Bottom of the first inning, the United States City Youth Academy Team is on the offense.
In the first half of the inning, the Japan High School Team took the lead, scoring 2-0.
Shimabukuro Hiroshi stood on the pitcher's mound, glancing casually at the batter next to home plate—
The first batter for Team USA, named Smith, was a Black player taller than 190 cm with massive muscles stretching his uniform.
Just his appearance put pressure on Shimabukuro Hiroshi: tall and long-legged pitchers can exert pressure on batters with explosive power and a downward throwing motion; conversely, power hitters with explosive muscles can also give pitchers a lot of pressure.
After exchanging a few signals with Yamakawa Daisuke crouching low at the baseline, Shimabukuro Hiroshi swung his arm and pitched the ball—the championship battery combo from Konan decided to start with a fastball.
