And it's all so subtle—something that, to anyone else, could be mistaken for a mere momentary lapse in focus. But the tension and the exploring and the cautious dancing they're doing around each other, even from yards away, can only be broken by the obligation they both have to the game: Silver continues to throw her complicated pitches that she's calculated carefully based on how Alexis has hit the ones prior, and Alexis continues to hit each one, no matter how difficult or complex.