Chapter 127: High School’s Fastest

"At the beginning of the seventh inning of the game, Seidou High School replaced Tanpa who had performed very well before, and sent the first-year freshman Furuya Satoru to the mound. So far, the Ace Sawamura Eijun has not been allowed to stand on the mound. It seems that in this game, Kataoka Tesshin, the Coach of Seidou High School, is determined to preserve the physical stamina of Sawamura Eijun."

"Considering the situation of the game after Seidou High School, when the situation is favorable, it is understandable to preserve the physical stamina of the Ace pitcher.

Well, let's focus on the player who has just climbed the pitcher's mound. Height 183 cm (6' 0"), weighing 65 kg (143 lbs), like Sawamura Eijun, he is a pitcher who has just been promoted to first string in the first year…"

You have to admire the commentator's dedication, it looks like he did a lot of homework before the game.

He is also very familiar with the pitchers that Seidou High School replaced, and the explanation is clear.

The audience at the scene and the vast audience in front of the TV, knew Furuya, and some didn't know, when the commentator talked about Furuya's ball speed, they all widened their eyes and opened their mouths.

The fastest ball speed is 154 km/h (95 mph), and the average ball speed is also more than 150 km/h (93 mph).

Of all the high school pitchers now, in terms of ball speed, no one should be faster than this guy, right?

The fastest pitcher in high school!

Many viewers watched the Seidou High School competition for the first time, and they were inevitably surprised. Of course, viewers who have watched Seidou High School's games before will not feel this way. They have long known that Furuya exists.

"Among the star players of Seidou High School, is he not included?"

Just listening to the speed of the ball of Furuya, some spectators couldn't help but wonder.

Not to mention anything else, just the speed of the ball above 150 km/h is scary enough.

Knowing Seidou High School, there is no reason not to know that there is such a guy hidden in their bench pitcher.

"In terms of fame, Furuya's reputation is definitely not less than the star players. It's just that when it comes to performance, he may still be a little far behind these star players."

An audience member who considers himself an expert next to him helped to explain.

"Oh, I got it."

The same explanation occurs from time to time in different places on the Koshien Grandstand.

Many spectators hold the belief that despite Furuya's impressive pitching speed, his overall abilities may not be exceptionally strong.

Either he hasn't found his rhythm yet, or he hasn't been able to control the ball…

The pitcher is not just about the speed of the ball and everything is fine. At the very least, you have to throw the ball accurately into the catcher's Mitt!

Of course, In the rest area of Hoshiryu, Hosho Ryuki's Coach would not have such a naive idea.

When he saw Seidou High School begin to change pitchers, he subconsciously muttered.

If anyone could hear the muttering in his mouth, he would definitely hear that he was praying that the pitcher replaced by Seidou High School was Kawakami.

Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed.

Coach Kataoka did not give this opportunity to Kawakami but to the first-year rookie Furuya.

Hosho Ryuki was disappointed at this, but he was still okay with the results.

Fortunately, the pitcher who was replaced was not Sawamura Eijun. If Superintendent Kataoka sent Sawamura Eijun to the pitching mound right now, then they would be completely useless.

Sawamura led his Akagi Junior High School baseball teammates through the years in Nagano Prefecture.

Hosho Ryuki had personally experienced the strength of Sawamura firsthand.

No one knows better than him how terrifying this guy Sawamura is once he goes all out.

The most terrifying thing is that even if the guy didn't go all out, his stability was terrifyingly scary.

In Hosho Ryuki's memory, there is no scene where Sawamura made a mistake.

Although it is very difficult to conquer Furuya, it is better than facing Sawamura. If he were replaced with Sawamura, and with them being three points behind, they would have no hope at all, even if they had a plan against Sawamura before, It doesn't help either.

"In any case, we must score this inning!"

In the first half of the seventh inning, it was Hoshiryu's core line's turn to play.

Right now, if they can't score points in one go, then Hoshiryu will have a hard time having a good chance until the end of the game!

In the face of Hosho Ryuki's orders, the players of Hoshiryu showed strong determination.

It's just that in their eyes, it is inevitable that there is a bit of disappointment.

After the first two rounds against Tanpa Koichiro, they have gradually become familiar with Tanpa's rhythm, and Tanpa Koichiro's pitch count is approaching 70, and it will soon reach the limit. Next, they have great confidence and can completely defeat Tanpa.

Originally, they were rubbing their fists and preparing to show their skills in this round of attack.

They didn't expect Seidou High School to change him so easily after his performance.

This made the batters of Hoshiryu have an illusion that they hit the sandbag with a punch without any twists and turns.

It made them annoyed!

And with this feeling of annoyance, they confronted Furuya.

Although they have not done any targeted training on Furuya's pitching, they also know that Furuya's fastest ball speed is 150 km/h.

The first half of the seventh inning.

"Second Batter, second baseman, Keiba-kun."

Previously in the game, Hoshiryu had three hits in total, but two were solved on base, so there was one effective hit from the home run. So the first half of the seventh inning starts with the second bar.

Keiba gazed at Furuya Satoru with interest, his eyes full of curiosity.

Keiba Sato is not only the team's second baseman, but also a backup pitcher for Hoshiryu.

Like Furuya, he is a fastball pitcher with a fastest ball speed of 148 km/h. (92 mph)

In Nagano, he is without a doubt the number one fastball player. This ball speed, even in the country, is one of the few.

It was not until he entered Koshien that he knew that in this year's Koshien, there were two newcomers with a ball speed of more than 150 km/h.

Furuya Satoru of Seidou High School and Hongou Masamune of Komadai Fujimaki!

Both of them were first graders, and they entered Koshien as the rotation pitcher of the school.

Just like Furuya Satoru facing in front of him, if it weren't for Maou Sawamura Eijun, he would at least be the main rotation player.

In the media, Furuya was hyped to the sky and only left in the ground.

whee…

'Let me take a look at you, the fastest pitcher in high school, what kind of ability do you have?'

In the beginning, Keiba Sato was still very confident.

Furuya's ball speed is in the early 150 km/h, and his fastest ball speed is 148 kilometers!

The gap is definitely there, but it's not so big that it's insurmountable.

Bring it on!

Keiba Sato looked confidently at Furuya on the pitcher's mound, watched him silently, making his stride with a blank expression, and threw the baseball in his hand.

Roaar!!

As if the air was ripping apart, the white ball whizzed.

On the strike zone, Keiba is stupefied!

All the people on the stands are stupefied!

In the stands, tens of thousands of spectators fell silent.

Boom!!!

At this moment, time seemed to freeze, only the sound of the white ball slamming into the Mitt.

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