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	 Volume 21
	  Chapter 9 (208)
	   It's Not Foul!

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Announcer: Three outs!
	Ibasho scores nothing in the bottom of the 9th!

(Ch. 9) It's Not Foul!

Announcer: Both pitchers have run through nine innings...
	North Tokyo's representative, Senkawa High.
	Kochi's representative Iba Shogyo.
	We enter extra innings, a 0-0 tie!

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Scoreboard: Senkawa
	    Ibasho

(Ch. 9) It's Not Foul!

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Announcer: Senkawa's Kunimi pitches another extra inning game...
	And wouldn't you know it!
	He's covered 19 innings so far without allowing a single hit!
	He has not given up one hit since coming to the Koshien.
	Senkawa's second-year pitcher, Kunimi Hiro...

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Announcers: We might be lucky enough to have the chance to see a pitcher who will leave his mark in Koshien history forever!
	Now,
	now,
	settle down.

Coach: You won't lose, Tsukigata.
	As long as you don't give them any runs.
	And now that we've gotten to extra innings,
	Shimizu will get another at-bat.

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<<Hiro: Yanagi,
	I'm leaving second open.

Ump: Ball.

Hiro: You'll have a hard time striking Yanagi out on balls, Tsukigata.

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Yanagi: {I'm the best at hitting curves in Senkawa, there's no doubt about it...
	Which means,
	if I don't hit them,
	we'll never get any runs!}

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Announcer: Over the firstbaseman's head!
	It's close!
	Fair or foul?!

Yanagi: It's not foul!

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Announcer: Fair ball!
	He'll make it to second!
	A double!
	A runner on second with nobody out!
	Senkawa gets a perfect chance in the top of the 10th with their big hitters coming up!

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Coach: {Will he bunt...?
	...no.}

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Koga: If either our 3rd or 4th batter gets a hit...
	They'll have eight at-bats between them for the game...
	Eight at-bats and one hit.  That can't be too much to ask.

Arikawa: There are no outs.  The 5th hitter will take the plate, too.

Koga: Yeah.
	Please, #3 or #4, please.

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Announcer: Between first and second!
	It'll be tough!
	Shimizu dives...

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Announcer: He reached the ball but couldn't grasp it!
	Tsukigata rushes to cover the base!
	Shimizu hurriedly shovels the ball,
	but his timing's off!
	Tsukigata has to leap forward to grab it...
	As Kunimi closes in to the base!
	Tsukigata lunges to touch the bag!

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Ump: Out!

Announcer: Out at first by a hair!
	The runner rounds third but goes back to the base.

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Koga: Damn...
	That was the best hit today.

Hiro: Luck is still on our side.
	We've got Noda standing in the batter's box.

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Hideo: Noda strikes out surprisingly few times.
	And 80% of his outs are...

Noda: Oops.

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Hideo: Outfield fly balls.

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Noda: What, my sac fly wasn't good enough for you?

Hiro: Huh?

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Hiro: We've still got work left.
	Can't get carried away yet.

Noda: Just three more.

Hiro: You never know.
	It might be four or five.

Noda: True.

Hiro: Or six or seven.

Noda: Hold on,
	they'd win the game then.

Hiro: Just kidding.

 - Chapter 9 End -

 - Volume 21 End -