Summer's Koshien: Each team's measures to reduce the pitcher's burden August 22 18:21

Ryowa's first summer national high school baseball ended with the victory of the Osaka Shoshosha High School. In the meantime, while reducing the burden on the pitcher was controversial, it became a contest where the measures of each team were prominent, such as avoiding pitcher continuous throwing and continuous throwing.

In the summer Iwate tournament finals, it was argued that the pitcher Ofukito Saki's pitcher Nozomi Sasaki did not climb on the judgment of `` to prevent failure '', but in summer Koshien there was a tendency not to throw ace continuously It was.

The second-place winner, Seiryo Okugawa, pitched 14 times in the third round with Chiben Wakayama High School, and did not climb the next quarterfinal, but succeeded in the succession of the other two pitchers.
In addition, as a measure to reduce the burden on the tournament, Okugawa pitcher did not throw continuously throughout the tournament, since a new rest day was set a day before the final.
Last year, Akita's gold-footed agriculture pitcher Yoshida Terusei pitched up to 881 balls, while Okugawa's pitch was 512.

In addition, there are many teams that win by succession of multiple pitchers in anticipation of consecutive battles, and Chukyo Gakuin Daichukyo High School in Gifu has progressed from the first round to the semi-finals in succession.

After the third round, when the game interval was shortened, the number of games that one pitcher completed was limited to five teams, less than half of last year.

In addition, since the third round, the pitcher pitched more than 96 pitches per game, which is about 5 less than last year.

With this background, NHK High School Baseball Commentary Hiroyuki Sakaguchi points out, “Because the level of batting has risen and the physical strength of the pitcher has become exhausted, it is impossible to win without multiple pitchers.”

The total number of home runs in this tournament is 48, which is almost the same as last year when there were seven games, and it can be seen that the trend of power baseball continues.

Mr. Sakaguchi said, “The current metal bat is very accurate, and it is likely that home runs and hits are likely to occur. To reduce the burden on the pitcher, it is necessary to limit the number of balls and relax the competition schedule. We may consider changing the standard. "