside Corner Slider was followed by a straight ball from an inside angle. Kominato failed to hit the sweet spot and the ball bounced toward second base.
"Out!"
Kominato straightened his hitting helmet and said softly to Isashiki: "Narumiya's physical strength is still there, and his ball is still very powerful."
"Tch, what a monster. He pitched until the ninth inning by himself." Isashiki muttered to Batter's Box. After politely greeting him, he arrogantly provoked the other pitcher.
"Two of this man's three at bats resulted in hits. Ming, be careful. There are four bats behind him. You must not accumulate bases before he comes on the field." '
Narumiya Mei nodded cautiously and glanced at First Base Side Seido's strike preparation area. There was a calm man standing there.
For the first ball, Isashiki saw the incoming ball and adjusted his posture to hit it, but the ball was too low and didn't even hit the shadow of the ball.
"Good shot!"
'Tsk, as expected, this guy just faced us, and he didn't even use his full strength. Damn it. 'Isashiki really wished he had struck out the first two times, so as to waste the pitcher's energy.
"Huh——" Narumiya Mei adjusted his breathing. His muscles had been exerted for a whole game. As he breathed, he slowly relaxed and the soreness and fatigue disappeared.
Another ball, Inside Corner Ball, is thrown to the knee position again. Isashiki will swing the bat with all his strength this time. He will be able to catch up with the pitcher's pitching rhythm and hit the edge. Swinging the bat is the same as pitching, and there will be a balance between strength and accuracy. Swing with all your strength. The stick is powerful, but it is difficult to adjust the posture in the middle, and the probability of being struck out will be much higher. It will also be called a big fan, but the advantage is that once it is hit, it will not be small. Depending on the arm strength, Home Run is also possible.
"Foul Ball!"
Harada glanced at the hitter next to him, and could clearly detect the anxiety in him. Or was it because of the hitter's personality?
'Come on, Ming, finally strike him out with this ball! '
For the next ball, Narumiya Mei adjusted his grip on the ball in his glove, which was a Forkball. He wanted to drop it from a high place to the edge of the bad zone. After seeing several low balls, the hitter must have thought that he was waiting for a high ball that was missed. At this time, he would be lured out of the bat by this ball, "Miyabi, you are also very insidious sometimes." '
Sweat flowed down his face and down his neck. He had only thrown a few shots, but he was forced to do this by the weather and the situation.
Narumiya Mei suppressed a strong force in his heart and put all the shouts he could not burst into this ball.
On Batter's Box, Isashiki saw the White Shadow coming, 'Yoshi, did you miss the shot?! ' Before he had time to think, he instinctively swung the bat out, but the ball dropped beautifully before approaching home plate. Even when he swung the bat with all his strength, he couldn't adjust his posture to keep up with the ball that quickly escaped from the bat.
"Batter's out!"
"Ah, I'm so frustrated," Isashiki vented for a while, regained his composure, and told Yuki behind him, "Be careful, that guy can still shoot such a beautiful Forkball, and the touch of his fingers is still very sensitive."
"Yeah." Yuki responded. He had always been mentally prepared for Narumiya Mei's difficulty. After a year of growth, Narumiya now deserves to be the ace of a team, but——
After last year's defeat, everyone at Seido did not slack off in practice. "Our growth is not inferior to yours!" Narumiya! '
"Bump--" Yuki, who had struck out three times in a row, was completely familiar with the trajectory of Narumiya's pitch. When he saw the ball coming, he swung the bat decisively. The crisp sound of the impact indicated that the ball would not land too close.
"Still flying! It's going to be the Home Run wall soon. Will it fly out?" The commentator interacted passionately outside the court.
"Ah, it's starting to fall! Inami's center fielder is chasing like crazy, running so fast." Another commentator was attracted by Inomi's player. This is probably the case with stadium commentators. If it is sponsored, or a commentator on a specific team's channel, both people will tend to that team, but if it is a commentator at other times, they will tend to each team.
Carlos was on the court, and there was no sound in his ears. There was only the ball flying forward under the dazzling sunlight, 'Faster, faster. ' Staring at the ball's downward trend, he had already entered the warning zone.
"Catch it, Carlos!"
The brown-skinned figure jumped up the Home Run wall, and his open gloves blocked the way for the ball to fly out.
"Caught it!"
"Wow, nice play!"
The field had already tilted to Maternal Grandmother's Home's momentum, but was suddenly pulled back by Inami's skill.
"Three out, switch sides!"
On the way back to Dugout, voices from the audience kept coming. "Come on, there's still the last half of the game!"
"Fight out, reverse!"