"During an intense summer baseball tournament, Mihashi -- Nishiura High School's would-be pitching ace -- fights nerves and a rising fever while striving to baffle the opposing team's batters, who continually find new ways to score runs against him. In this baseball-themed Japanese anime series, Mihashi struggles with his curveball, suffers a terrible nosebleed and tries to battle his way out of a slew of tough jams."