Summer Koshien Tournament Day 7 Highlights August 12, 4:20

The national high school baseball in summer will be played on the 12th day of the tournament on the 12th and the 4th round of the second round, and all 49 representative schools will participate in the third match at Nara's Chiben Gakuen.

Game 1 Higashi Uwajima (Ehime)-Ube Yushiro (Yamaguchi)

In the first match, Uwajima Higashi High School in Ehime, which will be the 9th appearance in 9 years, will compete against Ube Isojo High School in Yamaguchi, the second appearance in 7 years.

Uwajimahigashi has two pitchers, Kiyoshi Ashida, who has great control, and 2 pitchers, pitcher Shinda Wada, who throws a ball with a strong ball.

On the other hand, Ube Yushiro has 5 home runs and 6 long hits in 6 games, and in particular, the 5th Kentaro Harada pulls the batting line with a batting average of 4/5/5.

The key point is how the Uwajima Higashi 2nd grade pitcher will hold down the Ube Passenger Line.

Game 2 Kaisei (Nagasaki)-Saint Optical Institute (Fukushima)

In the second game, Nagasaki Kaisei High School, which has participated for the 18th time for the first time in 5 years, will compete against St. Kogakuin in Fukushima, which has participated for the 16th time in 13 consecutive years.

Kaisei has a strong batting line centered on No. 1 Shinichiro Matsuo, and won 4 out of 6 games in Nagasaki.

In the Fukushima tournament, St. Kogakuin shined a strong defense with 2 errors in 6 games, and even when hit, No. 5 Yoshida Shuya is doing well, with a batting average of 50%, 2 minutes and 6 km.

Game 3 Chiben Gakuen (Nara)-Hachinohe Gakuin Mitsusei (Aomori)

The third match will be Nara's Chiben Gakuen, the 19th appearance for the first time in 3 years, and Aomori Hachinohe Gakuin High School, the 10th appearance for the second consecutive year.

At Chiben Gakuen, captain No. 3 Sakashita Sakashita marked the batting average 60%, 8 minutes, 2 homes and 5 home runs.

On the other hand, Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei is the first match with Aichi Honorary High School, where Captain No. 1 Tatsuo Takeoka pulls three hits and two batting points.

Watch out for the captains of both teams.

Game 4 Kamimura Gakuen (Kagoshima)-Takaoka Commercial (Toyama)

In the fourth match, Kamimura Gakuen in Kagoshima and Takaoka Commercial in Toyama will play.

Kamimura Gakuen was the first round against Saga Kita High School, and Ace's pitcher Tanaka Shuntaro finished with two goals. The batting line was won by a solid game, such as squeezing scores.

On the other hand, Takaoka Commercial, aiming to advance to the third round following last year, won the extra time with the succession of three pitchers. The batting line is strong, with Captain No. 1 Choyo Morita hitting the home run.

It seems that the point of the game will be how the batting line of both teams captures the opposing pitchers.