# E12 - Battery Debut!
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**[00:05] Ura**
Crap!
**[00:10] Dai**
*It's not over.*
**[00:12] Dai**
*If we stop him at first, the game's over.*
**[00:21] Kids**
All right!
**[00:29] Dai**
*What the...*
**[00:31] Dai**
*What... did I just do?*
**[00:36] Ump**
Play!
**[00:38] Dai**
*No.*
**[00:39] Dai**
*I can't do this!*
**[00:41] Dai**
*I'll never get over something like that!*
**[00:50] Ump**
Strike!
**[00:54] Hik**
What are you swinging at, Daigo-kun?
**[00:59] Hik**
Don't fall apart just because your
error allowed them to score.
**[01:03] Hik**
We'll never be able to form a battery
**[01:05] Hik**
if you have the mental fortitude
of a block of tofu, Daigo-kun.
**[01:09] Dai**
H-Hikaru?
**[02:45] Dai**
H-Hikaru?!
***SIGN*** Battery Debut!
**[02:48] Ump**
Come on, get back in the batter's box.
**[02:50] Dai**
Oh, uh, sorry.
**[02:57] Dai**
*Why in the world... is Hikaru here?*
**[03:04] Ump**
Ball!
**[03:05] Hik**
That's it.
**[03:06] Hik**
Good job!
**[03:07] Hik**
Keep your eye on the ball.
It's not that fast!
**[03:10] Coa**
That guy's so noisy. Who is he?
**[03:12] Mut**
Oh! It's Hikaru-kun!
**[03:15] Fuj**
Huh?
**[03:16] Coa**
What?
**[03:17] Coa**
Satou's here?
**[03:19] Mom**
Did you hear that?
**[03:21] Mom**
They just said Hikaru-kun was here.
**[03:23] Dad**
Yeah, looks like it.
**[03:27] Dad**
*So you came to cheer him on after all, Hikaru.*
**[03:35] Ump**
Strike two!
***SIGN*** Mifune Batting
Center
***SIGN*** Speed
***SIGN*** For both batting positions
**[03:40] Sign**
Right-handed
pitcher
***SIGN*** Home
run
**[03:45] (Flashback) Dad**
Okay.
**[03:46] (Flashback) Dad**
Looks like you're used to hitting
100 kmph pitches now.
**[03:49] (Flashback) Dad**
Let's try this one next.
***SIGN*** Speed
***SIGN*** For both batting positions
**[03:51] Sign**
Right-handed
pitcher
**[03:51] (Flashback) Dai**
Wait, why are we moving to slower balls?
**[03:55] (Flashback) Dad**
Stop flapping your gums and get in there.
**[03:58] (Flashback) Dai**
Uh, yes, sir.
**[04:02] (Flashback) Dai**
H-Huh?
**[04:03] (Flashback) Dad**
It's actually harder to hit a changeup
than it is to hit a 100 kmph fastball.
**[04:09] (Flashback) Dad**
For one thing, it arcs,
so your contact point is smaller.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Dad**
If you get impatient and lean into it,
your swing won't be as smooth.
**[04:19] (Flashback) Dad**
The changeup is a very basic pitch
and one you won't hit very far
**[04:23] (Flashback) Dad**
unless you've got your batting down.
**[04:26] Dai**
*Gotta be able to swing...*
**[04:29] Dai**
*...at any kind of pitch.*
**[04:43] Kids**
He did it!
**[04:50] Mut**
He's rounded first base!
**[04:51] Coa**
H-Hey, isn't that a bit risky?!
**[04:58] Ump**
Safe!
**[05:00] Guy**
That was a close one!
**[05:01] Mut**
Nice running, Shigeno-kun!
**[05:06] Hik**
Nice batting.
**[05:16] Ump**
Out!
**[05:17] Mom**
One out, a runner on third.
**[05:19] Dad**
Daigo-kun's demeanor has changed.
**[05:21] Mom**
Huh?
**[05:22] Dad**
That error was really weighing on
his mind, but when he saw Hikaru,
**[05:26] Dad**
he refocused on the task at hand.
**[05:30] Dai**
* Hikaru came all the way*
* here to cheer me on.*
**[05:36] (Flashback) Hik**
There's nothing wrong with
a little embarrassment.
**[05:39] (Flashback) Hik**
But it's definitely wrong to let potential
embarrassment get in the way of curiosity.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Hik**
Some day, for sure,
we're going to be an invincible battery!
