In the middle of a long, hard-fought game, Ogawa retires the first batter he faces, and the rest of the team congratulates him on a great performance on the mound. The captain of the losing team, Tsune, hits a walk-off home run to lift his team into the next round of the tournament, where they will face the winner of the first-round game between Shimokitai and Iwate. In a soliloquy, the captain tells the other players that they are not as good as they thought they were, and that they need to work harder in the future.