Ace of Diamond: Golden Cleats and Silver Bat
Chapter 739

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After advancing to the semifinals, Seidou's opponent was Komei High School, which had received a first-round bye and defeated Yamamori Academy High School in the First Match.

On the other side, Kyoma faced the challenge of Nihon Shono High School.

Sawamura started this game, and from the first inning onward, Seidou and Komei engaged in a back-and-forth battle of offense and defense.

When facing this Kyushu Prestigious School, Miyuki's absence began to show.

Although Sawamura's Quirk Ball, combined with several fast and slow fastballs, suppressed the opposing lineup.

By the second time through the order, Ono-senpai's weakness of monotonous, conservative pitch selection began to surface.

As a result, in the fourth inning, Komei's upper batting lineup caught onto Ono's pitch selection and scored the First Point of the game with a Timely Hit.

Things grew dangerous afterward as well. Thanks to their batting lineup's continued hot streak, Seidou had scored a run as early as the second inning.

With the support of their defense, Seidou barely held on to a tie through the fourth inning.

After all, even if many of Sawamura's Ball Trajectories were figured out, they were not so easy to hit, and Komei's lineup was not strong enough to do so consistently.

Seidou's lineup also scored its second point in the fifth inning. The first-years suddenly vanished as a group at Jingu Stadium, while the second-year seniors put on a dazzling performance.

Then, after the sixth inning ended, Coach Kataoka sent the ace to the Pitcher's Mound for the final stretch of the game.

It was not that Sawamura was untrusted. There was simply no way to replace Ono-senpai.

Moreover, Sawamura had thrown a great many pitches because of Ono-senpai's pitch selection. It would not have been strange for him to allow runs at any moment.

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