Seeing that things were going well, Kataoka Coach began rotating players to give them experience.
Wasn't that what Practice Matches were for—getting the lineup in sync?
Just as Kataoka Coach had once said, a strong team was one where even the substitutes were strong.
That was what a prestigious school was supposed to do!!
Starting in the seventh inning, the pair of third year Ono-senpai and second-year Kaneda, who had been crushed yesterday, took the field again.
Under Ono-senpai's guidance and spurred on by those two classmates, Kaneda had shaken off yesterday's gloom.
In the Ninth Inning, it was Yui paired with third year Senior Kawashima. Both teams had veterans leading newcomers.
And Sawamura, the ace who had only pitched two innings today, was on standby at all times. If anything went wrong, he could step in to save the game.
Yui and Sawamura's pairing in the First Match had been fairly solid too. If it didn't work in a real game, they still had Sendou, that scheming bastard, to fill in. It was the final inning anyway!!
In the end, Sawamura never even left the bench, and they shut out their opponents. Seidou successfully completed Golden Week with six straight victories!!
Tetsu's Younger Brother started this game and played the entire match as well, going three for four with three RBIs, including two doubles!
...And three errors!
One of them had even been like Sawamura's Banzai Catch last year. Maybe high school hits came faster than they did in middle school; he misjudged where the ball would land, then instinctively tried to reach for it...
Senior Asou was delighted as well, because his steady defense against Hakuryu yesterday had earned him plenty of chances today.
And his batting average wasn't low either!!
This guy now spoke like some grand