"The ball seems to be alive! It feels slightly wobbly!"
"We have to get their attention." Murata looked at Furuya in front of him.
"So now the bats are all too short?" Miyuki, looking at Murata as well.
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
" Murata kept using out-of-bounds balls to keep the ball in play!"
"Thump!!"
"Bad ball!"
"The ball count is full!"
"The point difference is enough, throw it all in, Furuya!"
"Let me show you how hard it is to get the number of outs in the Final Inning, you first-year brat!" Murata's expression gradually turned ferocious.
"Piu!"
"Thump!!!"
"Bad ball! Four!"
"Yoshi!" Murata dropped his bat, celebrated briefly, and jogged toward first base.
"Nine bats! Right fielder, Asano-kun!"
Asano glanced at the bench, received the Signals to continue, and walked into the Batter's Box.
"Asano, calm down and watch the game!"
Don't be intimidated by the ball speed!
"This guy is still a pitcher without control after all!" Murata thought to himself as he looked at Asano.
"Thank you, Murata!"
"You've shown me so many games!" Asano could roughly guess Murata's thoughts.
After all, watching so many games wasn't for nothing.
"This guy's holding the bat too short! He really doesn't want to be out easily in the Final Inning!" Miyuki thought to himself as he looked at Asano.
"Thump!"
"Bad ball!"
"Sorry! Requesting a timeout!" Miyuki called a timeout after throwing another bad pitch on the first pitch.
You used too much force!
"Are you afraid of being kicked out?"
Hearing Miyuki's funny voice, Furuya quickly shook his head.
"In short, don't try to increase your strength too much. As long as the score difference is enough, this is also a valuable experience!" Miyuki patted Furuya's chest and walked back.
Ah! Experience is definitely right!
But this kid probably won't listen to reason! That's Miyuki's true thought.
"Call out!"
"Thump!"
"Bad ball!"
" Fast Forkball!"
"If it were any higher, I think I would have made a move." Although Asano didn't swing, he was still startled.
"Call out!"
"Boom!"
"Thump!"
"Nice shot!"
"What I said came true, it's gotten taller now?" Asano looked at the Fast Forkball, which had indeed grown a little taller, and wavered somewhat.
Coach Matsumoto glanced at the bench again, but his resolve remained unwavering as he told him to continue.
"The supervisor said so! Whew!" Asano adjusted his mindset again.
"Are you finally able to relax a little?"
"How effective will it actually be?" Miyuki breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Thump!!"
"Bad ball!"
"A bad shot from the Inside Corner Ball! That shot was way off target."
Unlike before, this ball was a bad ball that Miyuki had made.
"Piu!"
"Right in the center?" But Miyuki, who was preparing to continue playing, was speechless at the next ball.
"Ping!"
"A hit in front of the nugget!
This means there are no outs on first or second base, and the top batter is in charge.
The lack of ball control is the most frustrating thing. You never know when a ball will come right in the middle. Both Furuya and Sawamura have this problem.
"One hit! Center forward, Amasawa-kun!"
"Well done, you two!" Tenzawa exclaimed as he watched the batters gradually fill the bases.
"Holding a short bat again? And like this right from the start?" When Miyuki, the team's second-highest hitter, stepped into the Batter's Box with a short bat, Miyuki truly felt the team's do-or-die determination.
"Call out!!"
"Thump!"
"Nice shot!"
"The first ball Fast Forkball, and the batter missed!"
"They acted without hesitation!"
We need to continue to be more cautious with our betting!
"Piu!"
"Thump!!!"
"Bad ball!"
"Thump!!"
"Bad ball!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"We're after him!!!"
"Keep going!"
" Tenzawa, if you can keep up, go for it!"
"A complete attack on the inside corner!" Tenzawa looked at the pitcher and catcher in front of him.
"Thump!!"
"Bad ball!"
" Fast Forkball from the outside corner, the batter didn't even release it!!!"
The ball count is full!
"Were you planning to use this ball to finish me off?" Tenzawa couldn't help but lick his lips.
"I can see it very clearly! This guy!"
Today, after striking out three times, he hit two hits. This guy is going to be even tougher when he's fully in form!
bring it on!"
"Puff!"
"Piu!"
"Ping!"
"Puff!"
"Outside the boundary!"
The ball hit the sand behind third base, kicking up some sand and giving Pudding-senpai a fright.
"What should we do now, Kataoka-san!"
All you need to do is hit all the pitches that go into the Strike Zone, increasing the pitcher's pitch count, and sooner or later you'll have some easy pitches to hit.
