It's pretty clear both of them are adaptive and willing to shift things around depending on what their enemy does. There would likely be differences when faced with more then a one-on-one fight but the Drifter has enough flexibly to roll with whatever the Batter dishes out.

There is one thing, potentially, that could take them off guard. But the Batter had deliberately provoked a shift in perspectives once before and would not do it again. It...well, he's still trying not to think about waking up from a campfire dream and desperately trying to suppress the panic that bubbled up from his throat. Not again.

So back to it. The Drifter clearly isn't going to drop their weapon so disarming them was probably an exercise in futility unless the Batter stopped holding back and aimed to break their wrist, which he won't. His trick did cause them to fall but again, the Drifter was back on their feet in a matter of seconds.

Clearly they were used to people trying to pull the same thing. So for the moment the Batter is simply going to continue his attacks while he observes how the Drifter plans on moving forward from here. He can't keep it up forever but the Drifter can't play at defense forever either.

Make your move.