Bottom of the fifth.
Garret was still going strong, looking unstoppable. He started with batter five, getting him to hit a short fly to right field. Tanner caught it with ease and threw it back in while yelling, "One out!"
Some of the other guys on the field echoed him, with Noah being the loudest. He even tacked on, "Two to go!"
Garret didn't need our support for the following two batters. He struck the both of them out, pushing his 'K' count to nine. Only one behind Dave's high.
He smirked at Dave as he swaggered back into the dugout. "What do you think? Two innings to get just one more strikeout to tie you. Two to beat you."
Dave rolled his eyes. "I did ten in four innings. You technically only had seven. I'm not fighting you over this."
