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.
I won't waste the chance 
the older players created.
لن أضيّع لفرصة الّتي منحها 
.لنا اللاّعبون الكبار
No desperdiciaré
la oportunidad que nos dieron.
No desperdiciaré
la oportunidad que nos dieron.
Je ne vais pas gâcher l’opportunité
qu’ont créée les anciens.
Non voglio sprecare l'occasione che i senpai hanno creato.
Não vou perder a chance que
o pessoal mais velho criou.
Я не упущу шанс, который 
предоставили старшие.