Days passed quickly for Shun and his friends. After facing Hokuto, Shoto Junior High participated in a series of friendly matches. None of the teams were as strong as Hokuto, but Shoto managed to win all the games with relative ease.
Shun was still giving up more walks than he would like, but the technique of testing new grips was working. At the moment, he was able to control the horizontal slider much better, so he used this pitch as his base.
Sora, on the other hand, was incredible. After giving up a grand slam to Sugawara, he dominated all the teams he pitched against. His screwball was proving to be a dangerous weapon, and the boy was starting to build up confidence.
However, surprisingly, the pitcher with the worst results on the team was also Shoto Junior High's ace, the nerdy kid, Jiro Fukuoka. The problem was that Jiro was pitching very well, but Daigo had a lot of difficulty catching Jiro's unpredictable knuckleballs.
