# 74 - Guiding Light
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**[00:03] Is**
I got it!
**[00:06] Is**
Yeah!
**[00:06] Yu**
One out, Tanba!
**[00:08] Ry**
Pretty good. Nice pitch!
**[00:11] Ta**
*Yes! I beat Furuya!*
**[00:17] Mi**
Zono!
**[00:18] Mi**
Aren't you up next?
**[00:20] Ma**
I-I'm sorry!
**[00:26] Ma**
*What the hell?*
**[00:30] Ma**
*He didn't tell us anything!*
***SIGN*** Guiding Light
**[02:11] C1**
A double play?
**[02:13] C2**
What a waste.
**[02:14] C2**
So much for no outs and a runner on first.
**[02:17] Is**
Just what we ordered, idiots!
**[02:20] Is**
You guys really trying to score?
**[02:22] Is**
I'm not feeling any pressure from you guys!
**[02:24] Ry**
Yeah.
**[02:26] Is**
Playing you guys is easy!
**[02:31] Mi**
Can't say a single thing back, can you?
**[02:33] Mi**
You're so out of it.
**[02:35] Ku**
Miyuki!
**[02:40] Ku**
Did you know about it?
**[02:44] Mi**
Know what?
**[02:53] Ka**
What are you doing?
Get out onto the field!
**[02:57] Mi**
Yes, sir! We'll be right out.
**[03:01] Mi**
Let's go.
**[03:04] Ma**
What's wrong with you?
**[03:06] Ma**
It doesn't bother you?
**[03:08] Ma**
You actually knew, didn't you?
**[03:11] Mi**
What? Of course not.
**[03:13] Mi**
But I thought maybe
that could be the case,
**[03:16] Mi**
since the new assistant coach
isn't from this school.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Oc**
I don't switch out the ace,
no matter what.
***SIGN*** Just connected the dots
**[03:25] Fu**
*Oh!*
**[03:27] Fu**
*That's what he meant.*
**[03:30] Mi**
In any case, we can talk about this later.
**[03:33] Mi**
Let's focus on the game right now.
**[03:35] Mi**
The third-years went out of their way for us.
**[03:45] Ma**
*After the fall...*
**[03:48] Ku**
*...he's quitting?*
**[03:51] S1**
*That's why the third-years*
**[03:54] S1**
*moved their retirement game?*
**[04:00] Ma**
*What can we do as the current team?*
**[04:05] Ku**
* How do we make it up*
* to the coach and the third-years?*
**[04:14] Sa**
Does this kind of stuff happen often?
**[04:19] Ka**
Well, it's definitely not a rare case.
**[04:22] Ka**
Especially from schools like ours
that aim for nationals.
**[04:27] Ka**
What took so long?
**[04:28] Mi**
I'm sorry.
**[04:30] Sa**
*We're just first-years.*
**[04:33] Sa**
*To be honest,*
**[04:35] Sa**
*I'm not sure how to process this.*
**[04:38] Sa**
*But I know one thing for sure.*
**[04:43] Sa**
*I haven't...*
**[04:46] Fu**
*I haven't...*
**[04:49] SF**
*...been acknowledged by him yet.*
**[04:56] Mi**
Okay!
**[04:57] Mi**
Last one!
**[05:00] (Flashback) Yu**
Don't show it, no matter how rough it is.
**[05:04] (Flashback) Yu**
If you look lost, the team will be lost.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Yu**
What you say, what you do...
**[05:10] (Flashback) Yu**
Your teammates see everything.
**[05:14] (Flashback) Yu**
Don't ever forget that.
**[05:17] (Flashback) Yu**
You have to guide the team.
***SIGN*** First, Second-Years Third-Years
**[05:26] Is**
Let's do this!
**[05:28] Is**
These guys all look asleep,
**[05:31] Is**
so give them a wake up call, Sakai!
**[05:33] S1**
All right.
**[05:34] Is**
Especially the pitcher!
**[05:36] Is**
He can't even throw where he wants!
**[05:39] Is**
Let's kick him off the mound!
**[05:42] C1**
This is a game for the third-years,
**[05:45] C1**
and they're really showing up.
