After the captain hits a home run off Sanada, Seido once again leads by two runs. We reach the bottom of the eighth inning, and Kawakami is struggling. He insists on connecting to Tanba in the next game, but when Raichi is walked and manages to steal second base he finds himself in a pinch. Kawakami is able to get two outs, but Raichi scores, making it 6-5, and Yakusi has runners on first and third. Kataoka steps up and calls for a pitching change. In comes Tanba with two outs for his first appearance for an ace vs. ace showdown.
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 .