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?
but the fact that Coach made
each pitcher's role crystal clear
لكنّ حقيقة أنّ المدرّب 
قد جعل دور كلّ رامٍ واضحًا
Indem er ihnen allen eine Aufgabe gab,
pero dejó claro
qué papel tiene cada pitcher
pero dejó claro
qué papel tiene cada pitcher
mais avoir réparti
clairement les tâches
ma assegnare a ciascuno
dei quattro lanciatori un ruolo specifico
mas ao dar um espaço claro
para quatro arremessadores
но благодаря чёткому
 распределению ролей