章 478: CIF Semifinal: Anderson HS (4)

After Garret's practice pitches, he easily shut down the ninth batter, getting him to strike out to end the second inning. We jogged back to the dugout. 

"That was brutal."

"Not a good start."

"Already in the hole."

I heard depressing mumbles as I followed Noah to our bags. 

"Heads up!" Zeke's command made me jump. He stood at the dugout entrance, just coming back from the outfield. "I don't want to hear anyone giving up. There's still some baseball left to play."

"Just gotta bounce back." Noah added, bouncing in place. 

"Kelvin. Jason. Mahki." Coach called out. "You three must be feeling pressured to getting on base, correct?"

Kelvin, who just took off his catchers gear, nodded.