Top of the ninth inning, Coach Izumi Minoru replaced Left Fielder Kakiwara Yosuke with Uchida Saint.
With this adjustment, some changes occurred in Waseda's field positions: Uchida Saint took the mound as pitcher, Onoda Shunsuke, originally in Right Field, moved to Left Field, and Lin Guanglai went to Right Field for defense.
This was a choice Izumi Minoru made after careful consideration: for a freshman pitcher, any high school team's coach would use them cautiously—taking the player's future into account, sacrificing it for short-term success would be short-sighted.
In this game, Lin Guanglai started and pitched 8 innings, exceeding the 120-pitch limit set by Izumi Minoru; along with the 4 innings he pitched as a substitute last game, Lin Guanglai surpassed 200 pitches within 24 hours.
