Perfect Solution

"The catcher gave signals to help the pitcher get the batter out!

The pitcher threw the ball into the catcher's set glove to get the batter out!

That was what a pitcher-catcher battery was all about!!" Miyuki thought with a smile as Sawamura raised his right leg high.

"Will he throw it? Or won't he?" Raichi, also watching Sawamura, was still wondering.

"Raichi! Hit it!!"

"You can catch the timing!!!"

"Go!!"

"Pff!"

"Whoosh!"

"Here it comes! A fastball!!"

"Boom!"

However, the moment Raichi swung his bat, his expression changed.

"So heavy!!"

His body felt so stiff... so heavy. He had started his swing early, yet he still could not keep up with the pitch's speed!!

Even as he gritted his teeth...

"Smack!"

"Whoa!!!" The crowd let out instinctive cries at Raichi's utterly bewildered expression!

"Strike!!!"

"Batter out!!!"

"A low outside fastball for the final pitch!

Cleanup hitter Todoroki struck out on three pitches!!!"

"Yes!!!" Sawamura, having regained his balance, was the first to roar.

"He actually did it!

That bastard!!!" Among the third year seniors, Isashiki-senpai was the first to speak.

Senior Tanba clenched his teeth tightly, his entire body tensing as if he could feel it himself.

"Damn it! You bastard!!

Don't get carried away!!"

"Sawamura Kura!!"

"Nice ball!

You bastard!!"

"One out, Kura!!"

The seniors in the dugout all used insults to express their excitement.

Perhaps they had simply grown used to ragging on Sawamura...

"No way!" Mishima was a little dumbfounded as well.

He admitted that Sawamura was better than him, but he had never expected even Raichi to be dealt with so easily.

"We got played." Sanada walked over and spoke as he looked at Raichi, who was gritting his teeth with an unwilling expression.

Being led around by the catcher and struck out was not