# 69 - Can't Lose!
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**[00:00] (Flashback) Ka**
Assessing the situation and warming up
**[00:03] (Flashback) Ka**
are important jobs for a relief pitcher.
**[00:09] (Flashback) Sa**
A-As a relief pitcher?
**[00:44] Fu**
*Only this place matters.*
**[00:53] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[00:56] Fu**
*It's my place.*
**[01:00] Fu**
*And only mine.*
***SIGN*** Can't Lose!
***SIGN*** Seido Yakushi
**[02:45] Um**
Out!
**[02:46] C1**
A 4-6-3 double play to close the inning!
**[02:49] C2**
From no outs with runners
on first and second,
**[02:52] C2**
he closed it right before
their third-hole.
**[02:56] Ra**
Wow!
**[02:57] Ra**
Wow!
**[03:00] S1**
Nice pitch!
**[03:01] C1**
Furuya kept Yakushi down again!
**[03:05] C2**
Two hits and two walks
in six innings with no runs.
**[03:10] C3**
Seido's finally getting a real ace.
**[03:21] C4**
No! No!
**[03:22] C4**
Too soon to say that.
**[03:24] C5**
He's already exhausted.
**[03:26] Ka**
Kanemaru, we'll send Sawamura in next inning.
**[03:31] Ka**
Yes, sir.
**[03:32] Ka**
I'll let him know.
**[03:35] Ka**
You've shown me your
determination as a pitcher.
**[03:39] Ka**
I've got high hopes for you in the fall.
**[03:45] Fu**
Then can I pitch three more—
**[03:47] Ka**
Go into left field.
**[03:51] S1**
Let's go, Tojo!
**[03:53] S1**
Get on base!
**[04:03] To**
*Wait.*
**[04:04] To**
*Has he always...*
**[04:06] To**
*...looked so scary?*
**[04:14] To**
*Did he just throw to hit me?*
**[04:20] Um**
Out!
**[04:22] Y1**
All right!
**[04:23] Y1**
One out!
**[04:24] Y2**
One out! One out!
**[04:26] Y2**
Nice pitch, Sanada!
**[04:28] Ra**
Sanada-senpai, nice pitch!
**[04:31] YC**
Raichi, don't give him problems
with your bad fielding!
**[04:35] Ha**
Does the Yakushi team look more lively
**[04:38] Ha**
now that he's pitching?
**[04:42] M1**
Yeah.
**[04:52] Um**
Foul!
**[04:54] Ku**
*A cutter?*
**[04:57] Ku**
*It breaks way more now, too.*
**[05:01] Mi**
Shootballs to the righties
and cutters to the lefties.
**[05:08] Mi**
He's as aggressive as ever,
focusing on pitching inside.
**[05:16] Mi**
You're up against the third-hole next inning.
**[05:20] Mi**
You'd better be just as aggressive as him.
**[05:24] Mi**
They don't know that you can throw a cutter.
**[05:28] Mi**
Let's show them how much you've grown.
**[05:39] Um**
Out!
**[05:41] Y1**
And that's two!
**[05:43] Y2**
Two outs!
**[05:44] Y2**
Sanada, nice pitch!
**[05:47] Ra**
Sanada Ball Mark 2!
**[05:50] Mi**
Everyone's so energetic from just two outs.
**[05:54] Y1**
Two outs! Two outs!
**[05:57] Ra**
One! Two!
**[05:58] YC**
Raichi, did you hear me?
**[06:01] Mi**
*This is what makes an ace.*
**[06:14] (Flashback) Ka**
Assessing the situation and warming up
**[06:17] (Flashback) Ka**
are important jobs for a relief pitcher.
**[06:20] Sa**
*No runs conceded in six innings.*
**[06:25] Sa**
*A job as a relief pitcher?*
**[06:27] Sa**
*Give me a break!*
**[06:29] Sa**
*Stop thinking you're better!*
**[06:33] Sa**
*I'm going to be the ace!*
**[06:38] Um**
Out!
**[06:41] Um**
Three outs! Change!
**[06:43] YC**
Very nice!
**[06:44] YC**
That's what I wanted.
**[06:47] Ra**
Man, you're great!
**[06:48] Y1**
Senpai, I have no words.
**[06:50] C1**
Their ace is good.
**[06:52] C2**
He went three for three
against our top batters.
**[06:56] YC**
So...
**[06:57] YC**
...how many runs are you
gonna get in the next three innings?
**[07:01] YC**
Well?
**[07:03] YC**
If you guys don't score,
**[07:06] YC**
I'm not gonna coach you guys anymore.
