E22 - Ace on the Mound

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[00:03] ---
    Strike!
[00:05] Dai
    If she stands that far forward, bunting
    for a base hit is out of the question.
[00:09] Dai
    I have no choice but to swing.
[00:17] Ump
    Strike two!
[00:23] Izu
    Hey! Snap out of it Daigo!
[00:28] Izu
    Quit swinging like you're hot stuff!
[00:30] Izu
    You can't do things you haven't
    practiced, John Doe #28!
[00:35] Dai
    S-Sis?
[00:40] Dai
    Yeah. She's right!
[00:43] Dai
    When your back's against the wall,
[00:46] Dai
    stick to what you're most comfortable with!
[00:49] Wat
    What?!
[00:56] Wat
    Michiru!
[01:01] Ump
    Safe!
[02:35] Ari
    Nice one, Daigo!
SIGN    Ace on the Mound
[02:38] Kao
    Daigo's playing well!
[02:39] Kao
    You can only pull off a two-strike bunt
    if you're brimming with confidence.
[02:44] Izu
    That's literally all he
    practiced with Urabe-kun.
[02:47] Izu
    Guess he needs to thank me
    for the advice I gave him.
[02:49] Kao
    You're so...
SIGN    Pitcher
SIGN    Urabe Hayato
[02:51] Ann
    Batting third, pitcher, Urabe-kun.
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    Catcher Mayumura Wataru
[02:55] Wat
    Didn't think he had the guts
    to try a two-strike bunt.
[02:58] Wat
    Rats! They got us!
[03:00] Mic
    One out, runners on first and third.
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    First base
    Mayumura Michiru
[03:03] Mic
    We might be two runs ahead,
    but you've gotta stay sharp, Wataru!
SIGN    Mifune Dolphins
SIGN    Manager Tashiro
[03:12] Mic
    It's a squeeze play!
[03:20] Ump
    Safe!
[03:21] Ump
    Safe!
[03:22] All
    Yeah!
[03:25] Dai
    Nice one, Urabe!
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    Pitcher Komatsu
[03:30] Txt
    What are you playing at, Wataru?!
[03:32] Txt
    I can't believe we've let them pull off
    two squeeze plays in one game!
[03:35] Txt
    It was common sense there to
    waste one and see what they do!
[03:38] Txt
    Shigeno-kun punished us
    with that two-strike bunt,
[03:40] Txt
    but we're wobbling right now!
[03:50] Txt
    Snap out of it, Mister Shot Caller!
[03:52] Txt
    We're only up one run,
    and their cleanup's next!
[03:54] Txt
    Do you want to lose?!
[03:57] ---
    Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.
SIGN    Catcher
SIGN    Suzuki Andy
[04:02] Wat
    I can't believe I let my nerves
    get the better of me.
[04:08] Ump
    Ball!
[04:09] Wat
    They're starting to drift high.
[04:12] Wat
    Komatsu's reached his limit.
[04:14] Wat
    I should've told the bullpen to warm up.
[04:17] Wat
    No, this team's cleanup and fifth
    hitter would overpower them.
[04:23] Wat
    Komatsu will just have to
    tough it out for now.
[04:30] Fuj
    All right! It got through!
[04:32] Tak
    Run!
[04:40] Ump
    Safe!
[04:42] Mut
    We did it!
SIGN    Right field
SIGN    Mifune Dolphins
SIGN    Sakura Mutsuko
SIGN    Coach Fujii
[04:43] Tas
    We tied the game!
[04:45] Kao
    Awesome!
[04:47] Wat
    Time out, please.
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[04:54] Wat
    Manager Inui.
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    Manager Inui
[05:00] Dai
    What's going on?
[05:03] Inu
    Then, who will start for us tomorrow?
[05:06] Inu
    It's not like you to let
    a lead slip in this manner.
[05:10] Wat
    I'm sorry.
[05:12] Inu
    Oh well. It's a good learning experience.
[05:15] Inu
    And tomorrow will be
    irrelevant if we lose today.
[05:20] Wat
    Michiru.
[05:22] Wat
    I've okayed it with the manager.
[05:24] Wat
    You're pitching.
[05:27] Ann
    Lineup change for the Touto Boys.
