"Two outside pitches, four inside pitches, two Changeups, and one Cutter!
The difference between the fastball's initial and final velocity was tiny...
The different spin axes also created slight variations!
Ever since that Cutter appeared, he had only thrown it twice, but it had made his pitches even harder for us to hit!" Coach Sasaki gripped his stopwatch, his expression exceptionally grave.
He had finally understood what kind of opponent today's Starting Pitcher was.
"Yoshiyoshiyoshi!!" Sawamura shouted as he ran toward the dugout.
"A long-awaited yoshi!!"
"That wasn't long-awaited, was it?"
"No, no, no!
Now, if he went quiet for even a little while, it felt long-awaited!!"
"...!"
The crowd decisively changed the subject!
"You pitched well!"
"That was an amazing performance!!"
"Hey, hey!
Forget the baserunning result—for now, we can't even get on base!!"
"He has a great pitching rhythm! That pitcher!!"
"Is that pitcher really just a substitute?!!"
"Who knew Seidou had a pitcher like this besides Furuya!!"
"Even though he's so noisy..."
"Everyone from Gunma!!!
His name is Kominato Haruichi!
Please take good care of him!!" The moment one spectator said he was noisy, that guy started making noise.
"Stop it!" Haruichi finally realized that he had run off so fast after shouting just once in order to pull this stunt.
"There it is, the mysterious promotion!!" Yui smiled helplessly.
"Sawamura, stop talking!"
"Get back here already!"
"Hey!!"
"Whoosh!!"
The seniors at the dugout were red-faced, looking like they hated that he was such an embarrassment as they tried to make the boy stop doing something so humiliating.
"Enough already!!" Senior Kuramochi followed up his charge with a flying kick.
"Your pitching was pretty good, so keep it up!" Miyuki grinned at Sawamura, who was clutching his butt, and offered his "encouragement" as if nothing had