It’s the top of the seventh inning in Seido’s game against Hachiya Oji.  Hachiya Oji has to score this inning or else the game will be called.  Kawabata fought his way to a base, but it would be Hachiya Oji’s last offensive.  Seido’s victory is imminent.  After hearing Furuya say he’d get to play next game, Sawamura watches the game from the bench, the number one on his back.  The story of these two players vying for the title of ace will continue.
I could ignore the void in my heart 
during those long, arduous practices.
بإمكاني تجاهل الفراغ الّذي في قلبي 
.خلال تلك التّداريب الطّويلة والشّاقّة
Nur während ich bis
zur Erschöpfung trainierte,
Ignoré el vacío en mi pecho gracias
a largas y arduas sesiones de práctica.
Ignoré el vacío en mi pecho con largas
y arduas sesiones de entrenamiento.
Je n’échappais au chagrin
qu’en m’entraînant
Quelle sessioni estenuanti di allenamento
mi aiutavano a ignorare il buco che avevo nel cuore.
Eu podia ignorar o buraco no meu
coração durante os treinos árduos.
Во время долгих изнуряющих тренировок 
я мог забыть о дыре в сердце.