# 30 - Winner and Loser
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**[00:01] R2**
After spring next year,
**[00:06] R2**
he'll be ineligible to participate
in high school baseball.
**[00:15] (Flashback) Ka**
Go to the bullpen
**[00:17] (Flashback) Ka**
to put some pressure on the other team.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Ka**
Tanba.
**[00:30] Sh**
*The ace... is in the bullpen.*
***SIGN*** Winner and Loser
**[02:14] E1**
*Are you serious?*
**[02:16] E1**
*The ace this late?*
**[02:19] E2**
No way...
**[02:20] E2**
Were they saving him
this long from the start
**[02:23] E2**
to make their move
in the late-game?
**[02:25] Sh**
*No, that's impossible.*
**[02:29] Sh**
* Having to switch out the first*
* pitcher after just four innings*
**[02:32] Sh**
*shouldn't be part of their plan.*
**[02:37] Sh**
* But the southpaw first-year*
* they were hiding...*
**[02:41] Sh**
*...was a real curveball.*
**[02:53] Um**
Out!
**[02:56] Sa**
Yes!
***SIGN*** Akikawa Seido
**[03:08] E1**
Two outs! Two outs!
**[03:09] E2**
Let's do this, Shun!
**[03:11] E3**
Focus on the batter!
**[03:15] E4**
*One to the outside?*
**[03:18] Sh**
*We don't need any balls.*
**[03:28] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
***SIGN*** Akikawa Seido
**[03:47] Ma**
Let's get the first batter!
**[03:48] Is**
Sawamura, you've got this!
**[03:50] Ku**
Pitch to contact!
**[03:57] Mi**
* It's fine if the ball*
* control's a little off.*
**[03:59] Mi**
*Come at a good pace.*
**[04:01] Mi**
*Don't give them time to think.*
**[04:08] Um**
Out!
**[04:10] E1**
Two outs already.
**[04:12] E1**
And they still have two
more pitchers they can use.
**[04:24] E2**
One more run...
**[04:27] E2**
But the one more run
feels impossible to get.
**[04:31] C1**
Three for three again?
**[04:33] C2**
Why can't they hit his pitches?
**[04:36] C3**
Isn't he only throwing fastballs?
**[04:38] C4**
He throws at a good pace,
and it feels good to watch.
**[04:42] C4**
Though he acts a little dumb.
**[04:44] C2**
What's that first-year pitcher's name?
**[04:48] C3**
Eijun... Eijun Sawamura!
**[04:53] C3**
Well, he's really good.
**[04:56] Na**
Was Sawamura-kun always this good?
**[04:59] Ha**
He's doing really well!
**[05:04] Ka**
Nice pitch.
**[05:05] Ch**
Nice pitching.
**[05:07] Sa**
Wow!
**[05:08] Sa**
* The... The two big-shots*
* of Seido just...*
**[05:14] Sa**
*...just complimented me!*
**[05:17] Mi**
You get carried away,
so I'm not saying anything.
**[05:21] Ka**
Do you seriously plan
to play past the ninth inning?
**[05:26] Ka**
If you're seriously aiming
for the nationals,
**[05:30] Ka**
go get as many runs as you
can before the game ends!
**[05:38] PP**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Seido High School has called for a substitution.
***SIGN*** Replacing Number 8, Sakai-kun:
**[05:55] E1**
*They're bringing out a pinch hitter.*
**[05:57] E1**
*They're making their move.*
**[06:00] Ha**
Let's have a good match.
**[06:03] Sa**
Harucchi!
**[06:05] Sa**
I'm right behind you!
**[06:07] Sa**
Go crazy out there!
**[06:12] Ka**
You just copied what I told you earlier.
**[06:19] (Flashback) Ry**
During the game,
don't just babysit Sawamura,
**[06:22] (Flashback) Ry**
be ready to go anytime.
**[06:24] (Flashback) Ry**
The coach uses the players
who are doing well in practice.
**[06:28] Ha**
Just like my brother said,
the coach really used me.
**[06:36] E1**
*This guy...*
**[06:37] E1**
*He's standing over the plate.*
**[06:40] E1**
*Does he plan to get hit to get on base?*
**[06:44] Ku**
This isn't really like him.
**[06:46] Ry**
Well...
**[06:47] Ry**
He doesn't show his emotions much.
**[06:50] Ku**
Yeah. He doesn't.
**[06:52] Ry**
But...
**[06:54] Ry**
When he stands on the field,
**[06:57] Ry**
he does things I can't even think of doing.
