If, during the very first inning of the game, Watanabe Hisashi, the coach of the Seibu Team, could still sit relatively comfortably even though Takayuki Kishi had allowed a solo home run to Lin Guanglai, he certainly couldn't sit still now.
Watching Takayuki Kishi, who seemed a bit dazed on the pitcher's mound at Yahoo Dome, Watanabe Hisashi glanced at the bench behind him and quickly issued orders to the pitching coach beside him:
"Get the relievers warmed up!"
"If Kishi continues like this, we must change pitchers no matter what!"
Speaking of which, Watanabe Hisashi first glanced at the electronic scoreboard on the far right of Eagle's Vision above the outfield. The score of SoftBank 4, Seibu 0 was indeed quite glaring; then he turned to look at Kikuchi Yuusei, sitting at the far edge of the players' bench with a serious expression on his face, wearing a heavy jacket, and sighed.
What the Saitama Seibu Lions most rely on now, as the coach, Watanabe Hisashi knew all too well:
