Tokyo Big6 Baseball League 2022 Spring Fresh Tournament Todai War
June 1, 2022 (Water)
Jingu Baseball Stadium
An important game where you can advance to the final if you keep the University of Tokyo within 1 point. Starting pitcher Tsukasa Nagano (Kurashiki 1 = Kurashiki Commercial High School) requires 50 balls up to 2 times, but keeps the score to zero. Sota Adachi (Tokogakuen 2 = Kiri Kogakuen) who received the back did not give a score with a good throw of 10 strikeouts including 6 consecutive strikeouts. The batting line also scored 5 points in the 6th inning and decided the game. He defeated the University of Tokyo in the 7th inning of 8-0, and has one more win to win the second consecutive spring fresh tournament.
Adachi’s 5th inning, 10 strikeouts and pitches drew victory
Match result
Total match result
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | count | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Law University | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | 8 | 6 | 1 |
* Cold 7 times according to the rules of the federation
(University of Tokyo) Nakamura, Futaki, Dai Hasegawa — Sugiura
(Hosei University) Nagano, Adachi — Tadokoro
[本塁打] Takekawa No. 1 solo (Nakamura, 4 times)
Batter record
| Location | player | beat | install | point | batting average | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (9) | Nakatsu | 4 | 1 | 1 | .222 | fly right | Erfei | Strikeout | Second from the right① | ||
| (5) | Takegawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | four ball | Yifei | Left book ① | four ball | ||
| (3) | Gian | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | four ball | Strikeout | Three evils | Nigo | ||
| (7) | So Utsumi | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | Three go | fly | Yugo | four ball | ||
| (6) | Matsushita | 3 | 0 | 0 | .125 | fly right | Erfei | Nigo | |||
| H | Himeki | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | Strikeout | |||||
| 4 | Hagi | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| (2) | Tadokoro | 3 | 1 | 3 | .167 | wandering | four ball | Strikeout | Secondary 2③ | ||
| (D) | Hamaoka | 2 | 1 | 0 | .500 | Three losses | second from left | Nigo | |||
| HD | waterfall | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | Left flight | |||||
| (8) | Tokuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | four ball | four ball | Three losses | |||
| (4)6 | Akira Yamaguchi | 3 | 2 | 3 | .400 | You’an ② | Erfei | Secondary Two① | |||
| count | 26 | 6 | 8 | .193 |
Pitcher performance
| times | Number of balls | batter | install | vibrate | ball | responsibility | Defense rate | |
| Nagano | 2 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adachi | 5 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| count | 7 | 130 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1.13 |
Members on the bench
| 11 | Sota Adachi (Tokogakuen 2 = Tokogakuen) | 27 | Ryoya Yoshiyasu (Law 2 = Osaka Toin) | 24 | Sota Hagi (People 2 = Hosei 2) |
| 12 | Tsubasa Uyama (Person 1 = Nihon Univ.) | 32 | Ryosei Iwama (Law 2 = Iwaki) | 36 | Yamato Nakatsu (2 = Komatsu Otani) |
| 13 | Yukawa Shoyu (Text 1=Sapporo No. 1) | 1 | Sota Yamaguchi (Company 2 = Seirei Christopher) | 37 | Koshun Okawa (Company 2 = Nihon University Tsurugaoka) |
| 14 | Tsukasa Nagano (Business 1 = Kurashiki Commercial High School) | 2 | Riku Hamaoka (Law 1 = Tokuharu Hanasaki) | 7 | Yasunari Tokuda (Kei 2 = Narita) |
| 15 | Keita Nakane (Kei 2 = Tsuru Kojokan) | 3 | Ren Takekawa (People 2 = Shiga Gakuen) | 8 | Rikuto Himeki (People 2 = Nihon Univ. Fujisawa) |
| 17 | Nozaki Nobuhiro (Business 1 = Gifu Commercial & Business High School) | 4 | Kazuya Ishiguro (Law 1 = Takaoka Commercial High School) | 9 | Nei Shan Yang Dou (Text 1=Tian Li) |
| 19 | Kotaro Yamashiro (Ca 2 = Fukuoka University Ohori) | 5 | Yosuke Yamashita (Business 1 = Chiben Gakuen) | 33 | Konosuke Taki (Law 2 = Kojo Saeki) |
| 20 | Juki Kanno (Law 1 = Tsuchiura Nihon University) | 6 | Ayaka Matsushita (Business 1 = Toin Gakuen) | ||
| 22 | Munehiro Tadokoro (Ca 2 = Inabe Sogo) | 23 | Sota Utsumi (Law 2 = Gotemba West) |
War criticism
As a result of yesterday’s Keio-Todai War, Hosei University was required to have two goals or less in this match to advance to the final. In a tense match, he successfully confined the University of Tokyo hit line to one hit and decided to advance to the final.
