Sawamura is nervous being roomed with his older baseball teammates. However, their unexpectedly warm welcome makes him feel right at home. Next day, he feels too much at home, and ends up sleeping in for his first practice! There, he reunites with Miyuki who also overslept. Unfortunately, Miyuki's advice on resolving the situation only makes it worse. The head coach himself tells Sawamura that using him as a player is out of the question. However, recalling the messages from his teammates back home, he declares to the coach, "I came here to become the ace of this team!" So the head coach gives him a challenge.
yet you throw a curveball 
in a long throw?
und du wirfst einen Curveball
 bei einem Weitwurf?
¿y acabas tirando una 
curva en un tiro largo?
¡¿Por qué acabaste tirando una 
curva en un tiro largo?!
Et toi, tu lances 
une balle courbe…
e você manda uma bola curva 
num arremesso de longa distância?