Pre-Game Situation

Coach Kataoka frowned at the exaggerated break on the pitch and Miyuki and the others' enthusiasm.

"Five pitches! If there's no way to improve it within five pitches, give up." Knowing that this kind of pitch was not so easy to control, Coach Kataoka considered tomorrow's game and spoke directly.

The facts were exactly as Coach Kataoka had expected. This was not a pitch that could be controlled in a short time.

Sawamura changed his grip several times, but the result was either an early break, insufficient movement, or a break that came too late and turned it into a straight fastball with no spin or ball power.

It could even be said that there was not the slightest sign of it being under control.

Still, everyone could imagine it.

Perhaps this pitch would become Sawamura's most terrifying weapon in the future.

"So it still doesn't work!" Sawamura cried, clutching his head.

His excitement turned into disappointment.

Sawamura had thought he had gained a weapon capable of standing up to Raichi Todoroki.

After all, even Sendou had said it was a pitch that would give batters nightmares.

That meant that even Sendou would find it that difficult to face.

"Well! It's not like this pitch is completely unusable," Sendou suddenly said.

"Hm?" Everyone turned around and looked at Sendou in confusion.

"The advantage of this pitch is that the opponent has absolutely no guard against it! They'll trust the previous scouting reports! So, for one pitch! In situations where they can't afford to think too much, batters will swing at a pitch like this," Sendou explained.

"In other words..." Kuramochi pondered.

"With two outs and runners in scoring position, when the batter is behind in the count, even with a full count, and it's a situation where the batter absolutely