[Rigid baseball]Tokyo Big6 Baseball League 2022 Spring League Match Week 7 The University of Tokyo 2nd Round Both throws and hits show a solid shape and earn points! Be sure to reach the top next season. – Sports Hosei

War criticism

Hosei, who wants to conclude the final card of the league match with points, challenged the second round with the University of Tokyo aiming for a white star following yesterday.

The starting pitcher’s mound was Kanta Ozaki (Ca 3 = Shiga Gakuen), who is mainly in charge of starting in the second round this season. For the first time, when the University of Tokyo hit line is shown to be a perfect start to suppress the trio, the game suddenly moves behind it. With two four dead balls, runners were placed on the first and second bases, and Yuki Nojiri (Kisarazu Comprehensive), who was a big success yesterday at bat. He hits in a timely manner following yesterday, and takes the lead with a strong hit.

Nojiri who hit the first timely hit following yesterday

In the second inning, Ozaki invites a pinch but hits the trailer, and after that he takes the initiative in the game with a stable pitching that does not give a runner until the fifth inning.

Hosei, who wants additional points, makes a chance with a double hit from 1 death to 2nd in the 5th inning, Daiki Saito (person 4 = Yokohama), and then 3rd, Kazuhiro Ura (C3 = Naruto) attacks the pitcher. A sharp hit ball invites the opponent’s throwing mistake, and one point is added in the meantime.

Ozaki, who continues to make good pitches, will be in a pinch again in the 7th inning. He easily took two outs, but allowed No. 5 Beppu Kotaro to base, and gave the following batter the first walk in the game. Ozaki, who wants to step on, was struck out by Yasuki Matsuoka, but missed it on the 8th ball. He ended up pitching this season with a good throw of 109 hits in seven innings and two or eight strikeouts.

There was a pinch in the early stages, but no points were given.

Hosei, who escaped the pinch, exploded behind it. When Shuta Miyazaki (4 = Tenri), who is the first baseman from the first base without death, tries to bunt, he invites the opponent to throw a ball and adds one point. After that, Saito Dai’s timely hit and Kaizaki Yuta (Sentence 4 = Saitama Sakae)’ s timely triple hit will add 5 points this time.

Umisaki hit two games in a row in a timely manner

In the 8th inning, 2nd place Asahi Ishida (Sentence 4 = Tochiku) who went up to the mound lost 2 points, but Yamato Nakatsu (2 = Komatsu Otani) who participated from the defense behind it was the first hit in the league match. When he hit the base, Takato Utsumi (person 3 = Yokohama), the first home run in the league match, jumped out and added two points.

It was the moment I hit it

In the 9th inning, Riku Taketomi (3 = Nihon Univ. Fujisawa), who pitched, ended the game with a tripartite retreat, and Hosei won the final league match of this season.

Although he did not win the league title this season, he won two consecutive wins from Waseda University and the University of Tokyo in a dramatic development against Keio University, who is aiming for the third straight victory. Rikkyo University, who is not good at it, lost two games in a row and failed to escape in the Meiji War. Next season, the captain, Dai Saito, will play a central role in “Ichishin,” and will definitely win the championship.

(Article: Yuto Otake Photo: Masaki Minagawa)

Close-up: Kenta Ozaki “Leave the ace for next season! Beyond summer, to a leap of autumn ”

Hosei unfortunately missed the victory, but Kanta Ozaki (C3 = Shiga Gakuen)’s efforts were to find light in the fall.

Ozaki, who has been the starting pitcher in the second starting lineup this season and has been the starting pitcher in three games so far, has suffered from 17 starting pitchers and control, and has yet to win. He went to the match for his first victory of the season. When he goes up to the mound, he shows a stable rise from the first time on the Todai batting line to a trio. He made only one hit and a masterpiece of pitches up to three times.

In the past, Ozaki wasn’t able to walk every time he walked, and he walked, but today it’s different. Ozaki, who said, “I was able to compete in the zone,” struck out two consecutive strikeouts five times after holding down four times with only eight pitches. In the 6th inning, he walked, but Takaichiro Murakami (Law 4 = Higashi-Fukuoka) prevented stolen bases and did not put runners in the scoring position.

In the 7th inning, when he was able to see his first shutout with a perfect pitch, Ozaki is in danger of being the number one in the game. At the beginning of this time, Reio Akutsu and Kosuke Urata, who are in good shape, are easily beaten, but No. 4 Umebayashi hits the right front. In the scene where he also walked to Kotaro Beppu, and if he got 2 deaths, 1st, 2nd base and 1 shot, he would be reversed. However, Ozaki of this game did not collapse here. He throws a strike from the first ball and drives into two strikes. After that, he was stuck by the opponent batter Tetsuya Nakai and became a full count, but at the end he threw a straight ball low and struck out. He escaped the crisis with a tenacious pitch. After that, Hosei decided the game by scoring a large number of points in the bottom of the 7th inning. Ozaki was the long-awaited first victory of the season in the final round.

Ozaki, who pulled the team as the second starting pitcher this season, is not yet satisfied with his pitching. He vows to grow further, saying, “I can show myself a different self in the fall.” It won’t be long before he gets over summer practice and becomes a true ace.

(Article, Natsuki Higashi)

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Captain Saito Daiki