After conceding three runs without getting any outs, Sawamura is switched out of the game. "If I walk off here, I'll never..." Memories of the summer final resurface. Contrary to Furuya putting on a show on the mound, Sawamura sits in the dugout like a corpse.
It's been ten days since the national final, 
and the crowd hasn't died down.
Zehn Tage sind vergangen und die
Leute kommen immer noch.
Dix jours depuis la fin du Koshien
et la ferveur persiste.
Se passaram dez dias desde o 
nacional e o ânimo deles não passou.