It's Seido's practive game against Seiho, the beast from Aichi. Sawamura has a great first inning, striking out two batters. They're facing Seiho's ace Akashi, once hailed as the super rookie when he played at Koshien Stadium as a first-year. After an injury caused his form to deteriorate, he spent a year in obscurity. Now, he has returned armed with a muscular body and powerful pitches. The Sawamura-Okumura battery must cooperate to take on Seiho's machine-gun-like batting lineup.
He's right. The time for 
making excuses is over.
.إنّه محقّ. وقت اختلاق الأعذار قد ولّى
Ja, jetzt gibt es keine Ausreden mehr.
Pero ahora ya no tiene excusa.
Pero ahora ya no tiene excusa.
Effectivement,
le temps n’est plus aux excuses.
Ha ragione, non è il momento di accampare scuse.
Ele tem razão. Já passou o tempo
de ficar dando desculpas.
И то верно. Поздно оправдываться.