The Japan Championships, which will determine the number one baseball team in Japan for the first time in two years due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, has begun in Kobe.
The Japan Championships in Athletics for working adults are held in the fall every year, but last year it was canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and due to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the time was changed to the intercity baseball tournament. It will be held from this month to next month.
32 teams including the winning team, Osaka Gas, participated in the tournament and started on the 29th at Hotto Motto Field Kobe in Suma-ku, Kobe.
The opening ceremony was not held to prevent infection, and Osaka Gas captain Tomohiro Minoshita returned the championship flag.
In the first match after this, NTT East in Tokyo and Yamaha in Shizuoka will face each other, and in NTT East, No. 4 Motoo Mukaiyama will hit a timely hit in the first and a home run to widen the lead in the eighth. I showed you.
Even if it was thrown, rookie pitcher Takuma Uede pitched well with 1 goal in the 8th inning, and NTT East won 3-2 to advance to the 2nd round.
In addition, at the Japanese Baseball League, which hosts the tournament, a PCR test was conducted on 630 players and related persons of the participating teams before the opening, and as a result, one person showed a positive result. Since there is no such thing, all teams have been allowed to participate.
If the schedule goes smoothly, the final will be held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on July 14th.