Chapter 111: Lead the team by pitching
He swung the bat so fast, that he caught up with the flying baseball in the blink of an eye, and swept the baseball away violently.
Ping!
The white ball flies off the sideline.
“FOUL!”
With two consecutive Fouls, Sawamura and Miyuki have taken the lead with two Strikes.
But there was no smile on their faces.
Cutter and Change-up balls were swept away in succession.
With the slight angle break and the huge ball speed difference, Mima turned out to be in good condition and kept up with Sawamura’s pitching.
‘This is amazing!’
Miyuki felt like he could hear his heart beating.
Very rhythmically and powerfully.
Two pitches, no need for more, Miyuki has already seen a lot of things.
Mima must have excellent dynamic vision, as well as flexible and powerful batting skills. At the same time, his swing speed is also very fast, and he is very focused when he is swinging…
In conclusion, Mima is very strong!
No wonder it was no trivial matter to be able to hit Tanpa-senpai’s Winning Shot.
‘Partner, our challenge is coming. At a time like this, don’t be a coward!’
On the mound.
Sawamura’s body naturally showed a calm momentum.
Mima’s stunning swing did not have any impact on Sawamura.
Two Strikes, zero Ball.
According to general common sense, at this time, we should make good use of the three Balls space we have.
With Sawamura’s current momentum, it’s really not wise for him to use Balls.
Then go head to head!
Mima’s dynamic vision and accelerated swing, Vs the decisive ball of Sawamura. Who wins and who loses?
‘Come on, I have faith in you, mate!’
On the pitcher’s mound, Sawamura nodded slightly when he saw Miyuki’s signal for the third Pitch.
Taking a deep breath, Sawamura adjusted his state to the best.
The more sharp the moment, the more careful the pitching. It doesn’t matter if you make ten mistakes in normal times, but at the wrong moment, if you make a single mistake, you may be doomed.
‘Raise your legs and move your weight!’
Whoosh!
The baseball in Sawamura’s hand flew out.
Fast, incredibly fast.
On the strike zone.
Mima couldn’t help but admire Sawamura’s pitching, such a clean Straight Pitch. Clean, pure, Straight as if drawn with a ruler.
With his hands tightly gripped on the bat, Mima used his body to feel the timing of the swing.
Wait a minute, the ball is faster than he thought.
Especially when entering the hand, it seems to accelerate.
But he clearly didn’t feel the difference between this ball and an ordinary Straight ball before. Form, and ball speed, including the spin, are identical to Straight balls.
Why?
No one can answer Mima for The confusion in his mind.
Now he doesn’t care to think about it anymore, he can only swing the bat in a hurry.
Can you get it in time?
SNAP!
The ball flew into Miyuki’s glove, and Mima was just halfway through the swing.
At this moment, the scene seems to be frozen.
The audience stared at Mima, who was stunned.
“STRIKE!! BATTER OUT!!!”
The referee who witnessed this wonderful duel with his own eyes was basically roaring and trembling when he announced the result.
‘These kids are amazing.’
That’s true for batter, and even more so for pitcher!
Mima was struck out.
The players and coaches of the Hakuryu High School were all dumbfounded.
Mima was struck out by someone?
Mima was struck out Swinging?!
Mima swing was too late?!!
They feel that their worldview is about to be overturned. Mima used to practice swinging against a 155km pitching machine before, and his swing speed could keep up with that ball speed.
How could he be late to swing the bat against Sawamura’s ball? And was so late at that.
“Sawamura! Sawamura!!!”
“Demon King, Demon King!!!”
Sawamura’s exclusive fan clubs were roaring like crazy.
In the stands.
The professional scout turned his head to look at the Brotherhood of Red Heart and Demon King Guards.
What he saw in his eyes were not people, but money symbols $ one by one.
‘Money, these are all money!’
Not only Skills, strength, but even the ability to attract money, Sawamura is just a complete package.
“If I can sign him, definitely…”
One Out, no one on base.
When Mima returned to the rest area, there was still confusion in his eyes.
“Fourth, catcher, Takehara-kun.”
“STRIKE!”
“STRIKE!!”
“STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!”
Ordinary inside corner Ball, seduce Takehara to miss the swing.
Then use the Cutter ball to let Takehara miss the second swing.
The last ball was a Change-up.
Everyone saw Takehara’s bat was constantly waving, but nothing was touched.
Sawamura played Takehara, just like playing a child.
When Sawamura faced off against the third-year senior, Miyuki and Chris concluded.
Facing Sawamura’s ball for the first time, it was difficult to hit his ball out.
If you don’t have enough data to support, don’t have enough mental preparation, and don’t adapt, you’re not qualified to hit Sawamura at all.
