It's ninth day and fourth round of the spring invitational and Seido will finally face Komadai Fujimaki. It's Masamune Hongo's first start of the tournament, and he has not given up a single run. How will the Seido batters counter his 150 km/h fastballs and sharp splitters? Meanwhile, Furuya is starting for Seido. How will he fare against the Komadai Fujimaki batters?
Ace Hongo takes down lead-off batter 
Kuramochi with a splitter!
اللاعب الأول هونغو يُسقط ضارب
الكرات الأوّل كوراموتشي برمية فاصلة
Das Ass Hongo hat ihn
mit seinem Splitter eingesackt!
¡La estrella, Hongo,
sentencia al primero con un splitter!
¡La estrella, Hongo,
sentencia al primero con un splitter!
Hongo a stoppé Kuramochi,
le 1er batteur, avec une balle fronde !
L'asso, Hongo, elimina 
il primo battitore Kuramochi con uno splitter!
O ás Hongo elimina Kuramochi,
o primeiro rebatedor, com uma splitter.
Ас Хонго одолел первого бэттера
 Курамоти своим сплиттером!