Meijin Gijuku wins the first star ridge battle in 27 years Baseball Meiji Jingu Tournament November 15 21:50

In the first round of the baseball Meiji Jingu tournament, which opened on the 15th, Kochi's Meitoku Gijuku High School and Ishikawa Seiryo High School faced each other for the first time in 27 years, and Meitoku Gijuku won 8-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Both teams were fighting 27 years ago at Koshien in the summer of 1992, and at this time Meitoku Gijuku won 3-2, but Director Shiro Mabuchi was Hideki Matsui who was the fourth batter of Seiryo Instructed to stay away from five at-bats in a row and called for great debate.

In the official game, it was the match since that time. Director Makuma, who was 63 years old, was directed by Director Kazunari Hayashi who participated in “Short 2” in the game at that time.

In the game, Seiryo took the lead by timely hit by No.4 Umayama No.4 in 3 times.

Meitoku Gijuku 4 times, 3 hits and 4 mistakes made the opponent's mistake, and 4 points were reversed, and 3 times Daisuke Suzuki threw a three-run home run.

Both teams who scored an average of 10 points or more at the autumn district tournament had the same number of hits as 11. However, Meitoku Gijuku, who took advantage of the chance, won 8-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals. It was.

Meijin Makoto “Not particularly aware of 27 years ago”

“Since 27 years ago, the current player was not born, I wasn't particularly conscious. I just concentrated on how to inspire the players and what to do with today's game.” “I think that the team strength is better at Seiryo, but it seems that it is an interesting and difficult place for baseball to win and lose like this,” he said with a smile as a veteran director.

Director Hayashi Seiryo “I felt a difference in the arrangement”

“I was looking forward to being able to play against Director Mabuchi. I thought I wouldn't be too conscious of the first match in 27 years, so I do n’t look at the opponent's bench as much as possible during the match. Because I was a director of Hensen Nihon, I had a lot of thoughts about where and what to set up.