The audience's impression of Sendou's base run can be summed up in one sentence.
I knew he ran fast, but I didn't know he actually ran this fast.
After all, when Sendou was guarding the outer wilderness, he couldn't have such a direct feeling from such a distance.
His opponents, Kiryu High School, were helpless; they had met during Practice Match...
"Men have their own world!"
If a metaphor is needed, then it is like a star streaking across the sky!...
Charge out...! Yuuki!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
Yuki...! Yuki...! Yuki...!
As Yuki stepped into the Batter's Box, Sendou simultaneously began his exaggerated departure from the base.
It was far from the base, but when Hirobi Tate threw a Pickoff Throw and saw Sendou return to first base with ease, she gave up.
It's like they think they can run away whenever they want as long as you stay away from the base.
Haku's coach looked at Sendou with a hint of envy in his eyes!
That was a perfect fourth batter!
Captain Tetsu in the Batter's Box glanced at Sendou, then gripped his bat tighter.
At this point, the opposing team doesn't seem to have much desire to reduce Sendou's outs count, and may very well let Sendou go to second base to Head-on Showdown.
"This batter might step in to help Sendou run the bases."
Moreover, it doesn't matter if the hitter sends him to the finals! Kiryu, the pitcher, has also come up with a plan.
It's not a big deal if he gets a free pass, since Sendou will go to second base, which means first base is essentially empty.
While having runners on first and second base increases the chances of winning, it also makes it easier to get outs.
This can be considered an optimistic way of thinking!
"Stealing a base!!"
"They've come, just as expected!"
Kiryu's catcher and Captain Tetsu both perked up at the same time, and pitched the ball with their heads held high.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"Smack!"
"Safety!"
"So it really won't work?"
"Successfully stolen a base!"
"Wow, that's fast! They don't even need to slide on the bases!"
"What an incredible monster!"
"Two seconds and eighty-seven seconds? That's really true!" Bai Long's coach looked at the stopwatch in his hand in disbelief.
It's important to understand that although Sendou was quite far from the base, what was truly terrifying was that this was without sliding to the base, meaning he started to slow down just before approaching the base.
After all, aside from running for first base, stealing second and third bases is valid as long as the runner doesn't stop on the base.
In other words, if Sendou sprints at full speed, he can cover a distance of just over 20 meters even faster when he is more than five meters away from the base.
Compared to their own base-stealing stats of 1 base every 3 seconds, it suddenly doesn't seem so appealing anymore.
"Again? That exaggerated run-out again!"
"Hey! Are you sure everything's okay?"
Is this really allowed? Other spectators don't have stopwatches in their hands like someone else, and it's not like two people are running at the same time; the naked eye can't see a difference of a fraction of a second.
Therefore, few people thought that Stolen Third Base would be successful, since third base is too close to home plate.
Only catcher Nagumo and the man who had just timed him with a stopwatch knew that this guy really had that kind of speed.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"The second ball is a curveball to the outside corner, still a bad ball!"
"Stealing a base!"
At that moment, Coach Matsumoto opened his eyes slightly.
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
Seeing that Captain Tetsu had missed, Sendou was slightly surprised and could only return to second base.
"No way?" Coach Matsumoto stared at Seidou's fourth and fifth batters and said in a low voice.
"What did you say? Supervisor!" The recorder next to him didn't hear clearly and thought he was being spoken to.
"No! It's nothing!" Coach Matsumoto replied casually, then resumed his Maitreya Buddha pose.
"Stealing a base!"
"Ping!"
"The outside straight shot has been hit!..."
We've landed!
The runner on second base returned to base, Seidou High School scored the first run!
Timely Hit from the fifth batter!
After a few more pitches, Captain Tetsu received Sendou's Signals again, and this time he hit a low ball to the outside corner as a double.
"Yoshi!" Bench stood at the exit, raising his arms and shouting.
Captain Tetsu, who ran to second base, raised his right fist, his arm at a 90-degree angle, striking a victory pose!
The audience members in the Seidou support section, especially the substitutes, banged their megaphones together, celebrating enthusiastically like they were toasting.
"Oh no! This is not good!" Coach Matsumoto finally confirmed that his previous guess had come true.
Sendou's stealing of second base is a Signals, evidenced by the first game and the two times in this match, a total of three steals, and Yuki swung the bat without hesitation each time.
(The second round of Seidou's matches was a stomp on weak teams, so Coach Matsumoto ignored it.)
If it were just a simple Hit and Run, it wouldn't be played like this.
Moreover, all three times had one thing in common: Sendou could Stolen Third Base, but he didn't even attempt to steal it.
