Shonan Gakuen's batter was stunned for a long time. When he came to his senses, he almost slapped himself in the face.
After two strikes, a ball was thrown to entice the batter to swing.
Isn't this the most basic operation for a catcher's pitch calling?
Not to say one hundred percent, but over eighty percent of pitch calling is done this way.
Why did he just get so confused and think the last pitch would definitely be a strike?
Shonan Gakuen's Fifth Batter looked at Chris, who was crouching on the ground, with terror.
As a former star player, he was very confident in his strength and mental fortitude.
But just now, everything he had painstakingly built and honed became useless.
His thoughts completely followed the opponent's pitch calling, and he acted entirely according to the opponent's ideas…
Too terrifying!
This catcher is truly terrifying.
Just thinking about the confrontation just now made the Shonan batter shiver.
He had a feeling that if the confrontation continued, his side would definitely not fare well.
Shonan's Fifth Batter retreated to his dugout as if fleeing in disarray.
Coach Mikura frowned, scrutinizing his proud disciple.
Something was wrong.
It was one thing for Chris to perform steadily after coming on. But how did the pitcher, whom they had almost broken, make a full recovery?
These two worked together with an unspoken understanding.
"Tanba, third year. Chris, third year…"
Oh~
Mikura felt he understood.
Perhaps these two were the original partners, and Seido High School Baseball Team's current catcher was a later addition.
"I knew why Coach Kataoka could so easily decide to change the catcher. So that's the reason."
After carefully analyzing the situation on the field, Mikura judged that it would be very difficult for them to score a large number of runs at this point.
It's better to quit while they're ahead…
Compared to an unseen future, he was more willing to secure the points they could get first.
One by one, capable coaches are all pragmatists.
Those who rely on dreams as spiritual sustenance and lack any practical action.
Are destined to only daydream.
Only those who dare to dream and dare to act have the possibility of achieving great things.
Mikura is undoubtedly such a person.
Seeing the signal from his coach, Shonan Gakuen's Sixth Batter nodded slightly.
Then, when Tanba's pitch came, he unhesitatingly changed to a bunt.
Not only him, but the runner on Third Base also moved.
Kurokawa is a very well-rounded player; not only is his hitting strong, but his speed is also first-class.
Otherwise, in the situation just now, he would have basically topped out at Second Base.
Running to Third Base in one go still carried a significant risk.
With both the runner and batter acting simultaneously, Shonan Gakuen's objective was basically clear.
They wanted to score their fourth run of this inning.
However, unfortunately, their intention had already been seen through by one person.
When Shonan's Sixth Batter nodded slightly, a gleam of light flashed in Chris's eyes.
He envisioned a lot in his mind and then decisively signaled the infielders on the field.
Although the infielders didn't show any reaction at first.
But as soon as Tanba pitched, several infielders of Seido High School Baseball Team moved together.
The baseball that had just been bunted didn't fly far before Yuuki, who was rushing forward, caught it in his glove.
Yuuki ran into the batter who was running up.
He touched the batter with his gloved hand holding the ball.
That wasn't all; after tagging out the batter, Yuuki threw the ball to home plate.
Kurokawa had already disregarded everything and charged straight over.
But Chris, who was catching the ball, was also not slow.
Facing Kurokawa, who was like a tank, Chris dodged his frontal charge.
"He's past!"
Shonan Gakuen's supporters hadn't even had time to celebrate.
They saw the Umpire on the field raise his hand high.
"Out!"
What happened?
It turned out that in that instant, although Chris moved his body, his glove did not.
As Kurokawa sped past, he touched Kurokawa's body with his glove.
Then Chris raised his glove high.
Double play!
This series of actions was more thrilling than watching a movie.
Even on a Major League field, such a situation is rarely encountered.
The Seido supporters, who understood what had happened, were all beaming.
Initially, Seido had given up three runs, and they were quite worried. Now, that feeling of worry had been thrown to who knows where.
"Shonan Gakuen, well, their performance is not bad. But if they want to compare with our Seido High School, they are clearly still far behind."
In Shonan's dugout.
Coach Mikura's Adam's apple bobbed.
His disciples were themselves talented players, and their daily training had never slackened.
Aside from experience, Mikura truly didn't believe that any of his disciples were inferior to Seido's players.
But just now, Seido High School Baseball Team's catcher, Chris, taught him a good lesson.
What does it mean to be exceptionally talented?
In the confrontation just now, Chris calculated every step and responded very calmly.
Not only him, but every other player on Seido High School Baseball Team was outstanding.
Just like Yuuki just now, his tag out of the batter was done effortlessly.
He didn't deliberately try to do it; it happened naturally.
The entire process was smooth and wasted no time.
The baseball was quickly thrown to the catcher.
So much so that before Kurokawa reached home plate, Chris already had the ball waiting.
The final tag out was indeed spectacular.
It is estimated that after this game, the reporters in the stands will definitely make a big deal out of this play.
But what was truly terrifying was their series of actions before that.
The entire process left no opportunity for Shonan Gakuen's players to exploit.
Everything was so self-evident.
And it was this self-evidence that made people shiver just thinking about it.
Too terrifying!
Three outs, sides exchanged.
Although Seido High School Baseball Team gave up three runs at the beginning of the game.
Because of Chris's perfect relay, Seido High School Baseball Team's morale was not severely affected.
In the bottom of the first inning, the teammates were already rubbing their fists, ready to go on offense.
"The opposing pitcher is their Ace, Aoki. In the four games we collected, he started in three of them. In these three games, he gave up runs in the first inning in two of them. Although the runs given up were not many, it is certain that this pitcher is slow to get into rhythm at the start."
Seido High School Baseball Team still collected some information.
However, Shonan Gakuen had nothing particularly notable in their past records.
As a result, there were very few game recordings left.
Their own team certainly had complete archives, but Seido High School Baseball Team couldn't possibly borrow such game recordings.
Even among these four games, they only had one with a recording.
The remaining three only had general progress and scoring records.
Besides pitching in the finals, Aoki also started in two games and came in as a reliever in one game.
When starting, he gave up runs in the first inning in two out of three games.
In the first inning when he came in as a reliever, he also gave up one run.
Being slow to get into rhythm, this characteristic can be confirmed.
As for other things, the conclusions drawn by Seido High School Baseball Team were not many.
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