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.
Kuramochi got an infield hit to second,
putting runners on first and third.
حقّق كوراموتشي ضربة قاعدة خلف لاعب القاعدة 
.الثّانية، واضعًا الرّاكضين في القاعدتين الأولى والثّالثة
erzielte Kuramochi einen Infield Hit.
Runner auf Base eins und drei.
Un hit de Kuramochi llena
la primera y la tercera base.
Un hit de Kuramochi llena
la primera y la tercera base.
Kuramochi plaça un coup sûr,
Kuramochi batte una valida oltre il seconda base,
portando così due corridori in prima e terza.
Kuramochi acertou uma que
passou do segunda base,
Курамоти выбил хит мимо второго,
 раннеры оказались на первой и третьей.