**[05:50] Dai**
* Hikaru's the one who got*
* me back into baseball...*
**[05:57] Dai**
*It's time to show him what I can do now!*
**[06:01] Ump**
Safe!
**[06:03] Dai**
All right!
**[06:06] Mut**
Yes!
**[06:07] Fuj**
Five runs to four!
**[06:08] Coa**
We've taken the lead!
***SIGN*** Mifune
***SIGN*** Tanikawa
**[06:15] Ura**
All right, this time,
we're gonna stay in front!
**[06:18] All**
Yes!
**[06:19] Dai**
Three more outs and the game is ours!
**[06:22] All**
Yeah!
**[06:24] Dad**
Hikaru.
**[06:25] Hik**
Papa.
**[06:27] Dad**
Were you worried about him?
**[06:29] Hik**
Yeah.
**[06:31] Hik**
I was actually planning
on getting here earlier,
**[06:34] Hik**
but I showed up late on purpose
to avoid being put on the bench.
**[06:38] Dad**
I see.
**[06:40] Ump**
Play!
**[06:49] Ump**
Strike!
**[06:50] Dai**
*Please, Andy...*
**[06:52] Dai**
*Lock it down and end the game here.*
**[07:01] Dai**
Catcher!
**[07:05] Ura**
Fair!
**[07:06] Andy**
Don't get flustered, Urabe!
**[07:08] Andy**
You can still make it!
**[07:14] Guy**
Stop, stop!
**[07:16] Dai**
*Phew.*
**[07:18] And**
C'mon, man, what was that all about?
**[07:20] Ura**
My mask slipped.
**[07:22] And**
What?
**[07:23] And**
When getting the ball,
you take off the mask!
**[07:25] And**
That's an ironclad rule!
**[07:26] Ura**
Y-Yeah, so it is...
**[07:30] Coa**
I guess this setup's still new to them.
**[07:32] Guy**
Urabe's not used to
fielding as a catcher yet.
**[07:36] Hik**
No outs, a runner on first.
**[07:38] Dad**
This win won't come easy, that's for sure.
**[07:43] Andy**
*Damn. I won't let him get to second.*
**[07:51] Andy**
*Yes. I can make it!*
**[08:01] Ura**
Andy!
**[08:04] Ump**
Time out!
**[08:09] Ump**
Unfortunately, it looks like
you've hurt your calf muscle.
**[08:12] Ump**
You must've pulled it when you pivoted.
**[08:17] Ump**
It needs icing, and he needs to
go to the hospital right away.
**[08:20] Ump**
Please put in a relief pitcher.
**[08:22] Ura**
A relief pitcher?
**[08:24] Mut**
You say that, but...
**[08:26] Fuj**
I'll take Andy to the hospital.
**[08:29] Coach**
O-Okay.
**[08:30] Andy**
I'm sorry.
**[08:32] Andy**
Good luck.
**[08:33] Fuj**
You're heavy.
**[08:34] Andy**
Sorry.
**[08:35] Coa**
We've got no choice.
**[08:36] Coa**
You'll have to pitch, Matsubara.
**[08:38] Mat**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[08:51] Dad**
This is really bad. He has to pitch with
no outs and runners on first and second?
**[08:58] Dad**
Hikaru.
**[09:01] Dad**
If they let you pitch, would you want to?
**[09:07] Ump**
Play!
**[09:13] Ump**
Ball!
**[09:14] Ura**
*This won't work. He's a chicken.*
**[09:17] Ura**
* He hasn't gotten a single strike*
* since he started warming up.*
**[09:22] Ump**
Ball two.
**[09:25] Ump**
Ball three.
**[09:36] Coa**
I knew it. Matsubara can't
handle the pressure.
**[09:39] Dad**
Tashiro-san.
**[09:42] Ump**
Ball!
**[09:43] Ump**
Ball four!
**[09:45] Kids**
Yes!
**[09:46] ---**
Bases loaded with no outs!
**[09:51] Ura**
It's over.
**[09:53] Dai**
*Damn it.*
**[09:54] Dai**
*We're gonna lose all because of my error.*
**[09:58] Coa**
Time out!
**[09:59] Coa**
We're switching pitchers!
**[10:05] Coa**
Number 15,
**[10:07] Coa**
Satou Hikaru.
**[10:13] Dai**
*H-Hikaru's pitching?*
**[10:28] Ura**
Wh-What the hell?!
