Chapter 30: Sawamura VS Shunshin
Three Outs, offense and defense exchange!
Akikawa Academy, which was determined to consume Sawamura's stamina, failed again.
Although Sawamura pitched 14 Pitches in the first inning, in the second inning, Sawamura regained his rhythm.
With just seven balls, he settled the inning.
Of course, this is not what makes the players of Akikawa fearful the most.
Before the match against Seidou High School, they had all sorts of worst scenarios in their minds.
In these scenarios, having no way to consume more of Sawamura's count is naturally one of the scenarios.
Nevertheless, in their scenarios, they have no idea what Sawamura would throw in all the Pitches.
"It's so hard to hit to outfield like this. There must be something going on with his pitching that we don't know yet." Shunshin's eyes narrowed thoughtfully.
Before the game, he had a hunch that Sawamura was a very strong opponent.
And when he really faced him, he knew that Sawamura was far more difficult than he imagined.
"I remember that in the information we collected about Sawamura-kun before, there was a record of the Moving ball." Coach Ogata said while thinking.
Shunshin nodded: "I have thought about it, but it is also very strange. Generally speaking, it is impossible for a pitcher with a Moving ball to master so many Breaking balls with a sharp course. First is because their fingers are not sensitive enough, and the other because there is no need for it."
"It's just that it looks like Sawamura's ball in the center is a Moving, and it's very likely true."
Shunshin also agreed with the analysis of Coach Ogata.
"Then, let's try it out. Swing actively and forcefully, as long as you swing the bat thoroughly enough, you should be able to sweep the Moving ball forward."
"Yes!"
Akikawa has new countermeasures, but it is still too early to implement them.
They had to get three Outs in the bottom half of the second inning first.
In the second half of the second inning, Seidou High School attacked.
"Fifth Batter, pitcher, Sawamura-kun."
Sawamura had just dealt with Shunshin, and he turned around and confronted Shunshin as a batter.
For Akikawa, if they can't suppress Sawamura right now, then they are not far from a complete collapse.
Likewise, for Seidou, this is also a good opportunity for them to completely defeat Akikawa.
"Sawamura, it's up to you."
"Hit it out!"
In the rest area, Seidou's players cheered on Sawamura.
In the stands, the cheering of the Brotherhood of Red Heart and the Demon-King's Guard continued.
Kanemaru was also in the second-string team and stood up.
"Aren't you the Demon King, now is a good time to show your demonic power, don't let me down!"
"Hit it out, Sawamura!"
"Smash it out!!!"
Maezono, Toujou, and the others also shouted with the Megaphones.
None of this escaped Shunshin's eyes.
In Seidou, Sawamura has many supporters and is regarded as the most popular one.
Once such a Batter hits the base, the momentum caused is very frightening.
'Never let this guy go to base!'
Yoh Shunshin made up his mind and gave the catcher a sign to go all out.
Akikawa's catcher sank in his heart.
Although every time Shunshin throws the ball, he is full of concentration and determination.
However, right now, it is the first time to go all out without weighing the strength of the opponent.
The catcher looked up at Sawamura.
'Did this guy put so much pressure on Shunshin So much so that Shunshin desperately wanted to deal with him?'
On the strike zone, Sawamura looked calm, the bat in his hand was held high, waving slightly, as if he was ready to swing at any moment.
The standing position is also very stable, the upper body is relaxed, and the lower body is like a tree rooted in the ground, motionless.
'It's really uncomfortable!'
Like Yuuki, Sawamura's stance also caused very heavy psychological pressure on Akikawa's battery.
Generally speaking, the catcher assigns the pitch to the pitcher based on the batter's position on the Box, and the batter's information, and the previous situation.
Through this analysis, you can determine what kind of tactical effect you want to achieve, what kind of ball you will throw, and what the batter wants to hit.
You must have clear ideas about these before the ball is called.
However, if the opponent is Sawamura, this general routine will not work.
Whether it's Sawamura or Yuuki, you can't find any fault with the positions of these two people, they just stand in the middle so impartially. It seems that as long as you pitch a Strike, they can hit it.
To put it bluntly, the batter stood there like a net, and this net covered the entire strike zone.
No matter what kind of ball you throw, he can hit it.
Moreover, from the information collected before, the two of them do have such skills, whether it is a Straight ball, a Breaking ball, an inside corner ball, an outside corner ball…
There's nothing they can't hit.
'It's terrifying. I can't even take a breath when facing Seidou's line-up.'
Once you relax, it will surely usher in a stormy attack from the opponent.
The catcher of Akikawa Academy had such a hunch.
'Only corner pitch…'
The catcher made up his mind and gave a sign to Shunshin, but Shunshin refused without hesitation.
'It's useless.'
Right now, Sawamura must have chosen one of the inner corners or the outer corners.
Although Shunshin's ball speed is not fast, he controls the ball well. The space between his inner and outer corners is particularly large.
At the same time, it was difficult for Sawamura batting to even cover such a large area accurately all the time.
Therefore, he must select a corner to hit in advance, an inner corner, or an outer corner.
Once Shunshin throws the ball there, he will definitely be chased and beaten by Sawamura!
'I know this too, but if we don't pitch to the corners, what are we going to do to suppress Sawamura?'
Shunshin gave the answer to the catcher's doubts and directly threw the ball.
Whoosh!
Seeing the baseball suddenly flying, the expression on Sawamura's face became strange.
'In the middle!'
Although he initially aimed at the ball path in the inner corner, with his batting skills, it is not impossible to change it from the inner corner to the center.
'Although I don't know why, since you sent it here, then I have no reason not to hit.'
Hit the ball, even with Sawamura's patience, it's hard to give up such a sweet ball.
Seeing the ball flying over, there is no stagnant in his swing.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it flew high.
Sawamura's face became very strange.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a Straight ball in the middle!
If Sawamura guesses this ball correctly, he can hit a home run easily!
With Yoh Shunshin's ball speed of 130 km/h, there is no ball power, a normal Straight ball, it is not difficult for Sawamura to hit a home run!
Nevertheless, unfortunately, Sawamura did not guess correctly.
When he saw the ball to the center, Sawamura subconsciously thought that the opponent would definitely throw a Forkball.
Unexpectedly, he was fooled!
Sawamura hit slow fly high and was solved Out.
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