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| Season 3, Episode 23 | |
| A Close Fight | |
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| Japanese | ギリギリの戦い |
| Rōmanji | Giri Giri no tatakai |
| Staff | |
| Information | |
| Episode | 75 |
| Air Date | June 9, 2007 |
| Opening | PLAY THE GAME |
| Ending | Yoru ni Nareba |
| Adapted from | 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414 (p. 1-8) |
| Story Arc | Seishu High Arc |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous | Ep74: Head to Head Battle |
| Next | Ep76: End of the Strategy |
A Close Fight is the 75th episode of the MAJOR anime and 23rd episode of the 3rd season. It was aired on June 9, 2007.
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Summary[]
The match goes on and nobody scores during the 6th inning. Akutsu annuls Seishu's batters in the 7th inning and the Kaido's attack starts. Izumi hits and reaches the 2nd base with an error from Tashiro. Akutsu is at bat, makes a bunt and, with another error from Seishu, he reaches the 1st base and Izumi reaches the 3rd. Kusano makes a hit and reaches the 1st base, leaving all the bases full. Goro strikes out Tokashiki and Tashiro eliminates Izumi. With the help of Taiga, Goro also eliminates Yakushiji, ending the 7th inning, with that, Mayumura goes to the bullpen. The 8th inning starts, but Goro is exhaust. Because of his exhaustion he commits an error but gets 2 outs. Egashira rapidly discovers that and order the batters to only make bunts. With that, Egashira reveals all he did to Goro. Tashiro gets the last out. The 8th inning ends still in a tie. The 9th inning starts with Seishu in the attack. With 2 outs, Noguchi, the 9th batter gets a base. After that, Taiga hits and Noguchi scores a run. 5-4 for Seishu.