**[07:02] Ry**
*What are you planning, Haruichi?*
**[07:07] Sh**
* You use a wooden bat when metal*
* bats are the standard in high school?*
**[07:13] Sh**
* You must have a lot of*
* confidence in your ability.*
**[07:17] Sh**
*But...*
**[07:18] Sh**
* How do you expect to hit an*
* inside pitch standing like that?*
**[07:22] Sh**
*Right to your knees!*
**[07:25] E1**
*He opened his legs!*
**[07:27] E1**
* He was aiming for*
* this inside pitch...*
**[07:30] E1**
*...from the start!*
**[07:32] Sh**
*Doesn't matter.*
**[07:33] Sh**
* No matter how you hit*
* it, it'll be a foul.*
**[07:42] Sa**
Yes!
**[07:43] Sa**
A hit to the left field on the first pitch!
**[07:46] Sh**
*He can hit that pitch to the left?*
**[07:49] Sh**
Nice batting, Harucchi!
**[07:52] Mi**
*Yeung has confidence in his ball control,*
**[07:54] Mi**
*which made him throw to the inside.*
**[07:56] Mi**
*And he swung straight for it.*
**[07:59] Mi**
*That takes a lot of talent.*
**[08:02] P1**
Hey, he's shyly pumping his fist!
**[08:05] P2**
His face is red!
**[08:09] Ry**
*It's not easy...*
**[08:12] Ry**
* ...when you have a younger*
* brother like him.*
**[08:16] Sa**
I'm coming right after you, Harucchi!
**[08:19] Sa**
I'll hit a huge one right here!
**[08:23] Sa**
What?
**[08:28] Sa**
Me? Bunt?!
**[08:32] Ma**
Wow! Perfect!
**[08:34] Ka**
Straight down the foul line.
**[08:35] Ho**
Why is he so good at only bunts?
**[08:38] P1**
Nice one, Bunt Master!
**[08:40] P2**
You're the Kawai of Seido!
**[08:43] Sa**
*Why won't he let me hit?*
**[08:46] Ku**
*Damn.*
**[08:47] Ku**
* I hate how he doesn't even*
* realize he's good at bunts.*
**[08:51] Ka**
Kuramochi!
**[08:56] E1**
Shun, we got a free out.
**[09:17] EC**
You're looking stiff, boys!
**[09:18] EC**
Show some spirit!
**[09:21] Sa**
Kuramochi, we don't need a big one!
**[09:23] Sh**
Follow up cleanly!
**[09:26] E2**
Shunshin!
**[09:29] Fu**
Bottom of the seventh,
one out and runner on second.
**[09:31] Fu**
A great chance for a run.
**[09:34] Fu**
Let's go.
**[09:35] Ha**
Kuramochi-senpai...
**[09:38] Re**
* You've been completely*
* shut down until now,*
**[09:42] Re**
* but it's about time you did*
* something, Kuramochi-kun.*
**[09:48] Ka**
*Listen, everyone out there's*
**[09:50] Ka**
* playing under a lot of pressure*
* this late in the game.*
**[09:56] Ka**
*Don't pop a fly, no matter what.*
**[10:00] Ka**
*Smash it into the right.*
**[10:03] E1**
He pulled an outside pitch!
**[10:06] E1**
I won't make third base.
**[10:08] C1**
Kuramochi!
**[10:09] C1**
Whoa, he's fast!
**[10:10] C1**
I gotta hurry, or I won't...
**[10:16] C1**
Oh, his hand slipped!
**[10:18] C2**
Akikawa made an error!
**[10:20] P1**
Finally, Kuramochi!
**[10:22] P2**
Man, you're fast!
**[10:24] P3**
One out, runners on first and third!
**[10:25] Sa**
Yes!
**[10:28] R1**
A lot of things could happen here.
**[10:32] R2**
I wonder what play Seido will make.
**[10:36] R1**
Their squeeze play was blocked
by Yeung-kun in the fourth inning.
**[10:43] E1**
*He's not taking any lead.*
**[10:46] E1**
*Does he not plan to run?*
**[10:52] E2**
He's stealing without a lead?
**[10:53] Sh**
Don't throw it!
**[10:57] Sa**
Wow! He's like a fish
swimming in water!
**[11:01] Sa**
Like a cheetah on the hunt!
**[11:03] Sa**
Like a rat running for the cheese!
**[11:05] Sa**
Or um, well, er...
**[11:06] Mi**
You're trying way too hard.
**[11:10] Sh**
*This is fine.*
**[11:12] Sh**
* I can focus on the batter more*
* if he's standing still on second.*
**[11:17] EC**
You know, time out!
**[11:19] EC**
Let's all gather
around for a second.
**[11:24] E1**
Sorry, Shun.
**[11:26] E1**
I felt rushed and messed up.
**[11:28] E2**
Don't worry about it.
