"Is today Number 2's day?!"
"Although Number 11 probably won't be of use today, the way the pitch changes depending on its condition that day is both a characteristic of Numbers and what makes them interesting!
Though it's also troublesome...
Still, we'll definitely have to find a way to solve that in the future!" Miyuki felt a little smug as he watched the batter walk off the field with an incredulous expression.
"Well! Let's focus on the game first!
No matter what state Numbers are in, Sawamura's lifeline...
Is still this fastball!!
Number 2 already left the batter a little confused. Now it's time to finish him off!
Come on!!"
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
"Smack!"
"Strike!"
"A high inside fastball!!"
"What a nasty location!"
"And the batter looks completely confused!!
Is he still totally absorbed in that last pitch?!!"
Since the new batter was left-handed, that outside Number 2 pitch had also left him hesitant to move forward!
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
"Smack!"
"Strike!!"
"High inside, then low outside!
The batter has nowhere to turn now!"
"Precisely because he can accurately throw the ball to those two locations!
Sawamura's pitches leave batters completely clueless about what to do!!" Miyuki wore the smile of a proud father.
"Just two pitches, and the batter lost all room to retreat!!
Not a single pitch was wasted!" Head Manager Oota said excitedly.
"And he's only thrown thirty-five pitches so far, even including a Four Balls!" Senior Sachiko silently added.
"How nice!
He never hides his desire to become stronger!" Sendou recalled his conversation with Sawamura after their massage on the night of the twenty-first.
"Ping!"
"Foul!!"
"Has he adjusted his mindset?
But it's a little too late!" Miyuki smiled faintly.
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
"Smack!"
"Strike!!
Batter out!!"
"Oh!!
After that unlucky hit just now, he struck out two straight