Returning from his injury, Furuya joins a game with the second string. Seeing Sawamura shine in the first string's game, Furuya mulls over the words Kataoka wrote in his journal. Meanwhile, in Yamanashi prefecture, Seido's rivals Yakushi, Ichidai Third High and Inashiro Industrial compete in intense games for the spring Kanto Tournament. Sawamura and his teammates watch intensely as their rivals become stronger.
Akamatsu always liked to throw
that 12-6 curveball.
أحبّ أكاماتسو رمي تلك الكرة المُقوّسة
،المتغيّرة عموديّاً
Ein Curveball, der vertikal abdreht,
war immer seine Waffe,
Las curvas en vertical eran
el arma de Akamatsu,
Las curvas en vertical eran
el arma de Akamatsu,
Akamatsu avait une courbe
à déviation verticale,
Akamatsu aveva una passione
per quella palla curva verticale,
O Akamatsu gostava de arremessar
aquela bola curva com efeito vertical,
Акамацу любил вертикальный
 брейкинг кёрв,