"The count is full! Akashi finally stopped batting!"
"He almost struck out after swinging halfway through the game!" the commentator shouted after Akashi Seiya watched the ball go.
"Nice pick! Seiya- san!"
"Nice pick!"
"It's only narrowed the gap by one point, don't get too cocky!" Sendou muttered to himself in the middle field.
The current momentum in the arena is entirely due to the point won in the previous game, which makes Sendou very dissatisfied with the smug expressions on the faces of the Saibang players.
"As expected..." Miyuki sighed inwardly, but his hands did not hesitate at all.
"Hmm? Hmm!" Kawakami looked at Miyuki's Signals with suspicion, but still nodded.
"The ball count is full! You really want a good number of balls, right?"
"Aim for the moment when you want to decide the outcome!" Akashi looked at Kawakami, his mind already made up.
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Boom!"
"Smack!"
The moment the ball entered his glove, Akashi Seiya's face was filled with disbelief.
"Nice shot!"
"The attacker is out!"
"Damn it! Same Ball Trajectory!" Akashi glanced at Miyuki, who was once again receiving the ball on the left side of the batting box, his face full of resentment.
Then, amidst cheers from Seidou's Base Supporters, he slowly walked down from the Batter's Box.
Meanwhile, Miyuki, who was behind Akashi, had just gotten up and was passing the ball to Kawakami.
"The same Ball Trajectory, the same landing point. Before, Akashi watched the ball go and filled the count, and then immediately used the same Ball Trajectory to make the batter miss."
What a bold matchup!
"If you just watch, it'll be Four Balls!" The commentator was also praising Miyuki's ball selection.
"That catcher is really scary!"
As expected, aside from the absence of their absolute ace, their defensive lineup is nothing short of luxurious! Coach Nishi-tera had nothing to say about Miyuki's unexpectedly bold ball selection; he was completely convinced.
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Smack!"
"Out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"The attacker is out!"
After defeating Akashi Seiya, they dampened the morale of the newly risen Saibang.
Motivated by the strikeout, Kawakami found his rhythm and successfully took down the next two batters.
They held on to a scoreless record in this game, and neither side managed to score in the entire fifth game.
"Attack! Attack! Attack!"
Until the very end, keep attacking! You can use any means to attack the opponent!
A three-point deficit can be wiped out in an instant if given the chance!
Don't give the other party any chance!
"Crush them!!!" Before the start of the sixth inning, Coach Kataoka frantically emphasized the offensive atmosphere.
Coach Kataoka knew very well that with Tanba warming up in the Bullpen, the opponent would definitely attack aggressively to try and narrow the gap.
To prevent situations where the score difference is large, and your team uses their ace to close the game at the last moment.
"Oh!!!"
"Yoshia!!!"
A team that is adept at using various means to attack, and never lets up until the very end, rather than acting recklessly, is the most difficult to deal with.
This is also why Seidou has remained strong despite never making it to Koshien.
Their student body is not as good as that of Inajitsu and Ichidai San, so they rely on this method to ensure that they do not fall behind and maintain their dominance over other teams.
Rei-chan's hard work in recent years has allowed Seidou to produce several talented players who can serve as core members, which is why the team has truly exploded in popularity.
The arrival of the Sendou merely brought the outbreak forward a little.
Perhaps no one understands better than Coach Kataoka how to simultaneously ignite everyone's Fighting Spirit.
"In the top of the sixth inning, Seidou High School's attack..."
Fifth batter! First baseman, Yuuki-kun!
"..." The familiar rhythm started again.
"Men have their own world!"
If I had to use a metaphor, it would be like that star streaking across the sky!
"I never dreamed that there would be two players of Sano's caliber in my class."
What I didn't expect was that not only was this player of such caliber previously unknown, but his teammate was actually an even more awe-inspiring hitter! Coach Nishi-tera stared at Captain Tetsu walking into the Batter's Box, feeling a sense of awe.
Whether it was out of sympathy for Captain Tetsu- soo or jealousy stemming from Seidou's fourth and fifth batters' excessive fouls, nobody knows.
"Fight your way out! Yuuki!!"
"Fight your way out! Yuuki!!"
"Yuu~ki~!! Yuu~ki~!!"
Just as the audience was preparing to sing the second verse, Coach Nishi-tera began to give his instructions.
The contestants in the arena nodded in succession, some seriously, some feinting.
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Puff!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
Three balls in a row: two bad balls and one good ball!
In this situation where they wanted to hit a good pitch, the pitcher and catcher started communicating constantly.
"Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff!" Hoshinomiya frantically adjusted his breathing.
Previously Seidou Batting Lineup's various methods, Hoshinomiya was under immense pressure and fatigue in this sweltering heat.
This is the situation that is most easily broken.
Finally, the capture team confirmed the Signals.
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"In this situation, throw in the sinker!"
"There's nothing we can do about it! When you're in a situation where you want to hit a good pitch, you can't just throw a fastball at this pitcher all the time!"
The audience began to discuss it.
No wonder, although Hoshinomiya has stable ball speed and control, his straight shot is not that threatening.
The reason lies in the spin and the power of the ball.
A relatively slow straight shot, although it's called a straight shot, actually has a downward trajectory, but the magnitude of the downward sag is smaller than that of a fast Fast Forkball.
However, if the straight shot is particularly slow and the spin is not high, the drop will be significant, which is why some people say that Slow Ball are not necessarily easy to hit.
Of course, skilled hitters can easily adapt to Slow Ball, fast balls after watching a few of them.
Conversely, a high-spin ball can counteract this downward trajectory. Sawamura, Furuya, Sendou all had balls that floated upwards because of this.
This is why some pitchers also use their fastballs as weapons.
While Hoshinomiya possesses ball control and speed, her straight shot isn't a powerful weapon; it can only serve to disrupt the opponent.
His ball has a low spin rate but a high number of balls, so his straight shots show almost no signs of dropping or floating.
This kind of fastball doesn't have super high speed or superb Changeup, so it's easy to aim at, and it doesn't even require top hitters like Sendou Captain Tetsu to do it.
Hoshinomiya's Changeup are gradually losing their effectiveness at the start of the game, and more Changeup are needed to deal with the batter.
Therefore, in situations where a good pitch is needed, it's difficult to drive the Strike Zone towards a good pitch and throw a fastball.
If you have the Fastball like Furuya's, and if you have that level of Changeup, it would be much easier; you could just go all in.
I don't know what's wrong with me today, I'm incredibly sleepy, I just can't stay awake any longer, I'll make up for the 2,000 I owe tomorrow.
Having your birthday the day before Singles Day every year is just... well, you know.
Finally, shamelessly begging for votes. Goodnight.