# 40 - The Winning Shot
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**[00:00] Ka**
Tanba.
**[00:03] Ka**
We're up by three runs.
**[00:06] Ka**
It's in your hands now.
**[00:11] Yu**
Let's go!
**[00:13] SS**
Yeah!
**[00:15] Sa**
Three more outs!
**[00:17] Sa**
Let's stay focused this last inning!
**[00:21] S1**
Let's go, Tanba!
**[00:23] Ka**
Tanba-san, you've got this!
**[00:25] S1**
Tanba-san!
**[00:27] S2**
One at a time! One at a time!
***SIGN*** Yakushi Seido
**[00:32] YC**
Three runs down?
**[00:35] YC**
The perfect number
to turn the game around.
**[00:38] YC**
The crowd will love it, too.
**[00:44] YC**
Get some guys on base
and bring Raichi to bat.
**[00:48] YC**
You guys have faith in Raichi, too, right?
**[00:52] YC**
I haven't even thought
for a second that we'll lose.
***SIGN*** The Winning Shot
**[02:46] Y1**
Yeah!
**[02:46] Y2**
That one's a hit!
**[02:54] Um**
Out!
**[02:59] S1**
Two outs!
**[03:00] S2**
Two outs!
**[03:02] S3**
Two outs!
**[03:03] S4**
Two outs!
**[03:04] S1**
Just one more!
**[03:08] SS**
Just one more!
**[03:12] Sa**
You're looking good, Tanba-san!
**[03:14] Ha**
Let's stay focused!
***SIGN*** Batting ninth, center fielder, Ota-kun.
**[03:20] Y1**
Let's go!
**[03:36] Mi**
Tanba-san!
**[03:39] Mi**
One more out.
**[03:41] Mi**
*If you can get him out,*
**[03:43] Mi**
*Todoroki won't make it to bat.*
**[03:49] Y1**
*We can't let it end.*
**[03:53] Y1**
*I have to get on base.*
**[03:55] Y1**
*No matter what!*
**[04:16] Mi**
Yes!
**[04:17] Mi**
Third base!
**[04:28] Ma**
The bounce changed!
**[04:30] R1**
A hit straight to third bounced irregularly!
**[04:37] YC**
Dive for it, Ota!
**[04:49] Y1**
We've got our foot in the door!
**[05:00] YC**
*Hit it hard, Raichi.*
**[05:02] YC**
* The god of baseball*
* wants to see you hit, too.*
**[05:07] R1**
Two outs and a runner on first.
**[05:09] R1**
Seido is up by three,
**[05:10] R1**
but they can't be happy
about facing this batter.
**[05:13] R2**
Yeah.
**[05:14] R2**
If he gets a hit,
the tide will definitely change.
**[05:19] C1**
Todoroki!
**[05:20] C2**
Show us a big one!
**[05:21] Y1**
Raichi!
**[05:23] I1**
The next two batters are both good, too,
**[05:26] I1**
so they can't let him hit anything big.
**[05:29] I2**
They're up by three.
**[05:31] I2**
They just need to shut him out head-on.
**[05:34] I3**
Don't be afraid, Tanba!
**[05:41] Mi**
*Let's take him on, Tanba-san.*
**[05:44] Mi**
*If we don't take him out,*
**[05:47] Mi**
* there'll be no way for us*
* to stop Yakushi's momentum.*
**[06:03] I1**
*Don't fight him.*
**[06:09] I1**
*Don't fight him, Koichiro.*
**[06:18] C1**
Tanba!
**[06:19] C2**
Raichi!
**[06:21] Ma**
Seido!
**[06:22] C3**
Yakushi!
**[06:26] SS**
Seido! Seido! Seido!
**[06:31] Y1**
Raichi!
**[06:32] Y1**
Smash it!
**[06:34] Y2**
No banana for you, otherwise!
**[06:36] Y3**
Hit it!
**[06:38] Mi**
*In the past four at-bats,*
**[06:39] Mi**
*he's had two hits.*
**[06:42] Mi**
* Furuya's fastball and*
* Sawamura's high ball.*
**[06:46] Mi**
*Let's collect the balls low.*
**[06:57] Um**
Ball.
**[06:58] Mi**
Okay! Okay!
**[07:00] Mi**
Nice ball!
**[07:01] Mi**
That was a good one!
**[07:05] Mi**
*He didn't even move.*
**[07:10] Ma**
Let's go aggressive!
**[07:11] Ka**
You've got this, Tanba-san!
