E23 - The Hit of Destiny

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SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[00:01] Ann
    Batting fourth, catcher, Suzuki-kun.
[00:04] Wat
    Just don't give up a homer.
[00:06] Wat
    If we get these next
    two out, victory is ours.
[00:09] Mich
    Okay!
[00:13] Ump
    Strike!
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    Pitcher Mayumura Michiru
SIGN    Catcher
SIGN    Suzuki Andy
[00:17] And
    They're even more impressive up close.
[00:20] Fuj
    Oh, right. Those pitches are one thing for
    a right-hander, but for a lefty like Andy...
SIGN    Mifune Dolphins
SIGN    Coach Fujii
SIGN    Mifune Dolphins
SIGN    Manager Tashiro
[00:25] Tas
    Yeah. He probably feels like the pitches
    are coming from behind him.
[00:31] Ump
    Strike two!
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    Catcher Mayumura Wataru
[00:34] Wat
    Good! We've got them now.
[00:37] And
    That second run we conceded in the fifth
[00:39] And
    was my fault because I wasn't
    watching for the squeeze play.
[00:42] And
    I made the mistake. Now, I have
    to make up for it with my bat!
[00:47] Ump
    Foul!
[00:48] Kat
    Good job!
SIGN    Second base
SIGN    Katsumata
SIGN    First base
SIGN    Matsubara
[00:49] Matsu
    Go!
SIGN    Pitcher
SIGN    Urabe Hayato
[00:50] Ura
    Hit it, Andy!
[00:53] And
    I joined the Dolphins to
    defeat the Touto Boys.
[00:56] And
    Our entire team has pulled
    together to create this chance.
[01:00] And
    If I don't live up to
    everyone's expectations here,
[01:02] And
    I can't call myself a cleanup hitter!
[01:08] Wat
    Wh-What?!
[01:10] Ura
    Yes!
[01:12] Dai
    Awesome!
[01:14] Taka
    Stop, stop!
[01:16] Fuj
    All right!
SIGN    Touto Boys
SIGN    Manager Inui
[01:21] Wat
    Bases... loaded?
SIGN    Center field
SIGN    Satou Hikaru
[01:25] Ann
    Batting fifth, center field, Satou-kun.
SIGN    The Hit of Destiny
[03:13] Gran
    One out, bases loaded, huh?
[03:24] Izu
    They're doing amazingly well!
[03:26] Mom
    If Hikaru-kun hits a home run here,
    it'll be one hell of a comeback story!
[03:34] Inu
    Time out!
[03:36] Gran
    Their manager's making a move.
[03:41] Inu
    You're getting over-excited, Michiru.
[03:44] Inu
    That was their cleanup.
[03:46] Inu
    Instead of just hitting the corners,
    you should've drawn it out.
[03:50] Mic
    Y-Yes, sir.
[03:54] Inu
    We're going to walk Satou.
[03:57] Wat
    W-Walk him?
[03:58] Mic
    But the bases are loaded!
[03:59] Mic
    That'll give them a run!
[04:01] Inu
    They're welcome to it.
[04:03] Inu
    It's less risky than taking on Satou.
[04:06] Inu
    Taking on the two hitters
    after him is a lot safer.
[04:10] Inu
    Walk him.
[04:11] Inu
    Am I clear?
[04:13] Wat
    Understood.
SIGN    Right field
SIGN    Sakura Mutsuko
[04:34] Ump
    Play!
[04:41] Fuj
    Are you serious?!
[04:43] Ura
    They're going to walk him
    with the bases loaded?
[04:52] Ump
    Ball!
[04:54] Tas
    This is bad.
[04:56] Tas
    No one in the bottom of our lineup
    has a hope of hitting her pitches.
[05:04] Ump
    Ball two.
[05:09] Inu
    Time out.
[05:19] Inu
    You seem unhappy, Michiru.
[05:21] Inu
    Aren't you on board with this strategy?
[05:26] Mic
    I-It's fine.
[05:28] Inu
    Be honest.
