H2 Volume 28 Chapter 5 (273) Nothing - Page 77 - (Ch. 5) Nothing - Page 78 - Announcer: This is Hamako's third run... Beppu hits a stunted fly with two out. Leftfielder Shima takes it on a single bounce, and the runner from second rounds third and heads home! Shortstop Sagawa throws the relay home! - Page 79 - Announcer: Safe by a hair! Scoreboard: Senkawa Hamako Announcer: 5-3! Hamako has crept back to make this one-sided game closer! Scoreboard: Senkawa Hamako Announcer: You cannot take your eyes off this one, folks! - Page 80 - Announcer: Three outs! Koga: 5-3... Coach: 3-5. Shuji: Crap. I thought I could get him. Hiro: You would have, if you'd let Shima throw straight home like usual. - Page 81 - Hiro: But, before that... Shuji: Before that? Hiro: No, nothing. Takaaki: Five runs in one inning threw off the rhythm, in Senkawa's fielding and batting. - Page 82 - Mr. Amamiya: Yo, Takaaki. Dad: Hey there! Takaaki: Hello. The first step fielders take toward a batted ball, the tenacity to make the play, formation, and cutoffs. A large number of runs affects your concentration... You miss plays you normally wouldn't, even if you're a powerhouse team about to win a national championship. - Page 83 - Takaaki: Even in batting, the eye for the ball grows unconsciously erratic. Shuji: Oops. Takaaki: And, When that formerly relaxed sense of tension returns, it brings panic with it. - Page 84 - Announcer: Three easy outs! Scoreboard: Senkawa Hamako - Page 85 - Koga: A two-run deficit... Haruka: Two runs, that we are WINNING by. Koga: Oh, right! Of course. Announcer: A drag bunt! Thirdbaseman charges! He turns and... - Page 86 - Announcer: Misses the throw! Coach: If they'd kept working normally, they'd make interest, but now they've seen how small their savings are. Announcer: A sac bunt! Whoops! Has Inoue missed his grip?! - Page 87 - Announcer: A close one, but the out is made. But now the runner is in scoring position. A grounder to third! - Page 88 - Announcer: Through his legs!! - Page 89 - - Page 90 - Haruka: Once you see that many consecutive plays, you don't have time to think. About the score, or your previous errors. Koga: Damn Kunimi... Always has to make the game interesting, doesn't he? Takaaki: He was surprisingly blithe after that loss last summer, wasn't he? - Page 91 - Takaaki: Perhaps playing the game itself is everything to Hiro-kun, and not the outcome. Hikari: Who knows...? <