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The one who's carried the Bats this far is Shigeno, no mistake!

That I can be here today...

is all his doing.

I can't let Shigeno...

end up as...

a losing pitcher...

in this last game!

Play!

Thanks, old man.

With your great hit...

as long as I don't make any blunders...

We will never lose this match!

Come, Shigeno!

Here I go!

Out!

Yeah!

Oath

It's extended play!

Alright!

We've got the power to do it!

Let's finish it this inning!

Out!

I can't let you have...

any more points!

Now hitting number 56:

Goro Shigeno!

Ball!

That Wilkinson...

He won't pitch more than 2 innings, no more than 30 pitches...

He's a typical closer.

Strike!

The other relief pitchers are worse than him.

In that case...

Foul!

I'll make him pitch as many balls as I can...

and make him get off the mound...

so that our batting line can do something about this!

Foul!

Foul!

Ball!

He's persistent.

He...

He's trying to shave down the pitcher's stamina, huh?

Damn.

Stop messing with me!

Ball!

Ball three!

Good!

If Shigeno gets on base by Four ball...

next up is our strong/starting end of the lineup!

Don't be so persistant batting...

when you're a pitcher!

Hurry up and get struck out!

Oh no!

The ball is going further and further.

Will it go in? Will it?!

Go in!

Go in!

Go in!!

Mr. Tom!

I-It wen't in!

Homerun!

Unbelievable!

It went in!

They did it!

It's a comeback!

It seems that the curtain will fall soon.

Out!

Out!

He's really quite the guy!

You've earned us a valuable point that can turn the war!

With things like this, we'll suppress this inning...

and it's our championship victory!

Just make sure you get on base!

Wayne!

Okay, come on!

Shigeno!

Out!

Pinch hitter Morita!

Struck out!

Yes!

Just one more!

J-Just one more and then...

Th-They win the championship!

Do your best!

The Falcons are cornered!

Can the Bats suppress them this inning...

and win the League championship?!

My dearest wish is that close to be fulfilled...!

Th-They'll win, won't they?

Now then, the Falcons...

Their batting order is back to the top!

Now hitting number 12: Morrow!

So in the end, you didn't throw that 100 mph...

and quit while you were ahead.

If this match is gonna give me such a bad aftertaste...

I shouldn't have come back!

I wasn't able to show you my 100 mph...

But now...

I'll be able to challange the Majors, where you are, head on, without hesitation!

It can't be!

Alright!

Hit! It's a hit!

The Falcons hasn't given up yet!

After two Outs, they've got a runner on First!

Now hitting number 8: Dabenpot!

Damn!

That ball was bad.

Did he get too eager to finish the match?

Next up is him...

I can't let it become...

your turn!

Ball!

His speed and control is falling.

It's not surprising.

In this series, not only has he been pitching consecutively...

this is his 6th inning in a row as well!

Just one more!

Do your best, Shigeno!

Turn over to my turn.

This time I'll settle the score!

Goddamnit!

They got First and Second loaded with two Outs in the eleventh hour!

Now hitting number 1:

Joe Gibson...

Jr.!!

Just as I thought...

The god of baseball isn't kind enough...

to let you run away today.

Play!

A-At this crucial time, HE is the batter!!

Dear god...

If he hits it, we'll be tied...

If he hits it long...

it's a good-bye turn-around!

Come on!

Foul!

He's going to walk him?!

T-Time!

This time you're running away for full?

What the hell was that 100 mph?!

Honda Jr.!

You're joking, right?

What are you planning by making all bases loaded?

Even if they just hit a Single, it'll be a good-bye turn around!

I know what you're thinking.

Still, you're telling me that...

the risk is lower than facing Junior straight on?

In that case, let him hit!

If we lose because Junior hit your pitch, it can't be helped.

But...

If we take a passive plan, and they make a comeback...

the devastation will be too great!

What are you saying?!

If we just score one more Out...

we'll win the championship!

When we're in a situation were all we're dreaming of is to make Junior fail to hit...

you think I can take such a risk, that we have no chance of succeding...

What did you come all the way from so far away...

to do here?

If someone who's going to rise up to the Majors after this...

is running away at this place, how can he succeed afterwards?!

That's right.

Of course, winning the championship is important to.

But more important than that,

is the aiming for victory...

We've learned that a fair enough amount, this year.

Thanks to you, that is.

Fight him head on, Shigeno!

Take him down, and then...

hurry up and go up!

It's only a Minor championship after all.

If you're that timid...

when you get to the Majors, you'll just walk everyone!

After all, there's only idiots in Bats.

Just idiots is just fine!

H-He sat down.

It's on, huh?!

If Falcons get a hit, they're tied.

If they hit a long one, it's good-bye comeback.

If the Bats can suppress the Falcons, they win the championship! It's a decisive battle!

Come on, Shigeno!

Ball!

The speed went up!

Impossible, he couldn't throw more than barely 90 just before!

Ball!

Ball two!

What?

So after all, he's planning to walk him?

I-I dunno...

But his pitches's power is...

completly different from up til now...

Shigeno!

Take a deep breath!

