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Ball four!

Bases loaded now.

We still have the bottom of the ninth,

but this is a huge chance to score.

Roll it!

Just roll the ball!

Let's do this, Maezono!

End it here cleanly, boys.

Don't lose confidence, Maezono.

You've been swinging well all game.

Wait for the pitch to come to you, then smack it hard.

Just go do that this inning, too.

From zero to hero!

The stage is set for you, buddy!

If I was the catcher,

I'd hate the batters who can judge the low balls.

The low balls are balls for a reason.

Just swing at the pitch you can hit.

Yeah.

Scenario

Let's hit a big one here, Maezono!

Despite the rain,

If you don't get a hit, who else will?

they've played a very close and exciting game.

Yeah.

Two outs and bases loaded at the bottom of the eighth.

This is the most important part of the game.

Can Maezono get a big one with his heavy swing?

Or will Mukai ot Teito get the last laugh again?

And here comes the first pitch.

Ball.

Maezono won that one.

Wasn't that a screwball?

Are they not afraid of a passed ball?

He must have a lot of confidence in Mukai's control.

The strike zone has no limit.

Use it openly, Taiyo.

I won't even let him touch my pitch.

I wait and then swing hard.

Swing hard.

Just you try and touch it.

I'll smack it hard.

A slider for the second pitch!

A strike on the way outside.

Nice pitch, Taiyo!

The batter can't react!

Nothing to worry about!

Let's stay focused!

And pitch three?

A fastball!

That's it!

Nice pitch, Taiyo!

Come on, Maezono!

That's the timing!

Nice swing!

The low and outside.

Is he going for a fastball?

Yeah.

Maezono-kun swung for it.

He's ready for it.

But the count's 1-2 now.

He's cornered.

Will Mukai-kun come to end it with the fourth pitch?

He's gonna pitch a low one here.

Ball!

Hey, he saw that one coming!

That's how you do it!

He's only pitching to the outside.

The count's 2-2 now.

What's next?

I doubt they want to go to 3-2.

It's game over...

...with this!

He tapped it!

Barely a foul!

That was close!

That was just barely in the zone!

If he hadn't swung, he would've been struck out!

Damn.

Don't be a pain.

You're supposed to be easy.

I'm getting nervous from just watching.

I'm sure they wanted to finish with that pitch.

The count's 2-2.

They've only pitched outside so far.

They have an extra pitch, so pitching inside here could be good.

But they'd have to be careful not to hit the batter.

It's something they couldn't pitch without confidence and trust.

No hesitation?

This pitch will only be a foul.

Use this to distract him.

Then finish him with an outside.

What a fearsome battery.

They can read each other's minds.

They both see the same picture of getting the out.

Swing like you practice.

Be confident.

Wait, then swing hard.

No matter how much you struggle,

it's game over with the next pitch.

Swing hard!

I can already see...

...the end!

Wait a minute.

That wasn't the finishing pitch.

It's fine.

It's a foul.

Right up left field!

Kuramochi's heading for home!

Let's go!

They're taking time with the ball!

Come home, Harucchi!

Run!

Three runs!

Nice one, Zono!

Bringing all the runners home!

Zono's going for third!

Out!

You got way too excited!

You were tripping!

Sorry.

Seido got three runs this inning.

They turned the game around at the end.

Maezono-kun hit that difficult inside pitch very cleanly.

He was focused on hitting toward the right.

That's why it didn't go foul.

In any case,

that inside was a little lenient for Mukai-kun.

T-Taiyo...

One bad pitch ruins a game of great pitches.

You can't do anything about the points you give up.

Raise your head. Damn it!

With just one pitch, now they have to chance to win.

Yeah.

That's baseball.

The scenario was perfect.

But he had to throw a harsh inside pitch.

Perhaps he was thinking too much about finishing on the outside,

and that led to a slightly lenient inside pitch.

Fall Tokyo High School Baseball Tournament

Teito Seido

Third!

An error!

Kawakami-kun's here for the last inning,

but he's struggling to get the last out.

Time out, please.

They've given up a run, but it's still two outs, bases loaded.

It's the ultimate test of who deserves to win.

Nori-senpai! Two outs!

Let's stay calm!

Ka-Kawakami!

Don't worry.

Your pitch looks good.

Let's pitch some strikes.

Just throw to the closest base.

Let's stay calm.

Let's get the next out.

He looks devasted.

We can't win like...

Nori.

Look behind you.

No, the sky.

See?

We were so cornered that we didn't even notice this beautiful scene.

Let's do what we've practiced,

and make this game

ours!

Don't be passive! Be aggressive!

He looks revitalized.

Out!

Game set!

Game set!

In the end, the weather favored them.

Yeah!

2-3!

Seido turned it around in the end!

What a close game!

What an intense pitchers' game!

Seido won the battle of the big schools!

Good game!

Are you serious?

The East Tokyo summer champions disappeared in the first round!

I don't think I underestimated him.

Even that pitch was...

It looks like we'll have a long off-season.

It'll go by quickly,

if we work on what we need.

I need to get better.

I need more power to outpitch the batters.

I need more tactics to toy with the batters.

We'll have to practice a lot.

Yeah.

I need to really focus for the summer.

Yeah!

In the end, Maezono made the winning play.

Did you expect him to hit?

Nope.

The relief in the sixth inning was a surprise, too.

I couldn't believe Furuya got benched.

Let's go home.

