NOVEL NEXT Chapter 45: The Battle of the Giants
Chapter 45: The Battle of the Giants
In the first round of the Kanto Tournament, West Tokyo’s Seidou High School Vs Kanagawa’s Yokohama-North High School.
The fight of powerhouses!
Although there are no weak teams in the Kanto Tournament, such a strong match still makes the people who like baseball very excited.
A lot of the audience came and filled half of the stands.
Because the competition wasn’t held in Tokyo, there was no way for the school’s cheerleaders and students to cheer along. So Only the Players from the Second String and the Third String came.
The two sides started the game and sent the main force.
“The name of this left fielder is so familiar, it seems like I’ve heard it somewhere.”
The Coach of Yokohama held Seidou’s starting list and stared at the names in a daze.
First grade, Sawamura Eijun.
This name, he has heard about him before.
“Forget it, if you are a first-year student, you won’t be able to make any big waves.”
Throwing the list aside, the Coach of Yokohama stared at the players in front of him seriously and said, “Think about the training you have received in all these years, and demonstrate it during the match.”
“Yes!”
In the first half of the game, Yokohama attacked first.
On the other side, in the dugout where Seidou High School is located.
Kataoka looked at his students and said, “Ino’s ball speed is not fast. He is a pitcher who fights with his control. There are three types of Pitches that he throws, Straight ball, slider, and vertical slider.”
“With his ball control, his breaking ball is very difficult to hit. From the first round, aim for the Straight ball and swing fully.”
“Yes!”
All the Players of Seidou have a high fighting spirit.
“As for the defense, it’s up to you, Miyuki.”
After arranging the offensive tactics, Kataoka then handed over the defense to Miyuki.
“Yes!”
Miyuki nodded solemnly.
Game start.
The first batter of Yokohama got into the Batting Box.
Facing this opponent, Miyuki decisively gave Tanpa a sign.
On the mound, Tanpa nodded lightly.
Whoosh!
The first ball is a high-drop curve ball.
In the face of this ball, even the Yokohama batter could not swing the bat.
SNAP!
“STRIKE!”
After a good pitch, Miyuki gave Tanpa a sign for a Ball to the inside corner.
The Yokohama Batter, who had just been startled by Tanpa’s Curveball, did not flinch. Instead, he swung the bat toward the ball.
The swing missed, and the ball went straight into Miyuki’s open glove.
“STRIKE!”
After two strikes, Miyuki asked for the third.
This ball, the Yokohama batter, who has been chased, can only swing the bat and miss the swing.
Miyuki called for a Straight ball that strayed from the strike zone.
“STRIKE! BATTER OUT!”
Tanpa, who doesn’t seem to be very strong, seems to be a different person when he throws the ball.
After striking out the first batter, Tanpa tempted Yokohama’s second bat to swing, and the ball flew to the shortstop’s fielding position.
“He-haha~”
The figure, like a cheetah, suddenly rushed out, picked up the ball, and passed it to first base.
“OUT!”
Without any hesitation, Seidou scored two outs.
At this point, no matter who looked at it, Tanpa’s pitching was very good. Sharp changes, steady ball control, and the air of a pitcher.
“Although Seidou has always had the problem of lacking a strong pitcher, but to be honest, Tanpa’s pitching is really good.”
“Anyway, he is also the Ace of Seidou now!”
“Tanpa, come on!”
“Seidou, Seidou!!!”
The discussions in the stands continued one after another.
On the field, Yokohama's third Batter, shortstop, Oyama, came out.
Oyama looked at Tanpa on the pitcher’s mound coldly, as if to devour him alive.
This icy aura was not only felt by Tanpa but also by Miyuki in the position of the catcher. After feeling it, a smirk appeared on Miyuki’s mouth.
‘Exactly, let us see what kind of strength Yokohama’s core line-up.’
‘Tanpa-senpai, next Pitch, here’
Whoosh!
On the pitcher side, he threw the ball unceremoniously, and on the other side, Oyama didn’t hesitate at all and swung the bat directly.
Ping!
After the white ball was hit, it landed in the zone between the shortstop and second baseman.
Seeing that the ball was about to fly to the outfield, a vigorous figure jumped up and caught the baseball that was about to fly out. At this time, the ball had already fallen, and there was no way to get up and pass the ball in time.
“He-haha, Ryo-san, pass it on to me.”
Kominato, who stopped the ball, was too late. On the shortstop position, Kuramochi didn’t hesitate to help his senior cover.
SNAP!
Kominato Ryosuke didn’t hesitate and threw the ball to Kuramochi, who passed the ball to first base.
“OUT!”
Three shut out!
Although there is credit for the defense, Tanpa’s own pitching is really good, and to a certain extent suppresses Yokohama’s line.
Three outs, offense, and defense exchange.
In the second half of the game, Seidou High School attacked.
“First Batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun!”
“Hee hee ha ha ha~”
With a strange laugh, Kuramochi stepped into the strike area.
come on.
Kuramochi’s small eyes were full of provocation.
Yokohama’s pitcher, Ino, looks unremarkable. You can’t feel the strength of this man just from his pitching. Unlike Furuya and Sawamura, as long as he throws a ball with all his strength, it is enough to shock the audience.
But such a pitcher is the Ace of the Giant Yokohama. Of course, he will not be as useless as everyone thinks.
He has enough weapons to threaten or even break opponents.
In the face of such a pitcher, it is not Kuramochi’s character to stand in the strike zone and fight honestly face to face.
Therefore, for the first ball, Kuramochi chose to bunt.
As soon as he was in the bunt position, he saw Yokohama’s third baseman running forward.
He was already prepared!
Faced with this situation, Kuramochi was not annoyed, and immediately turned the bat and hit the ball in the direction of first base. Ino’s pitching, whether it’s speed or power, is average, and Kuramochi can still decide the direction of the Pitch with a bunt.
Ping!
The baseball lands and rolls to first base.
Kuramochi dashed to the first base like a mad dog of the reins.
Yokohama’s first baseman was ready to rush out and throw the ball, and their second baseman consciously moved to first base when he saw Kuramochi bunt. Got to first base early at this point.
Kuramochi is fast, but not as fast as the ball. Yokohama’s second baseman Norimura, When he reached second base, he received a pass from the first baseman.
“OUT!”
Kuramochi missed the base by an inch.
After Kuramochi was out, Kominato Ryosuke came up, and Yokohama pitcher Ino threw a straight ball.
This is tantamount to blatant bullying!
The other party obviously studied the information of the batters in Seidou very thoroughly and knew what method to use to deal with these batters.
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