**[07:16] Um**
Ball!
**[07:18] Ka**
So close!
**[07:19] S1**
That was fine!
**[07:20] Ma**
Your pitch has power!
**[07:22] Ka**
Your fastball's looking good!
**[07:26] I1**
A curve ball followed by a fastball.
**[07:28] I1**
He didn't even move
for the two outside balls.
**[07:32] I2**
He's been swinging
at close ones before,
**[07:35] I2**
so it's a little bit scary.
**[07:36] I3**
Maybe he's waiting for an inside pitch?
**[07:44] Mi**
* It would've helped if he*
* had swung at one of them.*
**[07:48] Mi**
*At this point,*
**[07:50] Mi**
* we just need to make sure*
* we don't feed him anything easy.*
**[07:53] Y1**
Smash it away!
**[07:55] Y1**
Raichi!
**[07:56] Y2**
Eyes on the ball!
**[07:58] Y3**
Swing for it!
**[07:59] Y4**
Raichi!
**[08:11] Ra**
*I'll get a hit.*
**[08:13] Ra**
*I have to.*
**[08:15] Ra**
*No matter what,*
**[08:17] Ra**
*I have to get on base.*
**[08:20] Ra**
*I need to get a hit.*
**[08:23] Ra**
*That's what the team wants from me!*
**[08:31] Mi**
*It's weak!*
**[08:35] Mi**
*It's over!*
**[08:43] Mi**
*It's weak!*
**[08:46] Mi**
*It's over!*
**[08:55] Um**
Foul!
**[09:00] Mi**
*He messed up?*
**[09:02] Y1**
What's wrong, Raichi?
**[09:04] Y1**
You tense?
**[09:07] Ra**
I'll hit.
**[09:09] Ra**
I must!
**[09:12] Mi**
*He's...*
**[09:15] Mi**
*Give me a strong fastball, Tanba-san!*
**[09:20] Mi**
* It's Tanba-san's first*
* appearance this summer,*
**[09:24] Mi**
* and he's only thrown*
* curve balls and fastballs.*
**[09:29] Mi**
*We still have...*
**[09:32] Mi**
* ...a secret weapon*
* they don't know about.*
**[09:39] Um**
Foul!
**[09:41] SS**
*We've got him cornered.*
**[09:43] YC**
*His swing doesn't have its usual energy.*
**[09:47] YC**
*Don't tell me...*
**[09:48] YC**
*...that idiot's...*
**[09:50] YC**
Raichi!
**[09:52] YC**
Don't think!
**[09:54] YC**
Just do your usual thing!
**[09:57] YC**
Enjoy your battle with the pitcher!
**[10:02] Ra**
Hit!
**[10:04] Ra**
Hit!
**[10:06] Ra**
*The entire team's depending on me.*
**[10:13] YC**
*No!*
**[10:14] YC**
*He can't hear me!*
**[10:16] Mi**
*Let's end this, Tanba-san.*
**[10:20] Mi**
*With this.*
**[10:27] R2**
Top of the ninth,
**[10:29] R2**
two outs and a runner on first.
**[10:31] R2**
The count is 2-2.
**[10:34] R1**
The winning team will advance
to the semifinal.
**[10:37] Sa**
Tanba-san!
**[10:39] Yu**
Pitch to contact, Tanba!
**[10:41] Ku**
Let's end this!
**[10:42] Ry**
You've got him cornered.
**[10:44] ---**
Yeah!
**[10:45] Is**
Kill him!
**[10:47] Ta**
*All this time,*
**[10:49] Ta**
* I've been nothing but*
* a nuisance for the team.*
**[10:56] Ta**
*I'll end this game right here.*
**[11:08] Ta**
*Right here!*
**[11:12] YY**
Raichi!
**[11:18] Ra**
*It's the same pitch.*
**[11:21] Ra**
*Fastball!*
**[11:24] Ra**
*This time...*
**[11:28] Ra**
*I'll smash it away!*
**[11:48] YC**
*A forkball?*
**[11:50] YC**
*Where did that come from?*
**[11:55] YC**
*No.*
**[11:57] YC**
*When we were cornered,*
**[12:01] YC**
*the game was already over.*
**[12:04] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[12:08] Um**
Game set!
**[12:19] I1**
That last pitch...
**[12:22] I2**
Yeah.
**[12:23] I2**
When did he learn to throw that?
**[12:27] Mi**
Nice pitch, Tanba-san!
**[12:31] Yu**
Nice pitch!
