The absolute ace does not come out of the bench ─ ─ Omi vs. Takamatsu in the quarterfinals, before Takamatsu’s attack in the top of the 8th inning. The match was stopped due to the treatment of captain Yoto Yamada at Omi’s ace. A few minutes later, Yamada returned to the mound and started throwing, but something was wrong.
Omi’s absolute ace and captain Yoto Yamada
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Commander waiting for Ace’s words
Against No. 7 Cannabis Hayate, the leading batter, he throws only curveballs. Moreover, he couldn’t use his lower body, and he was a ball with no power or sharpness. Regarding his physical condition at that time, Yamada revealed this after the match.
“The cramp was on the back of my right thigh. I had a little cramp from the 6th pitching, and it got tighter in the 7th inning. When I hit a big foul, I held out too much.”
In the end, cannabis walks without even a single strike. Here, a messenger was sent from coach Akihito Taga on the bench. Yamada says.
“While my legs were in bad shape, I said, ‘If the next batter doesn’t work, please change me. Let me play another batter.'”
Taiyo Otsubo, the batter immediately after receiving the call, bunted the ball and made a foul, and whiffed a one-bound ball to strike out. Omi’s manager Akihito Taga finally made a move and sent left-hander Sena Hoshino to the mound.
“I was told by Yamada to make a judgment on that batter (No. 8 Otsubo) who couldn’t be sent with a bunt, but the next batter didn’t get a strike and got a four-ball, so that’s the limit. When”
Of course, Director Taga should have known that his leg was cramped. But still he couldn’t make up his mind. He sent a messenger and waited for Yamada to say, “Please replace me.” If you look at the pitch, you can clearly see that it is different from usual ….
In this spring’s Senbatsu, which was the runner-up, Taga’s appointment as a pitcher may have caused controversy. Yamada pitched 165 pitches in the first match, which was a tiebreaker in the 13th inning tie-break, against Seiko Gakuin (87 pitches), and against Konko Osaka (127 pitches). threw the ball.
