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.
Both teams were contenders to win
the Invitational, after all.
كلا الفريقين كانا يتنافسان على الفوز
في بطولة المدعوّين أساساً
Es sind ja zwei Teams,
die bislang gute Leistung zeigten.
Ambos eran contendientes
para ganar el invitacional.
Ambos eran contendientes
para ganar el invitacional.
Deux géants du Koshien s’affrontent,
après tout.
Beh, entrambe le squadre avevano il potenziale per vincere il torneo a invito...
Afinal, os dois tiveram
condições de vencer o fechado.
Обе команды претендуют
 на победу на закрытом турнире.