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.
He took me to the batting cages 
every day in middle school.
أخذني إلى أقفاص الضّرب
.كلّ يوم في المدرسة الإعداديّة
Seit der Mittelschule ging er immer
mit mir ins Batting Center.
Me llevó cada día de la secundaria
a los centros de bateo.
En secundaria me llevaba a diario
a los centros de bateo.
Quand j’étais au collège,
Alle medie mi portava tutti i giorni
ad allenarmi a battere.
Ele me levou para rebater
todo dia durante três anos.
Каждый день в средней школе 
водил меня тренироваться.