Abe’s strategy to walk Sakitama’s cleanup hitter is working. While Sakitama can’t score a run, their third-year Oyama dwells on the end of his baseball career.

Hanai is the cleanup batter for Nishiura in the third match, and is struggling to get out from behind Tajima’s shadow. Hanai questions whether or not he’s a dependable player.

Nishiura High’s next opponent, Sakitama High, has an incredibly strong batter. If Nishiura wants any chance of winning, Nishiura will need a quick shutout win!

Before the next match, the Nishiura Nine go to watch the game of their next opponent. There they discover Sakitama High’s cleanup hitter, Daichi Sakura.

Accepting their defeat against Bijyou Dai Sayama High, Mihashi and the Nishiura Nine work to come up with a team goal. Mihashi receives an ambiguous text from Abe.

Kurata from Bijyou feels guilty about beating the crap out of other players. Abe’s accidental injury strikes a chord, and he no longer wants to be involved with Roka’s dirty schemes.

It’s the final inning and Nishiura is still behind in runs. Coming to terms with Abe’s injury, Mihashi realizes that he was shoving all of his responsibilities onto Abe.

The unthinkable has happened! Abe is injured and can no longer participate in the match. Mihashi must step up to the pitcher’s mound and discover some self-confidence.

After scoring two runs, Bijyou High turns up the heat and sends out its reserve pitcher, Kashima. Kashima throws intense fast balls, but he’s just warming up! Can Nishiura land a hit?

"Hot off the heels of their first win, the players of Nishiura High School are fired up for the rest of the summer tournament! Their next opponent, Sakitama High, has an incredibly strong batter. If Nishiura wants any chance of winning, Nishiura will need a quick shutout win! This should be doable for Mihashi and Abe since they continue to make a great battery, but at the same time, could Mihashi’s reliance on Abe’s signaling spell trouble in the games to come? Hits and sprints, pains and sprains... Mihashi and team have quite a struggle ahead of them if they want to play on the legendary field of Koshien Stadium!"

Noe decides to check out the Game Creation Club (Provisional). Her big brother isn't the gamer type, so it's hard to imagine why Kazama joined. She has no idea what she's getting herself into until it's too late. Can she survive the experience?

Takao offers to treat Kazama as payback for helping her escape the teacher interrogation over the zipper-shot. Could this be a DATE in disguise?! The two sense dark energy while in the pre-sale line for her favorite video game series...

The game tournament is down to the semifinals! Siou finally gets his duel with Kazama while Roka and Takao face off in a nasty game of musical chairs. Which contestants have what it takes to climb to the finals? Who will walk home victorious?!

Hachi Siou has been smitten with Roka ever since she bagged him once. When he hears that Roka has bagged Kazama, he decides that the three of them are in a love triangle! He challenges Kazama to a game duel that turns into a school-wide tournament.

Thanks to his fight with the Band of 14 Devils, the whole school knows about Kazama's position as a member of the Game Creation Club (Provisional). Now he's not only expected to hang out with them after school, but eat lunch with them too!

When Kazama and his pals get their butts kicked by the Band of 14 Devils, it's up to the Game Creation Club (Provisional) to come to the rescue! How will the girls fare against some of the nastiest delinquents their school has to offer?

The FuF Festival is coming up soon and the (fake) Game Creation Club needs to come up with something quick! Can they come up with something other than elemental-based ideas on how to sabotage the opponent?

A group of suspicious characters begin to hound Kazama. As luck would have it, they're the real Game Creation Club and he got duped into joining the fake Game Creation Club! Why does his school have two of the same club, anyway?

The showdown between Chitose and Tama rages on! Kazama tries to help as Shield No.2, but Tama's sumo slaps and kabuki hair are insanely powerful. Can Chitose defeat Tama for the very first time, or is the Game Creation Club (Provisional) doomed?