[05:30] Inu
    Do you want to win by getting Satou out?
[05:35] Mic
    Yes. I want to win by facing them head on.
[05:38] Mic
    I don't think a team that uses a tactic
    like this to avoid a fight in Regionals
[05:44] Mic
    has any hope of making it to the very top!
[05:48] Wat
    Michiru...
[05:50] Mic
    And don't you always say that junior
    baseball isn't just about winning, Manager?
[05:57] Mic
    It's about being proud of yourself for
    being better than you were yesterday!
[06:03] Mic
    Please let me take him on!
[06:04] Mic
    I want to keep playing with my head held high!
[06:07] Mic
    I promise I'll get him out!
[06:12] Inu
    All right.
[06:14] Inu
    I'll allow it.
[06:24] (Flashback) Wat
    Well? How do you plan on getting him out?
[06:27] (Flashback) Mic
    I have an idea.
[06:29] (Flashback) Mic
    Leave it to me.
[06:37] Fuj
    He's squatting!
[06:38] Fuj
    They're ready to fight!
[06:41] Wat
    Bring it on, Michiru.
[06:44] Wat
    I'm surprised.
[06:45] Wat
    I didn't think she had it in her to
    challenge the manager and her catcher.
[06:51] Wat
    But that's why... she's our ace!
[06:54] Ump
    Strike!
[06:56] Mic
    I won't let you hit.
[06:57] Mic
    I'm going to take you down with
    the pitch I've admired for so long.
[07:02] Mic
    I swear it!
[07:06] Mic
    Back in third grade,
[07:09] Mic
    I didn't know much about baseball yet,
    and I had no real interest in it.
[07:14] Mic
    I knew my father was a pro,
    but he was retired by then.
[07:18] Mic
    Two of my three older siblings
    didn't care about baseball, either.
[07:22] Mic
    Then, one day, Wataru, whose interest
    in baseball was starting to grow big time,
[07:25] Mic
    sat and watched one of Dad's old videos.
[07:28] Mic
    It was the one where Dad was
    playing in the World Series,
[07:31] Mic
    back before we were born.
[07:34] Mic
    That was the first time I saw him*...
[07:40] Mic
    Ever since that day, the pitching*
    style I've adored the most...
[07:47] Mic
    ...is the left-handed overhead
    Shigeno Goro throws!
[08:02] Ump
    Strike!
[08:06] Fuj
    What was that?!
[08:07] Tas
    All this time, she's had an
    overhead throw up her sleeve?
[08:10] Fuj
    And it's her fastest pitch yet!
[08:15] Wat
    She... She's been practicing
    an overhead throw in secret?
[08:21] Wat
    A year ago, I started getting
    a pain in my elbow when pitching.
[08:26] Wat
    My dad banned me from pitching
    till I reach middle school.
[08:29] Wat
    That's when I started catching.
[08:32] Wat
    Manager made Michiru a pitcher,
    and she started off pitching overhead,
[08:38] Wat
    but she couldn't control it,
    so she switched to the sidearm.
[08:44] Wat
    Since that worked out so well,
[08:47] Wat
    I thought she'd given up on the overhead...
[08:51] Wat
    But it looks like she never let go
    of her fascination with Shigeno Goro.
[08:59] Ump
    Foul.
[09:03] Wat
    You won't be able to slug it now.
[09:06] Wat
    The third strike's coming up!
[09:09] Dai
    We're counting on you, Hikaru!
[09:10] Dai
    I know you can hit 'em!
[09:14] Hik
    Daigo-kun...
[09:17] Hik
    Okay!
[09:21] Mic
    You think he can hit these pitches?
[09:22] Mic
    Don't be stupid.
[09:25] Mic
    I've been saving this
    pitch for the Nationals,
[09:28] Mic
    and there's no way he can hit them!
[09:41] Mic
    No way...
[09:43] Mic
    This can't be happening.
[09:46] Mic
    Catch it.
[09:49] Mic
    You've got it, right?
[09:55] Fuj
    It made it!
[09:56] Mic
    No way.
