Ping!
After the second fastball, Okumura decisively swung at the third pitch, sending the opponent's slider to the right side.
Seto broke early as if they were reading each other's minds, and the two pulled off an excellent hit and run!
"Not bad!
Those two are interesting—they scored right away!" Sendou praised them.
"Indeed!
That slider was hit well. Did he anticipate it in advance?" Coach Ochiai said, stroking his beard.
With Sendou around, even Coach Ochiai, who usually had a ton of inner thoughts, would say them out loud!
"Indeed!
The runner's speed put pressure on them, so they must have anticipated the possibility of a hit and run!
The earlier fastball was more like a warning. They wanted Okumura to face them head-on instead of resorting to little tricks like bunting!!
Off-speed pitches also made hit and runs difficult to execute, and that guy saw right through the opponent's mindset and targeted that pitch!
He didn't pursue an overly long hit. He simply went with it and sent it to the right. With Seto's speed and their chemistry, that was enough to get him back to home plate!" Sendou said with a smile.
"Though I want to develop him in the lower ranks, his baseball talent and knowledge are beyond reproach!" Coach Ochiai merely nodded, muttering to himself.
After all, the other players were nearby, so he could not just say something like that carelessly.
"What do you think? Those two?!" This time, Coach Ochiai looked at Furuya.
The kid had been restless from the beginning. Asking him a few questions might help him calm down.
"..."
"If they got on base, they'd become the kind of guys who were really annoying!
That alone made them hateful batters!
If a winning ball got anticipated and hit like that,