In the first inning, Sawamura Eijun lost a hit. This incident seemed incredible to onlookers, let alone Sawamura himself, who was standing on the pitcher's mound.
He glanced at Akutsu at second base in surprise and then turned to look at Chris as the catcher. He asked Chris for advice, what happened just now?
Sawamura stood on the mound, too far away from the strike zone, and had no idea what had just happened on the strike zone.
right now, he was more willing to trust the judgment of Chris-shisho.
In the catcher's position, Chris's face became more serious, and his eyes also did not leave Akutsu, who is now on second base.
Akutsu's swing just now was obviously aimed at an inside corner ball.
Is it just luck? Or did the other side really guess their calling?
If it is an ordinary opponent, maybe it is just luck. Sawamura and Chris are both human, not gods.
They can't guarantee that every pitch will be pitched well and that no pitch will be missed!
But the opponent was Seihou High School, which was no weaker than Seidou High School. In addition, this team is still a very strong Seihou High School team.
They are even the champion candidates of this year's Koshien.
Estimate such an opponent and think that the opponent is just depending on luck, then you will be only deceiving yourself.
The stupid thing that Chris is absolutely unwilling to do.
So obviously, the opponent just guessed his calling?
'Probably guessed the match ball!'
Chris didn't hide anything from Sawamura, and he quickly told Sawamura of his thoughts directly through a sign.
Sawamura was even more surprised when he saw the sign that Chris-shisho gave him.
He turned his head a very rare second time to look at Akutsu at second base.
Actually, Sawamura heard about Akutsu before.
It was from the pitcher who later became the Ace after Akutsu, Akashi Seiya, who is not here now due to injury.
It was at a time when both of them had become professional players that Seiya told Eijun about this Akutsu-senpai of his.
Apparently, Akutsu Watari who everyone had a lot of hope to be a professional player, retired from baseball and entered the university directly.
But that is not what is interesting about him.
The interesting thing is his performance in the Scientific and Mathematical field was so insane that people thought he was the second coming of Newton or Einstein.
Seiya was puzzled when he was asked for an interview, not about his Baseball career, but from the academic media about Akutsu.
'I didn't expect this guy to be so smart.'
'Akutsu Watari, I really underestimate you!'
Sawamura took a deep look at Akutsu, and his eyes gradually became firmer.
'I thought it was just luck just now, but I should have expected it to be strength. Then I'm welcome!'
'This is Koshien! After all no opponent here is weak or just lucky!'
On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura Eijun's eyes suddenly became solemn.
Even though they have two Outs now, the situation at Seidou High School is not optimistic at all.
The batter is the super monster Sano, and the runner is at second base.
This doesn't even require a long hit, as long as the hit is good enough, the runner at second base can potentially run back to home plate and help Seihou score.
"For this, Sano must be solved no matter what!"
In the catcher's position, Chris was totally serious.
Originally, Sawamura pitched the first ball, and he thought there would be no danger.
Unexpectedly, after winning two Outs in this inning, Seihou High School got the chance to score in the blink of an eye.
'As expected of Koshien, any relaxation of carelessness may have serious consequences.'
After taking a long breath, Chris decisively signaled Sawamura on the pitcher's mound.
The first ball: Cutter in the inner corner!
Facing the super monster Batter Sano Shuzo, Chris's game calling was very strong, and he decisively asked Sawamura for an inside corner ball.
On the mound.
The corners of Sawamura's mouth couldn't help but tremble slightly.
'Although Chris-senpai is not as daring as Miyuki-senpai, that doesn't mean that he can't be bold too.'
Taking a long breath, Sawamura's eyes became firm.
'But such boldness is because he is trusting this much.'
Since the Shisho believed in him so much, as a proud Deshi, he certainly couldn't back down.
Come on, let him take a good look, what is the ability of Sano Shuzo, known as the number one Batter of the contemporary era?
On the strike zone, Sano Shuzo's eyes are extremely confident. It seemed that no matter what Pitch Sawamura threw, he could hit it.
Chris in the catcher position never moved his eyes from Sano.
Chris's eyes flashed when he saw Sano waiting to swing, and then he put his Mitt out of the inner corner of the strike zone.
'No matter what kind of ball, I can hit it!'
Sano Shuzo's words are very confident!
To deal with Sawamura, he is more confident.
Although Maou Sawamura Eijun's ball is said to be a fastball that is no less than 150 km/h when seeing it in the strike zone, making it difficult for the batter to accurately grasp the timing of the swing.
But in the final analysis, his ball is only 140 km/h after all.
With such a ball speed, it is too farfetched to deal with him, Sano Shuzo.
He can wait until the ball is in his hand before hitting it out.
Sano Shuzo has such confidence, not to mention, that he also knows what ball Sawamura Eijun is going to pitch next.
Before the play, Akutsu had deliberately came to him and talked to him.
"If I can get a hit, then their first Pitch against you is an 80 percent chance of a strong inside corner."
"Why?"
"It's very simple. From a personal subjective point of view, they must have wanted to aggressively attack at that time to show the tyrannical strength of the Demon King Sawamura Eijun.
From the analysis of objective data, after the Maou lost a hit, and he faced the next batter, the probability of throwing an inside corner ball exceeds 65%.
Combining the two, the probability of the opponent throwing an inside corner ball is definitely over 80%."
"Then what if you don't get a hit?"
"That changes the possibility of the first pitch greatly. There are so many possibilities that the value of the data reference has been lost. If that happens and I don't get a hit, you will be struck Out…"
Although he said it like this very irritatingly!
But he has to admit that the brain of that guy is definitely different from that of the ordinary. Since he said Sawamura's first ball has the probability of it being an inside corner for more than 80%.
Then the probability that the first ball may be an inside corner is definitely more than 80%.
Sano is sure of this.
He started by targeting inside corner balls.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, the ball appeared above the plate.
On the strike zone, Sano's teeth were gritted, and he non-hesitantly swung the bat against the ball.
BUZZ!!
During the swing of the bat, there was a sound like a dull thunder.
Even if there is no head-on collision, ordinary people can clearly feel the amazing power of this swing.
It is easy to see why Sano Shuzo is called a Monster Slugger.
His swing is amazing!
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it flew far away.
SNAP!
The speed of the ball flying Out is extremely fast, which is amazing. Almost before the blink of an eye, he fell off the sideline of third base.
"FOUL!"
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