**[07:09] YC**
I'm gonna throw a fit, and I'm gonna leave!
**[07:12] Mi**
Let's go.
**[07:17] Sa**
*I'll make him acknowledge me.*
**[07:28] Sa**
*For sure!*
***SIGN*** Seido Yakushi
**[07:32] C1**
So they're switching pitchers
at the bottom of the seventh.
**[07:36] C1**
I wanted to see Furuya
pitch three more innings.
**[07:40] C2**
Well, I'm fine with this.
**[07:42] C2**
I like Sawamura's head-on style of pitching.
**[07:46] C2**
He's fearless and reckless.
**[07:49] C1**
Yeah, he's an important southpaw on the team.
**[07:52] C1**
He couldn't close out the game in the final,
**[07:54] C1**
but he still pitched really well.
**[08:09] (Flashback) Sa**
Coach!
**[08:10] (Flashback) Sa**
I've been ready to go!
**[08:13] (Flashback) Sa**
Can I go out this inning?
**[08:18] Oc**
*So we have another zealous pitcher.*
**[08:22] Oc**
*We're two runs up with three innings left.*
**[08:25] Oc**
*Since Kataoka-san's using him here,*
**[08:28] Oc**
*he must have high hopes for him.*
**[08:33] YC**
That moving-fastball southpaw's up?
**[08:36] YC**
Thanks to you guys dilly-dallying,
**[08:38] YC**
the fastball pitcher ran away!
**[08:41] YC**
You've gotta be kidding me.
**[08:44] Fu**
I didn't run away.
**[08:46] Y1**
He's pretty hard to hit, right?
**[08:49] Y2**
Yeah.
**[08:50] Y2**
Less speed but more break.
**[08:52] Ra**
Not enough.
**[08:54] Ra**
I haven't hit enough!
**[08:57] Ra**
I want to hit Sawamura's pitch,
**[09:00] Ra**
but I want to hit Furuya's pitch a lot, too!
**[09:04] Ra**
Okay!
**[09:05] Ra**
Let's have five more games!
**[09:06] Y1**
Gross!
**[09:07] Y2**
That's impossible!
**[09:10] Ha**
Eijun-kun.
**[09:12] Ha**
One at a time.
**[09:13] Ha**
Let's go one at a time, like always.
**[09:18] Ma**
Sawamura, pitch to contact!
**[09:20] Ku**
Sawamura, third-hole is next!
**[09:22] Ku**
Focus on the first pitch, Sawamura!
**[09:26] Ha**
Is he not gonna do his usual thing?
**[09:29] (Flashback) Sa**
Balls will go flying, so let's get busy!
**[09:32] (Flashback) Sa**
Thank you!
**[09:34] Ha**
That's a bummer.
**[09:38] Ka**
Is he okay?
**[09:40] Ka**
He was pitching a lot in the pen.
**[09:44] Y1**
Swing for the first pitch!
**[09:47] Mi**
*We're up against Yakushi.*
**[09:50] Mi**
* And I can't blame him for being*
* fired up after seeing Furuya like that.*
**[09:55] Mi**
*But...*
**[09:56] Mi**
*...he might be a little too tense.*
**[10:00] Um**
Play!
**[10:14] Mi**
*The higher the expectations,*
**[10:16] Mi**
*the greater the pressure.*
**[10:19] Mi**
*But standing on the mound above all else...*
**[10:22] Mi**
*...makes a pitcher.*
**[10:25] Mi**
*You want to be the ace, too, right?*
**[10:31] Mi**
*Then you'd better stick to your style.*
**[10:36] Mi**
*Let's get aggressive! To the inside!*
**[10:39] Y1**
*Gotta swing clean.*
**[10:41] Y1**
*His pitch isn't very heavy.*
**[10:51] Ka**
Y-You're way too tense!
**[10:54] Ka**
Relax your face!
**[10:56] S1**
Pitch to contact, Sawamura!
**[10:57] Ka**
Relax, man!
**[11:00] Mi**
*Your shoulder's way too stiff!*
**[11:03] Sa**
*Damn.*
**[11:04] Sa**
*Calm down.*
**[11:06] Y1**
*Damn.*
**[11:07] Y1**
*I can't see his throwing arm.*
**[11:10] Ha**
We'll catch the hits!
**[11:16] Um**
Ball two!
**[11:17] Y1**
He can't throw strikes!
**[11:19] YC**
Focus on a strike, Akiba!
**[11:21] Ka**
Sawamura! One at a time!
