Seido High School Baseball Team replaced him with a first-year rookie pitcher.
This was nothing short of a slap in the face for the players of Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
"Two runs behind, and they still calmly send a first-year to the mound? They're completely treating us as a whetstone."
The Assistant Coach of Yakushi High School Baseball Team was practically gnashing his teeth.
Even if the opponent was Seido High School Baseball Team, even if they had just won the Kanto Tournament, wasn't this a bit too arrogant?
You should know: they weren't just any ordinary nobodies. In the previous Spring Tournament, they had broken the curse of the West Tokyo Three Great Powerhouses, defeating Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team.
They also played an exciting hitting battle against Seido High School Baseball Team.
No matter how you looked at it, they were definitely not the kind of team that could be bullied at will. Why was the Coach of Seido High School Baseball Team so arrogant?
Compared to the angry Assistant Coach, Coach Todoroki Raizo of Yakushi was much calmer. He even showed great anticipation for this arrangement.
"Isn't this great?"
Their challenge to Seido High School Baseball Team was already ill-intentioned. Now, Seido High School Baseball Team's actions played right into Todoroki Raizo's hands.
"But they're too arrogant, really treating us like..."
"Treating us like what? Don't be too self-important. After all, we only made it to the quarterfinals in Tokyo, didn't we?"
"But..."
The Assistant Coach felt very uncomfortable after hearing Todoroki Raizo's words. He tried to refute, but didn't know how.
"Do you really think that just because of a fluke, a surprising win against Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team, we've become something special? Don't be silly, young man. High school baseball isn't that simple."
Todoroki Raizo said seriously.
On the professional baseball field, he used to be a formidable character who showed off his power.
Todoroki Raizo never thought his talent was poor; on the contrary, he believed his talent was excellent, practically a once-in-a-decade baseball prodigy.
But even he, a baseball prodigy, didn't perform particularly well during his high school years.
Even with some fame, he ultimately didn't achieve overly dazzling results.
Unlike professional baseball, high school baseball has no turning back. So for everyone, there's only a limited amount of time.
Only those truly talented players who are also favored by gods can truly make a splash during their high school stage.
For example, Zhang Han of Seido High School Baseball Team.
As for Yakushi High School Baseball Team, they still have a long way to go.
"Just watch, the truly interesting things in today's game haven't even started yet."
When Todoroki Raizo said this, his tone was incredibly serious.
He wasn't joking; he truly believed that today's game had just begun, and the exciting parts were yet to come.
Zhang Han, who had the fastest pitch in the country, hadn't even stepped onto the pitcher's mound yet.
The Assistant Coach of Yakushi High School Baseball Team was still unconvinced.
But he had to admit that his Coach was very right.
"Even if you're right, I just don't believe a first-year rookie from Seido High School Baseball Team can make any waves."
But he still stubbornly refused to believe that Seido High School Baseball Team truly placed their hopes for the game on a first-year rookie.
Even Furuya Satoru, who was called a monster rookie, couldn't pose any threat to them.
What kind of waves could this young man named Sawamura Eijun make?
It wasn't just their Assistant Coach who thought this way; the players of Yakushi High School Baseball Team basically shared the same attitude.
The Fifth Batter of Yakushi High School Baseball Team was a third-year player with very solid hitting skills.
As soon as he stepped up, a huge cheer erupted from the dugout of Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
"Hit it out in one go!"
"Don't give the first-year rookie a chance."
"Just a first-year kid, nothing special. Let him see the cruelty of high school baseball."
The players of Yakushi High School Baseball Team cheered on their teammates while not forgetting to mock the pitcher of Seido High School Baseball Team.
If this first-year rookie, who had just come on, was affected by these taunts and lost his rhythm, then the players of Yakushi High School Baseball Team would not be responsible.
It was his own fault for having such poor mental fortitude.
"These guys..."
Sanada, who had just returned to the dugout, scratched his scalp, speechless.
At the beginning of the game, every single one of his teammates was terribly nervous.
At the time, he was very worried about how they would compete against the players of Seido High School Baseball Team in their current state.
Now it seemed all his worries were unnecessary.
Even though before the game, the players of Yakushi High School Baseball Team seemed to have mental issues one after another, once the game truly began, these players, who had received guidance from Todoroki Raizo, had a completely different attitude towards the game.
They weren't forcing themselves; they were truly enjoying the fun the game brought them.
In this situation, the stronger the opponent, the more they enjoyed it.
Just like now, they had already begun to fully immerse themselves in the game and let loose.
It's just that these guys seemed to have forgotten that this was not their Yakushi High School Baseball Team's territory, but Seido High School Baseball Team's home turf.
In the dugout of Seido High School Baseball Team, and on the open ground next to the field, countless people were staring at them with angry eyes.
They had already angered the host, and no one knew what the people of Seido High School Baseball Team would do next.
