The game concludes, and Furuya and Masuko are promoted to varsity while Eijun and Haruichi are promoted to JV. Along with the promotion comes additional pitchers training for Furuya and Eijun. However their training can only be done with the partners that Coach Katoka assigns them. Furuya is assigned to work with Miyuki while Sawamura is assigned to work with Chris. However instead of catching Eijun's pitch, Chris continually gives him additional work that isn't pitching, making Eijun think the coach has gotten the last laugh and that he won't succeed at Seidou.
Après ce match mémorable, Kataoka compte bien choisir deux nouvelles batteries – couple lanceur/receveur. Même si Furuya et Eijun ont tous les deux des vues sur Miyuki, l’un des deux aura droit à un nouveau receveur.
사와무라는 후루야가 1군으로 올라가 미유키와 배터리를 짠 걸 보고 질투를 느낀다. 한편 자기와 파트너가 된 붙여준 3학년 선배 포수는 속을 알 수가 없었는데... 그 선배는 대뜸 사와무라에게 너는 에이스가 될 수 없다고 쏘아붙인다.
降谷跟御幸组成投捕搭档，泽村则对御幸竟然没有跟自己一组而大表不满。泽村的搭档是另一位表情阴沉，名叫克里斯的三年级捕手……