[05:32] Ann
    The pitcher, Komatsu-kun, will be replaced
    by first basewoman, Mayumura Michiru-san.
[05:38] Ann
    Komatsu-kun will replace her on first base.
[05:47] Dai
    Their ace has arrived...
[05:52] Ann
    Batting fifth, center field, Satou-kun.
SIGN    Center field
SIGN    Satou Hikaru
[05:59] Ump
    Play!
[06:07] Ump
    Strike!
[06:08] Izu
    That's crazy fast!
[06:09] Kao
    So she's their ace!
[06:11] Gra
    A left-handed sidearm.
    That'll be hard to hit.
[06:20] Gra
    Foul!
[06:21] Hik
    The line that ball took was nuts...
[06:23] Hik
    I was sure it'd be a strike,
    but it veered off to the inside!
[06:27] Mic
    Huh. He managed to get something on it.
[06:36] Ump
    Foul!
[06:38] Mut
    So close!
[06:39] Wat
    This guy...
[06:41] Wat
    He's already tucking his arms in so that
    his swing meets the flight of the ball.
[06:46] Mic
    So annoying!
[06:50] Ump
    Foul!
[06:51] Ura
    He's something else! He's even
    keeping up with Michiru's pitches!
[06:55] Dai
    You're doing great, Hikaru!
[06:57] Mut
    You can hit these, Hikaru-kun!
[06:59] Inu
    An unexpected switch to pitching.
[07:02] Inu
    Looks like she's still
    adjusting to being up there.
[07:04] Inu
    She's not quite in the zone yet.
[07:07] Inu
    If you include her practice pitches,
    she's thrown more than ten balls now.
[07:11] Inu
    Her arm should have warmed up by now.
[07:18] Ump
    Strike! Out!
[07:29] Ump
    Strike!
[07:33] Ump
    Strike! Out!
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[07:37] Kim
    Still tied.
[07:39] Kat
    That was a real chance...
[07:42] Dai
    We caught up, but this is
    where it gets really tough.
[07:45] Dai
    Getting runs off her won't be easy.
[07:48] Dai
    We can't afford to give up any runs, either.
[07:50] Wat
    Manager, I apologize for
    getting us into this situation.
[07:55] Wat
    Please send us signs for
    the final three innings.
[08:00] Inu
    All right.
[08:02] Inu
    The Mifune Dolphins.
[08:04] Inu
    They were completely off my radar,
    but they've backed us into a corner.
[08:10] Inu
    Shigeno and Satou only joined the
    team right before this tournament.
[08:14] Inu
    The children of the two hopefuls
    who clawed their way up
[08:17] Inu
    from Kaidou Academy's third team
    to the heady heights of the Majors.
[08:22] Inu
    Let's see if they can
    live up to their namesakes.
[08:28] Ann
    Bottom of the fifth, Touto Boys to bat.
    Batting third, center field, Yue-kun.
[08:32] Inu
    Yue, hang on a minute.
[08:35] Inu
    Their battery will probably adjust their
    strategy based on our previous games.
[08:41] Inu
    They probably know how good
    you are at hitting inside balls.
[08:45] Inu
    So don't swing at any inside balls that
    look wayward. They're just padding.
[08:50] Yue
    Y-Yes, sir!
[08:56] Ump
    Ball two!
[08:57] And
    We can't bait this guy.
[09:00] Inu
    They will bait you on the inside and try
    to get you with lower outside balls.
[09:04] Inu
    Go for those.
[09:11] All
    All right!
[09:12] All
    We got a runner on base!
[09:14] Ann
    Batting fourth, catcher, Mayumura-kun.
[09:18] And
    Damn it! We let a runner get
    on base in front of Mayumura.
[09:21] And
    With no outs and a runner on first,
    we can't walk him, either.
[09:25] Ura
    I won't let you get a hit!
    I will hold the line here!
[09:29] Wat
    This is the most pathetic game
    I've had since I put on the mask.
[09:34] Wat
    How dare you embarrass me...
[09:37] Wat
    I'm going to pay you back with my bat!
[09:41] Ump
    Strike!
[09:44] Wat
    Damn. That would have been a ball.
[09:50] Wat
    Huh?! A sacrifice bunt?!
[09:52] Wat
    T-Time out, please!
[09:57] Wat
    Manager.
