On the 4th day of the tournament, Senbatsu High School Baseball Championship was one of the best cards in the first round, and in the second game, Chiben Gakuen in Nara beat Osaka Toin High School 8-6 to advance to the second round.
Chiben Gakuen and Osaka Toin, both of whom have won the championship in Senbatsu, also played against each other in the final of the Kinki tournament last fall, when Chiben Gakuen won.
In one match, Chiben Gakuen took the lead by 1 point, and at the chance of bases loaded, 6th player Ko Uegaki added 3 points in a timely two-base and suddenly took the lead of 4 points, 2 points difference. In the 6th inning, he added 3 points with a timely hit by No. 7 Sora Morita and expanded his lead again.
Osaka Toin, who was chasing after, was suppressed to no hits by pitcher Omasa Nishimura, the ace of Chiben Gakuen, up to 4 times, but after the middle stage, his strong hitting line gradually showed his power, and it became 8 times. Scored 3 points with No. 7 Fujiwara Natsuaki's 2-point timely three-base, and was close to a 2-point difference.
However, Chiben Gakuen defended the lead from the beginning and won 8 to 6 to advance to the second round.
On the other hand, Osaka Toin lost the first match at Koshien for the first time in 19 years since the summer of 2002.
Osaka Toin High School Captain Ikeda "I can't carry the game at all"
Ryoma Ikeda, the captain of Osaka Toin High School, said, "I've been practicing while saying,'I can't lose twice because I lost at the Kinki tournament last fall.' "I want to catch up quickly, I want to reverse," I was impatient. "
He said, "I was very tenacious in the second half, but I felt that I couldn't enter the game for the first time or carry the game at all. I would like to tackle this issue for the summer."
Director Nishitani of Osaka Toin High School "I want to make use of it for the summer"
Koichi Nishitani, the coach of Osaka Toin High School, who lost the first game, said, "The cause of the loss was that I couldn't make a rhythm from the defense because I got 4 points first in the first time. However, I was thrown with a margin using a changing ball, "he recalled.
On the other hand, regarding the fact that the batting line returned 6 points after the 6th inning, "I have practiced to build a strong team toward the end, so I think I was able to demonstrate the results. Some players have little experience in Koshien, so today I want to make use of what I learned in the match for the summer, not just my regrets. "
Osaka Toin Senbatsu's first defeat in the first match
This is the first time that Osaka Toin High School has lost the first game at Koshien in the 12th time since the first appearance in 1991 at Senbatsu High School Baseball Championship.
Including the summer Koshien, which has participated 10 times in the past, it was the first time in 19 years since 2002 that he was eliminated in the first match.