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The Clincher!

Please stop by!

Tonight is the MotorSuns' clincher!

Make sure to drop by the ballpark!

Hey, it's the cheer team.

What's a "clincher" again?

Hey, that's...

Take the MotorSuns to their first ever playoffs!!

We need to win tonight to make it!!

First pitch at 18:00 Join us at the park!

MotorSuns Cheer Team

MotorSuns Stadium

Please stop by!

The team plays better when the fans are behind them!

This is our year to finally make it to the Climax Series!

Let's all offer our support!

Excuse me...

I... um...

What is it?

Do you like the MotorSuns?

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Staff Waiting Room

As I believe you all know,

today's game against the Fukuoka Styx

will be the most decisive game in our team's history: the clincher!

Oh! The clincher!

We're currently tied for third place!

Pa League Order *As of this moment

But if we beat the Styx tonight, we'll be in sole possession of third place

1st Place: Saitama Genesis

2nd Place: Hokkaido Nippon X

3rd Place: Fukuoka Styx / Chiba MotorSuns

and secure a spot in the playoffs for the first time!

Tonight could be the start of a new era of MotorSuns history.

Let's serve up beer and smiles to build hype!

And let's try to be the brand that sells the most for the night!

Yes, sir!

I started this beer vendor job four months ago.

I feel like the stadium's been on pins and needles all day.

Hey, thanks for handing out the flyers!

Let's give it our best again today!

Who's this?

She's joining the cheer team! Not really.

Don't put her on the spot like that!

U-Um...

Do you mind if I watch with you here?

It's only my second game, but...

We'd love to have you!

But it's a heck of a day for your second game...

Regular games might not feel that special anymore after this!

But what brings you out?

That's an instrument, right?

On your way back from club?

I will now announce the contest participants.

On trumpet...

Suzuki, Oyama, Isogai.

Yes!

That is all.

You just... seemed to have so much fun handing out flyers...

So I thought...

Well, I'm sorry.

I guess that's not much of an explanation.

You guys must've been having the time of your life handing out flyers, huh?

Did it show?

Guess it's true!

Well, the reason doesn't matter.

Just have fun, okay?

Thank you so much.

All right, let's take a minute to set up, then rehearse!

Right!

I think you made a good call coming today.

If there's something weighing on your mind,

I think our boys will blow it away.

"Our boys"?

This concludes our starting lineup.

I told Kojiro I was staying at home...

But we need to watch Papa's big moment, don't we?

Mitsui Reto's Fried Victory Meal Pack

Knowing Mitsui,

he probably won't propose unless we win today...

Please win! Please win!

You'd all better have his back today!

Give it your best.

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Make sure I can read the winner script, okay?

One fried chicken meal!

Tha—

What's that?

Atsu-Victory

Yes, we special-ordered the chopsticks today!

Atsu-Victory

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Atsu-Victory

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Chopsticks Atsu-Victory Atsumori

We'd like to see number 18 next.

Please come to the audition room.

Yes, ma'am!

Chiba MotorSuns vs. Fukuoka Styx

18:00 MotorSuns Stadium

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What's at Stake

A win here will take the Chiba MotorSuns to the Climax Series.

I need to treat this as do-or-die, too.

Look at this crowd!

I've been a fan since the Chiba Purple Haze days, and I've never seen anything like it!

It's so touching!

This is crazy!

Totally crazy!

Yeah, crazy town!

I wonder if Murata's here today.

We'd better get lots of pictures...

...of Sara tonight!

Yeah!

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Would anyone like a Hyper Dry?

Hey, Ruriko!

I'll take a beer.

Hey, mister! Thought I'd find you here.

Well, it is a special day.

Thanks a bunch.

But yeah. It's the big clincher and all!

As the starting time drew near, I found I was on pins and needles, too.

Here they come!

Our heroes!

At last, the day has come.

The clincher game that will decide

whether the Chiba MotorSuns reach their first playoffs!

They absolutely have to win this one!

If they lose, all hope is lost!

For better or worse, it will all be decided tonight!

