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On July 25th, Yakushi and Toritsu Chigusa played against one another in the fourth round.
The member's of Seidou's baseball team all seat bunched up in the cafeteria, watching a recording of the match.
"Uwaah! This clean up hitter is unstoppable!"
"Is he heally a freshman!?"
The voices from the crowd had sounded in the background. They excitedly chattered about Yakushi's Todoroki Raichi. Then, also sounding in the background, there was an announcement of Yakushi subbing in a different pitcher.
"Sanada-kun, subbing in for number 6, Mino-kun. Pitcher, Sanada-kun."
The club's advisor, Oota Kazuyoshi, paused the video. Chris stood up, along with Esumi, and the two stood in front of their teammates. "After that, he pitched until the seventh inning, when the game was called at 12-3." Chris read the recorded information from his notebook. "They still carried the momentum of their victory over Ichidai, so Yakushi made their way into the best eight after all." The third year, former catcher looked up to glance at the team. They were all serious, acknowledging the dark horse team, Yakushi High School. "It was also this right hander that held down Ichidai for two innings in the later half."
Esumi spoke up, "Basically, Sanada Shunpei is a strong pitcher that focuses on in-courses. He also aims at the chest for any right handed batters." The girl glanced in between her phone's screen, her notebook, and her teammates. She sighed. "There's no doubt that he's the ace of their team. We have to be cautious of him."
"Pretty unique pitch.." Yuki muttered.
"Why ain't he pitching from the start?" Jun scowled, as he glared in between the first year right fielder and the third year catcher. "He got a handicap or something..?"
"However.." Chris was the one to speak up. He looked back down at the notebook in his left hand. "They used this unorthodox tactic of preserving their ace and suddenly switching out the clean-up hitter.."
"Pretty annoying, if you ask me." Esumi sighed, tapping away at her phones keys. "If this was calculated...then there's a good chance they'll have something in store for us too." The girl pressed her lips into a thin line. "But what's more is their line-up. Number three, Mishima. Number 4, Todoroki. Number five, Akiba." The girl listed loudly. "Their three clean-up hitters had seven clean hits and scored eight points.."
Chris nodded in agreement. "Esumi's right. They might be freshman, but we can't let our guard down against them."
"They stole a base seven times, eh?" Kataoka hummed with interest. Esumi and Chris looked to their rights, where Kataoka and Takashima stood off to the side of the room. They often left the student's to run their own meeting, while Kataoka just organized their game plans and training menus.
"Yes...Their aggressive running made up for their lack of batting." Chris supplied, answering Kataoka's question.
The coach uncrossed his arms, and stared beyond seriously at his students. "While we have to pay attention to their aggressive runners, we also need to watch out for their strong batting line-up." Kataoka heeded, making the teen boys nod their heads. "The fact that they don't bunt will actually put more pressure on the pitchers!"
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