Use the entire power of your shoulders!

Don't care about the runners!

I concentrated too much at trying to show off my growth to Gibson...

that I didn't concentrate enough on the ground!

I overstrained myself somehow.

Showing an 100 mph...

isn't proof of growth...

What?!

Wind up?!

When there's runners?!

Idiot!

The proof of my growth...

is the baseball spirits...

that I inherited from my dad, that prevents me from getting scared even in a pinch!

Strike!

He got desperate.

Wh-Why?

Shigeno...

What are you doing?!

Now it's...

even if it's just a normal hit, it'll become a goodbye comeback!

Now it's really...

if he goes down, all of us goes down.

Still...

That's not too bad, don't you think?

That's right.

I'm thankful.

To think you'd help preparing our goodbye comeback.

I only helped preparing your strikeout.

Foul!

Foul!

99 mph!

Alright! Finally it appeared!

But he could cut off that ball easily...

I've waited on that, Honda Jr.!

This time I'll settle the score for real!

Foul!

100 mph!

It's the first in the hundreds after the first match!

This far in the match... and it's becoming even faster?!

This is it!

This is it!!

I came back...

to hit that pitch!

Foul!

I see!

So that's how it was!

The bigger your predicament becomes, the greater the power you weild becomes!

You're a Clutch pitcher!

Wether you notice it or not, you will undoubtly pull each other higher and higher to the utmost limit.

That's what...

true rivals means.

Foul!

He's keeping up!

Both of them are monsters!

Go you two, and open the new age (of baseball).

However.

I won't easily give up my seat either.

I'm awe-struck.

They really live up to the name Majors.

These two can see a world one step higher, that we normal people can't see.

Most likely, if it goes well...

you'll never...

fall back into the Minors for any more seasons again.

It's been fun...

Japanese boy.

As a finale, defeat this greatest slugger...

and make a toast!

I won!

My bat...!

Out!

Game set!

We did it, Shigeno!

They did it!

Papa did it!

Alright!!

Memphis Bats win the championship!

The Bats won this year's Triple A championship with 4-3 in matches!

The Bats...!

My Bats won!!

Congratulations!

We did it!

W-Wait a minute!

Why?

The one who is the Coach...

is me, so why...?

T-Too bad.

Mr. Gibson.

What do you mean?

It was a supreme battle.

Gentlemen.

Thanks for today.

Congratulations for the Bats' championship!

Why you!

Today we'll drink til we drop!

Kellog and Shigeno are still too young, you can't drink!

How boring!

Hey!

Shigeno!

I-I'm going to the toilet!

You've got a second to spare?

What is it?

Did you come to congratulate me for our championship?

Tell me the place of your old man's grave.

A bet is a bet.

You struck me out the other day...

As promised, I'm going to your old man's grave to apology!

Hurry up and tell me!

What, is that it?

How stupid.

First of all...

You hit a homerun of me too.

We're even. / It's a tie.

That was a Running Homerun!

And it wasn't your best pitch that I hit!

I myself won't recognice that as winning the bet!

Shut up! Stop nagging about who won or lost...

in the bet.

And anyway...

An apology which is only in form...

isn't something that either me or my dad would want.

Not only in form...

When I look at you...

I can guess...

what kind of player your old man was.

Honestly...

I'm sorry that I slandered about him as a way of talking back to you.

Enough.

I'll tell my dad...

about you myself.

I'll tell him that while you're impertinent and irritating...

but even Gibson has got a son...

who bets his life at baseball.

Next time I'll strike you out in the Majors!

Shut up.

You'll be the one going down.

Thanks for the...

frantic and well fought great match I got to watch.

Gibson!

Next year...

I'll be waiting eagerly.

Let's meet at the Majors.

Goro Shigeno!

Yeah.

Hold onto the neverending dream

in your heart.

Keep running forward

to the vast plains of the diamond.

Rise up against x6

Rise up, yes with your mighty left!

With your 100 miles of...

passion and conviction...

go and open up a new door!

The lonely mound has thaught me...

that I'm not...

alone!

I won't give up...

tomorrow to anyone!

I want to believe, that there is love to be found here! / that love exists here!

Hold onto the neverending dream

in your heart.

Keep running forward

to the vast plains of the diamond.

More valuable than any medals...

the number of times I've risen up after falling, that's what I boast about!

Live your life as you want.

It doesn't matter if you're clumsy in doing it.

The shining PRIDE...

Grasp it with your hands.

Face the headwind

straight on.

I won't give up...

tomorrow to anyone!

I want to believe, that there is love to be found here! / that love exists here!

Hold onto the neverending dream

in your heart.

Until I burn out...

I'll live my life with passion, without regret.

Rise up against x6

Rise up, yes with your mighty left!

Text on Yaginuma's ball: Idiot, who needs your autograph?!

And now...

A new challange...

begins...

Alright! Finally the Bats won the championship!

Just one more step...

to the stage of my dreams, the Majors, where Gibson waits!

I'm so excited...

about what new opponents are waiting for me there...

that I can't wait!

Everyone!

Look forward...

to my next challange!