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I got it!

Yeah!

One out, Tanba!

Pretty good. Nice pitch!

Yes! I beat Furuya!

Zono!

Aren't you up next?

I-I'm sorry!

What the hell?

He didn't tell us anything!

Guiding Light

A double play?

What a waste.

So much for no outs and a runner on first.

Just what we ordered, idiots!

You guys really trying to score?

I'm not feeling any pressure from you guys!

Yeah.

Playing you guys is easy!

Can't say a single thing back, can you?

You're so out of it.

Miyuki!

Did you know about it?

Know what?

What are you doing? Get out onto the field!

Yes, sir! We'll be right out.

Let's go.

What's wrong with you?

It doesn't bother you?

You actually knew, didn't you?

What? Of course not.

But I thought maybe that could be the case,

since the new assistant coach isn't from this school.

I don't switch out the ace, no matter what.

Just connected the dots

Oh!

That's what he meant.

In any case, we can talk about this later.

Let's focus on the game right now.

The third-years went out of their way for us.

After the fall...

...he's quitting?

That's why the third-years

moved their retirement game?

What can we do as the current team?

How do we make it up to the coach and the third-years?

Does this kind of stuff happen often?

Well, it's definitely not a rare case.

Especially from schools like ours that aim for nationals.

What took so long?

I'm sorry.

We're just first-years.

To be honest,

I'm not sure how to process this.

But I know one thing for sure.

I haven't...

I haven't...

...been acknowledged by him yet.

Okay!

Last one!

Don't show it, no matter how rough it is.

If you look lost, the team will be lost.

What you say, what you do...

Your teammates see everything.

Don't ever forget that.

You have to guide the team.

First, Second-Years Third-Years

Let's do this!

These guys all look asleep,

so give them a wake up call, Sakai!

All right.

Especially the pitcher!

He can't even throw where he wants!

Let's kick him off the mound!

This is a game for the third-years,

and they're really showing up.

It's like they're the ones in season.

Crush those whippersnappers!

Whippersnappers?

Furuya!

Don't worry about pacing!

Just go all out!

These guys aren't easy to take out.

So don't worry about pacing,

and just throw the best pitch you can!

What?

He wants him to go all out?

Well, that's new.

Let's crush these third-years by force!

We're gonna be doing some head-to-head face-offs,

so be sure to pick up all the hits over there!

Are you nuts?

Furuya's going crazy!

You're gonna turn him into another idiot!

The original idiot

That's right!

Give us more precise and witty instructions like a true captain would!

Bring it on, Miyuki!

We'll take you on!

Don't knock yourselves out with a bunch of walks!

U-Unbelievable.

Two strikeouts in a row.

No one got on base this inning!

So this is Furuya's real fastball.

This game's getting interesting.

Are you guys dumb?

Those were mostly right down the middle!

Furuya, put away your aura!

You're not gonna keep pitching like this, are you?

Of course we are.

Huh?

It's not gonna work against the top of their lineup!

It's too reckless!

But... Isn't it exciting?

I know it's not easy finding out about the coach right now,

but we're in the middle of a game.

Let's go!

The third-years are giving us their best.

The least we can do is pay them respect and answer in kind!

Two outs!

I think it'll be difficult to hit off Tanba-san today.

We need to target one pitch and swing offensively until we're cornered.

Don't overthink it.

Just do what you can the best you can.

If we get a runner,

we'll need to follow up to get into scoring positions.

Let's do what the coach tells us every day.

Strike! Batter out!

Tanba's answering with strikeouts, too.

He's on a roll!

Against his underclassmen.

You idiot!

Why couldn't you do that during the summer?

I can't believe your leg cramped!

I was just thinking that, too! Damn it!

It's only been three innings, though.

Let's switch gears!

We'll catch up slowly!

First, Second-Years Third-Years

Bottom of 3rd 2 Outs Runner on 1st

Furuya! Runner!

He's a little too focused on the batter.

No way.

He's going head-to-head against Tetsu-san, too.

Smack it, Tetsu!

You've got this, Furuya!

Give me the pitch you got Todoroki with.

If you can pitch it low, we've got this.

Runner!

He struck out Tetsu-san!

No way, Furuya! It was a fluke!

Wow! Nice and low!

Jammed a grounder to third

Best pitch today!

Yeah!

That's his fifth strikeout this game!

He's been going full throttle since the second inning!

The splitter flashed for a second there.

Smile

Heated

Thank goodness going all out worked in our favor.

He could've completely destroyed himself with walks if we weren't lucky.

All right!

We're back to the top of the lineup.

Let's do this, Kuramochi!

The first and second-years are looking energetic now.

Looks like Furuya-kun's pitching has revitalized the team.

He's always been that level of player.

Kawakami, Sawamura!

Make sure you guys can go in at any time!

I'm getting switched?

Okay—

I'm ready!

I can go now!

Relax!

It's not every day you get to experience such a thrilling lineup.