"We can only pray that these guys can truly deal with this first-year rookie."
"The opponent is just a first-year rookie, senior, swing boldly."
Even Sanada started saying this.
The Fifth Batter of Yakushi High School Baseball Team, after hearing Sanada's words, didn't show much reaction.
Currently, the team had almost all their hopes placed on him. As a player, he was also nervous.
Fortunately, the current situation was that they held an absolute advantage, so they naturally had more options.
First, get Mishima back to home plate.
Even though at this moment, the batter wasn't clear what kind of pitch Sawamura Eijun would throw, he had already figured out what he needed to do in advance.
As a cautious person, once a goal is set, one should move towards it step by step.
For the first pitch, just observe the opponent's ball movement. Only by determining the opponent's pitch style can he then choose his hitting strategy.
Todoroki Raizo's teachings kept appearing in the batter's mind.
He had a feeling that as long as the baseball flew over, he had a great chance of hitting the ball cleanly.
Miyuki observed the batter's actions with the corner of his eye.
This grip, this stance...
From any angle, it didn't look like he was going to swing immediately.
He wanted to observe the first pitch.
After guessing the opponent's thoughts, Miyuki, without any hesitation, gave Sawamura the signal for a Fastball.
This surprised Sawamura on the pitcher's mound.
Even though Sawamura had always believed in direct confrontation before joining Seido High School Baseball Team, after more than two months of experience at Seido High School Baseball Team, especially his experience playing practice games with the second team, Sawamura clearly knew how dangerous a recklessly thrown Fastball could be.
He had just stepped onto the field, facing a hard-won opportunity, and he didn't want to give up just like that.
"Can you do it?"
Rarely, Sawamura actually hesitated.
Since partnering with Miyuki, this was the first time such an expression appeared on Sawamura's face.
Facing the hesitant Sawamura, Miyuki's attitude was firm; he even motioned to Sawamura with his eyes.
"Didn't you tell me you always liked to settle matches with a Fastball? Now's your chance, are you going to give up?"
Giving up was impossible.
With Miyuki's affirmation, Sawamura's courage grew.
He boldly threw a Fastball.
Facing the suddenly appearing Fastball, the batter of Yakushi High School Baseball Team instinctively wanted to swing.
But just as he was about to swing the bat, he used his strong will to restrain his impulse to swing.
Was this first-year rookie, treated as a secret weapon by Seido High School Baseball Team, really only this good?
He was skeptical, so he restrained his impulse, wanting to observe one pitch first.
"Whack..."
"Strike!"
The batter was a bit dumbfounded.
It wasn't that he saw a problem that made him feel too difficult to handle.
Mainly, from beginning to end, he really didn't see anything remarkable about Sawamura's pitch.
The players in the dugout of Yakushi High School Baseball Team saw this even more directly and clearly.
"That's it?"
One of the players scratched his head, his face full of bewilderment.
He never expected there to be such a dud as Sawamura Eijun.
What surprised him even more was that Coach Kataoka of Seido High School Baseball Team and the coaches of their coaching staff would treat such a dud as their team's secret weapon.
His pitch had no special characteristics, and its location was incredibly sweet. Most importantly, his Fastball, he felt, didn't even reach 130 kilometers per hour.
"Why can he stand on the pitcher's mound? Why can he represent Seido High School Baseball Team?"
In the dugout, this third-year player from Yakushi High School Baseball Team had a strong look of confusion in his eyes.
If he could be on the field now wearing the Seido High School Baseball Team uniform, he would definitely show Coach Kataoka with his actions just how blind they were back then.
Just as this player was feeling indignant, on the field, the Fifth Batter of Yakushi High School Baseball Team was finally going to swing.
What was going on?
Just as he was ready to hit, the batter suddenly realized that the young man standing in front of him, preparing to pitch, seemed to have completely changed.
Sawamura's chest completely blocked his left pitching arm.
Couldn't see, couldn't see at all.
The batter's eyes flashed with surprise.
He had never encountered such a situation before, so when the baseball flew over, his reaction could be described as flustered.
"Ping!"
Although the batter barely managed to hit the ball with his bat, the angle and power of the baseball flying out were too far from his original expectation.
The barely hit baseball flew high up, then fell down.
At the Shortstop position, Kuramochi actively walked a few steps forward, accurately judged where the baseball would land, then waited there, raising his glove.
"Whack!"
"Out!"
In the dugout of Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
"You can't win a game with just luck."
"Just wait, that guy will collapse in an instant."
The players didn't understand what was going on.
But that didn't stop them from continuing to cheer on their teammates in this way.
After hearing what his teammates were saying, a hint of surprise flashed across the face of the Yakushi High School Baseball Team batter who had just come off the field.
A coincidence?
The previous hit probably couldn't be considered a coincidence.
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