**[10:35] Dai**
Hikaru's allowed to play?
**[10:38] Dad**
* I asked the manager to name you*
* on the bench for this game.*
**[10:43] Dad**
* It's not breaking any*
* tournament rules, either.*
**[10:46] Dad**
*Go tear it up out there!*
**[10:49] Hik**
Good job!
**[10:51] Hik**
Don't worry.
**[10:52] Hik**
You can leave everything to me.
**[10:54] Dai**
B-But you're...
**[10:56] Ura**
Hey, what's going on here?
**[10:58] Ura**
You quit the team, so how come
you're allowed to play?
**[11:02] Hik**
Apparently, you can play if you're on the
team roster before the tournament begins.
**[11:06] Hik**
I might've moved away,
but I'm still officially a Dolphins' player.
**[11:10] Ura**
Wh-What?
**[11:12] Hik**
Well, I didn't show up thinking I'd be playing,
**[11:14] Hik**
but the team's in a tight spot,
so I figured, what the hell.
**[11:17] Ura**
Easy for you to say!
**[11:20] Ura**
We're only one run ahead,
with no outs and bases loaded.
**[11:22] Ura**
If they get one more hit, it's over!
**[11:25] Ura**
And what's more, you have zero control!
**[11:27] Ura**
I won't let you just waltz in here
with your "hero of the hour" spiel,
**[11:30] Ura**
only for you to lose the game for us!
**[11:36] Coa**
Urabe.
**[11:38] Coa**
I gave him the go-ahead.
**[11:40] Coa**
We don't have any other usable pitchers.
**[11:43] Coa**
All we can do is put our faith
in Satou and let him pitch.
**[11:47] Mat**
O-Okay, here you go.
**[11:49] Mat**
To tell you the truth,
I'm about to throw up.
**[11:52] Hik**
Okay.
**[11:55] Ura**
*Damn it!*
**[11:57] Ura**
* My junior baseball career's going to end*
* with this farce of a game?*
**[12:04] Dai**
*Hikaru.*
**[12:12] (Flashback) ---**
Hikaru.
**[12:15] (Flashback) Dai**
If they let you pitch, would you want to?
**[12:20] (Flashback) Hik**
N-No.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Hik**
I couldn't just walk on the field
and butt in on their tournament.
**[12:25] (Flashback) Hik**
I'm not a part of the team anymore.
**[12:28] (Flashback) Hik**
It'd make everyone mad.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Dad**
Fine.
**[12:32] (Flashback) Dad**
Then, all you have to do is
dig them out of this hole.
**[12:37] (Flashback) Dad**
If you help them now,
they'll accept you as a teammate again.
**[12:43] (Flashback) Dad**
Be honest. You've been itching
to get up on that mound.
**[12:46] (Flashback) Dad**
You even have your glove
in your backpack, didn't you?
**[12:50] (Flashback) Dad**
I learned that you'd been practicing
even after the move back then.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Dad**
When we met up in Gunma
and I caught one of your pitches,
**[12:59] (Flashback) Dad**
that's when I knew for sure.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Dad**
With that kind of pitch, I'm sure you'll
live up to everyone's expectations!
**[13:14] Ura**
Ouch!
**[13:20] Mut**
Wow!
**[13:22] Hik**
My control's gotten better,
wouldn't you say, Manager?
**[13:26] Coa**
Y-Yeah...
**[13:28] Coa**
* His form and control have improved,*
* and his pitches are even faster than before.*
**[13:33] Hik**
You okay, Tobe-kun?
**[13:35] Hik**
Keep your eye on the ball.
**[13:38] Ura**
Shut up!
**[13:39] Ura**
And my name's Urabe!
**[13:42] Ura**
* Tch. I was so busy being pissed off,*
* I forgot to pay attention to the pitch.*
**[13:56] Dai**
*Hikaru.*
**[13:59] Dai**
*That guy...*
**[14:01] Ura**
*Are you freakin' serious?*
**[14:03] Ura**
* That ball was so fast,*
* I couldn't even see it!*
**[14:07] Hik**
Come on! You're meant to catch it!
**[14:10] Ura**
I can't do it!
**[14:15] Coa**
H-Hey!
**[14:16] Coa**
Stop joking around! We don't have
anyone else who can play catcher!
**[14:22] Hik**
Manager.
**[14:23] Coa**
Huh?
**[14:25] Coa**
What is it, Daigo?