Sawamura and Maezono both performed well.

K-K-K-Kawakami! Nice pitch!

So Coach Kataoka really made good calls today.

The batting lineup isn't topnotch yet,

but this win should give them some momentum.

It's decided.

Yeah.

Teito put up a good fight, but...

The school I'm going to...

I'm going to Seido.

I was kind of thinking about going to the school that won this game.

Just kind of?

Yeah, kind of.

But I think it's the right choice.

They have two interesting pitchers.

Koshu.

You should've told me if that was what you were thinking!

I could've enjoyed the game more, too!

Yeah.

Yeah, Seido.

Three runs in the bottom of the eighth.

No, Maezono really got the hit.

Coach Okamoto, did you not think about relieving the pitcher today?

Well, I had a reliever ready,

but I felt that keeping Taiyo in was the right decision.

If you want to raise an ace, you've gotta have faith.

Words of wisdom.

But you can't lose!

No, you can't!

Then what do you think about Seido's ace, Furuya-kun,

being benched so early in the game?

Well, it depends on the team.

Edogawa City Stadium

I thought it was a tough call at the time,

but we couldn't take down their southpaw who came out next.

I'm sure Kataoka-kun wants those two to compete as rivals.

Why am I talking about the winning coach's calls?

I'm sorry.

I was curious.

The sun came out right before the game ended.

Thank you!

It wasn't a compliment.

Seido Spirit Dorm

Remember Zono's face right then?

You're so unreliable.

Shut up!

You hit big but got easily taken out at third.

I'm surprised you actually hit.

Kominato, let's go.

Yes, sir.

You're starting right now?

I don't want to forget what I felt today.

I've gotta beat it into my body before I forget.

He already swings every night.

He practices way too much.

Maezono-san looks so admirable.

Let's go swing some, too.

Yeah, I can't lose.

Hey, Miyuki.

Furuya's still running on the field.

Should I go stop him?

Just let him run all he wants.

I bet he's never walked off the mound like that.

So I need him get really upset over it.

And if he'll start listening to me more, even better.

So that's what you're after!

You heartless fiend!

We should've been more careful, too,

but compared to before the pause,

he was like a different person.

I guess in that sense,

we learned a lot this game.

Though it wouldn't have mattered if we'd lost.

But if Kawakami gave them the winning runs in the end...

Yeah, I can't even begin to fathom how he'd be right now.

We won in the end, so who cares?

Fall Tournament Game 1 You haven't returned any of my emails lately! And wait... You pitched today? Is this your first game since summer? But I can't really imagine you pitching to the outside so much.

You haven't returned any of my emails lately!

And wait... You pitched today?

Is this your first game since summer?

But I can't really imagine you pitching to the outside so much.

Shut up.

I wish you could've seen it.

In the rain,

Hey, don't think out loud.

I gave them a piece of my

I want to turn that smile upside down.

But he did pitch really well as a reliever today.

ultra super deluxe pitch...

So that's your next step.

We're all excited to see how much you've improved.

By the way, our season's already over.

I was able to pitch again.

I was able to stand on the mound again.

I was able to hold them off with just outsides.

If I can learn to pitch insides, too, then I'll...

I'm getting super hyped all of a sudden!

I'm surprised you've got time to be emailing.

Furuya's still running.

What?!

Is it Wakana?

Is it an email from Wakana?

What a nice game today.

Although it was close until the end.

Maezono got a hit today, too.

I think that'll help the team get going.

He did a really nice job hitting that inside pitch.

It was like he instinctively reacted rather than trying to hit it.

He swings the bat more than anyone else on the team right now.

I'm sure it boosted everyone's morale,

even if they're not on the first string.

They were all on the bleachers in the summer.

I'm sure people have mixed feelings about his success.

The subs don't need to get better.

Can I ask you a question?

About the relief in the sixth inning.

Pulling Furuya out there quickly was, I guess,

the right decision, ultimately.

But why Sawamura?

Kawakami is more consistent than Sawamura,

and Sawamura is crippled with the yips.

C-Crippled?

Because of his attitude.

At that point, Sawamura was the only one who was ready,

and he was ready to pitch to his strengths,

even against an opponent like Teito.

That's it?

The fact that Teito expected him to pitch insides was in our favor,

but he unexpectedly pitched until the end of the eighth inning.

The fact that he was able to do that

was great for the team.

For the team?

Yes.

There's a limit to how much a person can improve on his own.

He did that when he was basically crippled.

I am the king of running!

Rivals acknowledge each other,

and compete to get better.

That's why they can train so hard.

That's why they continue to improve.

And

they will always far exceed our expectations.

I won't sacrifice the team just for Furuya alone.

When the team grows as a whole, the players strive to improve.

This is something I learned from the previous team.

Coach Kataoka.

If we win the next one, we'll get to play Inashiro!

The players want revenge!

Let's give them a run for their money!

So he wants to make a team that will improve with every game.

I was curious as to how he'd play against Teito,

but now I see.

The players aren't the only ones improving.

I need to start promoting myself soon,

or I might be in trouble.

If you win the next one, you'll play Inashiro, right?

Destroy them!

I'll allow it.

We're excited to pay back Inashiro for summer,

but something's stirring up inside the team.

If you want to quit, then I can't stop you.

Hey, don't be like that, Miyuki.

Next time on Ace of the Diamond Season 2: My Path.

My Path

Let's win the national title!