379 Game: @ Redwood HS 6 (2/2)

If that wasn't enough, the Redwood Coach came out of his dugout to change the pitcher again. I looked to Mr. Miller as the new pitcher threw a few pitches off the mound.

He caught me looking. ”What is it?”

”Is there some kind of strategy that says it's okay to load the bases for the player who had previously hit a homerun?” I asked, feeling confused on why they wouldn't just face Zeke.

”Julian isn't even batting .300.” Mr. Miller told me. ”Whereas Zeke...he's making history. Highest average in county in the last decade. Hopefully he can keep that going.”

Oh.

”Don't worry. There's nothing to complain about when given a free base like that. It's up to the next batters to make them pay for it.”

Julian. Jason. Mahki.

Regrettably, they couldn't make Redwood 'pay for it.'

Julian struck out swinging. Jason continued with his bad day at the plate, popping a foul ball straight up. The catcher only took three steps back to catch it for the second out. Mahki did slightly better than the two of them, as he had actually put the ball into play...right to first base. The first baseman had no trouble picking it up and tagging first for the final out.

I sighed.

”Disappointed, huh?” Mr. Miller slapped my back again. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

I shrugged. ”Slightly.” It was a good opportunity to tack on some more runs.

”Have faith in your pitcher. Bryce can shut this down, easily.” He pushed me forward in the direction of my bag.

I changed out my gear and took the field.

Bryce had thrown a couple of pitches for a warmup before the batters for Redwood were asked to step up. Bryce got lucky; this inning his first three opponents would be the last three batters of their lineup. And it showed. The seventh batter hit a grounder to Jason for an easy out. Then Bryce was able to close it out with back-to-back strikeouts, looking. He had exchanged control for speed and it paid off.

We celebrated the win with simple high-fives. There was some clapping from the stands, but not much since it was an away game. We didn't stick around too long before packing up and loading the bus. Another win for us.