[09:58] Wat
    I'm sorry, but did you just
    give me the wrong sign?
[10:01] Inu
    I gave you the sign for a sacrifice bunt.
[10:03] Inu
    Is something wrong?
[10:06] Inu
    You're wondering why a cleanup
    would have to play a sacrifice bunt.
[10:10] Inu
    I sent that sign because, after seeing your
    swing just now, I know you won't get a hit.
[10:15] Mic
    Manager!
[10:16] Inu
    Wataru.
[10:17] Inu
    Calling the shots alone does not
    mean you're playing baseball alone.
[10:22] Inu
    You thought you could beat a team
    where everyone's pulling together?
[10:29] Inu
    Forget about the instruction to bunt.
[10:31] Inu
    Just go out there.
[10:32] Inu
    You know what to do, don't you?
[10:34] Wat
    Yes, sir!
[10:37] Ump
    Play!
[10:44] Ump
    Ball!
[10:45] And
    What's this?
[10:46] And
    I don't like the way he turned that down.
[10:50] And
    Watch out, Urabe.
[10:52] And
    Don't go easy on this guy!
[10:55] Wat
    I don't need a big hit.
[10:59] Wat
    Just to follow up!
[11:02] Wat
    It got through!
[11:03] Mic
    No outs, runners on first and second!
[11:05] Ura
    Crap.
[11:07] Ann
    Batting fifth, right field, Kouzaka-kun.
[11:20] And
    First!
[11:21] Ura
    I won't let you!
[11:23] Ump
    Safe!
[11:26] Ura
    S-Sorry.
[11:31] Mic
    All right!
[11:32] Kom
    No outs and bases loaded!
[11:39] Dai
    Crap. We'd just caught up, too...
[11:43] Ann
    Batting sixth, left field, Kotouge-kun.
[11:51] Coa
    Go!
[11:54] Ump
    Safe!
[11:55] Wat
    All right! We've got the lead!
[12:01] Kao
    D-Don't worry about it!
[12:04] Ann
    Batting seventh, third base, Nakamura-kun.
[12:07] Tas
    It's only one run!
[12:09] Tas
    Don't let it get to you!
[12:10] Tas
    Stay sharp, battery!
[12:12] And
    You say that, Manager,
    but that run was a killer.
[12:17] And
    Taking two runs off Mayumura Michiru is...
[12:29] Ura
    Out!
[12:31] And
    My bad. I totally wasn't ready for that.
[12:36] Hir
    Nice running!
[12:37] Yue
    A squeeze play right back at 'em!
[12:39] Mic
    That's two runs we've bagged as a team.
[12:41] Mic
    This is huge!
[12:43] Mic
    The game's definitely
    turned in our favor now!
[12:47] Mic
    With our brilliant manager
    and the players we've got,
[12:50] Mic
    there's no way we can lose this!
[12:56] Ump
    Out!
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[12:58] Ump
    Three outs! Change sides!
[13:08] Ura
    I'm so sorry, guys.
[13:10] Ura
    You all gave it everything to get us
    within touching distance, and yet...
[13:14] Ura
    I'm so very sorry.
[13:16] Dai
    Wh-What are you talking about?!
[13:18] Dai
    It's not over yet!
[13:20] Dai
    We can still get those two runs back!
[13:22] Dai
    We can't give up now, guys!
[13:24] Ari
    Y-Yeah, you're right!
[13:26] Kim
    Right! It's time to attack!
[13:30] Ump
    Strike! Out!
[13:35] Fuj
    Three outs...
[13:37] Dai
    She's struck out five people in a row.
[13:40] Dai
    How are we going to get any runs off her?
[13:51] Ump
    Ball.
[13:52] Ump
    Ball four.
[14:00] Fuj
    They got another run.
[14:10] And
    Right field!
[14:16] Ump
    Out!
[14:17] Ump
    Three outs. Change sides!
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[14:21] Wat
    All right. It's the final inning.
[14:23] Wat
    Let's wrap this up!
[14:24] All
    Yeah!
[14:25] Gramp
    That insurance run put
    them even further ahead.
[14:28] Gramp
    It's a three-run gap now.
[14:29] Izu
    Yeah, it was never going to be easy.
[14:32] Izu
    This team can't be beaten with just luck.
