Azuma tells Aoba that to understand her popularity, she needs to recognize her good points outside of her baseball skills. When she asks Ko what those are, he tells her that one can to be too close things to see them clearly, and as she watches fans cheer him during the game against Sena, she admits he might be right. After Miki bats for the first time against Ko, Miki admits to Akaishi he may have transferred from Seishu too early. Seishu gets on base each of the first seven innings but fails to score, while not allowing Sena any hits. When Ko complains about how well Miki knows Seishu's abilities, Azuma says Miki has not accounted for Aoba's influence on the younger Seishu players and in the bottom of the eighth, one of them hits a three-run homer. At the end of the ninth, Miki hits a home run, preventing Ko from pitching a no-hitter. Seishu wins 3 to 1.
三木が所属する無名校の都立瀬名が、大門率いる黒駒実業を接戦の末に破り、星秀学園と2回戦で対戦することに決まる。試合当日。星秀学園のピッチャー、光は順調な立ち上がりで、初回を無失点に抑える。三木も粘り強いピッチングで星秀学園を無失点に押さえる。そして、両校とも無失点のまま、試合は終盤に突入する…。
미키가 소속된 도립 세나 고등학교가 다이몬이 감독하는 고등학교에 이겨 2차전에서 세이슈학원과 맞붙게 된다. 코우는 이전에 같은 팀이었던 미키와 경기를 하는 것에 불안을 느낀다. 경기 당일, 코우는 첫 회를 무실점으로 막으며 순조롭게 출발한다. 하지만 세나 고등학교도 끈질긴 피칭으로 세이슈학원을 무실점으로 막아낸다. 그리고 그렇게 두 학교 모두 무실점을 한 채 경기는 종반으로 돌입하는데...
