Preparation (2)

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The next day, the Rodgers stadium staff were currently feeling the pinch. People arrived in droves to the stadium in order to watch the two final matches of the U18 World Cup.

First on the schedule was Mexico vs Cuba, who were competing for bronze.

Despite not being the finals match, the crowd still stood at an impressive 20,000 fans, almost a 3rd of the total capacity of the stadium.

The game was a brutal back and forth melee with each team trading runs until the final inning.

As fate would have it, Jorge was up to bat in the bottom of the 9th inning with his team down by a single run. His brother Manuel was sitting on 2nd base after hitting one into the outfield.

With 2 outs on the board and the count at 3-2, Cuba were definitely backed into a corner.

Since the Mexican closer had come up to the mound in the 7th inning, he'd only given up a single hit to Manuel in the previous at-bat.