The First Match was smoothly won with Furuya and Senior Kawashima pitching in relay.
The opposing team brought in three pitchers one after another, yet they were still hammered.
However, Seidou only scored one run in the final few innings.
All that could be said was that the last pitcher they sent out was fairly decent.
Sendou had bad luck in his final two at-bats and was retired twice in a row!
Just as the First Match ended, it was time for the lunch break.
The Seidou players simply ate in the stands.
Furuya had only pitched seven innings, but he had thrown over a hundred pitches. As he ate, he narrowed his eyes, looking somewhat sluggish.
Tojo and the others were very relaxed. The afternoon game had nothing to do with them anymore.
Takatsu sat alone in a corner, eating the food in front of him with a serious expression.
It was as though he were doing some kind of delicate work!
No one disturbed him. They could tell that he was not really eating; he was probably adjusting his condition.
As for Sendou, he had already left the field. Once the game was over and he had finished stretching, he immediately put on his jacket.
That way, his body would not cool down too quickly. After eating, he went straight to warm up.
Back in Tokyo, Coach Ochiai led a Practice Match on the field left vacant by the First Team's road trip.
Several promising first-years delivered outstanding performances, which greatly comforted the alumni who had been unable to watch the First Team players.
"Ding dong!"
"We won!
Five innings, only four hits allowed, no runs allowed, no Four Balls, and seven strikeouts!" Not long after the Practice Match in Aichi Prefecture ended, White Hair sent Sendou a