**[11:24] Mi**
*Can't do anything if he can't throw a strike.*
**[11:28] Mi**
* Should I ask for an outside pitch*
* and grab a strike?*
**[11:32] Mi**
*No.*
**[11:33] Mi**
*He's a third-hole at Yakushi.*
**[11:36] Mi**
*It won't be that easy to get a strike.*
**[11:40] Mi**
*You have to be aggressive!*
**[11:45] Sa**
*Walking the first batter is really bad.*
**[11:49] Sa**
*Pitching a meatball is really bad.*
**[11:52] Sa**
*But feeling weak is the worst of all!*
**[11:56] Mi**
*In the middle?*
**[12:01] Y1**
Nice! Right to center!
**[12:07] Y2**
*What a surprise.*
**[12:09] Y2**
*It was so easy, I only got a single.*
**[12:13] Oc**
* He cornered himself against the batter,*
* then gave away an easy hit.*
**[12:18] Oc**
*Not something you want your pitcher to do.*
**[12:24] Sa**
Damn it!
**[12:25] Ku**
Switch gears!
**[12:27] Mi**
*I can feel his aggression from here,*
**[12:30] Mi**
*but he threw a meatball again?*
**[12:34] Sa**
Shut up over there!
**[12:36] YC**
And you're up!
**[12:38] YC**
Launch a big one!
**[12:41] YC**
A big explosion!
**[12:42] YC**
Make it go bang!
**[12:47] Y1**
Smack it!
**[12:49] Y2**
Raichi!
**[13:27] Y1**
*He's so persistent.*
**[13:29] Y1**
*No need to look so mean.*
**[13:31] Y1**
*I won't run.*
**[13:33] Y1**
*Don't need to.*
**[13:48] C1**
A ball to the outside.
**[13:51] C1**
You don't usually see
Sawamura starting outside.
**[13:54] C1**
Are they running away from the fight?
**[13:56] C2**
They're probably being careful,
since this batter's a monster.
**[14:02] Mi**
*Okay.*
**[14:03] Mi**
*His pitch has power.*
**[14:06] Mi**
*His control isn't that bad.*
**[14:10] Mi**
*Now can we get it to the inside?*
**[14:14] Mi**
* Torodoki doesn't know*
* about this pitch.*
**[14:18] Mi**
*Give me a cutter to his chest!*
**[14:28] Mi**
*If you can't throw it now,*
**[14:30] Mi**
*you won't get him out.*
**[14:38] (Flashback) Mi**
I know you've never been good at control,
**[14:41] (Flashback) Mi**
so I won't ask for too much,
**[14:43] (Flashback) Mi**
but you've had way too many
wide pitches lately.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Mi**
Against Yakushi, it won't be that easy.
**[14:52] Sa**
*Damn.*
**[14:53] Sa**
*Shut up.*
**[14:55] Sa**
*Stop beating so loud.*
**[15:03] Sa**
*Fight or run...*
**[15:08] Sa**
*That's obvious.*
**[15:19] Sa**
*The ace never runs!*
**[15:52] Y1**
Yeah!
**[15:54] Y1**
Tied the game!
**[15:55] Y2**
What a clean home run!
**[16:01] YC**
Thank you! Thank you!
**[16:04] Sa**
Raichi, don't forget to step on the base!
**[16:08] Y1**
What the hell?
**[16:09] Y1**
What do you eat to hit so far?
**[16:11] Y1**
Is it the banana?
Is that the secret?
**[16:13] Y1**
Nice hit. Damn it!
**[16:16] Mi**
Time out, please.
**[16:18] Um**
Time out!
**[16:20] Oc**
*That was a bad pitch all around.*
**[16:23] Oc**
*How careless of him.*
**[16:26] YC**
Come here, my son!
**[16:28] Ra**
*I thought he'd pitch more inside,*
**[16:32] Ra**
*but it never came.*
**[16:43] Ha**
Another one off Todoroki-kun.
**[16:44] Ku**
Maybe he's his Achilles heel.
**[16:47] Mi**
Wow! What a hit!
**[16:50] Mi**
Gotta say, that home run felt good,
even though it was theirs.
**[16:54] Mi**
Feels good to have the bases open, too.
**[16:59] Mi**
Wait! Is that just me?
**[17:02] Sa**
Yes, it's just you!
**[17:03] Ku**
Well, it was a nice home run.
**[17:06] Sa**
What?
**[17:07] Ha**
The batter's really good.
**[17:09] Ma**
Okay.
**[17:10] Ma**
Switch gears and focus on the next batter.
**[17:12] Ma**
You've got this.
**[17:14] Ma**
Do you have this?
**[17:15] Sa**
Yes, sir.
