Struggle for Control

"Even with the extra conditions and Sendou's recommendation, this was still unexpected!

The supervisor actually let him take the mound again...

That showed just how much faith he had in Furuya as the ace!" Back on the field, Miyuki watched Furuya and thought to himself.

As for the other reasons, Miyuki naturally understood them perfectly well.

Seikou's batting style, combined with the boost from Metal Bats, made them Sawamura's nemesis.

If the game had used Wooden Bats, Sawamura would have been Seikou's batting lineup's nemesis instead...

As for Kawakami, while his style countered Seikou's lineup, the mental pressure their batting lineup put on pitchers allowed them to counter Kawakami in turn.

So although Seidou had two younger pitchers, they did not dare send them in casually.

"Let's get one out first!!" Kuramochi, the vice-captain, was the first to speak.

"The first pitch is important!" Then came the other vice-captain.

"Let him hit it, Akatsuki!"

"Furuya-kun! We've got your back!" Driven by the two vice-captains, the others spoke up as well, encouraging Furuya.

"Remember this well, Furuya!!

There are still two hungry wolves waiting in the Bullpen... for this!!" Sawamura wildly swung his body around in the Bullpen and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Furuya naturally chose to respond by ignoring him.

"We're only down by three runs!

Believe in all the work we've put in!

We can catch up...

Take Supervisor Kumakiri to Koshien!

Turn this around!!" Before the inning began, Masu Shinichiro gathered everyone into a Circle Formation and fired them up.

"OH!!!"

"Top of the sixth inning, Seikou Academy's offense.

Ninth batter! Third baseman, Shirota-kun!"

"Come on!" Once the batter was ready, Miyuki decisively raised his mitt.

"Pff!"

"Piu!"

"Thud!!!"

"Strike!"

"He swung through the first pitch!!"

"Is that guy really injured?" Senior Kadota could not