Therefore, Coach Matsumoto felt that the only possibility for so many strange things happening at the same time was that the theft of bases was a Signals.
Similarly, it's not hard to guess that Sendou could see the pitcher's grip on home plate.
There's still the possibility of guessing the ball, since Sendou is very good at guessing the ball, and this Signals was only used three times, so it's uncertain which one it is.
Otherwise, everything that happened before would be invalid.
"No matter what the possibility is, we can't let Sendou-kun go to second base again!" Coach Matsumoto made the decision instantly.
Because he didn't have time to verify it, he had to make a decision here. Otherwise, even if he knew the correct answer, it would be meaningless if he lost a few more points. He wasn't the kind of person with obsessive-compulsive disorder who felt uncomfortable if he didn't figure things out right away.
This is what makes a master coach. Other coaches haven't even noticed anything wrong with Seidou yet, but he's already pretty much got it figured out.
"Sixth batter! Third baseman, Masuko-kun!"
The game continued, and their ace wouldn't collapse so easily; catcher Nagumo didn't even need to call a timeout.
And judging from that terrifying smile, you can tell that even after being knocked away, he was still unaffected.
" Kan is very strong today!" Nagumo thought to himself.
"Ping!"
"Ah!!!"
"Smack!"
"Out!"
Just two balls were enough to solve the Masuko!
"Seventh batter! Catcher, Miyuki-kun!"
"I remember this guy who hit me, wasn't he that strange fellow?"
They avoid playing easy Ball Trajectory and instead focus on playing difficult Ball Trajectory!
And it even forced me to complain...
"Come and fight if you want!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"There's no way to hit Slider that goes into that Ball Trajectory!"
"You've really made great progress these past few months!" Miyuki exclaimed after missing the target.
And this guy really lived up to Nagumo's expectations, actually taking a shot at the ball.
Nagumo said she didn't want to talk to him because if she spoke to him even for a few words, she would feel compelled to complain...
Let's deal with him seriously!
"Call out!"
" Inside Corner Ball!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"So heavy!" Miyuki muttered to himself.
"Such a tricky shot, and it's Kan's shot, of course it feels too heavy to shoot like that."
"Is this guy an idiot?" Nagumo couldn't help but think to himself.
"Idiot!" Sendou muttered under his breath from the bench.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"The attacker is out!"
"I thought it would definitely be Outside Corner Ball!" Miyuki muttered as he walked down from the Batter's Box.
The next eight batters were Senior Tanba.
Hmm... it was taken down in one shot 23333
"Nice ball, Kan!"
Hearing his teammates' praise, Sendou's smile deepened, his happiness level increased by one. As for the others... well, that's indescribable.
When it comes to scaring people, Senior Tanba is no match for him!
He's the kind of man who can scare the white-haired guy into clinging to Harada's leg with just a glance.
In the first half of the third set,
Despite being hit by a ball, they still easily secured two eliminations.
With two outs, the batter's turn to bat in the second round is here!
"One hit! Center forward, Amasawa-kun!"
"Huh? No one changed players?"
"Does this mean handing it over to the ace?" Coach Matsumoto whispered.
Kiryu's batting lineup, while boasting terrifying average power, only has a handful of players with exceptional accuracy.
However, today this group of people completely abandoned the leg-raising motion and aimed at the straight ball, Senior Tanba is under a lot of pressure.
If Miyuki hasn't figured out the Ball Trajectory they're targeting after pitching so many innings, he should go back to school.
However, Kiryu still showed no intention of changing his tactics.
After all, those few players who are good at catching the ball have a certain degree of freedom. Letting the others aim at other balls would only make Seidou happy, so Coach Matsumoto would definitely not do such a foolish thing.
Furthermore, without lifting your leg, it's not so easy to miss the Changeup. Even if you get struck out by a high Hanging Ball or Forkball, it doesn't matter. You can't throw a lot of Changeup; in the end, you still have to throw the fastball.
Coach Matsumoto has only one goal: to defeat Tanba as quickly as possible.
The third-year ace has an incredibly strong fighting Fighting Spirit and is in his Perfect Form. He has no weaknesses in either his skills or his mental fortitude. None of them have yet managed to overwhelm him in a short period of time.
Coach Matsumoto discovered that the other players still had weaknesses during the preliminaries. The most troublesome one was Sawamura, but even he was figured out. His Outside Corner Ball was just due to luck and good form at the time.
In addition, Coach Matsumoto obtained recordings of all the matches from West Tokyo Seidou. (This is thanks to the old coach's connections.)
