To stop the attacks on Chris, Sawamura reverts back to his original pitching form while maintaining the wall against the dangerous Naoyuki Zaizen. The results not only improve Sawamura's speed, but they start putting pressure on Zaizen and reveal an injury he had earlier. With Chris and Zaizen being of equal strength now, the momentum swings back to Seido. After 3 innings Chris and Sawamura are pulled from the game. The game concludes and the Coach calls everyone together. Two players are moved up to the varsity team, and many third years have their hearts broken. While Chris isn't brought up to play, he is brought up as a manager for the varsity team.
Elenco: Ryota Ohsaka , Shimazaki Nobunaga , Takahiro Sakurai , Hanae Natsuki , Shintarou Asanuma , Yoshimasa Hosoya , Yuki Ono , Daisuke Namikawa , Masakazu Morita , Nobuhiko Okamoto , Shimono Hiro , Yoshitsugu Matsuoka , Yurika Endou , Rintarou Nishi , Hiroshi Kamiya , Hiroki Touchi , Kensho Ono , Yumi Uchiyama , Wataru Hatano , Toru Ohkawa , Daiki Yamashita , Kengo Kawanishi , Nobuyuki Hiyama , Kohsuke Toriumi , Takuma Terashima , Yuki Kaji , Daisuke Hirakawa , Tomoaki Maeno , Tatsuhisa Suzuki , Kaito Ishikawa , Kouki Uchiyama , Yuuto Suzuki , Shinobu Matsumoto , Akira Ishida , Eiji Takeuchi , Hiroaki Tajiri , Shouta Aoi , Ayumu Murase , Tasuku Hatanaka , Yuuma Uchida , Shunsuke Takeuchi .