Eijun Sawamura had his heart set on the middle-school national baseball championships. But his team is eliminated thanks to a wild pitch thrown by Eijun himself. He’s planning to go to high school with his teammates and try again next year when he’s scouted by the famous Seido High School Baseball team. When he goes for a campus visit, he finds himself on the receiving end of a baptism by fire! His experience forming a battery with up-and-coming catcher Miyuki rekindles his passion for baseball!!
It’s the quarterfinals, Seido versus Yakushi. The opening moves have Furuya and Sawamura performing a perfect aggressive pitching relay, and things are going at Seido’s pace with a complete shutout against Yakushi’s powerful batting lineup!! However, when Yakushi’s ace, Sanada, gets up on the mound, the game hits a stalemate. Yakushi’s batting lineup could explode with hits at any time, and how will Sawamura withstand his head-to-head with the monster slugger, Raichi Todoroki?!