Nobody expected Meisei to reach the quarterfinals – not even their manager. With Touma resting his arm out in left field, can the bullpen carry the team against the hard-hitting offense of Kaiou Nishi?
--practiced hitting with the assumption
that they'd face Touma's fastball.
التمرّن على الضّرب بافتراض أنّهم -
سيواجهون كُرات توما السّريعة
in Erwartung auf Tōmas Fastballs trainiert.
готовились играть конкретно
 против фастбола Томы.