Should we replace that second-year pitcher who's already changed his attitude at this point? Coach Matsumoto thought to himself as he looked at Coach Kataoka across from him.
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Piu!"
" That Ball Trajectory was too sweet, I'm going to get hit!"
"Ping!"
"It feels great!" Tenzawa threw down his bat and started running.
"Bump!"
The ball hit the fence in left field.
"You can hit that distance even with a shorter grip on the bat and without lifting your leg!"
"This power is truly formidable!" Miyuki removed his mask, feeling helpless.
"Running back to base from second base!!!"
Kiryu High School has pulled back one point!
And right now, the runners are still on second and third base with no outs!
Although they are still seven points behind, the game is far from over! The commentator, seeing how easily Furuya's ball was hit, finally understood that Seidou was not yet guaranteed victory.
The girls in the Kiryu High School brass band started wiping away tears as they continued to cheer on the contestants.
" Miyuki! It's time to make a substitution!" Coach Kataoka decisively spoke up at this moment when Furuya was being completely targeted.
It's not that Furuya was in bad form; it's just that the opponent's batting lineup was too strong. They not only read the ball accurately but also swung without hesitation.
Furthermore, after a round of practice, they adapted to the ball speed at the Furuya, were able to ignore the pressure of the high Ball Trajectory at the Furuya, and accurately select the ball. However, the Fast Forkball could not be stable at this stage, so it was natural that they could not hold on.
After a brief discussion, the announcement was officially made over the radio.
"Announcement regarding the replacement of Seidou High School players: Furuya- Furuya-kun, the eighth batter, has been replaced by Kawakami-kun!"
Eight sticks! Pitcher, Kawakami-kun! "
"It really is Kawakami?" Coach Matsumoto thought to himself. Even though he had guessed correctly, he was still extremely flustered.
After all, a seven-point deficit is a huge hole. What I said on the Pitcher's Mound before was just to prevent the players from giving up hope.
On the other hand, there was actually a moment when Coach Kataoka considered replacing Sawamura.
But it was only for a moment. A pitcher who could only throw Inside Corner Ball and often made them right in the middle had little room to perform against his Nemesis, the Kiryu batting lineup.
Kiryu knows Sawamura's pitching secrets. If he's determined to keep up with him and hits a powerful inside fastball, Sawamura will have no chance against it.
Even against the equally formidable Saibang lineup, Sawamura could hold out for a game or two without being part of the Center Batting Lineup; the key player is Kiryu.
"Ah Xian! I'm begging you!"
Listening to Miyuki's words, Kawakami looked at Kiryu's batting lineup in the preparation area, his face still showing some fear.
With their offense gaining momentum, Kawakami has completely forgotten about the point difference.
"It's okay! There's still a seven-point difference!"
Furthermore, we still have one more chance to attack.
We just need to make full use of these point differences and dominate this game!
Losing a few points is no big deal, just keep an eye on my glove and shoot. "In crucial moments, you still have to rely on the reliable, Black-bellied Glasses."
After being patted on the chest by Miyuki, Kawakami stared intently at the scoreboard, and after seeing the score difference, he drew strength from it.
Seeing that Kawakami's expression had improved, Miyuki returned to home plate and let the game continue.
"Second bat! Second baseman, Hirata-kun!"
"Please, Hirata!"
"Just one hit is enough!"
"Let the offensive continue!"
"The point difference is enough!"
"Solve them one by one, one by one!"
"Let them attack!"
Listening to the cheers from both sides, Kawakami took a deep breath.
"That's right! The point difference is enough, we just need to make sure we get the number of eliminations."
"As long as we get outs, we can get all the runners back to base!" Kawakami's thinking was somewhat swayed by Miyuki.
However, it's better than thinking about other things.
"Uh! Miyuki!"
"Really?! Is this the first pitch we're going to throw?" However, upon seeing Miyuki's Signals, Kawakami still seemed a little hesitant.
"No problem, the point difference is enough!"
Because the score difference is so large, this is also a test for you!
"Ah-Xian!" Miyuki thought wickedly, and winked at Kawakami.
"Damn it!" Even the honest and unassuming Kawakami felt a bit of gritted teeth looking at Miyuki's smug expression.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"The first ball is a straight ball with a high inside angle!"
"A right-handed side-shot, the angle is really good!" Hirata looked at the ball and felt a little overwhelmed.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
The second ball was inside the corner, a bad ball that hit the player's feet, causing Hirata, who was about to shoot, to come to an abrupt halt.
