Bab 58: 2nd Round (2)

Then it was Seiko's turn to field. Kouichi stood upon the mound looking loose and relaxed. He had only begun pitching again a few days ago and was pleased to notice that he felt no more pain.

The break paired with the training regimen had helped improve his throwing action and stamina. He was of course without his forkball now, but that was a small price to pay, especially after learning the 2-seam fastball.

Kouichi was on fire, shutting out the first 3 batters with only 9 pitches. Ken gawked, inwardly feeling remorse that he hadn't listened to his father in his previous life.

Of course he was capable of doing the same thing against this opposition who were centered around the pitching of Kotaro. This was the main reason why Ken was so relieved when Daichi had put some runs on the board, because Joto did not have a great batting line up.