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.
They say it's greatly increased 
the number of home runs per year.
يُقال  أنّها تزيد من أعداد نقاط 
.الدّورات الكاملة في السّنة
Dadurch soll die Homerunzahl
bei ihnen enorm gestiegen sein.
Pare abbia aumentato molto
il numero di home run annuali.
Dizem que isso aumentou muito
o número de homeruns por ano.
Благодаря этому число хоум-ранов
 за год значительно возросло.