"..."
"Was that last pitch caught between the fingers?" Kanemaru asked uncertainly as Okumura stared blankly at the ball behind him.
"It was probably pinched," Tojo replied with certainty, recalling the pitch's movement.
"I think his fingers caught on it," Miyuki said with a smile from the other side.
"It bounced sideways at that kind of speed. Just keeping up with it would've taken everything he had!
It was Furuya's first time working with him!
There was nothing he could do if he couldn't stop that pitch!" Ono-senpai said, as though he could relate.
"Now this is getting interesting, isn't it?" Sendou said with a grin.
"What are you talking about?!
The junior is fighting for his life out there!!
Furuya didn't do it on purpose!!
That guy just put a little too much force into it. He's always been like that!!" Sawamura protested after taking a sip of his drink.
Only because it was Sendou. If Miyuki had said that, Sawamura probably would've put on a public display of lifting him overhead!
"Don't lose your temper!
This is a trial too!" Sendou shot him a glance.
"A trial?"
"What Sendou finds interesting is the pitch selection that comes next!!
Rather than a trial, he's looking forward to Okumura's next choice!
I want to know too!
After missing that catch, what pitch will he call next?
It's two strikes and two balls. The count isn't especially good or bad!
Normally, a catcher would probably choose a safer way to go for the decisive victory!" Miyuki explained.
"I see!" Sawamura, ever protective of his juniors, finally understood.
"It's two strikes and two balls now!
We can still try two more pitches. Let's use this to go for the decisive victory!
The height matters more than the ball trajectory!
As long as