"Thud."
"Batter out, offensive and defensive switch!"
With this call from the first base umpire, the regular time for the nine-inning game ended—the entire Shengong Stadium, which was boiling like hot water one second, quickly went quiet the next.
On the scoreboard above the outfield, the score of 1:1 seemed completely frozen in time, unable to move forward at all.
Yoshinaga Kentarou stood on the pitcher's mound, gasping for air—he was definitely the most exhausted person in the entire Nihon University team during this game, suppressing Waseda Jitsugyo's entire lineup almost single-handedly, flawless except for that solo homer.
Slowly walking down from the pitcher's mound, slowly heading back to the player's area on the first base side, and slowly sitting on his seat—Yoshinaga Kentarou was indeed exhausted now, even the short distance jogging back from the field to the player's area was a drain on his stamina.
