Episode Title:
High School Recruit, College Recruit.
Episode Description:
5 years ago at the Summer Koshien Ishimoto and Ezure were the star players. Both were recruited by the Osaka Tempters, Ishimoto straight out of high school, but Ezure after going through college league. However neither of them managed to become regulars. The Tempters' manager wants to bring in a new pinch hitter and drop one of them to the minors. It's decided to give both of them a chance in the next game against The Spiders, and whoever performs better would be allowed to stay. During the game, Spiders' starting pitcher, Akiba plays badly and The Tempters rack up a big lead. Bonda is put on the mound and told to play four innings. Ishimoto and Ezure are in trouble because both of them have lower salary than Bonda.