**[14:27] Dai**
Uh, do you want me to play catcher?
**[14:31] Coa**
What?
**[14:32] Dai**
I mean, I want to catch.
**[14:34] Dai**
Please let me take his place.
**[14:41] Mut**
Those two as a battery...
**[14:45] Coa**
We're switching catchers.
**[14:47] Coa**
Number 13, Shigeno Daigo.
**[14:51] Mom**
Daigo.
**[15:09] Dai**
*We didn't exchange any words.*
**[15:12] Dai**
* I wanted to say something,*
* but it was too awkward.*
**[15:20] Dai**
*Hikaru probably felt the same way.*
**[15:28] Dai**
*But that was enough.*
**[15:35] Coa**
What's going on?
**[15:36] Coa**
Daigo's catching those monster pitches
without even batting an eyelid.
**[15:40] Mut**
Shigeno-kun's been practicing
his catching for a long time now,
**[15:44] Mut**
all so he can catch Hikaru's pitches.
**[15:46] Coa**
I didn't know that.
**[15:49] Dad**
I didn't think he'd straight up volunteer to
put himself in the firing line now, though.
**[15:54] Dad**
This is a pretty intense situation
for the debut of your battery.
**[15:59] Dad**
No outs, bases loaded.
**[16:01] Dad**
If they make just one mistake,
the game is tied.
**[16:05] Ump**
Play!
**[16:08] Hik**
*I've waited forever for this moment...*
**[16:12] (Flashback) Hik**
See ya, Daigo-kun!
**[16:15] (Flashback) Dai**
Hey!
**[16:18] (Flashback) Dai**
Tomorrow's practice session
will be our battery debut!
**[16:22] Hik**
* The moment when Daigo-kun*
* catches my all-out pitches!*
**[16:32] Ump**
Strike!
**[16:34] ---**
Nice throw!
**[16:36] Tas**
Time out!
**[16:41] Coa**
You can't use such a big windup
in this situation.
**[16:43] Coa**
The bases are loaded.
**[16:44] Coa**
If you're not careful,
the runner on third will steal home!
**[16:48] Coa**
Just pitch from the set.
**[16:50] Hik**
Ah, but...
**[16:53] Hik**
What's the "set"?
**[16:55] Hik**
Like when ramen comes
with fried rice, you mean?
**[16:59] Coa**
You *cannot* be serious!
**[17:01] Dai**
Hikaru, he's talking about the set position!
**[17:04] Hik**
Oh... Oh! The set *position!*
**[17:07] Hik**
I know what that is.
I read about it in a book.
**[17:10] Coa**
You sure you're gonna be okay?!
**[17:12] Hik**
Yeah!
**[17:13] Hik**
Pitch from the set, right?
**[17:15] Hik**
Gotcha.
**[17:17] Hik**
Roger!
**[17:19] Coa**
Anyway, I'm counting on you.
**[17:23] Dai**
Have you ever practiced
pitching from the set position?
**[17:26] Dai**
If you get it wrong, they'll call a balk
and the runner will score.
**[17:30] Hik**
It's fine, it's fine!
**[17:32] Hik**
I mean, I don't have a choice, right?
**[17:36] Ump**
Play!
**[17:37] Dai**
*Read it in a book, he says...*
**[17:39] Dai**
*Is he going to manage this?*
**[17:42] Hik**
* So I think you've got to put your foot*
* sideways against the plate.*
**[17:47] Hik**
*You then put both hands up in front of you,*
**[17:49] Hik**
*and stand still for two or three seconds.*
**[17:53] Hik**
*Yeah, I think that covers it.*
**[18:00] Ump**
Ball!
**[18:03] Dad**
Well, it looks like he's
at least avoided the balk.
**[18:05] Coa**
Yeah.
**[18:11] Ump**
Ball two!
**[18:13] Dad**
But it obviously doesn't come naturally,
and his speed and accuracy have dropped.
**[18:18] Mut**
Oh, no.
**[18:20] Dai**
*This is bad.*
**[18:21] Dai**
*He's not used to pitching from the set.*
**[18:25] Dai**
*But he can't go back to the windup, either.*
**[18:37] Dai**
*It's over.*
**[18:39] Kid**
Catcher!
**[18:45] Tas**
We got lucky with that bounce.
**[18:47] Dad**
It bounced because
the juniors use a softer ball.
**[18:49] Dad**
But I don't think we can
rely on that happening again.
