Once Sawamura got into the zone, he was not someone to be taken lightly.
After Yui called time, he started asking for trickier ball trajectories. Senior Maezono, the batter coming up next, was not particularly delicate at the plate.
He was being tormented by those tricky pitches that kept dancing back and forth between strikes and balls.
And once Sawamura was fully locked in, it was not as if anyone could hit his pitches just because they managed to guess them!!
Not to mention that Sendou was on third now. With two outs, when Sawamura completely forgot about whether he would give up runs and focused solely on a decisive victory against Senior Maezono, his pitches became even harder to predict!!
Especially with the kind of form Sawamura had been in lately!!
"Smack!"
"Out!"
"Yosh!" Sawamura clenched both fists and closed his eyes as though he were savoring something.
"Nice work!" Sendou said beside Yui as he walked in from third base.
"Yes!
Thank you very much for the praise!"
Then Sendou leaned close to Yui's ear and began speaking, while Yui nodded from time to time.
This was also considered a form of etiquette in Japan. You could not casually interrupt someone while they were talking, but you had to respond now and then to show that you were listening attentively.
In that kind of environment, even though Yui knew Sendou could not see him nodding, the response had long become an instinctive habit!
"Yes!
I understand!" Yui replied formally after hearing Sendou out.
"Then... I'm looking forward to what you two can do. Remember, don't be afraid of letting one get past you, and...
You can do that, right?"
"I'll risk my life to keep the ball from getting behind me!!" Even without Sendou spelling it out, Yui