**[05:47] C2**
It's like they're the ones in season.
**[05:50] Is**
Crush those whippersnappers!
**[05:52] Ry**
Whippersnappers?
**[05:55] Mi**
Furuya!
**[05:57] Mi**
Don't worry about pacing!
**[06:00] Mi**
Just go all out!
**[06:03] Mi**
These guys aren't easy to take out.
**[06:07] Mi**
So don't worry about pacing,
**[06:09] Mi**
and just throw the best pitch you can!
**[06:12] Ot**
What?
**[06:14] Ot**
He wants him to go all out?
**[06:16] Oc**
*Well, that's new.*
**[06:20] Mi**
Let's crush these third-years by force!
**[06:28] Mi**
We're gonna be doing
some head-to-head face-offs,
**[06:32] Mi**
so be sure to pick up
all the hits over there!
**[06:37] Ku**
Are you nuts?
**[06:39] Ku**
Furuya's going crazy!
**[06:41] Ku**
You're gonna turn him
into another idiot!
***SIGN*** The original idiot
**[06:44] Sa**
That's right!
**[06:45] Sa**
Give us more precise and witty
instructions like a true captain would!
**[06:49] Is**
Bring it on, Miyuki!
**[06:51] Is**
We'll take you on!
**[06:54] Is**
Don't knock yourselves out
with a bunch of walks!
**[07:15] Ta**
*U-Unbelievable.*
**[07:18] C1**
Two strikeouts in a row.
**[07:20] C2**
No one got on base this inning!
**[07:23] Is**
So this is Furuya's real fastball.
**[07:26] Ry**
This game's getting interesting.
**[07:28] Ku**
Are you guys dumb?
**[07:30] Ku**
Those were mostly right down the middle!
**[07:32] Ku**
Furuya, put away your aura!
**[07:34] Ku**
You're not gonna keep
pitching like this, are you?
**[07:37] Mi**
Of course we are.
**[07:38] ---**
Huh?
**[07:39] Ku**
It's not gonna work against
the top of their lineup!
**[07:42] Ku**
It's too reckless!
**[07:44] Mi**
But... Isn't it exciting?
**[07:52] Mi**
I know it's not easy finding out
about the coach right now,
**[07:56] Mi**
but we're in the middle of a game.
**[07:59] ---**
Let's go!
**[08:00] Mi**
The third-years are giving us their best.
**[08:03] Mi**
The least we can do is pay them
respect and answer in kind!
**[08:19] S1**
Two outs!
**[08:21] Mi**
I think it'll be difficult
to hit off Tanba-san today.
**[08:26] Mi**
We need to target one pitch and
swing offensively until we're cornered.
**[08:30] (Flashback) Ka**
Don't overthink it.
**[08:32] (Flashback) Ka**
Just do what you can the best you can.
**[08:35] Mi**
If we get a runner,
**[08:36] Mi**
we'll need to follow up
to get into scoring positions.
**[08:39] Mi**
Let's do what the coach tells us every day.
**[08:47] Um**
Strike! Batter out!
**[08:51] C1**
Tanba's answering with strikeouts, too.
**[08:53] C2**
He's on a roll!
**[08:55] C3**
Against his underclassmen.
**[08:56] Is**
You idiot!
**[08:58] Is**
Why couldn't you do that during the summer?
**[09:00] Is**
I can't believe your leg cramped!
**[09:03] Ta**
I was just thinking that, too! Damn it!
**[09:06] Ry**
It's only been three innings, though.
**[09:08] Mi**
Let's switch gears!
**[09:09] Mi**
We'll catch up slowly!
***SIGN*** First, Second-Years Third-Years
***SIGN*** Bottom of 3rd
2 Outs
Runner on 1st
**[09:18] Ma**
Furuya! Runner!
**[09:25] Ry**
*He's a little too focused on the batter.*
**[09:29] Ku**
*No way.*
**[09:31] Ku**
* He's going head-to-head*
* against Tetsu-san, too.*
**[09:38] S1**
Smack it, Tetsu!
**[09:40] S2**
You've got this, Furuya!
