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The qualifiers for the summer tournament at Koshien are finally underway. Due to being seeded, Meisei High gets a bye for the first and second rounds, meaning they have to wait to find out who their first opponent will be.

As the summer tournament draws closer, Mr. Sengonbi reveals his connection to the Tachibana Siblings, and all involved reflect on what it means.

Tsukikage wants to talk to Otomi and Touma to get ideas for her story, but on the way out, the sibling pair witnesses something unexpected...

What should be an easy win for Ooyama's team in the scrimmage grows more complicated when Touma can't throw his full heat to an inexperienced catcher.

Over summer break, the Meisei High baseball team reflects on the events of the Koshien tournament and begins making plans for the next year.

Meisei and Toushu play a tense practice game. Arisa acts like a jerk, and both Touma and Souichirou show their skill as players.

A big storm blows in sending everyone running for cover, and Nan reminisces about his near-death experience. Souichirou meets Hiroki Mita, a star player from another school and Arisa's big brother.

Spring brings a new baseball season. The brothers are in high school now, playing under their new manager Ooyama. Ooyama is reluctant to let Touma pitch with the upperclassmen, but he quickly changes his tune after watching Touma pitch.

The mystery of Daisuke's odd practice attendance pattern is revealed. The new season brings changes to the Meisei baseball team, including a new Manager!

Meisei loses their match to Seinan after Nikaidou has a bad inning. Nishimura, Seinan’s pitcher, tries to convince the Tachibana brothers to transfer to his team.

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.

The Meisei Junior High team progresses through the prelims of the national juniors as Souichirou and Touma begin their battery relationship.

Meisei and Toushu’s war of attrition has entered extra innings, neither pitcher allowing a single run. With Toushu playing in unfamiliar category, and Touma seemingly reaching a new level on the mound, will this be the year Meisei returns to Koshien?

Six innings in, the semifinal match between Meisei and Toushu remains scoreless. Under the burning sun and the pressure of the crowd, which team’s star pitcher will reach his limit first?

Now comes the highly anticipated semifinal match between Meisei and Toushu! The rising rookie battery of Touma and Souichiro faces off once more against the unshakeable prodigy, Hiroki Mita, in a tense pitchers’ duel with the tournament on the line.

Meisei's path to Koshien is in peril as they face off against Kaiou Nishi. Do they have the skill--and the luck--to survive to the semifinals?

Nobody expected Meisei to reach the quarterfinals – not even their manager. With Touma resting his arm out in left field, can the bullpen carry the team against the hard-hitting offense of Kaiou Nishi?

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

With Sou and Tou powering the team through the early rounds of the tournament, Meisei's story draws fans from far and wide. Ryou learns that his family and Otomi’s are more alike than he knew.

Otomi spends the rainy day bowling, while her brothers try to figure out whether or not she's on a date!