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Yakushi Ichidaisan

Fastball. Curve. Slider.

I'll send any of them straight over the fence!

Hey, man. Look at you, raring to go...

Scary, man. He's really gonna drag it out of me.

You'll get to see it first, you monkey with a bat.

Take it!

A fastball!

Strike!

It's a swing and a miss at the first-pitch slider!

Strike!

You're out!

You're incredible... Kosei Amahisa!

That's the way, Todoroki.

I knew you'd like it.

Yakushi Ichidaisan

Focus. Full swing.

Yakushi Ichidaisan

He throws it to first for an out!

Batting 2nd, third base, Todoroki-kun.

Strike!

Nice pitch!

That's his fastest pitch of the day!

Foul!

It broke wide!

I'm hardly surprised by that.

He's a man who can deal

with a new breaking ball his second time through the order.

Look at that expression...

He's out for my blood!

The Path of the Victor

Go, Raichi!

Raichi-san!

Put Kosei down for good!

Amahisa-san!

Hit it out of the park, Raichi-san!

Raichi-san!

This won't be like last year.

Our whole team is stronger now.

So you swing that bat for yourself.

That will benefit the team, too.

Foul!

He made contact again.

He sees it! He sees it!

Let's do this, Raichi-san!

Ball!

He's getting used to it?

He can see Kosei's Sly...

Is this guy for real?

He's amazing.

This is what makes Todoroki terrifying...

He keeps fouling off close pitches...

If we slack even the tiniest bit...

Fastball, painted on the outside.

Keep pitching Slys, then?

Takami, the Sly was originally a pitch I developed to better control my slider.

To increase your strategic options,

and get more use out of the pitch types I already had...

I've shown him my Sly that many times.

As smart as Todoroki is, he'll have started coasting.

Kosei...

The pitch I've thrown as easily as I breathe...

My calling card...

Thrown for the left foot of left-handed batters...

The backfoot slider!

This will finish it!

Don't follow it with your eyes.

Feel it.

Feel the aura... the breath of the ball!

He rips one between right field and center!

The runner on second rounds third!

Batter Todoroki makes it to second!

Breaking through Kosei Amahisa's trump card,

Raichi Todoroki gets an RBI double!

Yeah!

Yeah!

It's just a one-run difference now!

Raichi!

I'll give you a banana later!

Take the whole bunch!

Turned my head too far. More like this...

Man, he's incredible.

Nothing you can do when he hits it like that.

Still, pretty cool that I didn't give up a home run!

Maybe I'm the awesome one here!

I get it, okay?

Let's shake it off, Kosei.

We're in overdrive now!

But we're still right on the edge!

Well, Raichi?

This is baseball... this is competition!

You want to see more of what lies beyond this, right?

Let's go, Raichi...

Let's go with all of them to Koshien!

Man, what a relief.

For a split second, I thought I was dead for sure.

Luck's on my side today.

We're gonna win this!

He's slacking!

A hit to shallow left!

Sanada gets a hit right on the heels of Todoroki's!

But it's hit too hard! The runner gets the stop sign at third!

Getting pretty dicey.

Why'd he throw a gift-wrapped pitch like that?

Kosei...

Damn, hit it right in front of the fielder.

I was so shocked by how middle-middle the pitch was.

Amahisa... Did he lose his focus?

He's acting calm, but his best pitch has been hit twice now.

Batting fourth, first base, Mishima-kun.

This could completely turn the game around.

Hey, Yakushi! They tied it up in the eighth!

A Todoroki RBI, a Sanada hit,

then Mishima with a fumbled double-play brought in the second runner.

Dang, so Todoroki hit off Amahisa?

Is Amahisa running dry?

I hear he hit his slider!

That's what happens when you take the lead early.

The pressure gets worse when they start catching up.

There's no team more terrifying when it's got the momentum than Yakushi.

Jingu next, right? Let's meet in the semis, Sawamura

Only the winner gets to walk the path forward.

This is what summer's all about.

Man, I wanna go home.

It was that one hit...

That was so unnecessary.

How many times must I screw up? I'm so embarrassed...

I wanna die.

A hit to shallow center!

3-hole Miyagawa hangs in there to get on base!

All right! Do it, Hosshan!

Next batter is the 4-hole, Hoshida!

Hit it out!

Hoshida-senpai, one more time!

I'll take seconds on that!

C'mon, Ichidaisan!

Sanada-senpai, there's one out!

Slow and steady!

We've got your back!

I get it. Summer is...

still just heating up!

Second!

Double-play!

Hey, you're supposed to run past—

Safe at first!

But that's out number two!

Okay!

That's two outs!