Hey.

I understand Kawakami, but Sawamura, too?

Don't look so disappointed.

Ignore

Good job!

Good job, buddy!

Yeah.

I want him to experience this.

He needs it for the future.

This summer break,

nothing was going right,

and my worries only grew by the day.

But finding out about the coach made things easier.

Let's win this fall.

What are you saying?

We don't have the tournament schedule yet,

and maybe it'll just put more pressure on the team,

but if we win in the fall,

we'll go to the invitational.

I don't know if the coach or the school decided it,

but if we make nationals,

he can't quit.

There it is!

Kuramochi, nice batting!

Damn! He's nuts.

Let's follow up!

...but if we make nationals,

he can't quit.

Win?

It's not that easy.

Nationals?

Steal!

After all the pickoffs?

No way!

Are you serious?

Do you know just how hard

and narrow the path is?

It's way easier said than done.

You should know that!

Safe!

Nice steal!

Wow! A dive.

Nice move, Kuramochi.

His speed is useful.

Damn!

I don't like the feeling that Miyuki is telling us what to do,

but we don't have a choice.

We've gotta do it!

Kominato, follow up!

It's our first and last chance to make nationals together.

I want to go to nationals.

I wanted to go with my brother.

That goal is impossible now,

but I'll go...

...in his stead!

Wow! He caught it!

That was close.

You thought you had me?

It's not that easy.

One out! One out!

Strike!

Another strikeout!

Two outs!

Nice pitch, Tanba!

Yeah, it was a really good pitch,

but you've gotta swing the bat.

Damn it!

Man...

His fastball's really fast today.

But no matter what breaking ball you throw,

it's the fastball that brings it to life.

Please don't ever forget that.

He's cornered, and he's smiling.

Now, let's take out our bigmouth

second-year.

With this!

Following the same path as a fastball,

it drops right in front of the batter like a sinker.

To be honest,

I didn't think it would be this amazing until I caught it personally,

Tanba-san.

Damn! He saw it coming.

Damn it!

Yeah!

That's a run!

Miyuki got an RBI single!

The first and second-years are coming back!

The game's just getting started!

You've got this, Furuya!

Let's go!

Thank goodness I hit that.

I would've been a laughingstock, otherwise.

Don't get cocky from a single run!

We're not that easy!

Out!

Nice!

Kominato's always at the right place.

They held the three, four, and five-holes with one run.

Nice pitch!

Sawamura, let's drop the pace a little!

He doesn't know if he'll even get to pitch.

If we win the fall, we'll go to the invitational.

All right!

Nice work.

Going back in...

...since I walked off that day.

As I am now,

how useful am I to the team?

You've only known to pitch offensively,

but this was the pitch I actually wanted you to learn.

Kariba, let's go!

We're doing more?

Top of 7th

Bottom of 8th

Kawakami shut down the seventh and eighth innings!

Looks like he's fully back!

Not even close.

The outfielders are still doing a lot of the work.

In the end, he walked Tetsu-san, too.

There's a difference between pitching low

and running away.

Switched at bottom of fifth

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They're just one run short after eight innings.

Not bad against the third-years.

Furuya and Kawakami are holding down the third-years to three runs.

I don't mean to compare,

but we don't have the explosive lineup like last year's, anymore.

A home run!

There it is!

Zono-senpai's much-awaited hit!

You had to give it away, didn't you?

He's running so fast!

Calm down, Zono!

About time you hit like yourself.

You don't need to hit to the right all the time.

Just swing the bat.

You're not like me.

You're a pull hitter.

Why are you more surprised than anyone?

Stop crying!

Nice batting, Zono-senpai!

We've tied the game!

Let's turn this around!

Sawamura.

You're in next inning.

You got your chance, thanks to Zono-senpai's home run.

I'm not gonna ask for any inside pitches today.

Let's focus on the outside.

I just want to know one thing.

As you are now,

are you useful or not?

Three outs! Change!

We've still got it!

Now, let's do this.

They're bringing out Sawamura now?

He may be an important southpaw,

but he's the one who wrecked the Yakushi game.

Chris.

Eijun-kun, we've got your back!

Focus on the first batter, Sawamura!

One at a time!

Calm down.

I've never had a large repertoire to begin with.

There're only a few things I can do.

But...

...that doesn't mean I can't do anything.

Coach! We're switching players!

You guys had better be ready, too.

Of course.

We're ready any time.

We're deploying all of our lethal weapons!

You'd better be ready, Sawamura!

Go take him out! No mercy!

Yeah. Thanks.

Chris for pinch hitter! Take that!

Chris-senpai!

Sawamura.

Giving him the best pitching you can do

is the only way you can repay him.

Standing in the box made me realize, once again,

what kind of pitcher you are.

Chris-senpai.

It doesn't matter who we have to face.

We're aiming for one thing and one thing only.

And everyone's ready to take the first step.

In Pursuit

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