[14:37] Tas
    You guys have been great out there.
[14:39] Tas
    I'll be honest: I didn't think we'd hold
    out against Touto as well as we have.
[14:44] Tas
    It won't be easy to score
    three runs off that pitcher,
[14:47] Tas
    but since this is the final inning,
[14:49] Tas
    just go out and swing with no regrets!
[14:51] All
    Yes, sir!
[14:53] Txt
    Shortstop
SIGN    Kimura
[14:54] Ann
    Batting first, shortstop. Kimura-kun.
[14:57] Wat
    Three left.
[15:04] Ump
    Strike!
[15:07] Coa
    Nagai.
[15:09] Coa
    If we get to two outs, you're pinch-hitting.
[15:11] Coa
    Get ready.
SIGN    Nagai
[15:13] Nag
    Y-Yessir!
[15:20] Dai
    It's not over yet.
[15:22] Dai
    If we can hang on until Hikaru's turn,
    three runs isn't impossible.
[15:29] Ump
    Strike! Out!
[15:30] Ann
    Batting second, left field, Shigeno-kun.
[15:40] Dai
    After I bunted three times,
    they're not taking any chances.
[15:45] Dai
    I really have to swing this time.
[15:47] Dai
    I need to get on base, no matter what!
[15:50] Ura
    If Shigeno falls now, they'll put Nagai in
    to bat instead of me, and the game's over.
[15:55] Ura
    Looks like the mountain known as
    Touto was steeper than I thought.
[16:01] Ump
    Strike!
[16:06] Tas
    Mayumura Michiru has struck
    six people out since they put her in.
[16:11] Tas
    If Satou's the only one who
    can even graze her pitches,
[16:13] Tas
    there's not much we can do.
[16:15] Ura
    In the end, we lost because
    they managed to hit my pitches.
[16:19] Ura
    I just want to get outta here now.
[16:25] Ump
    Ball!
[16:26] Wat
    He's got a good eye.
[16:28] Wat
    Or maybe he just couldn't swing in time?
[16:32] Wat
    Let's give him one more ball
    to make sure which it is.
[16:39] Ump
    Ball!
[16:41] Wat
    Damn...
[16:42] Wat
    He's actually reading them.
[16:45] Hik
    Good job, Daigo-kun!
[16:47] Kat
    Nice, nice!
[16:48] Wom
    Wow, he's got the measure of those pitches!
[16:52] Izu
    He was practicing bunts until
    sundown with Urabe-kun,
[16:54] Izu
    simulating all those
    left-handed sidearm throws.
[16:59] Izu
    I guess he's just not as scared
    of her pitches than the others.
[17:04] Izu
    Well, whatever. Just 'cause he can judge
    them, doesn't mean he can hit them.
[17:08] Dai
    I need to get on base!
[17:11] Dai
    I don't want this to be over yet!
[17:15] Ump
    Foul, foul!
[17:16] Dai
    I actually touched it!
[17:24] Ump
    Foul.
[17:25] Aru
    You're hitting them!
[17:26] Sak
    Hit it, Shigeno-kun!
[17:29] Ura
    Hey, now...
[17:33] Ura
    Stop it. Just stop, already!
[17:36] Ura
    Why are you still fighting so hard?!
[17:38] Ura
    We already know they've won!
[17:39] Ura
    Just let the game end already!
[17:45] Ump
    Foul, foul!
[17:47] Wat
    Damn!
[17:52] Mich
    He couldn't even get near them before.
[17:54] Mich
    What's going on here?
[18:00] Ump
    Ball!
[18:01] Ump
    Three balls, two strikes!
[18:03] Kao
    All right! It's a full count!
[18:08] Wat
    Straight down the middle.
[18:09] Wat
    Don't let him walk.
[18:11] Wat
    He's struggling to even touch them.
    There's no way he'll get a proper hit!
[18:17] Ump
    Ball!
[18:18] Ump
    Ball four!
[18:22] Tas
    All right!
[18:23] Fuj
    Nice eye!
[18:26] Ann
    Batting third, pitcher. Urabe-kun.
[18:28] Nag
    Guess I'm staying on the bench for now.
[18:31] Izu
    Go get 'em, Urabe-kun!
