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!!
Tension rises as the final game of the fall tournament approaches midgame! Seido ties up the game in the bottom of the fourth and starting pitcher Kawakami is replaced on the mound by Sawamura, which can only mean one thing…The ultimate clash of first years Sawamura and Raichi is at hand! Can Sawamura prove how far he’s come by standing up to his worst nightmare?!