**[11:29] E3**
What's there to be so stiff about?
**[11:32] E4**
We gotta play aggressively now!
**[11:34] E4**
Let's do this, guys!
**[11:36] E5**
Y-Yeah.
**[11:42] Sh**
I'm going to pitch with
full trust in your defense.
**[11:51] E1**
Sh-Shun.
**[11:55] Sh**
*Will I get hit here and lose the game?*
**[11:59] Sh**
* Or will I get out of this*
* to wait for our chance?*
**[12:07] Sh**
*This thrilling tension...*
**[12:11] Sh**
*...is what makes baseball so fun.*
**[12:14] Um**
Play!
**[12:20] EC**
*Shunshin.*
**[12:23] E1**
*Shun.*
**[12:28] E2**
*What a guy.*
**[12:40] Sh**
*Squeeze?*
**[12:54] Sh**
*S-Squeeze?*
**[13:02] Sa**
He threw it wide!
**[13:03] Sh**
*Catch it please, Sekiguchi!*
**[13:11] Ha**
Brother.
**[13:17] Sh**
*You can still hit that?*
**[13:25] Ma**
Yay!
**[13:27] Ma**
Yes!
**[13:28] Sh**
*They got me. Damn it.*
**[13:36] E1**
Back home!
**[13:37] E1**
Runner's heading for home!
**[13:39] E2**
We can't give two runs on a squeeze!
**[13:49] Um**
Safe!
**[13:52] C1**
Wow! Two runs!
**[13:54] C2**
That's some super-fast sliding!
**[13:56] C3**
His speed is like cheating.
**[13:59] E1**
S-Sekiguchi! Second base!
**[14:03] P1**
Nice run!
**[14:04] P2**
Nice run, Ryo-san!
**[14:07] Sh**
*One after another without any break...*
**[14:11] Ot**
Yeah! That's our one-two pair!
**[14:16] Ch**
Nice run!
**[14:18] Fu**
Welcome back.
**[14:20] Sa**
Harucchi, you're the best!
**[14:24] Sh**
Nice run, Kuramochi.
**[14:26] Mi**
Though you got on base with an error.
**[14:28] Ku**
It was a hit!
**[14:33] Sh**
*A high ability to adapt to any pitch,*
**[14:37] Sh**
* and aggressive base-running*
* performed as a team.*
**[14:44] Sh**
* So this is the level of Japanese*
* high school baseball.*
**[14:48] Is**
You idiot.
**[14:51] Is**
We're nowhere near done.
**[14:57] CC**
Seido! Seido! Seido!
***SIGN*** Municipal Stadium
**[15:10] IC**
So Seido managed to get the next run.
**[15:10] CC**
Seido! Seido! Seido!
**[15:13] ---**
Tanba and Kawakami are on standby
**[15:15] ---**
with two innings left.
**[15:18] IC**
The Clockwork of Akikawa
put up a good fight,
**[15:23] IC**
but it's the end now.
***SIGN*** Akikawa Seido
**[15:35] E1**
Let's go!
**[15:36] E2**
You've got this, Sekiguchi!
**[15:37] E3**
Don't pop it up!
**[15:38] E4**
We're just getting started!
**[15:40] P1**
Nice throw!
**[15:41] Sa**
Nice throw, Nori-senpai!
**[15:43] Sa**
Pitch to contact! It's two outs!
**[15:45] Ot**
You've got this, Kawakami.
**[15:47] Ot**
You're our ace closer.
**[15:49] Ta**
We're leading by a lot.
**[15:51] Ta**
Be sure to pitch your best
until the end, Kawakami.
**[15:58] Ka**
*Until Tanba-san comes back to the mound,*
**[16:01] Ka**
*I have to shut them all down.*
**[16:04] Ka**
*No matter who they are.*
**[16:13] Um**
Strike!
**[16:14] P1**
Nice one, Kawakami!
**[16:16] P2**
Nice pitch!
**[16:17] Ka**
Nori-senpai, nice pitch!
**[16:19] P3**
You're our closer!
**[16:23] Mi**
* I was worried his*
* mind would be tired*
**[16:25] Mi**
* being on standby*
* since the start,*
**[16:29] Mi**
* but looks like he's really*
* comfortable about relieving.*
**[16:35] Ka**
*Yes.*
**[16:37] Ka**
*Just gotta keep this up.*
**[16:39] Sh**
Stay calm, Sekiguchi!
**[16:41] Sh**
Eyes on the ball!
**[16:43] Mi**
*Two outs, runner on second.*
**[16:45] Mi**
*Yeung persevered and got on base,*
**[16:48] Mi**
* but there's no one else*
* on Akikawa who's a threat.*
**[16:56] E1**
Hey, don't cry!
