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.
It's better for them to play in the second
string than warm the first-string bench.
من الأفضل لهم أن يلعبوا كنسقٍ ثانٍ بدلاً
من الجلوس في الدكّة كنسق أوّل
Im ersten Team kommen sie nicht zum Zug.
Es mejor que jueguen
Es mejor que jueguen
C’est l’avantage du groupe 2
sur le 1,
Meglio farli giocare in seconda squadra piuttosto 
che lasciarli a scaldare la panchine in prima.
É melhor para eles jogarem como reservas
Уж лучше пусть играют во втором
составе, чем сидят на скамейке в первом.