**[09:42] Mi**
*Give me the pitch you got Todoroki with.*
**[09:45] Mi**
*If you can pitch it low, we've got this.*
**[09:49] Ku**
Runner!
**[10:01] S1**
He struck out Tetsu-san!
**[10:04] Sa**
No way, Furuya! It was a fluke!
**[10:06] Ka**
Wow! Nice and low!
**[10:06] [SONG] On-screen**
Jammed
a grounder
to third
**[10:08] Ka**
Best pitch today!
**[10:10] S1**
Yeah!
**[10:11] C1**
That's his fifth strikeout this game!
**[10:14] C2**
He's been going full throttle
since the second inning!
**[10:18] Yu**
*The splitter flashed for a second there.*
***SIGN*** Smile
**[10:23] [SONG] On-screen**
Heated
**[10:23] Mi**
* Thank goodness going all out*
* worked in our favor.*
**[10:27] Mi**
* He could've completely destroyed himself*
* with walks if we weren't lucky.*
**[10:32] Ka**
All right!
**[10:32] Ka**
We're back to the top of the lineup.
**[10:34] S1**
Let's do this, Kuramochi!
**[10:36] Ot**
The first and second-years
are looking energetic now.
**[10:38] Re**
Looks like Furuya-kun's pitching
has revitalized the team.
**[10:41] Oc**
*He's always been that level of player.*
**[10:45] Mi**
Kawakami, Sawamura!
**[10:47] Mi**
Make sure you guys can go in at any time!
**[10:51] Fu**
*I'm getting switched?*
**[10:52] Ka**
Okay—
***SIGN*** I'm ready!
**[10:54] Sa**
I can go now!
**[10:56] Mi**
Relax!
**[10:58] Mi**
It's not every day you get to
experience such a thrilling lineup.
**[11:01] Ku**
Hey.
**[11:02] Ku**
I understand Kawakami, but Sawamura, too?
**[11:06] Sa**
Don't look so disappointed.
***SIGN*** Ignore
**[11:09] Sa**
Good job!
**[11:10] Sa**
Good job, buddy!
**[11:13] Mi**
Yeah.
**[11:14] Mi**
I want him to experience this.
**[11:17] Mi**
He needs it for the future.
**[11:24] Mi**
*This summer break,*
**[11:26] Mi**
*nothing was going right,*
**[11:29] Mi**
*and my worries only grew by the day.*
**[11:34] Mi**
* But finding out about*
* the coach made things easier.*
**[11:41] Mi**
Let's win this fall.
**[11:46] Ma**
What are you saying?
**[11:48] Mi**
We don't have the
tournament schedule yet,
**[11:51] Mi**
and maybe it'll just put
more pressure on the team,
**[11:55] Mi**
but if we win in the fall,
**[11:58] Mi**
we'll go to the invitational.
**[12:08] Mi**
* I don't know if the coach*
* or the school decided it,*
**[12:15] Mi**
*but if we make nationals,*
**[12:18] Mi**
*he can't quit.*
**[12:31] C1**
There it is!
**[12:32] C2**
Kuramochi, nice batting!
**[12:36] Ku**
*Damn! He's nuts.*
**[12:38] Mi**
Let's follow up!
**[12:41] (Flashback) Mi**
...but if we make nationals,
**[12:45] (Flashback) Mi**
he can't quit.
**[12:47] S1**
*Win?*
**[12:50] Ma**
*It's not that easy.*
**[12:54] Sa**
*Nationals?*
**[12:57] Yu**
Steal!
**[12:59] Mi**
*After all the pickoffs?*
**[13:01] Mi**
*No way!*
**[13:05] Ku**
*Are you serious?*
**[13:08] Ku**
*Do you know just how hard*
**[13:11] Ku**
*and narrow the path is?*
**[13:16] Ku**
*It's way easier said than done.*
**[13:19] Ku**
*You should know that!*
**[13:25] Um**
Safe!
**[13:26] S1**
Nice steal!
**[13:28] C1**
Wow! A dive.
**[13:31] C2**
Nice move, Kuramochi.
