TJ is so good at making pitchers feel like they put real pressure on the batting lineup and visa versa. Compared to other baseball manga at least. This was always going to be among my favorite games in the series though since Amahisa is my favorite character and Sankou is my favorite rival team. Also Kanemaru is one of my fav Seidou players so it was really nice to see him get that hit, making contact is his strong suit afterall.
I am glad to see the fanbase isn't rushing this game to get to Inashiro because I know that is the game that has more hype behind it.
So do people think that coach is going to use both of his remaining pitchers (or the two remaining who can pitch to batting lineups this good) in both games now that Kawakami is injured? I remember there only being a day or two between the semis and the finals for West Tokyo in Act I, which is not enough time for Sawamura to rest his arm. The most rational choice would be to have Sawamura pitch 6 innings so long as Seidou manages a 1-2 run lead, then switch in Furu to close. Though there is a risk since Furu choked against Ichidai last time, but I suppose Sawa choked against Inashiro so I bet coach wanted to avoid using them on those matches.