"I see!
Have Kuramochi give up on hard-to-hit pitches and show that he was prepared to battle the pitcher to the end for a decisive victory.
Even the coach, who hadn't made any moves, became bait to confuse them. Once they were convinced, use a Safety Bunt!
With two strikes, even a foul ball would mean an out, but since they never expected it, the success rate was frighteningly high!
Still, wouldn't it have been fine to go for a decisive victory just like that?
If he kept battling for a few more pitches, he wouldn't just wear down the other side's stamina. They might have exposed an opening, too.
Kuramochi's batting was very trustworthy now!" Miyuki spoke after understanding Sendou's intentions, though he still had some doubts.
"He thought of all that in such a short time?!" Head Manager Oota looked utterly stunned.
It wasn't just that the manager was being overly sentimental. The main thing was that Sendou had gone from taking over command of the team to giving instructions incredibly quickly, so quickly that it barely seemed like he had thought at all.
"Baka!
How could I have arranged all of that from the start?!
Even I wanted to hit a Long Hit directly. It would've been even better if they got rattled!" Sendou said, glancing at him.
"Wasn't it?" Miyuki asked.
"That had been the original plan—to keep battling for a while—but they had probably already seen through what we wanted to do. They wouldn't want to drag things out with us!
This pitch wasn't anything special, but the next one would definitely be a winning ball!
Rather than not knowing whether he could hit it, it was better to get him on base. It was that simple!
Their catcher wasn't the type who liked dragging