**[16:57] E1**
The game's not over yet!
**[17:00] E1**
Don't give up until the end!
**[17:01] E1**
Let's cheer him on!
**[17:03] Mi**
*A slider to the outside ball.*
**[17:10] Mi**
*Let's finish it with this, Nori.*
**[17:14] E1**
*I...*
**[17:16] E1**
*I can't let it end yet.*
**[17:20] E1**
*I gotta get Shun home.*
**[17:32] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[17:35] Um**
Game set!
**[17:37] Sa**
Nori-senpai!
**[17:37] Ha**
Nice pitch.
**[17:42] Ha**
Takako-senpai, we won! We won!
**[17:45] Yu**
Yay!
**[17:46] Um**
Yeah!
**[18:14] EC**
Come on. Let's line up.
**[18:16] EC**
Let's stand in line with heads held high.
***SIGN*** Akikawa Seido
**[18:22] R1**
The one- and two-holes
sparked a fire in the seventh inning,
**[18:24] R1**
and the Seido batters
took off from there.
**[18:28] R1**
Seven to two.
**[18:30] R1**
In the end, Seido won
by a large margin.
**[18:34] ---**
Nice game!
**[18:36] R1**
The difference in team strengths
were definitely there,
**[18:39] R1**
but a big factor in Seido's favor
**[18:42] R1**
was how their two first-years
lasted for seven innings.
**[18:55] Um**
Seido, seven to two.
**[18:56] Um**
Bow.
**[18:57] EE**
Thank you!
**[19:13] Mi**
Shunshin Yeung.
**[19:15] Mi**
I had a great game with you today.
**[19:18] Mi**
See you next year.
**[19:23] Sh**
*Next year, huh?*
**[19:28] Sh**
Brace yourselves.
**[19:33] Fu**
*Where did he learn that phrase?*
**[19:35] Ku**
I never want to play you again!
**[19:38] Sa**
Thank you for a great game!
**[19:44] E1**
Sorry, Shun.
**[19:46] E1**
We weren't very useful
until the very end.
**[19:51] E1**
We retire as third-years,
so it makes sense, but you...
**[20:00] C1**
Nice game!
**[20:05] C2**
You guys fought really well.
**[20:07] C3**
Get your chin up, Akikawa!
**[20:09] C1**
It was a good game!
**[20:11] C2**
Akikawa, you were great!
**[20:12] C3**
I was secretly rooting for you.
**[20:15] C4**
Me, too!
**[20:17] ---**
Great game, you guys!
**[20:19] C2**
Nice pitch!
**[20:21] C6**
Yeung-kun!
**[20:22] C1**
Good luck next year!
**[20:24] C4**
We're rooting for you, Shunshin!
**[20:27] C3**
Shunshin!
**[20:31] Sh**
*I...*
**[20:34] Sh**
* I had fun playing baseball*
* until the very end.*
**[20:43] Sh**
*I don't regret...*
**[21:00] Sh**
*I don't...*
**[21:11] EC**
We still have fall.
**[21:14] EC**
Then the spring invitational.
**[21:17] EC**
That's right.
**[21:19] EC**
It's not over yet, Shunshin.
**[21:22] EC**
Not yet.
**[21:29] Ka**
Seido!
**[21:30] Ho**
Tetsu-san!
**[21:32] C1**
Kataoka-san!
**[21:33] C2**
Let's make nationals this year!
**[21:35] C3**
You guys can do it!
**[21:37] C4**
We'll come watch again!
**[21:39] Ho**
Don't get cocky, Sawamura!
**[21:42] Ka**
Today was a fluke!
**[21:49] Yu**
Thank you for your support.
**[21:52] PP**
Thank you!
**[21:55] Sa**
Seido vs Akikawa, 7-2.
***SIGN*** Seido vs Akikawa, 7-2.
***SIGN*** Seido High School advances
to the quarter-final.
**[21:58] Sa**
Seido High School advances
to the quarter-final.
**[23:35] Mi**
Ichidai Third High that
plays next represented us
**[23:38] Mi**
in the spring invitational.
**[23:40] Mi**
They're probably the team
we'll face in the semi.
**[23:43] Ta**
*Don't lose, Kacchan.*
**[23:45] Ta**
*I want to pitch against you.*
**[23:48] Ch**
The clean-up of their opponent,
Yakushi High School, is a first-year.
**[23:51] Sa**
A first-year's batting clean-up?
**[23:53] Sa**
Next time on *Ace of the Diamond*:
Dark Horse.
***SIGN*** Dark Horse
**[23:56] Sa**
Let's win the national title!
***SIGN*** Ehehehe