Rookie Nagano Tsukasa (1 = Kurashiki Commercial High School) was selected as the starting lineup for the day. At the first time, he put a runner in the scoring position with his ally’s missteps and walks, but he beat the opponent No. 4 and Soma Nishimae in a double play and survived without a goal. In the following 2nd inning, he suffered from ball control and walked two walks, but he kept the pitch without any runs. However, as the number of balls increased, Nagano dropped out with no runs in the second inning. He was a disappointing starter.
Nagano threw 50 balls up to 2 times, but managed to keep it to zero.
Then, in the bottom of the second inning immediately after that, Hosei hitting line hits the opponent’s gap. If the opponent’s missteps or walks make the bases loaded without death, No. 9 Sota Yamaguchi (company 2 = Seirei Christopher) carries it to the front right while getting stuck, and takes the lead with 2 points.
Kaede Yamaguchi, the first timely hit
The second pitcher was Tokogakuen Adachi (Tokogakuen 2), who had a good pitch in last season’s fresh tournament. He kept the top of the 3rd inning to a trio, and showed off a masterpiece of pitching that robbed 6 consecutive strikeouts in the 4th and 5th innings. He was hit six times and advanced the runner to the scoring position, but he did not allow a goal with a dangerous pitch.
Good throw Adachi
Ren Takekawa (People 2 = Shiga Gakuen) in the bottom of the 4th inning hit a home run and gave an additional point, but after that it was difficult to score. But 6 times. When the lead, Yasunari Tokuda (Kei 2 = Narita) goes on base due to a misstep, Akira Yamaguchi hits a double in the middle left in a timely manner. Starting with this timely hit, the hitting line ignited, and Nakatsu Yamato (Yu 2 = Komatsu Otani) and Tadokoro Sodai (Ca 2 = Inabe Sogo) also made timely hits, scoring 5 points at once.
Tadokoro explodes his joy by hitting the runners in a timely manner.
The 7th inning. Here too, Adachi shows off a pitch that keeps the University of Tokyo hitting line away. After striking out the lead, Taiyo Suzuki, and Yudai Kudo, he finally struck out Sugiura Kaidai in the first ground ball and won a cold victory 8-0.
Hosei decided to advance to the finals by keeping the Todai batting line to no goal. Will it be the second consecutive spring fresh tournament victory by winning the revenge of this season in the Homei War?
(Article: Natsuki Higashi Photo: Masaki Minagawa)
Close-up: Sota Adachi “The left arm turned into a strikeout machine goes to a higher level”
Sota Adachi (Tokogakuen 2 = Kiri Kogakuen) did not pitch in the league match this season. But his pitching today was a spectacular pitch that relieved his regrets.
The starting pitcher, Tsukasa Nagano (2 = Kurashiki Commercial High School), had a large number of balls and started pitching from the third inning, but he took the batter as a ball without panicking, saying “I was ready.” He has 10 strikeouts, including 6 consecutive strikeouts from 4 to 5 times. It wasn’t a strike first, and the 17 batters who played against each other got 3 balls out of 7, but they took the count without breaking and kept the number of walks and hits to 1. I couldn’t think he was an inexperienced player in the league, and he kept his opponent calm.