The Clincher! (Pt. 2)

At the end of the first inning between the Chiba MotorSuns and the Fukuoka Styx,

the score is 0 to 0.

These teams are tied in third place.

The team that wins will go on to the Climax Series,

while the loser will see their season end tonight!

Mr. Kurihara, both teams started out three up, three down.

Katabira of the Styx and Mitsui of the MotorSuns...

Both pitchers are looking really intense.

They're fighting for their lives, after all.

Mitsui...

Vendor girl, I need another beer!

H-Hey, slow down!

That's your fourth one!

It's the top of the second.

The Styx bring up to bat...

Batting fourth, center fielder,

Araiba Shin.

With a .355 average, 40 home runs, and 115 RBIs...

He's one of the best hitters in the P-League... in Japan, even!

Kisa, watch me.

I... Mitsui Reto...

Tonight, I will become a man!

Mitsui starts off with a big wind-up...

And the pitch!

It's a hit! It's going long!

It's out of here!

The Styx take the lead with a statement home run!

An unchallenged Araiba comes home!

M-Mitsui...

Sorry! I knew he'd be a tough one.

But I'll get the next guy out for sure.

Can't say this wasn't expected.

Shut up.

One solo home run is nothing!

Right!

I don't know a lot about baseball,

but I could tell they were all putting on a braver face than usual.

We'd given up a one-run lead, then got out the next three batters

to end the inning.

In the bottom of the second, Dennis and Bryan got clean hits to get on base,

and then...

Kojiro turned things around with a three-run home run!

It's happening!

We might just do this!

But for the next three innings, the MotorSuns got men on base each time,

but failed to add to the score...

while Araiba of the Styx hit his second home run in the fifth inning

to put another run on the board.

The sixth inning started with us holding a very slight lead, 3 to 2.

Okay! Let's knock 'em out with defense!

Bryan, I want you cheering for us!

Have a good time!

Keep up that defense!

Shishio?

What's wrong? Let's go.

Right. Coming.

It's the top of the sixth, one out, one man on.

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What strategy will the battery employ?

Mitsui's stayed solid so far.

Kawamatsu's calling pitches well, too.

The MotorSuns have been criticized for poor pitching in the past,

but they've come a long way, of course.

Contact!

Can they get the double play?

Ichinomiya tosses to Shishio for the second out!

The throw to first—

Oh, no! A rare wild throw by Shishio!

The hitter heads for second!

But the catcher was there to cover the throw!

Nice coverage by Kawamatsu!

The tag!

He's out, for a double play!

Kawamatsu is truly the rock of this team!

He looks like a man just doing his job!

Such a humble presence!

Yeah, that's the girl from the rainy day!

The voices of the crowd roared like an earthquake.

It was like the whole stadium had come together.

If we kept this up, our wish would come true.

We'd make it to the playoffs!

Top of the seventh. One out, runners on second and third.

Heavy-hitter Ropponmatsu is up for the Styx.

With a 3-to-2 score, one solid hit would put the Styx in the lead.

M-Mitsui! Ganbatte!

Don't worry! You're still dealing!

Go out there and get him, Mitsui.

Now, let's go!

Locked in a dead heat, we enter the final third!

Will this at-bat be the turning point?!

A win takes us to the playoffs.

A win lets me propose.

A win takes us to the playoffs.

A win lets me propose...

and gets me to my first double-digit Ws!

He made contact!

It's heading for shortstop!

Shishio's on top of it!

It's okay! Shishio's got this!

He's short!

It's through!

The runner from third comes home!

So does the runner from second!

It's 4-3! The Styx take back the lead!

Why did I think that?

Why was I thinking about my own wins stat?!

Mitsui...

Look at that! Mitsui's dead on his feet!

Get that bum outta there!

Man, we're dead. Game's over.

Can't believe they got our hopes up.

Let's just leave.

Don't look down! Look ahead!

It's not over yet!

Mitsui! Don't let it bother you!

That was rotten luck!

Probably!

The vendor girl?

R-Ruriko?

Ruriko!

She...

