During the long break in May, the powerhouse schools travel to different parts of the country to compete in practice games to prepare for the summer tournament. Fujimaki Komadai has traveled to Osaka to play Osaka Kiryu; Inashiro is playing Saiho in Aichi; Yoshinaga from Tokushima is in Kumamoto playing Shogakkan. Seido tides themselves over by playing Yamaga in Saitama, but then it's time for Sawamura to take the mound against Hakuryu, a team that finished in the semi finals of the Invitational.
There is probably a reason 
Furuya-kun isn't pitching.
هنالك سبب على الأرجح يمنع
فورويا-كن من الرّمي
Hat sicher seine Gründe,
warum Furuya nicht pitcht.
Debe haber una razón
por la que Furuya-kun no lanza.
Debe haber una razón
por la que Furuya-kun no lanza.
Pour que Furuya ne lance pas,
il y a une raison.
Dev'esserci un motivo
se Furuya-kun non è in campo, oggi.
Deve ter um motivo para
o Furuya não começar.
Наверняка Фурую заменили не просто так.