**[12:34] Ch**
*Tanba.*
**[12:35] Ta**
Ouch.
**[12:36] Ku**
Excuse me, too!
**[12:39] I1**
Koichiro.
**[12:41] R1**
T-Todoroki-kun struck out.
**[12:46] R2**
Yeah.
**[12:47] R2**
Who would've expected
a forkball to come out here?
**[12:51] R1**
But didn't Todoroki-kun's
swing look sluggish this time?
**[13:00] R2**
He couldn't take the pressure.
**[13:07] R2**
He usually looks like he's enjoying
the battle against the pitcher.
**[13:14] R2**
But this time, in the last inning,
**[13:18] R2**
he tried to swing for his team.
**[13:23] R2**
Not for himself,
**[13:26] R2**
but for the team.
**[13:31] R1**
*I see.*
**[13:32] R1**
* He was never part of*
* a team until high school,*
**[13:36] R1**
*and always just practiced by himself.*
**[13:40] R2**
He wanted to swing for the team.
**[13:43] R2**
Ironically,
**[13:45] R2**
that pressure made his bat heavier.
**[13:54] Um**
Line up!
***SIGN*** Yakushi Seido
**[14:12] Um**
Bow!
**[14:13] EE**
Good game!
**[14:27] C1**
Nice fight!
**[14:28] C2**
Good luck next year!
**[14:34] Y1**
Don't cry, Raichi.
**[14:36] Y1**
If you couldn't hit it,
none of us could've.
**[14:39] Y2**
No one blames you.
**[14:45] Y3**
Coach!
**[14:51] Y3**
Thank you very much for
these past eighteen months!
**[14:55] YY**
Thank you!
**[14:58] Y3**
You told us complicated things,
and were never easy on us,
**[15:02] Y3**
but you made every day meaningful.
**[15:06] Y4**
Don't rely on others.
**[15:08] Y4**
Think for yourself.
**[15:10] Y5**
Have responsibility for your own plays.
**[15:13] Y6**
These are all things you taught us.
**[15:15] Y6**
You also taught us—
**[15:17] YC**
Doesn't matter if you lose.
**[15:19] YC**
In a game, it's over if you lose.
**[15:30] Y3**
Still, thank you so much
for teaching us baseball!
**[15:33] Y4**
You gave us something new every day!
**[15:36] Y5**
And these past eighteen months
flew by in a second.
**[15:40] Y3**
Thank you so much, Coach Todoroki!
**[15:43] YY**
Thank you!
**[15:49] Y3**
Sanada!
**[15:50] Y3**
You've gotta take the coach
to nationals next year.
**[15:54] Sa**
Yes, sir.
**[15:55] Y3**
Akiba, Mishima.
**[15:57] Y3**
You, too.
**[15:58] Y3**
You guys are monsters compared to us.
**[16:01] Y3**
Good luck.
**[16:03] Y4**
Raichi.
**[16:06] Y4**
We'll be waiting.
**[16:08] Y5**
Waiting for the day
everyone knows your name.
**[16:16] YC**
*Back to square one.*
**[16:19] YC**
*Both you and I...*
**[16:23] YC**
* ...are still learning*
* so much from these guys.*
**[16:33] YC**
*Let's get stronger, Raichi.*
**[16:37] YC**
*With everyone on this team.*
**[16:45] C1**
Miyuki!
**[16:47] C2**
Tetsu!
**[16:48] C3**
Nice game!
**[16:49] C4**
Nice pitch, Tanba!
**[16:51] C5**
Boss!
**[16:53] C6**
Kataoka-san!
**[16:54] C7**
Just two more!
**[16:56] C8**
Let's go to nationals this year!
**[16:58] C9**
You guys have the power!
**[17:00] C1**
Seido is the best!
**[17:03] C2**
Tetsu-san!
**[17:04] C3**
Furuya-kun!
**[17:06] C4**
Isashiki!
**[17:09] Ha**
Something wrong, Eijun-kun?
**[17:12] Sa**
Oh, well...
**[17:20] (Flashback) Um**
Bow!
**[17:21] (Flashback) EE**
Good game!
**[17:26] (Flashback) Sa**
Todoroki!
**[17:29] (Flashback) Sa**
I won't lose next time!
**[17:31] (Flashback) Ha**
Hey, Eijun-kun!
**[17:33] (Flashback) Y1**
What?
**[17:34] (Flashback) Y1**
You guys won!