That vendor girl is right!

It's not over yet!

Yeah, that's right!

Ruriko's right!

Hang in there! Whoo!

Stand strong, Mitsui!

We're with you! You've got this!

Nice pitching, Mitsui!

Get back in the game!

Be strong, Mitsui!

The game's not over yet!

Show them what the MotorSuns can do!

Take us to the playoffs, Mitsui!

That day, I shouted louder than I ever had before.

Nobody knew then that even bigger waves were still to come.

It's not over!

The Clincher! (Pt. 3)

Don't give up!

There's more baseball to go!

It's the top of the seventh, and things are really heating up!

Timely hitting by Ropponmatsu puts the Styx ahead 4 to 3!

The MotorSuns will want to avoid any more damage!

And there's movement on the bench!

Substituting for pitcher Mitsui...

Nanami, uniform number 54.

Mitsui...

You did a great job, Mitsui!

It was a nice pitch!

Mitsui!

You looked so cool out there!

I love you, Mitsui!

Mitsui...

Substituting for shortstop Shishio...

Mori.

Shishio?

You... You did hurt your foot!

Was it in that game?

Wataru.

Sorry. Looks like I'm out, too.

You handle the rest.

Damn you, Shishio!

You put on a front, even to me...

You asshole.

What, Shishio's out now, too?

Is he hurt or something?

There's no way we can win now!

Five of our games this year have had comeback victories in the eighth or later.

Two of those were against the Styx.

It's okay. It's going to be okay!

R-Ruriko!

Y-Yes?

One beer, please.

Sure!

Relief pitcher Nanami got Araiba and Crosby out,

and the MotorSuns got through the seventh just one run behind.

But they didn't manage to score in the seventh or the eighth, and in the end...

Yagino strikes out!

Damn it!

It's the bottom of the ninth.

Yagino's struck out.

One out, no one on base.

The MotorSuns are on the verge of elimination!

Please! Do something!

I'm begging you!

Can Ishimaru, the Styx's master closer, put this away?

Nokogiriyama really wants to get on base!

The wind-up, and the first pitch...

is thrown!

He broke the bat!

He smacks it to shallow left field!

Nokogiriyama's determined hit puts a runner on first!

Now, can the MotorSuns keep up the momentum?

Dennis slides in!

Safe!

Ball four!

Bryan gets on, too!

One out, bases loaded!

B-Bases loaded!

It's happening... It's really happening!

Strike three!

6-hole Takada strikes out!

This is bad!

No, it's okay! The next batter up is...

Bottom of the ninth, two outs, bases loaded!

The most dramatic moment of the game has waited for the final inning!

Coming up to the plate is the man who hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the second!

Batting seventh, right fielder, Kojiro.

Kojiro versus Ishimaru.

What will he throw first?

Strike!

Ishimaru catches an inside corner with a 150-kph cutter!

Concourse

Closed

Any good hit leads to a walk-off win.

Concourse

Closed

An out puts an end to the MotorSuns' season!

Bottom

The pitcher nods.

He likes that sign!

After a long pause, he throws...

the second pitch!

It's a hit!

Hear the crack on that bat!

A l-l-line drive to the pitcher?

This game is over!

The winner is the Fukuoka Styx!

The Styx are going to the playoffs!

The MotorSuns miss out on their first postseason run!

It's... It's my fault.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, everyone.

Mitsui...

It's not your fault.

I didn't support you with my bat at all.

Kojiro, are you okay?

Yeah. I'm fine.

Sorry. I was a worthless captain.

Hey, Dennis, why'd you sto—

Hey, everyone. Get out here right now!

Th-That's...

Wow.

Thank you, MotorSuns!

Kojiro! You gave us a great run!

Shishio! You tried so hard!

Take us to the Climax Series next year, for sure!

The ballpark is a harsh, painful place...

I'm surrounded by grown-ups crying their eyes out.

I still don't really know the rules of baseball,

but today, I think...

I love this place more than I did before!

Next Time

"Transformative Game"

"Last Message"

"It's Just the Start, Okay?!"