[Saizen]_Major_S3_-_22_[FA678371].ass (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
Way to go, Miyazaki!
Geez, we're not lucky.
The artificial turf is making it harder to pitch and easier to slip on your feet.
It's gotten difficult to run without slipping.
It's not luck.
Shigeno is using this rain.
Batting eighth: center fielder, Takahashi-kun.
All right! Keep it going, Takahashi!
Strike! Batter out!
Three outs! Change!
Don't mind, don't mind!
Things are flowing our way!
Let's shut them down!
YEAH!
Ichihara.
If you allow any more runs, I'll take you off the mound immediately.
You'll lose your guarantee to stand on the mound for Koshien as well.
Bear that in mind.
Y-Yes, sir.
Play!
Strike! Batter out!
Three outs! Change!
I had a loose ball in this inning too, but...
They all saw them as balls and didn't swing.
It really seems like the ones aiming for them are...
This isn't a joke!
I've done my best for three years, and to be thrown aside due to something tiny like this...
How can I go back to the bench after all this?
Strike! Batter out!
Looks like your threat worked.
"Threat"?
Batting first: right fielder, Shimizu-kun.
I thought Ichihara-kun was breaking down, but it looks like he's somehow brought himself back.
Yeah.
But this batter got a hit earlier today, so...
Strike!
A forkball on the first pitch?
They're really trying to push back Taiga, since he's gotten two hits.
Strike!
Ball!
Taiga, hit it!
If this inning ends with just those three, Ichihara will be back on his feet!
Come on, Taiga!
I won't let you...
get any more hits!
All right!
Awesome, Shimizu-san!
Your younger brother has gotten three hits in three at-bats!
And he hit the opponent's decisive forkball!
Well, he's trained under his older sister's strict tutelage, after all.
I-Is that so...
Akutsu, get warmed up.
Right.
Akutsu's heading towards the bullpen...
Batting second: third baseman, Uchiyama-kun.
Come on! Send it flying, Uchiyama!
Or just, say...
To first!
Out!
Yeah!
Uchiyama, nice bunt!
Batting third: pitcher, Shigeno-kun.
I'll definitely hit it.
If we can score a run this inning, the flow will be going our way!
Play!
Do you think...
I'll stand for becoming a bench warmer after coming all the way here!?
Ball!
Ball!
Ball two!
You bastard!
Are you really going to walk me because you're scared!?
Time.
What are you running away from?
Face him.
If we get another runner on base, the risks will increase.
Y-Yeah.
I'm trying to, but...
I see.
You don't want to let them score any more runs either.
You're concerned with what Egashira-san said to you, right?
N-No.
Then make it clear and walk him.
Being wishy-washy about it would be the worst.
It's not a situation where we can be certain that we'll hold them back completely,
but the pitcher doesn't have to give a challenge when he doesn't want to.
Sato...
Instead, make sure you bring down the next guy, Tashiro.
It's all right. Your pitches don't get hit easily.
I'm sure you told him to face me, right?
HEY!
Ball!
Four balls!
Damn it, I'll remember this!
Batting fourth: catcher, Tashiro-kun.
I'm counting on you, Tashiro!
Play!
They won't want to load the bases,
so they'll try to bring me down quickly for sure.
But, I can't expect to get a fastball that's easy to hit.
He'll throw the breaking ball that's been hit the least.
That's...
The one that doesn't even match Katori's sharpness...
an outside slider!
S-Safe! Safe!
Run, Taiga!
Izumi, get it!
Izumi!
Safe!
Sorry, that was a godsend.
Safe! Safe!
All right!
We got two runs back!
Hey, hey, if the runner is hit with the ball, isn't he out?
Before that, the third baseman's glove touched the ball, right?
T-That's true.
Luck?
No, it's not just that.
Shigeno's disposition gave us this motivation, by not running away from the game when it started raining.
Kokubu, give the message.
Y-Yes, sir!
Kaido Academy High School's pitcher, Ichihara-kun, is being replaced by Akutsu-kun.
They're changing pitchers?
Amazing!
They knocked out the starting pitcher!
Thanks for the work.
Well, luck didn't seem to be with you,
but with these hideous results, we've got no choice.
You can get a taste of our victory on the bench at Koshien.
Akutsu!
I never imagined Ichihara would be switched out in the fifth inning...
This is a bad turn of events.
Shigeno, what's that second pitcher like?
He's a knuckle-baller with a bad attitude.
"Knuckle-baller"?
What's that?
Well, watch and you'll find out.
It's difficult even for me and Taiga to hit it our first at-bat.
Batting fifth: second baseman, Fuji-kun.
All right, bring it!
He's completely into it!
I'll teach you that you won't have any more luck...
against me!
What!?
Strike!
He's useless.
Is he really?
He's definitely useless.
You might've had a miracle when you got a hit off of Ichihara, but...
your bat won't even touch my knuckle ball!
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He hit it!
No way!
They did it!
They're tied!
How's that!?
That pitch back there was a knuckle ball, right?
How did he hit it so easily?
I don't know.
Maybe because Fuji's swings are so inconsistent,
an unsteady pitch like the knuckle was hit right back with unsteadiness.
In other words, it was a complete fluke.
Well, that's one way to say it...
What's with that?
But it's amazing that we've tied it, everyone.
Luck is said to be another skill, so take pride in it.
Strike!
Batter out!
Three outs! Change!
All right! It starts now!
Damn!
Don't get the wrong idea, you guys!
That was just a once-in-a-blue-moon accident.