[09:59] Fuj
    6-8!
[10:03] Fuj
    7-8!
[10:05] And
    If I make it home, we're tied.
[10:14] Tas
    Andy!
[10:15] Fuj
    His leg!
[10:21] Ump
    Out!
[10:23] Fuj
    Are you all right?
[10:27] Fuj
    Andy!
[10:28] Tas
    Umpire!
[10:29] Tas
    Pinch hitter: Nagai!
SIGN    Nagai
SIGN    Third base
SIGN    Ariyoshi
[10:30] Nag
    Who, me?!
[10:34] Nag
    M-Manager! The situation's
    totally different now!
[10:37] Nag
    We've closed the gap to one run,
     with a runner on second!
[10:40] Nag
    I'm not—
[10:41] Tas
    I told you I'd put you in if we got two outs.
[10:43] Tas
    I don't want this game to be your last
    without you getting a chance to play.
[10:48] Tas
    Look. Your parents came to cheer you on.
[10:52] Nag
    But I told them they didn't need to come
    because I was on the bench today.
[10:56] Tas
    Even if they get you out,
    nobody will blame you.
[11:00] Tas
    Pour your emotions of the last
    three years into that bat,
[11:02] Tas
    and swing without hesitation!
[11:04] Nag
    Y-Yes, sir!
[11:07] Ump
    Play!
[11:09] Dai
    Go get 'em!
[11:11] Sak
    Hit it, Nagai-kun!
[11:13] Ura
    Keep us rolling, Nagai!
[11:15] Ura
    If the game ends with you,
    you'll have hell to pay!
[11:18] Nag
    Of course I don't want the game to end.
[11:21] Nag
    But...
[11:25] Ump
    Strike!
[11:28] Nag
    How am I even supposed
    to hit this devilish pitch?
[11:36] Mic
    It's insane.
[11:37] Mic
    How did he even hit that pitch?
[11:40] Mic
    I don't believe it!
[11:43] Nag
    Strike two!
[11:45] Ura
    What is he swinging at?
[11:46] Ura
    Those were clearly balls!
[11:49] Wat
    Michiru's really shook up
    from Satou hitting her pitch.
[11:53] Wat
    Thank god this batter's an
    idiot who'll swing at anything.
[11:56] Tas
    This is rough.
[11:58] Fuj
    Yeah.
[11:59] Fuj
    Satou's just on another level.
    It's not like everyone can hit her pitches.
[12:03] Tas
    Still, they ran Touto to the wire.
[12:06] Tas
    The kids have played great.
[12:10] Nag
    Damn. I really want to hit this ball!
[12:13] Nag
    For everyone's sake, I don't want it to be over.
[12:23] Ura
    Run, Nagai!
[12:32] Ura
    It's a dropped third strike! Run!
[12:35] Nag
    I won't let it end here!
[12:43] Ump
    Safe, safe!
[12:47] Mic
    Komatsu! Back home!
[12:50] Ump
    Safe!
[12:55] Old
    Hey, that's some hustle.
[12:56] Izu
    Yeah! That was amazing!
[12:58] Dai
    Yeah!
[12:59] Ura
    We caught up!
[13:01] Sat
    Thank you.
[13:02] Fuj
    Nice swing and run, Nagai!
[13:04] Tas
    You did good.
[13:07] Wat
    I'm sorry.
[13:08] Wat
    I shouldn't have missed that ball.
[13:10] Wat
    It was my error.
[13:11] Mic
    Stop.
[13:12] Mic
    I threw a wild pitch. I'm to blame.
[13:15] Mic
    I'm sorry.
[13:20] Wat
    It's not over yet!
[13:22] Wat
    All they did was tie the game.
[13:24] Wat
    We'll see this out and grab a walk-off hit!
[13:25] Mic
    R-Right.
[13:28] Mic
    Hey, don't touch me there!
[13:30] Wat
    Your overhead throw was something else.
[13:33] Wat
    I was genuinely surprised by it.
[13:41] Ump
    Strike!
