"The sixth batter coming up hasn't been in good form lately!!
Is this really okay?!!"
"Yeah!!" The Naruta Technical High School pitcher nodded at his partner's question.
"Then against the Fourth and Fifth Batter Combination, we'll go all out and settle this with tricky pitches!!
Even if we walk them, it doesn't matter, but we absolutely can't throw anything easy to hit!
After all, they got the better of us right from the start. There's nothing we can do about that!!
Especially since that cleanup hitter is using a Metal Bat today!!"
"Yeah!"
"Then let's go!!" The returning catcher loudly rallied the team's fighting spirit.
"OH!!"
"Next up is Seidou's Cleanup Hitter!!
Don't underestimate him just because you heard he's using a Wooden Bat!!" Seeing the game begin, Sawamura once again turned into a little commentator, making sure everyone noticed him!
Idiot, just shut up and watch from the side!! Sendou thought with a quiet laugh, lightly adjusting his helmet.
"But...
Thanks!!!" A few seconds later, Sendou said gently in his heart.
"Let's attack!" The catcher raised his mitt, and the pitcher nodded.
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
"Crack!"
"Foul!!"
"Attack, attack!!
The batter can't square it up!!"
"The timing's there!
Sendou!!"
Even though it was a Practice Match, the atmosphere in the stadium was no worse at all!!
"The previous battery never got the chance to show off their pitch selection before we dragged them along by the nose!!
But now that they've reached Sendou, they have no choice but to steel themselves!
Instead, Sendou had taken on the role of the Lead-off Hitter, facing a completely unfamiliar battery in a showdown!!
And it was a situation where he had to swing...
Well!
Even if he couldn't hit it here, we wouldn't blame him..." Miyuki chuckled to himself in the on-deck circle.