# 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!