Autumn Tokyo Tournament, semi-final, Waseda Industries VS National Academy Kugayama.
The bottom of the eleventh inning begins.
Having held on during the top of the eleventh inning, all the pressure has now shifted to the players of National Academy Kugayama as the game enters the extended extra innings—any minor mistake at this point could end the game directly.
In this half inning, the first batter for Waseda is the second hitter, the shortstop, Matsunaga Kenta.
Kawaguchi Kiyotaka stands on the pitcher's mound, takes a deep breath to soothe his tense arm muscles, exchanges a glance with Yasushi Kikuchi, the catcher squatting at the baseline, and then nods before pitching the baseball.
After three pitches.
"Strike, batter out!"