[13:42] Ump
    Batter out!
SIGN    Mifune
SIGN    Touto
[13:43] Ump
    Three outs! Change sides!
[13:48] Tas
    As we feared, Andy can't carry on.
[13:51] Tas
    Daigo, you're the catcher now.
[13:52] Dai
    Y-Yes, sir.
[13:54] Tas
    Nagai, you're in left field.
[13:55] Nag
    Yes, sir!
[14:00] Ura
    I'll vary the pitches myself.
[14:02] Ura
    You just tell me whether
    to go inside or outside.
[14:05] Dai
    Okay.
[14:06] Dai
    How are you holding out, though?
[14:08] Ura
    I can't start whining now
    when we just tied the game.
[14:12] Ura
    There's no way we're letting
    them get a walk-off hit.
[14:14] Ura
    We'll take this into extra innings
    and beat them there!
[14:17] Dai
    Yeah!
[14:19] Ann
    Bottom of the seventh,
    Touto Boys to bat.
[14:23] Ann
    Batting seventh, third base, Nakamura-kun.
[14:27] Ump
    Play!
[14:34] Ump
    Ball.
[14:36] Ump
    Strike!
[14:38] Ump
    Foul.
[14:44] Ump
    Out!
[14:45] Tas
    Yes!
[14:46] Fuj
    Nice play, Takahashi!
[14:48] Ann
    Batting eighth, shortstop, Sakai-kun.
[14:56] Ura
    Left field!
[14:58] Fuj
    Nagai!
[15:04] Ump
    Out!
[15:05] Ura
    All right!
[15:06] Ura
    Nice one, Nagai!
[15:07] Dai
    We've got two outs now.
[15:10] Wat
    Two good plays in a row.
[15:12] Mic
    Looks like we're heading for extra innings.
[15:14] Mic
    The real showdown will
    come in the next inning.
[15:17] Ann
    Batting ninth, first base, Komatsu-kun.
SIGN    Mayumura Ken
[15:22] Mic
    Dad!
[15:30] Ura
    Get this guy out,
    and we head into extra innings.
[15:37] Sak
    All right!
[15:38] Nak
    Nice one, Komatsu!
[15:41] Inu
    Time out!
[15:42] Inu
    Pinch runner for first base.
[15:45] Ann
    Batting first, pitcher,
    Mayumura Michiru-san.
[15:51] Dai
    We've got two outs, but we still have
    to make sure she doesn't rope this one.
[15:55] Fuj
    Be careful!
[15:57] Fuj
    Walk her if you have to.
[16:01] Ura
    Just one more.
[16:10] Ump
    Strike!
[16:12] Ura
    I won't let you get a walk-off hit here!
[16:16] Mic
    Dad...
[16:18] Mic
    Before now, he's never turned up
    to a single one of our games.
[16:23] Mic
    But today, he's come to one
    for the first time.
[16:36] ---
    Safe!
[16:38] Kom
    Nice one, Micchi!
[16:39] Sak
    Let's wrap this up!
[16:40] Tou
    This is our chance to end the game!
[16:42] Tas
    Two outs, runners on first and second.
[16:44] Tas
    This is bad...
[16:45] Tas
    Yeah. They could wrap this up in one hit.
[16:50] Ann
    Batting second, second base, Hirata-kun.
[16:53] Ump
    Play!
[16:55] Ura
    Damn it!
[17:00] Ump
    Ball!
[17:02] Ura
    I jammed my middle finger in that last play.
[17:09] Ump
    Ball!
[17:10] Ump
    Ball two.
[17:16] Ura
    Damn it!
[17:18] Ura
    We've all fought tooth and nail to get here.
[17:23] Ura
    And we only need one more
    out and we change sides.
[17:36] Ump
    Hit by pitch!
[17:40] Tas
    Time out!
[17:42] Dai
    What? Your finger?
[17:48] Ura
    I'm sorry, but I'm done.
[17:51] Ura
    If I keep pitching, we'll lose for sure.
[17:53] Ura
    There's only one thing we can do now.
