Chapter 159: I will not lose

"You can't miss the opportunity to expand the score. If you have the opportunity, swing the bat actively."

In the rest area of Seidou High School, Superintendent Kataoka is in a good state of mind, but he is not complacent. He is also orderly when he directs the team to attack.

"Yes!"

The Players of Seidou are very focused.

Victory is at hand.

The last chance to attack, if there is hope, they certainly won't mind extending the score.

And this opportunity should be very big. Judging from the last two balls that Narumiya Mei made before, it is obvious that Narumiya Mei was also shaken.

On the other side, in the rest area of Inajitsu.

All the players bowed their heads.

If the opponent is any other team, even if they are behind by four points, the players of Inajitsu will definitely not be so frustrated.

But the opponent is precisely Seidou High School.

Through the previous innings, they knew too well the strength of Seidou High School! So far, Inajitsu has only scored two hits from Sawamura.

Eight innings with just two hits.

In this case, how can they recover at least four points in the last inning?

Isn't this a joke?

The atmosphere in the dugout was unprecedentedly heavy.

"You guys, have you given up?"

Suddenly, someone stood in front of the team.

The tall figure asked in a very calm tone.

'Coach!'

All the players in Inajitsu suddenly raised their heads and looked at this man.

They don't know what their own Coach means?

"There are two moments at the end of the game, one is when the last Outs are taken, and the other is when the players of one side give up fighting. If you have given up fighting and expect the game to end early, then you don't have to trouble yourself. Now, I will apply directly to the umpire?"

Apply for withdrawal?

How is this possible?

In the history of Inajitsu, such a thing has never happened.

All the players of Inajitsu looked at Coach Kunitomo in shock.

"What's your answer?"

Coach Kunitomo's face was very flat, with a bit of disappointment in his eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about, I won't lose!"

Suddenly, someone jumped up.

He didn't look away in the slightest and looked at Coach Kunitomo.

'Mei!'

'Narumiya!'

The players of Inajitsu looked at their Ace in astonishment.

I really didn't expect that he would dare to glare at Coach Kunitomo like that.

"Although I am a pitcher who lost four runs, so I shouldn't be the one saying this. But from the beginning of this game until now, I never thought about the possibility of losing. We will definitely win, Absolutely Win!"

After listening to Narumiya's words, Kunitomo Coach was noncommittal.

He just turned his head to look at the other players of Inajitsu.

"What about you? Does anyone have the same thoughts as this guy?"

"Me too!"

Carlos was the first to stand up.

Then Harada, Shirakawa, Yamaoka, Yoshizawa…

The main players of Inajitsu followed and stood behind Narumiya Mei one by one.

Their eyes are full of perseverance and didn't give up.

"Very good!"

Coach Kunitomo showed a rare smile on his face.

"The next inning will be very painful, we have to walk on a tightrope all the time. Any small mistake may cause our doom. So every word I say next, you must remember. First, it's three Outs."

In the first half of the ninth inning, Seidou High School attacked.

Although Coach Kataoka gave the players an instruction, it was to have the opportunity to swing the bat as much as possible and try to expand the score.

But this thing is really difficult to do.

First of all, in the first half of the ninth inning, it was Not Seidou's most powerful first few Batters.

The second point is that Inajitsu will never let the players from Seidou High School win points easily after losing points.

Of course, there are also Seidou high school batters, who have their own mentality and are also very problematic to deal with.

They hit the field and didn't pay too much attention.

Ping!

Miyuki, who was the seventh batter, took a decisive swing in the face of Narumiya's Slider hit the ball high, and fell out of bounds on third base.

Inajitsu's third baseman, who was waiting for the baseball to land early, successfully caught the ball.

"OUT!"

Miyuki, who came down from the strike zone, was a little disappointed in himself.

In the dugout, Sawamura Eijun's brows furrowed unconsciously.

'Wrong! This rhythm is very wrong!'

He turned his head to take a look and then looked at Miyuki who walking to the strike zone.

There is a bizarre sense of unease.

'These guys state is a little strange.'

Sawamura couldn't pinpoint what was strange.

Just judging from his experience, Seidou's attack seemed a little rushed.

Shiratsu is not bad.

After a few balls with Narumiya Mei, he hit an infield rebound and was blocked Out.

After Shiratsu came on stage, Sawamura's strange feeling reappeared, and the rhythm was adjusted back a little by Shiratsu.

It's no longer as awkward as when Miyuki-senpai hit the field before!

"Eighth Batter, left fielder, Sakai-kun."

Sakai who got into the field after Chris was out was now having his turn at bat.

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"

There is no suspense. In the face of Narumiya Mei, who was on full fire and used the Crossfire and Change-up, Sakai did not hit his ball.

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange!

This time, Inashiro completed the defenses very quickly.

It's just that in the eyes of the audience and many professionals, Inashiro is just doing nothing.

Their problem was not originally in the defense, but in how to get points from Sawamura Eijun.

The score is 4:0!

In the West Tokyo finals, the game of Seidou VS Inajitsu arrived in the last play.

In the second half of the ninth inning, Inajitsu attacked.

"Inajitsu make a change of players, the ninth Batter, the substitute, Tadano-kun."

Right now, Coach Kunitomo of Inajitsu finally did not hold back and took action.

At the beginning of the second half of the ninth inning, he sent a substitute to replace their original ninth.

Tadano, who was the ninth player, was a first-year player like Sawamura and the others.

In the face of this newly played substitute, Miyuki still showed some caution and told Sawamura to be careful when giving a sign to Sawamura.

Of course, that's what he did, and Miyuki didn't take Tadano too seriously.

When dealing with Sawamura, it is a very stupid act to change the substitutes rashly.

There are many characteristics of Sawamura's pitching, some of which are difficult for ordinary people to grasp.

It was the first time that Miyuki had ever seen anyone who could hit the ball cleanly against Sawamura's pitch.

Tadano, in the West Tokyo area, is a little-known genius.

Otherwise, it is impossible for him to be a first-year student, and he was selected by Coach Kunitomo and promoted to the first string of Inajitsu.

Don't look at him as a freshman, his swing is also very good.

Just dealing with Sawamura, he's probably not good enough.

Whoosh!

The white ball was like a laser beam, instantly crossing the distance from the pitcher's mound to the top of the plate.

SNAP!

"STRIKE!!"

Tadano Itsuki on the strike zone was in a dazed state.

'Totally too late!'

Facing Sawamura's Wall-Making Form, Tadano didn't even hit it normally, he didn't even have time to swing.

Quick! Too fast!!

Sawamura's pitch, 140 km/h.

This ball speed, even in the entire high school world, is definitely a sharp fastball.

The main reason why everyone thinks that Sawamura's ball speed is relatively average is just because Sawamura's ball speed doesn't match his title as the Demon King.

With such a mentality, the audience will naturally not feel how fast Sawamura's ball is.

But the real situation is not the case. The ball speed of 140 km/h is already very fast.

Coupled with the strange Wall-Making Form, when you are standing on the strike zone, Sawamura's ball speed looks terrifying!

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"

After the first ball was pitched, and he saw Tadano was too late in his swing.

Miyuki didn't bother to make a great game calling, and let Sawamura strike Out him with all Straight balls.

One Out, no one hits base.

Right now, Seidou High School is only two Outs away from the dream of Koshien.

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