This is unsightly, Akutsu.
Results are everything for us third-years.
If they score runs, we'll just get them back.
Stop making excuses and get to your at-bat already.
Bottom of the fifth inning: leading off for Kaido Academy...
Batting ninth: pitcher, Akutsu-kun.
After this are the guys who go for my loose pitches at the top of the lineup.
We've finally tied it.
I'll never... let you score any more runs!
Strike!
Strike two!
Fast!
Ball!
Sorry, sorry!
Ball!
Well, that's strange!
Maybe my legs are uncomfortable here like Ichihara's were!
Dead ball!
Dodge it, sucker.
Hey, did you hear that!?
He didn't even take his cap off! He told me to dodge it!
Outrageous!
T-Time!
Hey, what's going on all of a sudden?
Saying that your footing's bad...
They put more dirt on it, so...
A-Are you saying the painkiller for your foot is...?
Idiot.
That's not it.
I just don't want to jump into the piranha lake unarmed.
Batting first: center fielder, Kusano-kun.
Strike!
"Piranha lake"?
The first, third, and fourth batter are going after my weakness, the loose pitches.
At this rate, if I face them directly, they'll just keep their mouths wide open and wait for their prey.
But if that's how they're doing things, I have an idea.
The prey that you're hunting for...
I'll put poison in it!
It's here!
All right!
Crap!
I threw a loose pitch before I closed in on him.
Batting second: second baseman, Tokashiki-kun.
First!
Out!
Batting third: third baseman, Yakushiji-kun.
One out with someone on second and third, and a clean-up hitter.
Not good.
You guys don't think you're seeing a weird dream, do you?
It looks like the goddess of victory is on your side,
but that doesn't matter to me.
From the start, we've never relied on something like that.
I'll bring you down no matter how many times it takes!
I'm counting on you.
Let me close in on them before I throw a loose pitch!
Strike!
While he closed in on Akutsu to start off, then put him on base by hitting him,
to the normal eye, it was just a wild pitch, but...
it clearly shows that Goro-kun is testing something.
If I'm seeing things correctly...
Strike two!
Okay! I've really closed in on him this time.
We're not just doing this for fun!
Here I go, Tashiro!
It's the loose pitch!
Strike!
Batter out!
Trying to get another hit with those sneaky hands? You have no shame.
What!?
He disguised it as a loose pitch when it was actually a forkball!?
As I thought.
But do you think a forkball at that low level would work on me?
Goro-kun...
Batting fourth: catcher, Sato-kun.
In the end, is that all you can do?
You're getting rusty, Shigeno.
A forkball!?
Yeah.
Of course, I can't use it sharply and cleanly, but...
They don't think I'll throw breaking balls,
and if I disguise it as a loose pitch, they should swing at the air.
But, is that good enough, Shigeno?
I thought it was your ideal not to rely on breaking balls.
If you start using the pretense of a forkball at this time, will you be okay with it?
"Ideal"?
That's fine. I just want to defeat Kaido, that's all.
All right.
A forkball, right?
Tashiro!
My ideal right now is for Seishuu to win and go to Koshien.
That's why I can't stand on the mound solely for my own pride.
Strike!
Strike!
All right, I've closed in on Toshiya too.
As long as I don't mess up my control...
He fell for it!
Foul! Foul!
That was close!
That was naive, Shigeno.
Did you actually think that such a simple forkball would work on Sato?
S-Shigeno...
Damn it!
Damn it... I don't have any way around him!
At this rate, he'll get one of my loose pitches and end everything in one swing!
I have to do something...
I have to do something!
Am I not the catcher!?
Shigeno's on the edge.
Ball!
It's no use!
We should just give him first base.
But Shigeno isn't the type to listen to that...
W-What!?
An intentional walk?
Him?
He was throwing breaking balls to win.
If we walk the fourth batter, Sato,
there won't be any problems.
Ball!
You just do as you're told.
Doing trick plays, letting him throw weak forkballs...
If I were his catcher, I would never let him do those kinds of things.
Nothing seemed to work, so you'll just walk me?
That's great for me.
If your pitcher is so ready to run away,
knocking him out is only a matter of time.
T-Time, please!
Let's face him, Shigeno!
What!?
Don't run away, Shigeno!
That's not like you!
With just probabilities and petty tricks, we won't be able to defeat Kaido!
If there's any chance for us to win,
it'll be with fastballs embedded with your spirit in a direct challenge!
What are you trying to do, looking all cool like that!?
He can cut the fastballs and then hit a loose pitch in the end!
But he's only cutting them.
He hasn't truly hit your gyroball!
That's right!
He's not just cutting them, cutting them is all he can do!
Yeah, and if he hits one of the loose pitches, that's fine with us.
This isn't like you.
Pitch the way you like to!
No one will complain if we lose like that.
Play!
I didn't think they'd seriously be provoked by me.
Bring it, Shigeno!
Foul!
Foul!
Foul!
This is weird.
How many pitches has it been?
A loose pitch should've come by now.
The speed of this ball...
Foul!
Thank you.
My eyes were opened by your advice.
It reminded me that this is all we have.
Strike!
Batter out!
He did it!
All right!
That's how it should be, Shigeno.
It's finally become an interesting game.
It stays tied through to the eighth inning.
The painkiller for my foot has finally begun to wear off.
Kaido starts to waver from Egashira's ballistic orders.
Which way will the flow of the game swing?
Next time, on Major:
A Close Battle.
Run to the stage of your dreams!