**[18:52] Hik**
I'm really sorry!
**[18:54] Ura**
Hey!
**[18:55] Ura**
Satou, your control's as bad
as it always was!
**[18:58] Ura**
That's three balls now!
**[19:00] Ura**
Throw a strike already!
**[19:05] Coa**
We can't take any more timeouts, either.
**[19:08] Mut**
At this rate, we'll walk a runner home.
**[19:11] Dad**
We didn't anticipate that he hadn't
practiced pitching from the set.
**[19:16] Dai**
Hikaru, return to your
normal style of pitching!
**[19:19] Dai**
Just do it a bit quicker!
**[19:22] Dai**
Go back to the windup!
**[19:25] Mut**
Daigo-kun, are you serious?
**[19:28] Coa**
What if they steal home?
**[19:30] Dad**
No.
**[19:31] Dad**
Even on a windup,
**[19:33] Dad**
stealing home would require
some serious guts.
**[19:37] Dad**
No outs, bases loaded.
**[19:39] Dad**
The other team won't want to let
this chance slip away from them.
**[19:44] Dad**
Given that he couldn't throw
strikes from the set,
**[19:47] Dad**
Daigo-kun's probably made the right call.
**[19:55] Ump**
Strike!
**[19:57] Coa**
Yes!
**[19:59] Mut**
Three-two.
**[20:00] Mut**
Full count!
**[20:04] Ump**
Strike! Out!
**[20:06] Mut**
He did it! A strikeout!
**[20:08] Dai**
Okay! One out!
**[20:11] Dad**
One out, bases loaded.
**[20:13] Dad**
In this situation, they might
actually go for the steal.
**[20:17] Coa**
Yeah, but countering it
probably isn't possible,
**[20:20] Coa**
because they're such an
inexperienced battery.
**[20:23] Coa**
Instead of making them worry
by firing information at them,
**[20:27] Coa**
we have to hope that Hikaru's monster
pitches will make any squeeze attempt fail.
**[20:31] Ura**
It's a squeeze!
**[20:33] Hik**
*What?*
**[20:37] Hik**
*Oh, crap!*
**[20:39] Dad**
A wild pitch!
**[20:43] (Flashback) Mom**
Don't close your eyes.
**[20:45] (Flashback) Mom**
Keep your eye on the ball.
**[20:49] (Flashback) Dad**
Don't be scared of it!
**[20:50] (Flashback) Dad**
A catcher uses his body to stop the ball!
**[20:57] Mut**
He stopped it!
**[20:59] Kid**
Move!
**[21:11] Ump**
Out!
**[21:14] Coa**
All right!
**[21:15] Mut**
Yes!
**[21:18] Mom**
Daigo!
**[21:20] Ura**
Good one, Shigeno!
**[21:22] Hik**
Is your hand okay, Daigo-kun?
**[21:25] Dai**
It's totally fine.
**[21:27] Dai**
We just need one more out.
**[21:30] Dad**
*I wasn't expecting that.*
**[21:32] Dad**
* That play was courageous, especially*
* as it's his first time wearing the mask.*
**[21:36] Kids**
Two outs!
**[21:38] Kids**
Let's finish this!
**[21:39] Dad**
* He might have the most*
* important thing a catcher needs.*
**[21:50] Ump**
Strike!
**[21:52] Ump**
Strike! Out!
**[21:54] Ump**
That's game!
**[22:03] Hik**
*We won.*
**[22:05] Dai**
Hikaru!
**[22:07] Hik**
*We were able to win because of Daigo-kun!*
**[22:17] Hik**
* And now, I finally feel like*
* I'm part of the Dolphins!*
**[22:22] Coa**
Finally... finally...
***SIGN*** Mifune
***SIGN*** Tanikawa
**[22:25] All**
Thank you for the game!
**[24:00] Dai**
Yes!
**[24:01] Dai**
We made it past the first round!
**[24:03] Dai**
Hikaru and I made our battery debut, too!
**[24:06] Dai**
We can't rest on our laurels, though.
**[24:09] Dai**
We've got so much work to do before
next week's second-round matchup.
**[24:13] Dai**
Which reminds me... Sakura's spent
the whole time sitting on the bench.
**[24:17] Dai**
Is that really okay?
***SIGN*** Mutsuko's Melancholy
**[24:19] Dai**
Next time: "Mutsuko's Melancholy."
**[24:22] Dai**
Run to the stage of your dreams!