In addition to practicing, the girls pull weeds from the field and attempt to recruit new members; eventually, cheerleader Yoshimi Iwaki, her friend Aoi Asada, and journalist Ayaka Nakano agree to join. At a batting cage, Tsubasa encounters Ryö Shinonome, a former opponent of hers during their junior baseball days. Despite Tsubasa's invitation, Ryö turns her down with the belief that the club does not take the sport seriously.