Otomi adopts a dog and names him Punch, as the Meisei baseball team debates who should be the club's ace pitcher.

The Meisei Junior High team progresses through the prelims of the national juniors by the skin of their teeth. Souichirou's battery relationship with his brother also begins to be explored.

To everyone's surprise, Daisuke pitches a whole winning game despite only having practiced with the team for an hour. The Meisei team goes to the Tokyo Tournament, but Daisuke doesn't show up until the game is well under way.