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.
When he gets ahead in the count,
he can get them to swing at balls.
عندما يبدأ بالإصابات، بإمكانه
.التّلويح على الإصابات
Fängt er mit Strikes an,
schlagen sie auch nach Balls.
Consigue un strike
e intenta que abaniquen las bolas.
Consigue un strike
e intenta que abaniquen las bolas.
Mener avec des strikes oblige le batteur
à réagir même aux balles hors zone.
Iniziare con degli strike gli permette 
di spingere i battitori a reagire anche ai ball.
Quando lidera com strikes, ele consegue
fazer com que rebatam os strikes.
Когда у него серия страйков, бэттеры
 начинают замахиваться даже на болы.