High School Baseball Senbatsu: Hotoku Gakuen beats Osaka Toin, making it the top 4 for the second consecutive year. On the 9th day of the Sen batsu High School Baseball Tournament, in the 4th game of the quarterfinals, Hyogo's HotokuGakuen defeated Osaka ToIn High School 4-1, for theSecond consecutive year following last year's runner-up finish.  Starting pitcher Hiroki Asamaru pitched well with a mid-140 km fastball and a sharply falling fork ball.