"Play! The batter is out!"
"Huh?" Sawamura, who was struggling frantically to teach Sendou a lesson, was stunned when he heard this voice and looked at Oyama, who had struck out six bats in Batter's Box.
I saw Oyama gritting his teeth with a look of reluctance on his face.
"That pitcher has a really bad character. Is he just letting it out? This will only make ball control rough! But no one can touch the ball at all!" As a group of people grabbed Sawamura, Sendou watched the game as if nothing happened.
Of course, the roughness he heard was only for him, and for his partners, the straight shot was more difficult to hit.
Seeing that Sawamura was back to normal, everyone let him go, and he no longer wanted to have a big fight with Sendou, so he walked to the bench and sat down next to Sendou.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"What can be done about this? This is a difference in physical strength. Strike Zone will decide the outcome with a straight shot!
All you can do is to see the good and bad balls clearly, and try to find the right time to fight even if it is a foul ball. A girl's physical strength will definitely not be comparable to that of a boy. We are in the lead now! "
"But! It's only one point! And he's still the runner-up in the country!" Sawamura whispered.
"What's the matter? Don't you have confidence in yourself?" Sendou immediately said teasingly after hearing what Sawamura said. There was quite a bit of excitement in it. Who told him to do this?
"What did you say? Keep your eyes wide open and watch this performance by me!" Sure enough, someone got angry and pointed at himself.
"Oh! I'm looking forward to it!" Sendou replied frivolously.
"Hmph!" Looking at Sendou's tone, not sure what he was thinking, Sawamura snorted and turned his head.
"Don't be anxious! The game is still going on!" Looking at Sawamura's cute look, Sendou smiled slightly and said slowly.
Hearing this, Sawamura turned his head and looked at Sendou, only to see Sendou's rare serious face.
"Since I happened to participate in a game, I'll beat her up! And next time I play, she won't throw any good shots to me, so I'll use foul balls to grind against her!" Sendou's eyes are slightly narrowed, with unique red phoenix eyes and pure black pupils. It looks like the inside of the eyes is as dark as a black hole. Combined with that confident tone, it looks dangerous and domineering.
"Hmph! Then I'll just have to believe you once, let's see how you beat her up!" Sawamura looked at Sendou's side face, looked at his eyes, and swallowed what he originally wanted to say, as if he felt unwilling to be scared, he said something arrogantly, and then turned his head away, although this was a forced arrogance after being scared!
"Strike!"
"Strike two!"
"Strike three! The batter is out! Change the field!"
The violent ace struck out the subsequent batters in succession.
"Okay! Let's talk about scoring later. Let's defend this game first!"
"Oh!!!"
"Don't worry! What the moving ball likes most is the batter who hits the ball crazy and misses the center of the ball!
Wait for the ball to be in hand before taking action, targeting the opponent's defense!
He's just a junior high school student. Even if he can perform stably in shooting, he can't always make mistakes in fielding inside and outside!
Constant impact, constant pressure on the defense! Get your points back slowly! "
"Hi!!!"
"It's just a layup! You don't need to think too much!"
"Crack!"
"Strike! Batter out!"
"Ding!"
"Out!"
"Ding!"
"Second baseman!"
"Crack!"
"Out!"
The first half of the third round ended with a strikeout, an infield fly, and an infield Ground Ball!
But this game also officially entered a boring and very tense pitching battle.
In the second half of the third round, Ozawa once again solved the problem with three wins and three strikeouts, eight, nine, and one!
In the first half of the fourth inning, Sakura Women's University finally got his first hit. His two bats penetrated Akashi's infield defense and successfully reached first base.
After all, the fielding range of everyone in the infield is still very large, and it is difficult to judge where Sawamura's ball will fly. This requires a lot of experience and reaction from the infielder, and it is not possible for novices like Akashi to completely guard.
It can even be a big problem for a few years, there's no telling when judgment issues will arise, or a natural reaction that isn't quick enough will result in a hit.
"Don't be too far away from the base! Don't be too close to lure the catcher and watch the catcher's pass!" Coach Mitani gave such instructions at this time.
"Coach Nakanishi can tell you that he is perfect! His shoulders are so strong, let's take a look at your bottom line first!" Coach Mitani looked at Sendou and had this thought in his mind.
The runner followed the instructions and was only about 4 meters away from the base. Otherwise, even their catcher could have been 5 meters away from the base, but she was shocked by the instantaneous explosive power shown by Sendou when she ran the base.
At this distance, the average catcher will definitely have to pass a few balls to disrupt the runner's rhythm.
"It's so close to the base. She can't succeed at this distance. I would be very happy if she stole the base."
But Sendou's idea is different from that of most players and coaches. He will not do this kind of action with little benefit. Unless the runner runs the base too fast, he will not throw Pickoff Throw to destroy the rhythm of the base running.
Normal players or coaches will like to pass Pickoff Throw frequently, using their shoulders to warn their opponents not to steal bases at will.
But Sendou, who is extremely confident and has strong mental arithmetic skills, has his own set of rules. He knows where he can kill the runner and where he cannot kill the runner. As for the ambiguous positions, Sendou is also confident that unless he is hit, the opponent will never steal his base.
So Sendou adopts this laissez-faire attitude towards runners. I'll kill you if you cross the line, but other than that, unless the runner obviously lets down his guard, you can jump around as you please.
Of course, this confidence is based on the fact that he has fully understood the runner's footsteps, and then performed mental calculations, imagining various safety lines drawn on the base, and responded accordingly to each stage.
"Strike!"
"Wait! You don't even pass the ball at this distance? You actually decide the winner directly? How confident are you? Isn't this already conceited?"
The batter who saw the instructions from the bench also thought that Sendou would pass the ball and ended up getting a strike in vain. She knew nothing about Sendou and of course she thought that Sendou was a little conceited.
"Is this the benefit of being a coach? Can you do whatever you want?" The batter was surprised and gave such an explanation.
Strictly speaking, this hitter was also deceived by his own experience. The distance was already very dangerous, and he would basically pass at least one ball. This kind of experience was simply not applicable to Sendou, who believed in his own calculations, thinking and practice.
"With this distance, do you think I can't steal your base? You're really confident. So!" The runner thought from another angle, so she took two more steps out, which was already close to more than 4 and a half meters.