After losing Ono to an injury, the Furuya-Yui battery has trouble establishing a rhythm, repeated making errors and walking batters. Still unable to recover, they give up runs and with the team in trouble, Furuya has to leave the mound. Kaneda the relief pitcher pitches well, but he is unable to stop Yamamori Academy’s momentum, and Seido’s winning streak ends at nineteen games. In game 2 against Seiho High School, the beast of Aichi, Sawamura is the starting pitcher. After receiving encouragement from Coach Kataoka, Sawamura boldly takes the mound.
but things are different when facing 
a top-class nationally-ranked team.
لكنّ الأمور مختلفة عندما نواجه 
.فريقًا في قمّة التّرتيب الوطنيّ
aber gegen Teams von Landesstärke
läuft vieles anders.
Pero ir contra uno
de los mejores del país es otra cosa.
Pero enfrentarse a uno
de los mejores del país es otra cosa.
Mais se mesurer d’un coup
à un adversaire de haut niveau,
ma affrontare una delle migliori squadre 
a livello nazionale è tutta un'altra faccenda.
mas as coisas mudam contra
um time de nível nacional.
но с противником национального
 уровня всё иначе.