Ep. 14: Treinamento intenso começa com exercícios de pickoff e cenários de defesa para os calouros.

Sawamura continues to train hard, but when Chris notices he is overworking, he has Miyuki pull him into the indoor training facility for some pickoff training and leg positioning training so he won't get hurt. Furuya is reminded he must trim his nails and is also forced to start pickoff training. Furuya tells Miyuki he has a twisted personality. Tanba watches his rivals and vows not to give the ace number to anyone else. As hell week begins Tanba and Kawakami are sent to the bullpen while Sawamura and Furuya are forced to work on fielding practice and base coverage scenarios. Once their coverage scenarios are done they are sent out for outfield catching. In the bullpen Tanba works on a secret pitch with Miyauchi, the secondary varsity catcher. When the 100 yard sprints start and the night workouts increase, Sawamura realizes him and his fellow first years haven't prepared for anything like this. This episode covers chapters 38 to 40. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episódios
- Ep. 10 · Eijun aperfeiçoa suas habilidades de arremesso antes da partida final do time júnior
- Ep. 11 · Chris entra no jogo enquanto Eijun luta com problemas de controle
- Ep. 12 · Chris treina Sawamura enquanto seu pai intervém e Zaizen muda a estratégia para mirar em Chris.
- Ep. 13 · A forma original de Sawamura muda o rumo da partida enquanto Chris se torna gerente
- Ep. 14 · Treinamento intenso começa com exercícios de pickoff e cenários de defesa para os calouros.
- Ep. 15 · Sawamura tem dificuldades no rebatimento enquanto Furuya e Eijun conhecem os calouros antes dos jogos de fim de semana.
- Ep. 16 · Furuya ajusta sua estratégia de arremesso durante o jogo de treino entre Seido e Osaka Kiryu.
- Ep. 17 · Hiromi Toshi domina os rebatedores de Seido com velocidade crescente nos primeiros innings.
- Ep. 18 · Miyuki empurra Sawamura a arremessar para dentro enquanto Furuya aprende com a experiência do acampamento de treinamento.