Smack!
"Strike!"
"Oh!!"
"That was only a little more inside than the last pitch, wasn't it?!"
"From an inside corner ball to one brushing the edge of the low outside strike zone—and two pitches in a row!!
How was the batter supposed to swing at that?!"
"Such incredible precision!!"
"In terms of control, he was no worse than Seidou's pitchers at all!!"
"Two balls, two strikes. There was still room for two more balls, so this count was fairly favorable for us!
Wang Ye's condition and the shift in momentum were both the confidence brought by our offense." Seeing the situation, Coach Sasaki thought to himself.
"Two outside pitches already. It was about time for an inside pitch!
A slider from the strike zone to a ball on the inside... would it stay low?
Or would he throw three outside pitches in a row...
I didn't think they were the type to rush for a decisive victory!
Once you're backed into a corner, you really can't predict them!!" Miyuki was getting a headache too.
And their pitcher had kept that poker face the entire time, which made it easy to get irritated.
At that moment, Sendou had already almost straightened up after the previous pitch.
He looked toward Miyuki, seemingly lost in thought.
Sendou could understand Miyuki's thinking. With such a good situation in the first inning, Miyuki naturally wanted to put even more pressure on their pitcher.
So of course he wanted to score another run!!
At this moment, Hakuryu's battery had finished communicating, and the atmosphere on the field grew tense once more.
"Get him here!" (Third baseman Honda)
"Let's go!" (First baseman Kitaji)
"The game has only just begun!!"
"One out!!" (between second and shortstop)
"Huff!" Sendou let out a soft breath and glanced toward the