"You really see it very clearly! But Kenjiro and Furuya are different!"
Being able to control the ball to all four corners makes ball distribution much easier!
"That bastard!!!" Thinking of this, and recalling some things he was unwilling to Miyuki, Miyuki cursed incoherently.
"Call out!"
"Outer corner!"
Hirata chose to shoot this ball.
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
" Slider!" Hirata his teeth as he swung the ball into the air and missed.
Kawakami's Slider is a type of ball that moves more horizontally and less vertically. Combined with his side-throwing style, the range of motion in this shot is truly astonishing.
This is Kawakami's only Changeup at the moment, and also his most powerful Changeup, which seems to evade the range of the bat's changes.
That's why there's a feeling that Kawakami away, which is consistent with Kawakami personality. In reality, this is a very tricky ball.
Now, Miyuki, who had a much easier time setting up the ball, is starting to give the batters a real headache.
"Let's finish him off with this ball!"
"Um!"
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
" Outside Corner Ball! Oh no!"
"Ping!"
"Guerrilla!"
The ball, which I thought I could easily keep under control, landed poorly and the runner still made it to base. However, Kuramochi instinctively used his eyes to distract the runner on third base and managed to keep the runner from scoring.
"Third batter! First baseman, Ishizaki-kun!"
With no outs and bases loaded, the batters were in the Center Batting Lineup, and Seidou faced a crisis.
With the score difference so close, even Home Run wouldn't matter, but what's worrying is Kawakami's fragile heart.
Kawakami and the opposing hitter exchanged a glance, and their faces began to stiffen.
At Coach Kataoka's signal, Miyuki called a defensive timeout this time, and also called over the outfielders. The ace, Tanba, was the one relaying the call.
"The bases are full, so we just need to get the outs."
Infield Shift, outfield uses [that]!
Don't be afraid of losing points. As long as you control the game and prevent consecutive wins, the match will be over.
Kawakami, your pitches were sharp today. Just trust your defense and keep shooting!
And we still have the attack in the second half of the game!
"These guys are really good at scoring!" Tanba first laid out the defensive requirements, and then talked to Kawakami.
"Hi!" Kawakami recovered once again.
"Ah Xian! I've given you all the spotlight! Aren't you happy? Hahaha!" Kuramochi laughed.
"Um! Tanba-san?" Sendou spoke up at that moment.
"What's wrong? Sendou!"
"Using [that] is not a problem!"
"But shouldn't we get some compensation for Kawakami two of us who sacrificed the most?" Sendou said with a smile.
"Huh?" Tanba was taken aback by what he was told.
"Yeah! That's right!" Can you believe that the quickest to react was Captain Tetsu, that Natural Airhead?
This person simply took off Tanba's hat.
Sendou feels that his chemistry with Captain Tetsu has been getting better and better lately, and this time they even had a telepathic connection.
So they unceremoniously extended their wicked hands.
" Kawakami- senpai, please don't be shy!" Sendou reminded the dumbfounded Kawakami beside him.
Kawakami was truly stunned by what Sendou said. To be able to talk to a senior like that was really impressive.
So, upon hearing Sendou's words, he instinctively reached out his hand.
Captain Tetsu put Tanba's hat in his left hand and began to stroke it as well.
Onii-san Isashiki also reached out, Kuramochi clutched his stomach and laughed.
While touching him, Isashiki, "It's a good thing the coach brought the outfield too, otherwise you guys would have left him behind again. Sendou always sneaks over here."
"It's that ritual again!"
"Yes, yes! This was there during the Regional Preliminaries finals!"
"Hahaha! Is this a curse ritual?"
The audience was also having a great time.
" Sendou-chan! Today's a special treat!" Masuko-senpai unusually proactive...
Sendou was equally blunt, saying that Tanba's head should be given to Kawakami, as he needed it most right now.
The scene was unusually harmonious!
After a few minutes of commotion, the contestants returned to their places.
Coach Matsumoto had a bad feeling as he watched the whole thing unfold.
After the Seidou athletes returned to their positions, they began to supervise and guide them.
Infield Shift is a given; any Ground Ball could result in two outs.
The weakness is that it opens up space in both the infield and outfield.
So, Sendou from the outfield stepped forward, and the so-called "that" was to use Sendou's speed to fill all the gaps left by the infield's advance.
Only Sendou could do that.
Only he possesses the extraordinary ability to unleash explosive power over short distances and sustained bursts over long distances.
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