In the summer national high school baseball, all four games on the 15th were played even though the start time was delayed due to the rain that continued until the morning, and the players who waited for the game with the postponement that lasted for three days quickly prepared the ground. I was also asked to thank him.
The summer national high school baseball championship held at Koshien Stadium was postponed for three consecutive days due to the rain, and there were many large puddles on the ground.
Even so, from around 9:30 am when the rain became weak, the ground keeper of Hanshin Gardening, who was in charge of the maintenance of the Koshien Stadium, carefully sprinkled sand and prepared it with craftsmanship that is also called "God maintenance" among baseball fans. As I went, the water started to drain naturally, and about an hour and a half later, before 11:00 am, the first game started.
The final 4th match had the latest start time in the summer Koshien among the records, but the players were able to face the match that they had been waiting for for 3 days.
The players also expressed their gratitude, and Kochi's Meitoku Gijuku High School player Kosuke Morimatsu, who hit a goodbye hit in the second game, said, "Thanks to the person who maintained it while the ground was filled with water. We were able to play our own baseball. "
In addition, the captain of Gifu Commercial & Business High School, Shoto Takagi, said, "I thought it wouldn't be the situation I expected because of the rain, but when I stood on the ground, it didn't happen and I was in a normal state. I'm really glad I played. "
Game 4 Starts at 7:10 pm, the latest in history
Summer National High School Baseball Championship, the fourth game on the 15th, the third day of the tournament, started at 7:10 pm, the latest ever, as far as records remain.
In the summer national high school baseball, due to the rain, the four games on the third day of the tournament were postponed for three consecutive days until the 14th, and it was raining until the morning on the 15th, so the first game was three hours later than planned in the morning It started before 11 o'clock.
Due to this influence, the match between Komatsu Otani High School in Ishikawa and Takagawa Gakuen in Yamaguchi started at 7:10 pm, and the match started the latest since 1958, when the record remains.
The latest match start time so far was 6:28 pm, which was the match between Konan High School in Okinawa and Bunsei University of Art and Design in Tochigi at the 89th tournament in 2007.