Faced with Waseda Industries, although the stronger Narita was the more favored side, their coach and players still maintained a humble posture.
With one out and bases loaded, Narita chose the safest way to score: the second batter, Oka Miechi, resolutely executed the coach's instructions and delivered a high-quality sacrifice bunt to send the runner from third base back to home plate.
Two outs, runners on second and third, the crisis for Waseda Jitsugyo continued.
Narita's third batter, Kaneko Yuuta, stepped into the batting area again.
The baseball flew from Lin Guanglai's hand, heading straight for home plate—"Whoosh," before Kaneko Yuuta could react, the ball had already landed in the catcher's mitt.
"Pop."
"Strike."
The speed displayed on the outfield's electronic scoreboard was 147 km/h—Lin Guanglai chose to exert full effort on this pitch, achieving his fastest pitch speed up to this point, all to seize a strike count.
