Only Sawamura Was Taking a Beating

"Honestly! You came out way too early!" When Furuya came out, Miyuki and Sendou had the exact same thought.

"I never expected Yakushi to use a squeeze-the-runs strategy. That shows just how badly they wanted to win!" Owada Akiko sighed.

"Yeah! But it was only the fifth inning... Should we say they were obsessed with victory? Or that this didn't suit their usual style of play?" Mine Fujio responded, thinking to himself.

Although Sawamura had recovered his spirits, Miyuki still called for a pitcher-catcher conference. There was no limit to those, after all, and he wanted to stand up, catch his breath, and share a few thoughts.

"What is it? I'm fine!!" Sawamura spoke first when he saw Miyuki approach.

"No! That's not why I came!!" Miyuki said with a smile.

"Oh?"

"Even though they got hits, there was nothing to criticize about either of those pitches! We'll deal with them the next time through the lineup! After all, they still haven't seen your changeup in the batter's box! But I came for something else!!"

"What?"

"That pitch!"

Hearing that, Sawamura understood what Miyuki was thinking.

"Even though you can't control it at all yet, and the break depends on luck every time, that movement... I think we can throw one just to put them on guard. This is... an empty-fort strategy!!" Miyuki said with a wicked grin.

"Your personality is still as awful as ever!" Even though he had just given up runs, Sawamura could not help laughing when he saw Miyuki like that.

"Quit yapping! So? Want to try it? The Center Batting Lineup is too risky, but I'll look for a chance against the lower batting lineup!"

"Now?" Sawamura looked around in surprise, especially at Sanada on second, then looked back at Miyuki.

"How could we? There's