The fastest 153 km as good as the previous reputation Ace of star ridge Okugawa August 7 19:59

The national high school baseball in summer, the pitching pitcher of the tournament that appeared in the third game on the second day of the tournament, Seinobu (Ishikawa) pitcher Okugawa Takenobu strikes at the fastest 153 km straight, and pitched according to the previous reputation , Asahikawa Daitaka (North Hokkaido) was closed three hits, contributing to the team's first breakthrough.

“The rising was the most important, so I raised the gear.”

Okugawa pitched Koshien from the beginning.

Asahikawa Daitaka's No. 1 player, Sato Kazuaki, increased the out-course and struck out with a 153 km straight swing that was the fastest in the match. Next, Yuki Mochimaru missed out on the 151 km straight out-course. In addition, No. 3 Reo Sugawara made three consecutive strikeouts with the swinging ball of the out-course reduced to an empty swing.

“We were able to bring the atmosphere of the stadium to us,” recalled.

Growing from Senbatsu

Pitcher Okukawa who got the first goal in the second round shows how he grew up from the Senbatsu tournament, which was lost in the second round.

In addition to the straight line that struck the 150 kilometer range, the sliders that were sharpened and sharpened in the summer were skillfully used.

The role of Ace was well recognized, saying “I have to throw 9 times”, and I put power where I put power, and I put out power where I pulled power, and didn't give me the chance to put it on.

The number of balls that were thrown was 94, which left a surplus in the future. Director Kazunari Hayashi was highly praised as “they were able to pitch like that”.

Self-evaluation is dry

Pitcher Okukawa seemed to be the best pitcher, but her evaluation was surprisingly dry.

Although I was out, I was hit with a strong ball to the light several times. “I was helped by the beach breeze unique to Koshien. Since it was late, I had a lot of reflections. The result was good, The content is still more. About half of the score. "

Seiratsu was banned from teaching for almost two months, as he was against the spirit of fair play, saying that Hayashi ’s signature was stolen at the Senbatsu tournament and protesting the opponent ’s team. , Left the ground.

Pitcher Okukawa was not in good condition due to the discomfort of the right shoulder, and the road to summer was never smooth.

Under such circumstances, pitcher Okukawa aimed at the 4th Koshien and continued basic exercises such as weight training and catchball, and returned to the stage again.

Pitcher Okukawa showed a smile, saying, “It is fun to be thrown at Koshien in a good sense of tension.”

The summer battle will be the culmination of high school baseball.