Mukai scatters his pitches offensively, but Tojo puts up a good fight and gets on base. Kuramochi follows after, and the Teito battery walks Haruichi to load the bases. It's two outs and bases loaded at the bottom of the eighth. Immense pressure is on Maezono.
and he was ready to pitch to his strengths,
und darauf gefasst war,
seine Stärken einzusetzen,
y el que estaba preparado para usar su estilo
y el que estaba preparado para usar su estilo
Et il était préparé mentalement
pour lancer selon ses capacités,
ed era carico per lanciare al meglio,
e estava disposto a 
arremessar como pudesse,