When the ball came, Haruichi's whole body seemed to receive a warning message, reminding him of the location of the next ball.
As a result, it's really the outer corner direction.
"Wooden Bat Samurai!! Kominato Haruichi!!" Eijun stood in Bullpen and cheered for Haruichi.
The person being cheered on was posted on the base bag, his expression was extremely serious, and he didn't even look at Eijun.
'Wow, Haruichi accepted the compliment calmly! ' As Haruichi's best friend, Lang Zhi is the person who knows him best.
At this time, Haruichi showed no signs of blushing at all. Of course, after the game, when his teammates captured his expression at the moment of the blow, the blush would still creep onto his face.
"..." After spending more than 10 balls, he still gave it to the hitter On Base. And judging from the result, it doesn't make any difference what ball Hayakawa called just now. Anyway, the hit was a one-run hit, and the walk was also to first base.
But for both sides, the difference is huge.
Hayakawa hesitated to go up and comfort the ace, but as soon as he stood up, a familiar figure walked towards Batter's Box in his peripheral vision, so Narumiya Mei raised his palm to stop the catcher from coming.
Helpless, Hayakawa had no choice but to squat down again. As he moved, a shadow fell on his left Batter's Box.
"It's really hard for you. Ming is very willful, right? At this time, what's the point of accepting the catcher's comfort calmly?"
Hayakawa was extremely uncomfortable hearing this. Miyuki said this as if he was Inami's catcher and was complaining about his pitcher, "Pitcher's Mound only needs one pitcher, and he can choose when he wants to receive comfort. Moreover, for the catcher, it is more important for the pitcher to trust the glove behind home plate."
"Haha." At this point, the two catchers were speechless.
"Play ball!"
In the last duel, when Daoshi was in an advantageous situation, Hayakawa made Pitching Strategy that went against his own habits, and as a result, Miyuki, who knew him very well, suffered a heavy loss.
'It won't be that easy this time. He must be effectively dealt with, otherwise Seido's momentum will continue unabated. '
In summer, Narumiya Mei and Changeup cannot be invested too much. They can only be used as a primer. If you invest too much, it will be too high and difficult to control. In the autumn, he is different. This Changeup, which has gone through hard work, can at least last until the end of this game.
'Let's use a straight ball here to test the opponent's intention to steal a base. '
Seido, as a pragmatic team, often uses small ball tactics, and what often occurs with small ball tactics is stolen bases. However, looking at Seido's usual game records, we can find that the probability of Seido players stealing bases, especially the probability of stealing first base and second base, is much smaller.
Probably only a few people, such as Kuramochi and Kōshū, who have faster feet, will have a greater chance.
But here, a straight shot is still needed.
Narumiya Mei nodded. He looked in the direction of first base. It was rare that he didn't throw a diversionary ball. His eyes didn't even contain much emotion. The moment he was beaten out, he let all his emotions towards the batter go away.
Seido is a difficult team to deal with, so he couldn't help but be willful on Pitcher's Mound. A self-taught man, he figured this out. At this time, the defensive players on the field, his catching partner, Seido's hitters and runners, did not realize that anything had changed.
Only on the sidelines, Kunimoto Manager's eyes captured the ace's unexpected reaction, 'Is it just temporary? '
What everyone was paying close attention to was the pitcher's sudden movement of his feet, stepping, twisting his body, and swinging his arms, all in one go, straight into the batter's outside corner.
'Straight ball! ' There was a runner on the base, so the first pitch must be the fastest straight ball, but Miyuki hesitated.
So far, Seido has been double-killed three times. Unfortunately, the first time was what Miyuki experienced. Therefore, none of the hits produced by Seido in this game resulted in effective scoring.
In the seventh game, the wheel of the game has already hit Miyuki's chest. This is the first time he has faced such great internal and external pressure, and he must be more cautious.
"Pah——"
"Good shot!"
As soon as the ball was good, Haruichi adjusted his foot toward second base. He needed to steal a base to create a scoring gap.
Followed by a high inside corner.
"Bad ball!"
After getting a good number of balls, Daoshi started playing hide and seek with Miyuki.
Another Low Position's outside corner, Miyuki's bat didn't move at all.
"Bad ball!"
One good and two bad, the next ball will be intriguing.
Red!
When he saw the incoming ball, Miyuki, who had endured two balls, decided to swing, "This is rare——"
Immediately afterwards, the ball dropped. About halfway through the swing, Miyuki reflexively pressed his body's center of gravity downwards. He could no longer wait for another ball. After two good balls, the whole Pitching Strategy was difficult to guess. Now Miyuki can't give any assurance, I know Hayakawa very well.
"Bang -" I touched it, picked it up, and the white ball headed towards third base.
It was so fast that it landed directly behind the third baseman.
"Well done, Captain!"
"Miyuki, run!"
"Haruichi, run!"
"Safe!"*2
This baseball field is currently very 'safe' for runners.
"Time!"
This time Hayakawa didn't wait for the pitcher's reaction and stepped forward directly.
Narumiya Mei raised his eyes, "That ball just now——"
"It's my Pitching Strategy——" Hayakawa wanted to say something else, but the other party roughly held his head down.
This was followed by a hushed voice. "Listen to me!"
"Yeah." Hayakawa shut his mouth obediently.
This made Narumiya Mei feel better, "I didn't throw the ball in the desired position just now. In this game, for some reason, I have a bad feeling. So next, you must be careful."
It's really strange that the ace with his eyes above his head would actually apologize, but Hayakawa was not happy. Normally, this might be a good thing, but now we are in a competition, how about saying such depressing words?
"Hey, don't look at me like that, okay? Since you are the ace, you have to face various situations of the team, including having your ball knocked out."
"... Okay, you can talk now."
Hayakawa nodded, then shook his head, "Narumiya, now you don't have to worry about runners stealing bases anyway, so you can use Changeup with peace of mind. So——"
"Okay, okay, okay." The pitcher returned to his old ways, showing his impatience, but fortunately it was not obvious.
'Narumiya, is really growing all the time, even after becoming an ace. His mind is also constantly evolving. '
The catcher crouched down again, and the thoughts in his mind kept coming from just now.