"His swing was quite late. Did he guess the wrong pitch?
Ever since he didn't swing at the first pitch, I felt that this guy was different from the leadoff batter!
Having a batter like this ahead of the cleanup hitter is really troublesome!" After two shootballs, Itou could not help glancing at Haruichi in the batter's box.
For Hakuryu, with its strong defense, the situation in front of them was putting considerable pressure on them as well.
No matter how fast their legs were, a few fielders could not possibly cover the entire field. They were nowhere close!!
"Two consecutive shootballs...
Then the next pitch is highly likely to be..." Haruichi was indeed trying to guess Itou's pitch selection, but he had not guessed the first two pitches. He had simply watched them.
After all, no matter how skilled someone was, they could not figure out a catcher's pitching strategy from just one pitch.
Even two or three pitches, or several plate appearances, might not be enough.
But two consecutive pitches with the same ball trajectory were different!!
Of course, against a batter like Sendou, the other side might even change their primary pitch type every plate appearance, making pitch prediction even harder.
"After all, they only showed us that outside slider once...
But our Haruichi is troublesome from here on out!
Whether it's a slider or a fastball, he won't swing if it's a bad pitch!!" Senior Kuramochi was smugly bragging about his junior in his heart while lavishly praising him.
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
Just as expected! Haruichi thought as he saw the incoming pitch.
"Smack!"
"Ball!!"
"Another changeup!
All four pitches today have been changeups. They don't dare throw a fastball carelessly!!"
"Hakuryu is under a lot of pressure right now too!"
The spectators by the field stared