Rallying back from 2 down in the bottom of the 9th to tie the score, the Nishura Momokans [西浦モモカンズ] (Oofuri) won the 2nd annual unofficial Nico baseball tournament on an RBI double off a tired Heiji Hattori in the 10th. Ren Mihashi pitched his fifth consecutive complete game and deservingly won tournament MVP. Their opponent, the Baker Street Detectives [米花町デテクテイブス] (Detective Conan), led for most of the game thanks to RBIs in the 6th and 7th by Hiroshi Agasa and Genta Kojima, respectively, and to Conan Edogawa throwing six scoreless innings before being relieved by Ai Haibara to start the 7th.
Hattori came in to replace Haibara in the ninth and that’s when the Momokans’ comeback began. A single by Yūichirō Tajima and a double by Azusa Hanai off the left field wall made it 2nd & 3rd with no outs. Kazutoshi Oki’s sacrifice fly to center drove in Tajima for their first run of the game but then Fumiki Mizutani flied out to center, leaving them with only one out left. Mihashi got on base with a single, pushing Hanai to third in the process, which set up Takaya Abe to slap an RBI single to left to knot the game at 2-2. They had an opportunity to clinch the title without going to extras with runners on 1st & 2nd but Kōsuke Izumi flying out forced the game into the 10th.
Showing signs of fatigue, Mihashi managed to retire the side in order to set the stage for a championship-winning bottom half of the inning. Yūto Sakaeguchi led off with a line out to second but then Shōji Suyama doubled to deep center and both Tajima and Hanai both drew walks, loading the bases for Oki. His double to center on a 3-1 pitch drove in Suyama to win the game and the tournament. (Tajima was close behind Suyama and would’ve been the 4th run but Nishiura only needed one.)
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