Seido awaits their first game of the summer tournament. Sawamura wants to get used to wearing the ace number and so begins to sleep in his uniform, earning him a teasing from his roommates. Coach Kataoka receives an stimulating call from his former mentor Coach Sasaki, the coach of Yura Sogo Engineering High School who they are about to face. Yura Sogo competes in the first round anticipating their game against the seeded Seido. What does the cunning Coach Sasaki have up his sleeve?
The thrower and the catcher have to 
trust each other completely to pull that off!
على الرّامي والماسك أن يثقا 
!في بعضهما بالكامل لإنجاح ذلك
Das klappt nur, wenn die beiden
sich blind vertrauen.
Sería imposible si quien lanza y quien
recibe no confían el uno en el otro.
Sería imposible si quien lanza y quien
recibe no confían el uno en el otro.
C’est leur confiance mutuelle
qui rend possible cette performance.
Una combinazione come questa è impossibile 
senza una sintonia perfetta fra chi lancia e chi riceve.
Se quem arremessa e quem recebe não confiam
um no outro, não conseguem jogar assim!
Питчер и кетчер должны
 полностью доверять друг другу!