On the 4th day of the National High School Baseball Championship, 4 games were played in the first round at Koshien Stadium on the 9th, with Seiko Gakuin (Fukushima), Yokohama (Kanagawa) Company (Hyogo), and Nimatsu Gakusha University (East Tokyo) advancing to the second round. did.
2 runs in high and middle school, turn the game over
Seiko Gakuin wins from behind. From 2nd base with 2 outs in the 5th inning of 1-2, Takanaka threw a 2-run shot to the left wing seat. The starting pitcher Tsuyoshi Kobayashi gave up two runs in the middle of the fifth inning, and the main game Sayama tightened the key points to keep scoreless.
Nihon Daisan opened the scoring with Asakura’s timely double in the first inning. Until the seventh inning, the runners were in scoring position every time, but they were blocked by the good defense of Seiko Gakuin.
▽ 1st round (2nd game)
Nihon Daisan (West Tokyo) 100100000-2
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“Now is the time to grow” High school, middle school, big job
After swinging a high fastball, the hit ball rides Hamakaze and goes to the left wing seat. In the 5th inning of 1-2, with 2 outs and 2nd base, Seiko Gakuin’s high school and junior high school went over the left and made a come-from-behind 2-run run. I jumped into the chest of my teammate who spread his hand near the home base. He was immersed in joy when he hit his first high school home run on a big stage, saying, “I’m the most surprised.”
This time, the first batter got on base, but two outs in a double play. No. 1 Akahori created a good opportunity with a double, and the high school continued. He said, “I thought that if it came easy, I would do my own swing. The second-year students, who did not have a long hit at the Fukushima tournament, did a great job on the big stage.
“He’s an oddball player who’s growing up now. He lived up to the expectations of the commander who appointed him as No. 2.
He has grown three centimeters taller and weighed seven kilograms since last year. She says that she has been eating 1.2 kilograms of rice at night since before winter in order to make her body bigger.
In the eighth inning, Miyoshi hit a solo home run to cover the pitchers. With a high level of offense and defense, the match was a close match. The opponent in the second round is Yokohama. Takanaka tightened his expression, “I think it will be a difficult development next time. I want to fight with my characteristic tenacity and tenacity on the front.” (Island-shaped cherry tree)
Tohoku group is doing great, 4 wins from 4 games so far
The rapid advance of the Tohoku force does not stop. At the National High School Baseball Championship, four schools that appeared by the 9th of the 4th day broke through the first match. Five of the six homers hit so far have been hit by Tohoku players, and their presence stands out.
On the first day of the tournament, Ichinoseki Gakuin (Iwate) defeated Kyoto International, which has good pitchers, 6-5 after overtime. On the second day, Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei (Aomori) beat Soushi Gakuen (Okayama) 7-3, while Tsuruoka Higashi (Yamagata) collected three homers to beat Eishin (Hiroshima) 12-7.
On the 4th day, Seiko Gakuin (Fukushima) played its first match in the 3rd block, which was called the ‘group of death’, with 5 schools that had won the championship. They went on the offensive with two homers and other things, and won 4-2 against Nihon Daisan (West Tokyo).
The 4 schools’ excellent progress is inspiring the players of the 2 schools who are about to play their first match. Sendai Ikuei’s Takao Sumiishi is from Yamagata Prefecture. When he saw on TV that his junior high school seniors Tsuruoka Higashi and Maeda Yumeto hit a home run, he said, “He strongly thought he wanted to hit one, too.”
If five schools make it through the first round, it will be the first time in eight years. “We want to show the batting line that connects us, and show the power of the Tohoku team,” said Motoki Tanaka, captain of Shoyo Noshiro (Akita).
First, Shoyo Noshiro will face Seibo Gakuen (Saitama) in the second match on the 10th.
(Saichi-ri Kitamura)
