In the Bottom of the Fifth Inning, a Four Balls forced the runner on third home, tying the score. The situation remained one out with bases loaded.
"Pull yourself together, Furuya!
It's just the bottom of the batting order. Right down the middle is fine!!"
At this point, it was Amakusa's turn at bat—a hitter who had basically achieved nothing offensively.
The bench showed no intention of making a substitution, and the reason was simple: the runs had only been allowed because of Four Balls.
There had not been many solid hits, and Miyuki bore no small share of the responsibility. A pitcher's condition naturally fluctuated, so they could not simply blame Furuya for throwing consecutive Four Balls.
If they were assigning responsibility, Miyuki, who had disrupted Furuya's fastball rhythm by calling too many Changeups, shouldered more than half the blame.
After all, Furuya had been working hard earlier, and at least his fastball had gradually stabilized. But this inning, several fastballs had already missed their spots and failed to enter the Strike Zone.
"Ah! It's my turn at a time like this!
From the situation, I'd love to crush him in one blow, but..." Amakusa said with a helpless chuckle.
It was one of those situations where everything sounded great in theory, but reality simply would not cooperate...
"Kosei!
Lock on and hit it!!" the usually airheaded boy was the first to call out.
"Just hit the good pitches!!" Miyagawa shouted as well.
That drew a bitter smile from Amakusa!
"Don't make it sound so easy!
I'm not like you guys!" he frantically grumbled to himself.
"Make him hit it into the infield!!" Senior Maezono shouted, unwilling to lose in momentum.
"Pitch to them one at a time!" (Haruichi)
"Let him hit it!!!" (Kuramochi)
"The ball is fast!! Use