It was only now that he suddenly remembered. They had only allowed a runner on base a handful of times during this whole tournament, none of which had tried to steal bases.
The revelation hit him like a ton of bricks. Usually this was something that pitchers would get used to over time, but it seemed that Kazuhiro lacked that experience because his pitching was too good for his age.
He could imagine the kid in middle school pitching against those younger than him. There was no way that they would be able to hit his pitches consistently.
"Ahem. How about you just ignore the runners on base for now. Let's focus only on the guys in front of you okay?" Shinji said after a while.
While it was not ideal, he couldn't exactly teach Kazuhiro what to do with runners on base in this exact moment. Therefore it would be better to just put their attention on facing the batters directly.
"Okay, I can do that." Kazhuiro said after a moment.