[17:57] Coa
    Satou, come here!
[17:58] Coa
    We're putting you in to pitch!
[18:02] ---
    What?
[18:04] Mom
    But Hikaru-kun's already
    been knocked around...
[18:07] Izu
    They must really be desperate.
[18:12] Ura
    I'm counting on you.
[18:23] And
    It hurts, doesn't it?
[18:27] And
    But I'm amazed you offered to
    leave the game yourself.
[18:31] And
    Let's let the rookies
    take it from here.
[18:35] Wat
    Damn, they switched him out.
[18:39] Wat
    It's true that we took Satou out
    earlier in the game,
[18:43] Wat
    but that was mostly because he imploded.
[18:47] Wat
    If he's reset since then,
    we could easily go into extra innings.
[18:52] Fuj
    You sure about putting
    Satou on the mound again?
[18:55] Fuj
    He already choked once,
[18:56] Fuj
    and now you're putting him up there
    with bases loaded, needing one last out?
[19:00] Coa
    I'm not sure.
[19:01] Coa
    He's surprisingly calm, though.
[19:05] Coa
    He might be able to save the game for us.
[19:07] Ann
    Batting third, center field, Yuge-kun.
[19:11] Ump
    Play!
[19:13] Dai
    Come on, Hikaru.
[19:14] Dai
    Let your confidence soar
    and throw a scorcher!
[19:24] Ump
    Strike!
[19:28] Sat
    The baton's with me now, Urabe-kun!
[19:32] Wat
    Satou's completely recovered.
[19:36] Wat
    No. If anything, he looks like he's
    pitching even better than he was before.
[19:41] Sat
    I will definitely get him out.
[19:46] Sat
    For Daigo-kun's sake, because
    he's shown me how fun baseball is.
[19:54] Sat
    And for those two, who are banking
    everything on this one game.
[20:00] Sat
    For everyone who's given
    everything to be here...
[20:06] Sat
    I'm going to give it all I have!
[20:11] Ump
    Strike two!
[20:12] Fuj
    All right!
[20:13] Coa
    We're almost there!
[20:15] Ura
    Dude... He's pitching emergency relief,
    after his arm hard already cooled down...
[20:20] Ura
    What a monster!
[20:23] Mai
    So this is Satou Toshiya's son.
[20:26] Mai
    He's still rough around the edges,
    but he has a lot of potential.
[20:30] Izu
    Just one more strike.
[20:32] Mom
    Go get 'em, Hikaru-kun!
[20:35] Dai
    Wow. Hikaru really is a
    concentrated ball of talent.
[20:39] Dai
    If we just get this guy out,
    we can still win this.
[20:47] Dai
    We've got him!
[20:50] Dai
    We're going into overtime!
[21:10] Ump
    Safe!
[21:11] Ump
    That's game!
[21:19] Izu
    You're kidding...
[21:20] Mom
    Th-The game's over...
[21:36] Dai
    W-We lost.
[21:40] Dai
    I'm sorry, Hika—
[21:51] Tas
    Satou!
[21:52] Fuj
    What's wrong, Satou?!
[21:53] Tas
    Wait! Don't move him!
[21:55] Tas
    Call an ambulance.
[21:56] Tas
    Someone, call 911!
[21:58] Fuj
    Okay!
[22:07] Dai
    What just... happened back there?
[22:12] Dai
    How... did this happen?
[22:23] Dai
    I couldn't... stop shaking.
[24:00] Dai
    Hikaru!
[24:01] Dai
    No... It's all my fault!
[24:04] Dai
    Losing the game.
    Hikaru getting hurt like that.
[24:07] Dai
    It's all my fault!
[24:09] Dai
    I have to go see him.
[24:10] Dai
    I need to see Hikaru and apologize!
[24:14] Dai
    So I can face baseball again!
[24:16] Dai
    So him and me can set out together again!
SIGN    No way...!
[24:19] Dai
    Next time: "No way...!"
[24:22] Dai
    Run to the stage of your dreams!