On the pitcher's mound.
Sawamura, who had just been hit for a super Homerun by Zhang Han, didn't let his teammates worry.
No, it should be said that his condition looked even better than before.
When pitching, he was completely uninhibited.
Originally, only the pitching against Zhang Han allowed people to clearly see a significant breaking ball. Now, almost all of his pitches had considerable variations.
Even if others stood in the dugout, they could see it clearly.
Kuramochi felt very surprised. Although he had heard of Sawamura's achievements before, seeing Sawamura pitching in person felt different.
Putting himself in Sawamura's shoes, if he were to pitch that kind of ball, he'd probably be dumbfounded.
Thinking of this, Kuramochi immediately felt very uncomfortable. Once this guy had shown off enough, he would definitely make him experience a senior's care.
Sawamura on the pitcher's mound subconsciously felt a chill, which caused the variation in his pitches to increase.
"Bang!"
Chris didn't swing, and the catcher couldn't catch the ball.
The baseball bounced off Kariba's glove and flew out.
"Sorry!"
Kariba quickly apologized. While apologizing, he went to pick up the ball.
Sawamura, on the other hand, looked infinitely tolerant.
"This guy's Fastball straight down the middle is just that powerful!"
Hearing Sawamura's words, the expression on Kariba's face was almost crying.
This guy kept roaring, telling all the seniors that he was throwing a Fastball straight down the middle.
In the first inning, he did throw a few.
But from the second inning onwards, where did this guy throw any Fastball? Wasn't he always throwing those small-variation breaking balls?
It was fortunate that Kariba was experienced and had solid fundamentals, which prevented a large number of passed balls.
But now, what this guy was throwing was no longer a small-variation breaking ball, but a genuine breaking ball.
The most annoying thing was, you didn't even know where the baseball would fly?
It was only because this guy's pitch speed was slow that Kariba could barely catch it. If his pitch speed increased by another notch, Kariba would probably miss more than half of the balls.
Kariba admitted that Sawamura's pitches like this were very effective.
In the Senior Team's dugout, Masuko narrowed his eyes when he saw Kariba miss the ball.
He finally understood why Sawamura's pitching, which didn't look strong, was so easy to get outs.
The contribution of the fielders was indeed indispensable.
But the most fundamental reason was Sawamura's pitching.
An irregular quirk ball?
Truly troublesome!
Chris had now faced four pitches, with a count of two balls and two strikes.
By this point, Chris had completely seen through Sawamura's pitching pattern. After all, the pitch speed was too slow; no matter how miraculous the breaking ball, hitting the ball out shouldn't be a big problem.
The key was, it was hard to hit well!
That was something the batter couldn't determine.
Chris kept scanning the freshmen's fielding, then focused his gaze on a few players.
The infielders' abilities were basically very good.
Takatsu, Kanemaru, Kominato, Jinguuji.
These players, who had already achieved results in middle school, no matter how they performed at the plate, their fielding fundamentals were solid.
Especially Kominato Haruichi, his fielding posture, even in the First string, was not weak.
Of course.
Not all freshmen were that excellent.
Especially two outfielders, who were previously pitchers, were relatively tired and not focused enough. If the ball was hit there, there should be a high chance of getting a hit.
But the problem was, Chris wasn't sure where Sawamura's pitches would change, or how much they would change?
Chris had a relatively high certainty of hitting into the infield.
But once he aimed for the outfield, whether he could hit that accurately was a big problem.
After some thought, Chris had to admit that this young man named Sawamura was indeed quite tricky for him.
This guy's pitching perfectly countered him.
However, it was only the pitching.
"Whoosh!"
When Sawamura threw the decisive pitch, Chris no longer hesitated and swung his bat directly.
"Ping!"
The variation attached to the baseball was forcefully suppressed by Chris's swing, and Chris hit the ball directly to Sawamura's right.
Sawamura opened his hands to try and catch the ball.
But the speed of the hit ball was simply too fast; before he could react, the baseball had already passed through.
Kominato and Takatsu ran non-stop towards where the baseball landed. But because Sawamura didn't touch the ball in the first instance, by the time they got there, it was too late.
The baseball passed directly between the Second Baseman and the shortstop, and Chris ran non-stop to First Base.
"Safe!"
No outs, runner on First Base!
After Sawamura's rampant three innings, the Senior Team finally began to show their strength.
Zhang Han's eyes had never left Chris. When he saw Chris using Sawamura as a breakthrough point, Zhang Han knew that this pitch should be a sure thing.
As expected of Chris!
He actually managed to bridge the gap of eight months of inactivity with knowledge and experience.
Although this performance was not enough for Chris to directly unseat Miyuki, it was definitely enough capital for him to compete with Miyuki.
The First string players, especially the third-year players, immediately applauded.
They celebrated the return of their old comrade in their own way.
Miyuki was also full of admiration and praise.
As expected of the man he had his eye on, not only did he get through it, but in such a short time, he had already recovered eighty to ninety percent of his previous strength.
Before this year's Summer Tournament, it seemed he could have a good competition with Chris.
Just as everyone was praising him, the next batter to step up swung powerfully.
"Boom!!"
"Ping..."
The hit baseball flew for a full hundred meters, and only bounced back after being stopped by the net.
The batter was Masuko Toru.
He was the first to get a hit off Sawamura, and now he had hit a Homerun.
He stepped on the head of his younger dormmate and successfully climbed back to the starting Third Baseman position.
Even if the coaching staff were not very satisfied with his previous performance, his performance in today's game was enough to wash away people's previous dissatisfaction with him.
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