Let's put 'em down, Sanada-senpai!

Neither of us can afford this loss.

That said...

It's too early for summer to end!

He strikes out swinging!

Not just yet!

He allowed a man on base but then turned off the tap!

The Ichidaisan lineup fails to get a run!

It's a tie going into the ninth inning!

You rock, Sanada!

The momentum's on our side!

Now, let's take the lead and win this!

Amahisa m'boy.

I have an important question.

Answer me honestly, yes or no.

Is the fire still burning in your heart?!

Yes!

I'm the ace of this team!

Good!

Listen up, boys! Whoever wants it stronger will win this game!

Yes, sir!

Go, Ace Amahisa!

Sir!

Go, Ichidaisan! Let's go!

Even if it's just selfishness...

Even if it's just conceit...

It doesn't matter.

I'll fight to protect my own pride...

and pitch!

Laugh at what a petty man I am if you like...

This is who I am!

Strike! You're out!

Yeah!

With his eleventh strikeout of the day, he finishes pitching nine full innings!

Ichidaisan High's ace, Kosei Amahisa!

Nice pitching, Kosei!

Nice pitch!

Nicely done.

I'll give you all I've got!

With laid-bare...

savage...

instinct!

Strike out!

A dominant pitching performance leads to two outs early!

Both in pitching and hitting...

He gets it done when the chips are down.

He's awesome.

Batting eighth, pitcher,

Amahisa-kun.

Bottom of the ninth. Two outs, no one on.

Amahisa's had a goose egg at the plate so far.

He's pitched the full game so far,

but if it enters extra innings, Ichidai, which bats second, may have the advantage.

His pitch count is low, too.

But Todoroki-san will be up to the plate in the tenth.

Putting him in the 2-hole might pay off big time.

His hellish shootball on the inside...

Show some mercy!

Damn it...

I don't want to lose!

Amahisa makes contact!

With pure guts, he sends it to center!

I can stretch it to two!

Kosei!

Don't force it!

I can do this! I'm fast enough!

Safe!

Kosei Amahisa gets a double through sheer will!

It's two outs, but there's a man in scoring position!

My stomach hurts. Those head-first sliders, man...

Kosei...

Crazy!

That kind of impulsive hustle isn't actually what I want...

But I fully appreciate the sentiment.

Fukushima m'boy! Are you ready to go?!

Yes, sir!

Hey, now. Didn't think you were the kind to slide in head-first.

Ichidaisan High is sending in a pinch hitter.

Batting for 9-hole Miyamoto, it's Fukushima!

Sanada-senpai! Two outs!

Fukushima! Watch for your pitch!

Just one more out!

Amazing. Summer's something else...

I'm loving this!

I wanna get back to the plate!

At a time like this, he'll pitch to the inside for sure!

Fukushima m'boy! Watch for the shootball!

He's choking up on the bat.

But he's right on the line.

If he's prepared to hit a pitch on the outside...

Yeah... I'll crush him with inside pitches!

Swung on the first pitch?!

Third!

Yeah! We got him!

It bounces off the glove of Todoroki at third!

That'll be an error for Yakushi!

Yes!

There're runners at the corners now!

We're back to the top of the lineup with Chimaru!

Yeah!

We've got the momentum now!

Finish it, Chimaru!

Raichi. Shake it off.

Don't worry. We'll stop them here.

Raichi!

What's done is done!

Forget it all and focus on the next play!

Two outs too!

Wipe it clean!

Yeah, all forgotten!

It's two outs, remember?!

One more out and it's extra innings!

Two outs!

Let's stop 'em, Raichi!

One more and we're back at the plate!

Counting on you this time!

Counting on you to homer, too.

Man, oh man. These guys are too cool.

They're like superheroes.

Chimaru!

Lock in!

It's coming. It'll be on the inside...

Stop 'em, Sanada-senpai!

Two outs!

If they hold out here, it's extras...

Anyone can make mistakes.

Baseball is about the rest of the team making up for those mistakes.

It's also about making up for your mistakes with your bat.

I won't let it end here...

If we make it to extras, we'll win!

But all of that only matters...

H-Hang on...

...when you win.

It can't be over!

It can't—

It only matters when you win.

The runner on third comes home!

It's a walk-off win!

Three to two!

Yakushi Ichidaisan

Ichidaisan High takes this bitter battle!

Yakushi, which made the semis of the Spring tournament, crashes out!

Raichi.

It's time for the lineup.

Let's go.

I'm sorry.

I couldn't stop them.

The victor moves forward.

The loser departs.

That's what the summer tournament is.

Good game!

West Tokyo Qualifiers 5th Round Ichidaisan 3-2 Yakushi

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