On the second day of the summer national high school baseball tournament, four games will be played in the first round.
Game 1 Chiben Gakuen (Nara) -Kurashiki Sho (Okayama)
In the first match, Nara's Chiben Gakuen, which has participated in the 20th time in two consecutive tournaments, and Kurashiki Commercial High School in Okayama, who has participated in the 11th time for the first time in 9 years, will play against each other.
At Chiben Gakuen, Ukyo Maekawa, who was assigned the first position in the Nara tournament, and Sodai Taniguchi, who was assigned the second position, both left a batting average of over 60%, creating opportunities.
Kurashiki Commercial will lead the team with the strength of the game, such as captain Shuta Yamashita shooting a timely hit that decides a goodbye win in the final of the Okayama tournament.
Game 2 Yokohama (Kanagawa) -Hiroshima Shinjo (Hiroshima)
In the second match, Yokohama High School in Kanagawa, which has participated for the 19th time in 3 years, and Hiroshima Shinjo High School, who has participated in the 3rd time for the first time in 5 years, will play against each other.
Yokohama boasts overwhelming striking power with 100 hits and 94 points in 7 games of the Kanagawa tournament.
At No. 4, catcher Shoki Tachibana is the core of the team in terms of both offense and defense.
Hiroshima Shinjo will make a match with two pitchers, left-handed pitcher Takudai Nishii and right-handed pitcher Yuki Hanada.
Game 3 Takaoka Sho (Toyama) -Matsusho Gakuen (Nagano)
In the third match, Takaoka Commercial High School in Toyama, who participated in the 21st time in four consecutive tournaments, and Matsusho Gakuen in Nagano, who participated in the 37th time for the first time in four years, will play against each other.
At Takaoka Commercial High School, Kazuya Ishiguro, who was in charge of No. 1 at the Toyama Tournament, left a batting average of 60%, 6 minutes and 7 minutes, and also hit three home runs, which has boosted the team.
Matsusho Gakuen is characterized by a continuous batting average with a batting average of over 40% from No. 2 to No. 5, and in particular, No. 5 Kumagai Daisei showed a long hitting ability with three home runs.
Game 4 Tohoku Gakuin (Miyagi) -Aiko Daimeiden (Aichi)
In the 4th game, Miyagi's Tohoku Gakuin, which participated for the first time, and Aichi's Aiko Daimeiden High School, who participated for the 13th time in 3 years, will play against each other.
Tohoku Gakuin took 42 strikeouts, which exceeded the number of innings thrown at the Miyagi tournament, with the characteristic of a fastball thrown down from a height of 1 meter 87 cm by ace pitcher Kota Ito.
Aiko Daimeiden has won with two signboards, right-handed pitcher Daiki Terashima and left-handed pitcher Shunsuke Tamura, both of whom have straights over 140 kilometers.