"Honestly!"
"Things really never got boring when she was around," Rei-chan muttered to herself with a hand over her mouth, unable to suppress a laugh at Sendou's relentless dissing.
"Well then... don't embarrass yourselves too badly," Sendou said casually, bat resting on his shoulder.
"He's here!
Cleanup hitter!!!" Seeing Sendou step up, Itou tensed as if he had seen the Grim Reaper.
"The infield needs to be ready!!
We can't give him another chance to lay down a Safety Bunt!!
Otherwise, consecutive Sacrifice Bunts will cost us runs allowed too!!
The first pitch of his last at-bat started outside!
It's impossible to read what this cleanup hitter is thinking, so we can't rule out him targeting the first pitch!
If he is targeting the first pitch, will he think it's outside or inside?!
At a time like this, it has to be..." After taking a deep breath, Itou calmed himself and resumed calling the game.
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
"The pitch he has the most confidence in!!" Sendou had come to exactly the same conclusion.
"Crack!"
The low inside Slider that broke down toward Sendou's feet was sent flying by Sendou!
"Yosh!!" Led by Sawamura, the "lead singer," the Seidou bench shouted as one.
"That was a ball!!!
And the bat just touched the ground, didn't it?
That's the power he has when he targets a Ball Trajectory?!!" Itou stared at the white ball soaring high into the air in disbelief.
Mima in center field sprinted toward where the ball was headed!
"Tch!" A few seconds later, Sendou clicked his tongue and left the Batter's Box with his bat.
Itou, who had been so focused on the ball that his brain had stopped working, stood there in a daze!
But a few seconds later, he understood...
"Smack!"
"Out!!"
"That man... before the