Using this pitch as food, Shoei Yoshizuru (2 = Kisarazu Comprehensive) who pitched in the Keidai War, Kanta Ozaki (3 = Shiga Gakuen), and Riku Taketomi (3 = Nihon Univ. Fujisawa) who are already active in the league match. At the same time, in autumn, Hosei left arm whirlwind is caused at Rokudai.
(Article, Ryohei Oi)
Player interview
Sota Adachi
-Looking back on today’s pitch
It was good that I could stick out from there even if the count got worse.
-It was a pitching from an early inning
I was ready from the beginning so I was always ready to go.
-What are your thoughts on this fresh tournament?
I am facing this fresh with the desire to win the championship following last year, so I would like to finish the championship.
-Please give us your enthusiasm in the future.
I would like to use this freshness as an opportunity to lead to the autumn league match.
Sota Yamaguchi
-Looking back on today’s game
First of all, I think it was the best thing to be able to go to the finals.
-How about the atmosphere of the team?
It’s also fresh, and I think I enjoy playing baseball at Jingu.
-It was a scene where the first move was taken.What I was aware of when I entered the turn at bat
I wasn’t feeling well, so I decided to take it easy and go for a hit.
-What is your impression of the first strike?
I was relieved that I couldn’t contribute as a captain. I was honestly happy.
-Please give us your own appeal points.
I’m not good at baseball, but I think I can work harder toward my goals than anyone else.
-Please give us your enthusiasm for tomorrow’s match.
Tomorrow, I think there will be more situations where I will be nervous because of the final match, but I will never lose in my feelings and I will go toward it with the feelings of a challenger.
Munehiro Tadokoro
-Looking back on today’s game
Today’s game was a game that put pressure on me to keep it within one point, but it was good that I was defensive and sticky with the pitcher at the center even in the pinch situation. He also said to the pitcher, “Let’s not hit a long hit, it’s okay if it’s a single,” so it was great that he couldn’t hit a long hit.
-Although you participated as a catcher, you have to devise ways to lead the two left arms.
Nagano, the starting pitcher, told me to take the plunge because it was the first mound of Jingu. He liked the changing ball, so he was conscious of assembling it around the changing ball and letting him hit the ground ball. Since Nagano was centered on the fastball, I think Adachi was able to assemble it using the in-course well, centered on the straight. Both of them said that after the runners came out, especially in the pinch scene, they did not rush slowly in the “pause” and said that one point was OK.
-In the batter’s side, a bad double was hit.What I was conscious of
Since the outfield was guarding before, I was conscious of being able to fly to the outfield somehow. The pitcher was also sticky, so I took the plunge and put out a bat so that I could decide at this time.
-Please give us your enthusiasm for the final.
I managed to advance to the finals, so I’ll do my best to be defensive and sticky like today, and tomorrow I’ll be able to win the Spring Fresh League for the second time in a row with sticky baseball.
Ren Takekawa
-Looking back on today’s game
It was a difficult match that was different from usual because I had to keep it within 2 points, but I managed to make a rhythm centered on the pitcher and managed to stick to it, and as a result, it was good to be in the form of combed. The fresh members are confident that they have been working hard for this match for several months, so I’m glad that the results came out in good shape.
-Become a starter
There was a part where starting lineup was easier to do than mid-game participation, but I was thinking of doing it with a good sense of tension and trying to play myself.
-What is your impression of home runs?
I’ve been trying my best to play an active part in the fresh, so I’m glad that the result came out in the form of a home run.
-Please give us your enthusiasm in the future.
I think spring will be the last match for Fresh members, and I’ve been doing it for a few months, so I’m confident that I’ll win one more and win.