**[17:17] Sa**
I guess.
**[17:18] Ku**
Let's give some hits!
**[17:21] Sa**
Give some hits?
**[17:23] Mi**
The next one's a rightie.
**[17:24] Mi**
Let's be aggressive.
**[17:26] Sa**
Yes, sir! Of course I will!
**[17:28] Sa**
That's all I can do, anyway!
**[17:31] Mi**
True.
**[17:31] Sa**
Don't agree with me!
**[17:34] Sa**
No outs!
**[17:35] Sa**
Still no outs!
**[17:37] Ha**
Is that necessary?
**[17:50] Y1**
All right!
**[17:51] Y1**
Yeah!
**[17:52] Y2**
Nice power.
**[17:53] Y1**
A hit is a hit!
**[17:55] C1**
Three hits in a row?
**[17:57] C2**
At least he jammed him.
**[17:59] C1**
We could use an out now.
**[18:02] Ha**
Let's get an out!
**[18:05] Y1**
Sanada!
**[18:07] Y1**
Let's shut him down!
**[18:09] Sa**
*I won't go easy on you.*
**[18:11] Sa**
*We've gotta get score when we can.*
**[18:18] Sa**
*There's only one thing I can do.*
**[18:22] Sa**
*I just pitch into that mitt.*
**[18:30] Sa**
*Into that mitt!*
**[18:34] Oc**
He's not pitching to the mitt at all.
**[18:38] Oc**
*How's the catcher supposed to do anything?*
**[18:47] Oc**
* He looked mentally strong,*
* so I had my hopes up, but...*
**[18:51] Oc**
*It looks like he's afraid of throwing inside.*
**[18:59] Sa**
*A crossfire pitch...*
**[19:02] Sa**
*...into his chest.*
**[19:05] Sa**
*Take this!*
**[19:13] Y1**
And right between right and center!
**[19:15] Y2**
Four consecutive hits!
**[19:17] Ra**
Nice hit, Sanada-senpai!
**[19:24] Mi**
*It's not just to the lefties.*
**[19:27] Mi**
* He hasn't thrown a single*
* inside pitch to the righties.*
**[19:38] Mi**
*Sawamura, don't tell me you...*
**[19:43] Oc**
*A southpaw with a unique form.*
**[19:46] Oc**
*A first-year like Furuya.*
**[19:49] Oc**
* I can see why Kataoka-san*
* has high hopes for him,*
**[19:54] Oc**
*but if he can't throw inside pitches,*
**[19:56] Oc**
*he can't ever be the ace.*
**[20:04] Um**
Ball!
**[20:14] Um**
Ball four!
**[20:16] Ka**
*Bases loaded.*
**[20:18] Ka**
*He hasn't gotten a single out yet.*
**[20:35] YC**
Hey, you've gotta be kidding me.
**[20:38] YC**
There's no fun in seeing
a pitcher crumble on his own.
**[20:42] YC**
We want to destroy him with our bats.
**[20:45] Mi**
Sawamura, don't worry about control.
**[20:48] Mi**
Your pitch still has power.
**[20:59] Mi**
Don't worry.
**[21:01] Mi**
We're here.
**[21:04] Ma**
Sawamura!
**[21:05] Ma**
Have some faith in us!
**[21:07] Ha**
Let's relax!
**[21:09] Ku**
Let's get the out at the plate!
**[21:10] Ka**
Look around you, Sawamura!
**[21:12] Ka**
You're not alone!
**[21:14] S1**
Be aggressive!
**[21:15] Ku**
One at a time!
**[21:16] To**
Focus on the batter!
**[21:21] Sa**
*I can't...*
**[21:23] Sa**
*I can't let it end like this.*
**[21:27] Sa**
*I haven't done...*
**[21:30] Sa**
*I haven't done a single thing yet.*
**[21:45] Mi**
*Are you serious?*
**[21:48] Ku**
Sawamura, cover!
**[21:57] Ku**
Sawamura!
**[23:36] Mi**
*His pitch has power,*
**[23:37] Mi**
*and he has the will to fight, but...*
**[23:39] Sa**
* I can't get a single out,*
* and I want to start?*
**[23:42] Sa**
*What kind of ace is that?*
**[23:43] Oc**
*Does this pitcher have...*
**[23:45] Oc**
* If that's the case,*
* then he'll be useless for the fall.*
**[23:49] Sa**
* What am I doing, with fall*
* right around the corner?*
**[23:53] Mi**
Next time on *Ace of the Diamond*:
Next Stage.
**[23:56] Sa**
*I'm so useless.*