No wonder Yui was surprised. Even though he had only been enrolled for a few months, he already knew a little about Sawamura...
He knew that if the pitch went badly, it could disrupt the pitching rhythm of that emotional senior!
Such bold pitch-calling made his heart pound every time he watched it.
"A fastball?
A two-seam fastball?" Fifth batter Itou asked Kitaji.
As a catcher who liked to guess pitches, he needed this kind of information!!
"No... I don't know!
I originally thought it was a fastball...
But it disappeared midway!!" Kitaji still could not hide the confusion and shock on his face.
"Huh? This..." Kitaji's words left Itou a little bewildered as well.
He did not know what kind of ball trajectory it was, but a pitch that could disappear halfway through was still hard to comprehend.
The only thing he could be certain of was that, as another right-handed batter, he would probably feel like the ball had vanished in the same situation...
In other words, this was a ball trajectory that was especially unfriendly to right-handed batters!!
"They still haven't thrown all their changeups at a time like this?
It looks like we need to reassess this pitcher again!!
This pitcher isn't someone we can break through in just a few innings. We need to prepare for a decisive victory in the late game, from the seventh through the ninth!" Coach Sasaki watched Seidou's high-spirited players and spoke solemnly in his heart.
"The fifth batter is a catcher!
Come to think of it, he really is just like me!!" Miyuki glanced at Itou and chuckled inwardly as he slowly raised his glove.
The fact that he was already joking around showed that he was still quite relaxed.
Puff!
Whoosh!
Smack!
"Low on the outside edge!!"
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