**[17:36] (Flashback) Y1**
Are you being sarcastic?
**[17:37] (Flashback) Ha**
Sorry, he's an idiot.
**[17:40] (Flashback) Sa**
I won't lose!
**[17:42] (Flashback) Sa**
Give me your hand.
**[17:43] (Flashback) Sa**
Let's shake!
**[17:55] Sa**
His hand...
**[17:57] Sa**
...was as hard as a rock.
**[18:04] Sa**
How much do you have to swing...
**[18:06] Sa**
...for your hands to be like that?
**[18:11] Sa**
*Just how much...*
**[18:14] Sa**
I can't lose, no matter what.
**[18:23] Is**
Sucks for you guys.
**[18:25] Is**
You've got three years with that monster.
**[18:29] Ry**
That team's gonna get even stronger.
**[18:32] Mi**
Though we have to analyze
today's game first.
**[18:35] Ch**
Sawamura especially has a lot to look at.
**[18:39] Sa**
A lot?
**[18:40] Mi**
You're not off the hook, either, Furuya.
**[19:17] R1**
In the end, Seido advanced to the semifinal.
**[19:20] R1**
They need two more wins
to make it to nationals.
**[19:23] R1**
They have an aggressive batting
line-up around Yuki-kun
**[19:27] R1**
and a four-man pitching line-up.
**[19:31] R1**
What's more, with their ace,
Tanba-kun's appearance,
**[19:35] R1**
they stopped Yakushi's momentum.
**[19:38] R1**
They may be stronger than Inashiro.
**[19:43] R2**
A first-year felt everyone's
expectations as pressure,
**[19:48] R2**
but a third-year turned them into strength.
**[19:54] R2**
What turned out to be
the key to the final showdown...
**[19:57] R2**
...was the amount of time they had
spent with their teammates.
**[20:03] R2**
Your high school baseball career
is only two-and-a-half years long.
**[20:08] R2**
However, even in that small time frame,
**[20:12] R2**
people can show incredible growth.
**[20:17] (Flashback) Ta**
Kacchan, I think I'll go to Seido.
**[20:21] (Flashback) Ta**
I-I can't just...
**[20:23] (Flashback) Ta**
...keep walking behind you, Kacchan.
**[20:28] (Flashback) Ta**
I want...
**[20:29] (Flashback) Ta**
...to be a pitcher who
can walk beside you.
**[20:34] (Flashback) Ta**
I want to change at Seido.
**[20:45] I1**
Tanba learned a forkball.
**[20:50] I1**
It was a nice pitch.
**[20:53] I2**
Yeah.
**[20:54] I2**
It was a great pitch.
**[20:56] I3**
I hate to admit it,
**[20:59] I3**
but Seido is strong this year.
**[21:01] I4**
With the two first-year pitchers,
**[21:04] I4**
their pitching line-up has greatly improved.
**[21:07] I5**
They're all different types, too.
**[21:12] I3**
Damn it!
**[21:14] I3**
I'm really itching for some action now!
**[21:18] I1**
How about we go see practice tomorrow?
**[21:22] I1**
I'm sure the coach will love it.
**[21:26] I3**
I'm busy studying.
**[21:28] I3**
I want to go to the beach, too.
**[21:31] I1**
Don't lie about studying.
**[21:33] I3**
Shut up!
**[21:34] I1**
Twelve o' clock tomorrow then, okay?
**[21:37] I3**
Who put you in charge?
**[21:38] I1**
You're coming anyway, aren't you?
**[21:41] I4**
Let's talk to the other guys, too.
**[21:48] I2**
*You've come this far,*
**[21:51] I2**
*so go all the way.*
**[21:54] I2**
*Go to nationals...*
**[21:58] I2**
*...Koichiro.*
**[23:36] Mi**
We've advanced to the semifinal.
**[23:38] Mi**
We're up against
the prestigious Sensen Academy.
**[23:40] Ch**
Their ace, Maki, is a good, tall pitcher
with a fastball from up high
**[23:43] Ch**
and a curve ball with a large drop.
**[23:45] Ch**
How do we overcome this?
**[23:47] Fu**
And then, Masuko-senpai...
**[23:49] Sa**
Furuya!
**[23:50] Sa**
You need to be louder when
you're saying something important!
**[23:52] Fu**
Masuko-senpai...
**[23:53] Mi**
Next time on *Ace of the Diamond*:
It's the Semifinal.
***SIGN*** It's the Semifinal
**[23:57] Mi**
Let's win the national title!