**[13:33] Oc**
*His speed is useful.*
**[13:42] Ku**
*Damn!*
**[13:43] Ku**
* I don't like the feeling that*
* Miyuki is telling us what to do,*
**[13:48] Ku**
*but we don't have a choice.*
**[13:50] Ku**
*We've gotta do it!*
**[13:53] C1**
Kominato, follow up!
**[13:55] (Flashback) Ha**
It's our first and last chance
to make nationals together.
**[14:00] (Flashback) Ha**
I want to go to nationals.
**[14:03] Ha**
*I wanted to go with my brother.*
**[14:07] Ha**
*That goal is impossible now,*
**[14:14] Ha**
*but I'll go...*
**[14:17] Ha**
*...in his stead!*
**[14:25] C1**
Wow! He caught it!
**[14:29] Ku**
*That was close.*
**[14:35] Ry**
*You thought you had me?*
**[14:37] Ry**
*It's not that easy.*
**[14:43] S1**
One out! One out!
**[14:49] Um**
Strike!
**[14:51] C1**
Another strikeout!
**[14:55] S1**
Two outs!
**[14:56] S1**
Nice pitch, Tanba!
**[14:59] Mi**
Yeah, it was a really good pitch,
**[15:02] Mi**
but you've gotta swing the bat.
**[15:06] S1**
Damn it!
**[15:15] Mi**
*Man...*
**[15:17] Mi**
*His fastball's really fast today.*
**[15:24] (Flashback) Mi**
But no matter what
breaking ball you throw,
**[15:27] (Flashback) Mi**
it's the fastball
that brings it to life.
**[15:29] (Flashback) Mi**
Please don't ever forget that.
**[15:34] Mi**
*He's cornered, and he's smiling.*
**[15:37] Mi**
*Now, let's take out our bigmouth*
**[15:40] Mi**
*second-year.*
**[15:42] Ta**
*With this!*
**[15:48] (Flashback) Mi**
Following the same path as a fastball,
**[15:50] (Flashback) Mi**
it drops right in front of
the batter like a sinker.
**[15:56] Mi**
*To be honest,*
**[15:57] Mi**
* I didn't think it would be this amazing*
* until I caught it personally,*
**[16:00] Mi**
*Tanba-san.*
**[16:02] Ta**
*Damn! He saw it coming.*
**[16:11] Is**
*Damn it!*
**[16:13] Ku**
Yeah!
**[16:14] C1**
That's a run!
**[16:17] C2**
Miyuki got an RBI single!
**[16:19] C3**
The first and second-years
are coming back!
**[16:23] Ku**
The game's just getting started!
**[16:27] Fu**
You've got this, Furuya!
**[16:28] S1**
Let's go!
**[16:30] Mi**
*Thank goodness I hit that.*
**[16:33] Mi**
*I would've been a laughingstock, otherwise.*
**[16:40] Is**
Don't get cocky from a single run!
**[16:43] Is**
We're not that easy!
**[17:00] Um**
Out!
**[17:01] S1**
Nice!
**[17:02] C1**
Kominato's always at the right place.
**[17:04] C2**
They held the three, four,
and five-holes with one run.
**[17:08] S1**
Nice pitch!
**[17:10] S1**
Sawamura, let's drop the pace a little!
**[17:14] S1**
*He doesn't know if he'll even get to pitch.*
**[17:19] (Flashback) Mi**
If we win the fall,
we'll go to the invitational.
**[17:25] Ta**
All right!
**[17:26] Ry**
Nice work.
**[17:29] Sa**
*Going back in...*
**[17:32] Sa**
*...since I walked off that day.*
**[17:36] Sa**
*As I am now,*
**[17:40] Sa**
*how useful am I to the team?*
**[17:47] (Flashback) Ch**
You've only known to pitch offensively,
**[17:51] (Flashback) Ch**
but this was the pitch
I actually wanted you to learn.
**[17:57] Sa**
Kariba, let's go!
**[17:58] S1**
We're doing more?
***SIGN*** Top of 7th
***SIGN*** Bottom of 8th
**[18:29] C1**
Kawakami shut down
the seventh and eighth innings!
**[18:31] C2**
Looks like he's fully back!