Takehara looked shocked, but to Miyuki, it was not surprising.
On the contrary, Mima who saw Sawamura’s pitching for the first time, and followed Sawamura’s pitching, surprised him even more.
Two Outs, no one on base.
“Fifth, first baseman, Kitaooji-kun.”
The lineup rotated and this is Kitaooji’s second time that he will face off against Sawamura.
He was mentally prepared enough to hit the strike zone.
‘I will never let the attack end like this.’
Holding the bat tightly in both hands, Kitaooji looked aggressively at Sawamura on the mound.
“Very scary!”
Sawamura cocked the corners of his mouth with a smirk.
The Catcher, Miyuki, gave Sawamura a sign.
Sawamura nodded slightly, then at Miyuki’s request, he threw a ball.
Whoosh!
A small white ball flew out.
On the strike zone, the corners of Kitaooji’s mouth were tightly pursed, and he stared intently at the ball thrown by Sawamura.
The ball is on the top of the center!
‘It’s a fishing ball.’
To put it bluntly, it is the path of the ball that seduces the batter.
Would he swing the bat?
In Kitaooji’s mind, in a fraction of a second, a battle between heaven and earth passed.
In the end, he decided to swing.
Fishing ball, as the name suggests, is the same as fishing, but since you want to fish, you must have bait, right?
This sweet ball is the bait. If the swing is not thorough, it will definitely be caught by the guard and block the batter.
But there is another possibility. If you swing the bat thoroughly, it is also possible to sweep the ball out by brute force.
‘Smash it out!’
In an instant, Kitaooji used all the strength to swing, and the bat in his hand roared out.
Even if it just rubs against the ball, he has to sweep it out.
Ping!
The white ball was hit and flew high from the home plate.
The face of Kitaooji was as gray as if he had seen a ghost.
When the ball entered his hand, it floated up. Let him only hit the lower part of the baseball.
At the catcher’s position, Miyuki opened his glove and confiscated the ball in his glove.
“OUT!”
Three outs, offense, and defense exchange.
Hakuryu High School, the core three strong batters, Mima, Takehara, and Kitaooji.
Three up and three down!
At this moment, all the light in the audience shrouded Sawamura and Miyuki.
Without the help of the fielders, they tackled the core lineup of the top powerhouse Hakuryu High School head-on.
…
Chapter 111: Lead the team by pitching
He swung the bat so fast, that he caught up with the flying baseball in the blink of an eye, and swept the baseball away violently.
Ping!
The white ball flies off the sideline.
“FOUL!”
With two consecutive Fouls, Sawamura and Miyuki have taken the lead with two Strikes.
But there was no smile on their faces.
Cutter and Change-up balls were swept away in succession.
With the slight angle break and the huge ball speed difference, Mima turned out to be in good condition and kept up with Sawamura’s pitching.
‘This is amazing!’
Miyuki felt like he could hear his heart beating.
Very rhythmically and powerfully.
Two pitches, no need for more, Miyuki has already seen a lot of things.
Mima must have excellent dynamic vision, as well as flexible and powerful batting skills. At the same time, his swing speed is also very fast, and he is very focused when he is swinging…
In conclusion, Mima is very strong!
No wonder it was no trivial matter to be able to hit Tanpa-senpai’s Winning Shot.
‘Partner, our challenge is coming. At a time like this, don’t be a coward!’
On the mound.
Sawamura’s body naturally showed a calm momentum.
Mima’s stunning swing did not have any impact on Sawamura.
Two Strikes, zero Ball.
According to general common sense, at this time, we should make good use of the three Balls space we have.
With Sawamura’s current momentum, it’s really not wise for him to use Balls.
Then go head to head!
Mima’s dynamic vision and accelerated swing, Vs the decisive ball of Sawamura. Who wins and who loses?
‘Come on, I have faith in you, mate!’
On the pitcher’s mound, Sawamura nodded slightly when he saw Miyuki’s signal for the third Pitch.
Taking a deep breath, Sawamura adjusted his state to the best.
The more sharp the moment, the more careful the pitching. It doesn’t matter if you make ten mistakes in normal times, but at the wrong moment, if you make a single mistake, you may be doomed.
‘Raise your legs and move your weight!’
Whoosh!
The baseball in Sawamura’s hand flew out.
Fast, incredibly fast.
On the strike zone.
Mima couldn’t help but admire Sawamura’s pitching, such a clean Straight Pitch. Clean, pure, Straight as if drawn with a ruler.
With his hands tightly gripped on the bat, Mima used his body to feel the timing of the swing.
Wait a minute, the ball is faster than he thought.
Especially when entering the hand, it seems to accelerate.
