His pitches are difficult to hit widely making use of the zone corners, and batters get jammed by his low pitches. He rarely throws meatballs, and finishes with a breaking ball. Pitching: Mukai is a side-arm pitcher with excellent control of his pitches and he sees the strike zone as not only divided into 9 sections but in 3 dimensions, with depth. Skills “įinesse yet boldness, this unlikely combination is where the true worth of Mukai Taiyou's pitching lies. And with the Ugumori team failing to score the next inning, Teito High advances to the semis. Umemiya eventually makes contact with a pitch but a fine play from Teito's second baseman prevents Ugumori from scoring. Mukai attacks aggressively, throwing fastballs to the inside that Umemiya fouls. Kengo follows suit hitting 2-RBIs.īottom of the eighth, two outs, runners on first and second, Mukai battles Umemiya. At the bottom of the third, Teito scored a run giving them an early lead and at the top of the fifth, Mukai keeps his number of given up runs at zero. At game time, Mukai and Kengo tries out their new style that's designed to decrease Mukai's pitch count, and their aggressive style has been effective against Ugumori's aggressive batters. Act II Spring Tournament ĭuring the Spring Tournament quarter-finals, Teito High play against Ugumori High. Teito makes an effort to turn the game around at the last inning scoring one run, but Kawakami manage to successfully close the game despite the bases being loaded.Īfter the match, Kengo tells Mukai that their off season will be longer but Mukai disagree saying that it will be over in a flash, if they focus on polishing their skills. Maezono eventually hits the pitch and the runners get home. After a couple of throws, the count is 2B:2S. Teito's battery decide to walk Haruichi, choosing to face Maezono instead. Kuramochi gets to second after Teitou makes an error in their defense while Tojou advances to third. Kuramochi is at-bat next and he bunts surprising Teitou. Mukai gets annoyed as he thinks that even back in middle school, it was only Toujou who can hit his winning pitch. Toujou gets on base, and determinedly looks at Mukai. Toujou one-handedly swings his bat, hitting Mukai's pitch and the ball goes past second. He gets a little irate that Toujou had allowed outsiders like Sawamura and Furuya to take over the mound. Mukai had hoped that like they were in middle school, he and Toujou would square off again in High school. He face Toujou next and wonders why Toujou is a fielder. īottom of the eighth, Mukai's pitch count has exceeded 120 but he strikes out Seidou's Higasa and Asou. Bottom of the seventh, with a runner on first for Seidou, Sawamura bunts to hopefully move the runner to second but fails. He lures Maezono into hitting a high ball that results to a fly ball to third. Now with two outs, runners on first and third, Mukai will face Seidou's clean-up batters. Haruichi hits the first pitch next, and Kuramochi sprints to third. Seidou however, has not scored despite being in the position to.īottom of the sixth and with two outs, Mukai walks Kuramochi. When the game resumed, Miyuki hits Mukai's pitch and runs all the way to second base. Due to the strong rain, the game was temporarily put on break before Teito's defense at the fifth inning. Bottom of the first, Mukai utilizes the corners to strike out Kuramochi and successfully held Seidou scoreless up to the fourth. Mukai however, doesn't share the same opinion. After Furuya strike out Kengo at the top of the first, Kengo praise Furuya and so does coach Okamoto. In the first round of the Fall tournament, Teito High face against Seidou High. Pitching has been tremendously fun to him since middle school and even considers himself addicted to it. *Note & Update: apparently the platform took and is continuing taking down songs coming /mostly/ from Solids, DamePri, TRIGGER (i7), Hypmic & Quantum Stranger (album) -though is understandable by the copyright.Mukai is a side-arm pitcher confident in his pitching skills and believes himself to be the number one pitcher of his generation. Special collection made for this special day, Happy Birthday, Soma! ♡ A compilation of songs performed by Saito Soma.
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