Coach Kunimoto felt very embarrassed.
They had preconceived notions that Zhang Han must be eager to get a strikeout and break the Kanto Tournament's consecutive strikeout record.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Han and Miyuki had no interest whatsoever in the elusive record.
Their only goal was to get outs. To achieve this goal, they would not hesitate to give up some records they might have achieved.
Having suffered such a big loss, the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team players, of course, were eager to recover from the disadvantage.
With two outs already, they could only pin their hopes on Harada, the current batter on the field.
Harada Masatoshi.
The Fourth Batter of the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team, one of the West Tokyo's three powerhouses. A super slugger comparable to Yuuki of Seido High School Baseball Team and Omae of Ichidai Third High School.
Whether in the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team's previous games or in their game today, Harada Masatoshi's performance was remarkable.
The supporters in the dugout and stands were also full of trust in Harada's ability.
This could be seen from the sound of their cheers.
When the previous two batters came up, the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team's supporters, in order to compete with the Seido High School Baseball Team's supporters, were all shouting cheers.
But at that time, perhaps because of a lack of confidence or insufficient morale, their cheering voices were not very loud.
This directly resulted in a situation where, although everyone was shouting, the overall volume and the commotion created were not very large.
Now that Harada was up, the sound of cheering was clearly different.
Compared to the previous lack of confidence, this time, both the players in the dugout and the supporters in the stands had much more confidence.
And Narumiya Mei was cracking jokes in the dugout.
"Don't try too hard, just get a hit, this genius will be responsible for getting the runs!"
It's unclear if he was cheering for Harada or intentionally trying to provoke him.
In any case, after Harada heard these words, his emotions fluctuated greatly, and his eyes, as he looked at Zhang Han, were filled with anger.
Zhang Han felt very innocent.
Harada-senpai was clearly upset by his junior and partner, so why vent his anger on someone else's junior and partner?
This was too unreasonable.
Facing such an unreasonable opponent, Zhang Han did not hold back and decisively threw the baseball in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
The white baseball instantly arrived in front of Harada.
Harada watched the baseball fly past him without swinging.
"Thwack!"
"Strike!"
The trajectory of the baseball looked very straight, and its speed was much faster than when they watched from the side.
Harada observed very carefully.
Whether watching from the side before, or in actual confrontation, including observing on video.
Harada was not at all unfamiliar with Zhang Han's pitch.
If it was just a Fastball, although he couldn't guarantee 100 percent that he would definitely get a hit, he did have a great deal of confidence in hitting the ball.
As for whether the ball could become a hit after being struck, that would depend on luck.
But it was obvious that Zhang Han's skills were not limited to just a Fastball.
When Zhang Han dealt with Carlos in the previous inning, the baseball he threw suddenly sank, causing Carlos to swing and miss.
The pitch trajectory looked exactly like a Fastball, and the pitching motion showed no problems whatsoever.
According to Carlos's statement, and the guesses of the other teammates of the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team.
They judged that Zhang Han should have mastered the forkball.
Perhaps his finger split was not that obvious, which is why it formed such a pitch.
For Harada, although the difficulty of this challenge increased, he was not at a loss.
He just needed to aim for either a regular Fastball or a forkball.
Until just now, when Zhang Han faced Yoshizawa, Yoshizawa clearly aimed for a Fastball, but the baseball was hit into a fly ball.
According to Yoshizawa's feeling just now, he felt the baseball rise.
One a sinking ball, one a rising ball.
Plus, a super light-speed Fastball approaching 160 kilometers per hour.
Did Zhang Han really master such a weapon?
Judging from the Fastball just now, Harada was somewhat unsure about his own guess again.
He refocused his gaze on Zhang Han.
At this point, he had no other choice but to swing at the incoming baseball.
Trust his feeling and swing the bat in his hand.
As for playing mind games with Zhang Han and Miyuki, and judging the opponent's pitching location and type?
Harada had already given up.
Last year, when he faced Miyuki, he suffered quite a few losses.
Now with Zhang Han added, Harada really didn't have that much confidence in his own intelligence.
He gave up this tempting idea and decided to concentrate on hitting the flying baseball.
Zhang Han on the pitcher's mound lifted his leg high, then stepped out fiercely.
As his body's center of gravity shifted, he rotated like a giant windmill.
With this inertia, the baseball in his hand also whizzed out.
Here it comes.
So fast.
It looked faster than any previous pitch.
Harada locked onto this pitch with all his might, then gritted his teeth tightly, gripping the bat in his hands firmly, aimed at the timing of the baseball's flight, and swung decisively.
"Boom!"
During this period, Harada's progress was also very significant. He had gradually overcome his previous problems, even in a crisis situation, even in the most important confrontation of this game.
His swing showed no hesitation whatsoever.
He swung with all his might, and those close enough could hear the sound of his bat cutting through the air.
Just as the bat was about to hit the white baseball.
With Harada's immense power, as long as his bat touched the baseball, he should be able to send it flying far away.
However, just as the bat was about to hit the baseball, Harada suddenly realized the baseball in front of the bat…
had disappeared.
"Thwack!"
"Strike!"
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