But he clearly didn’t feel the difference between this ball and an ordinary Straight ball before. Form, and ball speed, including the spin, are identical to Straight balls.
Why?
No one can answer Mima for The confusion in his mind.
Now he doesn’t care to think about it anymore, he can only swing the bat in a hurry.
Can you get it in time?
SNAP!
The ball flew into Miyuki’s glove, and Mima was just halfway through the swing.
At this moment, the scene seems to be frozen.
The audience stared at Mima, who was stunned.
“STRIKE!! BATTER OUT!!!”
The referee who witnessed this wonderful duel with his own eyes was basically roaring and trembling when he announced the result.
‘These kids are amazing.’
That’s true for batter, and even more so for pitcher!
Mima was struck out.
The players and coaches of the Hakuryu High School were all dumbfounded.
Mima was struck out by someone?
Mima was struck out Swinging?!
Mima swing was too late?!!
They feel that their worldview is about to be overturned. Mima used to practice swinging against a 155km pitching machine before, and his swing speed could keep up with that ball speed.
How could he be late to swing the bat against Sawamura’s ball? And was so late at that.
“Sawamura! Sawamura!!!”
“Demon King, Demon King!!!”
Sawamura’s exclusive fan clubs were roaring like crazy.
In the stands.
The professional scout turned his head to look at the Brotherhood of Red Heart and Demon King Guards.
What he saw in his eyes were not people, but money symbols $ one by one.
‘Money, these are all money!’
Not only Skills, strength, but even the ability to attract money, Sawamura is just a complete package.
“If I can sign him, definitely…”
One Out, no one on base.
When Mima returned to the rest area, there was still confusion in his eyes.
“Fourth, catcher, Takehara-kun.”
“STRIKE!”
“STRIKE!!”
“STRIKE! BATTER OUT!!!”
Ordinary inside corner Ball, seduce Takehara to miss the swing.
Then use the Cutter ball to let Takehara miss the second swing.
The last ball was a Change-up.
Everyone saw Takehara’s bat was constantly waving, but nothing was touched.
Sawamura played Takehara, just like playing a child.
When Sawamura faced off against the third-year senior, Miyuki and Chris concluded.
Facing Sawamura’s ball for the first time, it was difficult to hit his ball out.
If you don’t have enough data to support, don’t have enough mental preparation, and don’t adapt, you’re not qualified to hit Sawamura at all.
Takehara looked shocked, but to Miyuki, it was not surprising.
On the contrary, Mima who saw Sawamura’s pitching for the first time, and followed Sawamura’s pitching, surprised him even more.
Two Outs, no one on base.
“Fifth, first baseman, Kitaooji-kun.”
The lineup rotated and this is Kitaooji’s second time that he will face off against Sawamura.
He was mentally prepared enough to hit the strike zone.
‘I will never let the attack end like this.’
Holding the bat tightly in both hands, Kitaooji looked aggressively at Sawamura on the mound.
“Very scary!”
Sawamura cocked the corners of his mouth with a smirk.
The Catcher, Miyuki, gave Sawamura a sign.
Sawamura nodded slightly, then at Miyuki’s request, he threw a ball.
Whoosh!
A small white ball flew out.
On the strike zone, the corners of Kitaooji’s mouth were tightly pursed, and he stared intently at the ball thrown by Sawamura.
The ball is on the top of the center!
‘It’s a fishing ball.’
To put it bluntly, it is the path of the ball that seduces the batter.
Would he swing the bat?
In Kitaooji’s mind, in a fraction of a second, a battle between heaven and earth passed.
In the end, he decided to swing.
Fishing ball, as the name suggests, is the same as fishing, but since you want to fish, you must have bait, right?
This sweet ball is the bait. If the swing is not thorough, it will definitely be caught by the guard and block the batter.
But there is another possibility. If you swing the bat thoroughly, it is also possible to sweep the ball out by brute force.
‘Smash it out!’
In an instant, Kitaooji used all the strength to swing, and the bat in his hand roared out.
Even if it just rubs against the ball, he has to sweep it out.
Ping!
The white ball was hit and flew high from the home plate.
The face of Kitaooji was as gray as if he had seen a ghost.
When the ball entered his hand, it floated up. Let him only hit the lower part of the baseball.
At the catcher’s position, Miyuki opened his glove and confiscated the ball in his glove.
“OUT!”
Three outs, offense, and defense exchange.
Hakuryu High School, the core three strong batters, Mima, Takehara, and Kitaooji.
Three up and three down!
At this moment, all the light in the audience shrouded Sawamura and Miyuki.
Without the help of the fielders, they tackled the core lineup of the top powerhouse Hakuryu High School head-on.
…