**[18:33] Mi**
*Not even close.*
**[18:35] Mi**
* The outfielders are still doing*
* a lot of the work.*
**[18:38] Mi**
*In the end, he walked Tetsu-san, too.*
**[18:42] Mi**
*There's a difference between pitching low*
**[18:44] Mi**
*and running away.*
***SIGN*** Switched at bottom of fifth
***SIGN*** First, Second-Years Third-Years
**[18:50] C1**
They're just one run short after eight innings.
**[18:53] C1**
Not bad against the third-years.
**[18:55] C2**
Furuya and Kawakami are holding down
the third-years to three runs.
**[18:59] C1**
I don't mean to compare,
**[19:01] C1**
but we don't have the explosive
lineup like last year's, anymore.
**[19:13] To**
A home run!
**[19:15] Ka**
There it is!
**[19:16] Ka**
Zono-senpai's much-awaited hit!
**[19:20] Ry**
You had to give it away, didn't you?
**[19:24] Ka**
He's running so fast!
**[19:27] Ku**
Calm down, Zono!
**[19:29] Is**
*About time you hit like yourself.*
**[19:32] Is**
* You don't need to hit*
* to the right all the time.*
**[19:35] Is**
*Just swing the bat.*
**[19:38] Is**
*You're not like me.*
**[19:41] Is**
*You're a pull hitter.*
**[19:44] Is**
Why are you more surprised than anyone?
**[19:49] Is**
Stop crying!
**[19:53] Ka**
Nice batting, Zono-senpai!
**[19:55] Ku**
We've tied the game!
**[19:56] Ku**
Let's turn this around!
**[20:00] Mi**
Sawamura.
**[20:02] Mi**
You're in next inning.
**[20:05] S1**
You got your chance,
thanks to Zono-senpai's home run.
**[20:09] Mi**
I'm not gonna ask for any
inside pitches today.
**[20:13] Mi**
Let's focus on the outside.
**[20:21] Mi**
I just want to know one thing.
**[20:25] Mi**
As you are now,
**[20:27] Mi**
are you useful or not?
**[20:34] Um**
Three outs! Change!
**[20:37] Is**
We've still got it!
**[20:43] Mi**
Now, let's do this.
**[20:49] C1**
They're bringing out Sawamura now?
**[20:52] C2**
He may be an important southpaw,
**[20:54] C2**
but he's the one
who wrecked the Yakushi game.
**[21:00] Mi**
Chris.
**[21:04] Ha**
Eijun-kun, we've got your back!
**[21:07] Ku**
Focus on the first batter, Sawamura!
**[21:09] Ma**
One at a time!
**[21:12] Sa**
*Calm down.*
**[21:13] Sa**
* I've never had a large*
* repertoire to begin with.*
**[21:17] Sa**
*There're only a few things I can do.*
**[21:21] Sa**
*But...*
**[21:23] Sa**
*...that doesn't mean I can't do anything.*
**[21:26] Yu**
Coach! We're switching players!
**[21:31] Yu**
You guys had better be ready, too.
**[21:33] S1**
Of course.
**[21:35] S2**
We're ready any time.
**[21:36] Is**
We're deploying all of our lethal weapons!
**[21:39] Is**
You'd better be ready, Sawamura!
**[21:42] Mi**
Go take him out! No mercy!
**[21:44] Ch**
Yeah. Thanks.
**[21:51] Is**
Chris for pinch hitter! Take that!
**[22:01] Sa**
*Chris-senpai!*
**[23:35] Mi**
Sawamura.
**[23:36] Mi**
Giving him the best pitching you can do
**[23:39] Mi**
is the only way you can repay him.
**[23:41] Ch**
Standing in the box
made me realize, once again,
**[23:44] Ch**
what kind of pitcher you are.
**[23:46] Sa**
*Chris-senpai.*
**[23:47] Mi**
It doesn't matter
who we have to face.
**[23:49] Mi**
We're aiming for one thing
and one thing only.
**[23:51] Mi**
And everyone's ready to take the first step.
***SIGN*** In Pursuit
**[23:55] Sa**
Next time on *Ace of the Diamond*:
In Pursuit.
***SIGN***
***SIGN***