[18:35] Dai
    Come on, Urabe!
[18:38] Ura
    What the hell?
[18:40] Ura
    I can't believe that idiot
    actually got on base.
[18:43] Ura
    He's just a beginner.
[18:45] Ura
    He refuses to give up and
    doesn't know when to quit.
[18:56] Ump
    Foul!
[18:57] Ura
    No, because he's a beginner,
    he doesn't understand how strong Touto are.
[19:01] Ura
    But you get it now, right?
[19:06] Ump
    Strike!
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[19:07] Ura
    We can catch up to them, time and again,
    but they'll just keep on pulling ahead!
[19:12] Ura
    When you find out that their lineup, their
    training, and everything else is a cut above,
[19:17] Ura
    it should crush you straight away!
[19:19] Ura
    It really should!
[19:20] Ura
    And yet, still...
[19:28] (Flashback) Ura
    I can't keep playing for the Touto Boys.
[19:33] (Flashback) Ura
    As long as he's there,
    I'll never be the ace.
[19:36] (Flashback) Ura
    I want to join another team and defeat him.
[19:40] (Flashback) And
    Oh, so that's why.
[19:41] (Flashback) And
    Then, I'll come with you to the Dolphins.
[19:55] Ura
    You really don't know when to give up!
[19:57] Ura
    You third-rate "second!"
[20:15] Ump
    Safe! Safe!
[20:17] Coa
    Yeah!
[20:19] Moto
    Urabe followed it up!
[20:20] Matsu
    One out, runners on first and second!
[20:24] Ura
    I guess I don't know when to give up, either.
[20:28] Wat
    They're hanging on.
[20:30] Wat
    They're hoping to get one more chance.
[20:34] Wat
    Whatever. Your pitching's good.
[20:37] Wat
    It was sheer luck that he hit it at
    an angle that kept it in fair territory.
[20:42] Ann
    Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.
[20:44] Wat
    Just don't give up a homer.
[20:46] Wat
    If we get these next
    two out, victory is ours.
[20:49] Mich
    Okay!
[20:53] Ump
    Play!
[20:58] Ump
    Strike!
[21:02] And
    They're even more impressive up close.
[21:05] Fuj
    Oh, right. Those pitches are one thing for
    a right-hander, but for a lefty like Andy...
[21:10] Coa
    Yeah. He probably feels like the pitches
    are coming from behind him.
[21:16] Ump
    Strike two!
[21:19] Wat
    Good! We've got them now!
[21:22] And
    That second run we conceded in the fifth
[21:24] And
    was my fault because I wasn't
    watching for the squeeze play.
[21:27] And
    I made the mistake. Now, I have
    to make up for it with my bat!
[21:32] Ump
    Foul!
[21:33] Kat
    Good job!
SIGN    Second base
SIGN    Katsumata
SIGN    First base
SIGN    Matsubara
[21:34] Matsu
    Go!
[21:35] Ura
    Hit it, Andy!
[21:38] And
    I joined the Dolphins to
    defeat the Touto Boys.
[21:41] And
    Our entire team has pulled
    together to create this chance.
[21:44] And
    If I don't live up to
    everyone's expectations here,
[21:47] And
    I can't call myself a cleanup hitter!
[21:53] Wat
    Wh-What?!
[21:55] Ura
    Yes!
[21:57] Dai
    Awesome!
[21:59] Taka
    Stop, stop!
[22:06] Wat
    Bases... loaded?
[22:10] Ann
    Batting fifth, center field. Satou-kun.
[22:18] Mich
    Last time, he hit a line-drive homer off
    Komatsu's fastball and got us good.
[22:24] Mich
    But I won't let you get
    any more hits, Satou Hikaru!
[24:00] Dai
    The final inning. One out, and bases loaded.
[24:03] Dai
    Everybody's hearts came
    together to create this chance.
[24:06] Dai
    We have to catch up here or it's over!
[24:08] Dai
    Hikaru, please, hit it!
[24:10] Dai
    But the pitch their ace,
    Mayumura Michiru, throws is...
[24:15] Dai
    The game against the Touto
    Boys is about to be decided!
SIGN    The Hit of Destiny
[24:19] Dai
    Next time: "The Hit of Destiny."
[24:21] Dai
    Run to the stage of your dreams!