"Dear viewers at home, welcome back to Koshien Stadium."

"In the recently concluded match, we witnessed the birth of a new chapter in history—Waseda Industries' Lin Guanglai made four consecutive home runs in a single game, with 9 RBIs in one match, breaking two records of the Summer Koshien tournament single-handedly. The title of the strongest genius of this generation is unquestionable."

Sakaguchi Yuji, in the commentary booth, was still reminiscing about the recently concluded match, and also took the opportunity to give a brief introduction to the viewers who, for various reasons, missed the match and were just turning on their TVs—without a doubt, the "Waseda VS Teikyo match" is a classic that will go down in Koshien's history, and will be revisited countless times in the future.

Beside him, guest Naoki Morinaka also sighed with emotion:

"Well, I still feel a bit regrettable, after all, due to Teikyo High School's first attack, there was no bottom of the ninth inning in this match, and Lin Guanglai didn't get a chance to bat again in the game..."

"I feel that, given his current state of hitting everything today, if he had one more at-bat, Lin would have had a great chance of creating a record that would be out of reach for many years: five at-bats with all home runs in a single game and double-digit RBIs in a single match."

Just as the commentator and guest were reviewing, the schools for the next match, who had been waiting in the player tunnel, also entered the field—seeing this, Sakaguchi Yuji stopped his praises for Lin Guanglai and began to fulfill his duty as a commentator by introducing the players to the audience.

After all, with so many schools across Japan, apart from those national enormous genius players, not everyone knows what are the characteristics, achievements, or performances in local tournaments of each player—all of these are what commentators need to inform the audience about.

"Today's match features the representative of Yamanashi, Yamanashi Gakuin University High School, against the Iwate representative, Hanamaki East.

"For Yamanashi Gakuin, it's their fifth appearance in the Summer League after a break of two years, but their overall strength is relatively average—although their batting line performed quite well in the prefectural tournament, achieving double-digit hits in five consecutive matches, considering today's opponent, whether their lineup can perform remains a question."

"Their opponent, Hanamaki East High School, should not be unfamiliar to audiences who have followed high school baseball these past few years—In the 2009 Senbatsu runner-up and Summer League semi-final, their ace Kikuchi Yuusei is now playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions, a young talent gaining much attention in the professional baseball world."

"And now, Hanamaki East has welcomed another local genius, whom I personally believe is the most noteworthy player of this tournament and possibly the future: second-year student Ohtani Shohei, who stands at 191 cm, weighs 76 kg, throws right and bats left, and serves as both a pitcher and right fielder."

"He reached a stunning maximum speed of 151 kilometers per hour, ranked third among all players in this tournament, and among second-year students who can achieve this speed; aside from him, only Lin Guanglai can match it; simultaneously, from the available information, Ohtani, like Lin, is also highly skilled in batting as a pitcher."

"In this match, due to a leg muscle injury that hasn't fully healed, Hanamaki East's coach Sasaki You did not start Ohtani as the pitcher—replacing him is Daiki Kohara, a fellow second-year left-handed pitcher."

"It's uncertain if Hanamaki East High School can break through the first round—after all, if they defeat Yamanashi Gakuin, then in the second round, two players with similar physical conditions and almost overlapping playing styles will directly face off; of course, Yamanashi Gakuin University High School is by no means an easy opponent as reaching the Koshien stage already proves their strength."

In the outfield area, Ohtani Shohei was warming up with his outfield partner, the team's central fielder Takahashi Shoufei, and as they warmed up, they started chatting:

"Shohei, look at the stands, there are obviously much fewer spectators—they were full just now, but now there are hardly any people left, it seems most of the audience only came to watch the Tokyo internal match?"

Upon hearing his teammate's complaint, Ohtani Shohei glanced back at the stands:

Takahashi Shoufei was indeed correct. In the previous match, Koshien Stadium was nearly full, but now about half of the spectators had left. Outside of the full cheer stands for both teams' Alps, other locations, especially the generally mediocre outfield seats, were almost entirely vacant, appearing noticeably desolate.

According to the real-time attendance statistics, the focal showdown between Teikyo and Waseda Jitsugyo brought 44,000 spectators to Koshien Stadium; however, for this match between Hanamaki East and Yamanashi Gakuin, around 25,000 remained on site.

"Well—that can't be helped, the previous match had more media hype than ours: it was the first game of the Senbatsu champion, a direct confrontation between two A Level schools, and coincidentally, an internal showdown between two schools from the Tokyo Region. In terms of attention, we really can't compare."

Objectively analyzing the reasons behind this, seeing his teammate looking somewhat dejected, Ohtani Shohei quickly spoke up to comfort him:

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