Analysis revealed that not only Outside Corner Ball but also Inside Corner Ball were inconsistent, so if they could take down Tanba as soon as possible, they could potentially overwhelm Seidou's entire pitching lineup.
After all, Kiryu and Inajitsu are different; Inajitsu still lacks sufficient information about Seidou Pitching Lineup.
Their matches became a stepping stone for Coach Matsumoto to analyze Seidou.
First of all, Furuya Kiryu's batting lineup with his ball power in the same way that Inajitsu suppressed Shirakawa and the lower-ranked batting lineup. Putting aside everything else, Kiryu is definitely the Japan's Number One when it comes to back muscles.
(Not counting Regional Preliminaries, not many people know about places like Cheng Kong.)
Furthermore, Kiryu's accuracy is better than Cheng Kong's, as Cheng Kong is a case of collective blind firing.
Furuya's current game only features high bad balls, fast balls, and Fast Forkball. If a fast ball is aimed directly at him, Furuya can't hold on.
Sawamura is similar; if he doesn't reach Inajitsu, where he frequently hits the ball right in the center, then it'll only be one or two innings.
Can we rely on Kawakami in crucial moments?
Therefore, Coach Matsumoto's analysis is correct. The key is how many innings Tanba can last, and what the other pitchers' condition is.
Sawamura Kawakami said that if Furuya's Fast Forkball can get into the Strike Zone, it will be extremely difficult to deal with.
If a fastball can be lowered to near the batter's knee, even just one or two balls higher, it's not much weaker than Furuya's Furuya in the Spring Kobe.
Even if the pitch can't be lowered, as long as the above is taken into account, simply having the Forkball consistently enter the Strike Zone is not enough to defeat a pitcher in just a few innings.
" Tanba! Attack!"
"That's right! Let him call!"
"We're in the lead!" Although they didn't know Coach Matsumoto's full plan, the Seidou players couldn't let their ace be eliminated so quickly.
Aim for the straight ball, then let them hit it. Let them see what Seidou's proud outfield lineup is all about.
Seeing only those who are half-crippled Practice Match is not enough.
"Is he going to come up here and not lift his leg again? This guy!"
"Come on! Even if we get tied, it's okay, swing your arms wide!" Miyuki glanced at Tenzawa's feet, then looked firmly at Senior Tanba.
"Um!"
"I've caused the team enough trouble already!"
What's the point of retreating here?
Believe in yourself!!!
We must also trust those guys!
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Yoshia!!!"
"A straight shot into the Inside Corner Ball! Seidou's ace, Tanba, unleashes a powerful shot!!!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"The second ball Forkball!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Seriously! It follows the exact same trajectory as a straight ball!"
"This guy!" Tenzawa looked at Tanba with a serious expression.
"We're after him!"
"Keep the attack, Tanba-san!"
" Tanba!!!"
"Attack! Tanba!"
"Attack!"
Seidou's momentum suddenly surged!
"Do not be afraid!"
"Fushi!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"That was close! I almost swung the bat!"
This drop Hanging Ball a bit too high!
"It's so good that he didn't lift his leg!" For the first time, Tenzawa felt relieved because of his overly cautious approach of not lifting his leg.
After all, he's not like the Sendou Path, whose striking stance is naturally like that.
Changing one's striking posture at the last minute is a sign of weakness.
But none of that matters compared to being eliminated!
"Come on!!!" Tenzawa shouted loudly.
This is also a way to motivate myself!
"What a powerful presence!"
But I'll finish you off with this ball!
"Fushi!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"The attacker is out!"
"Three out! Change of field!"
"Yoshia!!!" Tanba once again asserted his presence with great momentum.
In this batting lineup, the most dangerous person besides Hirobi Tate is this Tenzawa the ball the most.
Taking over Tenzawa is of great significance!
"No way!"
"Change your mindset!"
Kiryu and his companions encouraged each other.
" Kan! From now on, don't give them a single point!" Coach Matsumoto said, which shocked the entire bench.
If it weren't for the coach saying it, they would all question it.
"Are you kidding me?!"
"Is there a problem?" Coach Matsumoto asked Hirobi Tate again.
Hirobi Tate responded to her coach with an even more terrifying smile.
"Supervise!" Nagumo couldn't help but speak up.
"Given the situation, you are allowed to send that fourth or fifth batter!"
But don't stand up and get a free pass!
Please be aware that Sendou and Captain Tetsu's previous Signals was changed from "outer corner straight" to "straight ball".
It's almost late today, so I won't say much more. Please vote...