"Ping!"
"Smack!"
"Out!"
"Smack!"
"Out!"
"Smack!"
"Strike! Batter out! Three outs, change of field!!"
"Yosh!" Kawakami-senpai, brimming with fighting spirit, gave the other side a Three Up Three Down the moment he took the mound.
Further crushing the opponents' confidence!!
"So, it turned into a pitchers' duel again... huh?!" Sendou pulled down the brim of his cap and spoke softly.
"Nice ball, Aken!"
"Nice pitch!!"
Surrounded by the fielders, Kawakami-senpai ran off the Pitcher's Mound, having flawlessly completed his relief duty.
For relief pitchers, this was the greatest danger!
Not knowing their own true condition while facing batters who had already adapted to the rhythm of the game...
"Another excellent pitcher showed up at a time like this!! What a pain!" Coach Chazawa furrowed his brow, his heart full of helplessness!
"Shirazu-senpai!"
"Shirazu!! Leave it to you!!"
The game had finally reached the Final Inning, the ninth!
Seidou had its Center Batting Lineup coming up, while Naruta Technical High School was also nearing its upper batting lineup, starting with the ninth batter.
Though the lead was large enough, Seidou was not the sort to defend passively!
That huge comeback Ugumori pulled off against Inajitsu and Seidou in the fall had been terrifying!
At a time like this, they needed to add more runs and suppress the other side's fighting spirit as much as possible!
Not every team was like that bunch from Ugumori, pumped full of energy no matter how far behind they were!
"His control is barely passable, so there probably won't be any particularly easy Ball Trajectories to hit. His strength is that his velocity is decent, averaging around 140 kilometers per hour so far! His winning ball is a Forkball, and he also has a half-baked Slider that is still enough to disrupt a batter's rhythm! Control