The summer national high school baseball tournament held at Koshien Stadium was postponed to the 19th because the three scheduled games were canceled due to bad weather on the 18th.
The 6th day, which is the most in the tournament, was postponed, and the players talked about their feelings, such as "I want to play the game sooner."
On the 18th, the summer national high school baseball championship was postponed to the 19th because the scheduled 1st and 2nd rounds, a total of 3 games, were canceled due to bad weather for 2 consecutive days.
Since the 9th of this month, which was originally scheduled to start, the postponement due to the influence of rain etc. will be the 6th day including the 17th when 3 out of 4 games were postponed, and the history of the tournament counting 103 times Among them, it became the most.
The representative school, which was scheduled to play on the 18th, responded to a remote interview after making adjustments at the indoor practice field of Koshien Stadium.
Of these, pitcher Naoya Iwasa of Ohmi High School in Shiga said, "I practiced pitching about 30 pitches, but I'm in a good condition to get rid of my tiredness, so I want to play the game sooner."
On the other hand, pitcher Tatsuya Yoshida of Nihon University Tohoku High School in Fukushima, who is the opponent, said, "I'm worried that the rain will make me feel down and there will be a gap between the games from the final of the local tournament. talked.
In addition, pitcher Masanori Akiyama of Nishogakusha University High School in East Tokyo said that two schools, Miyazaki Commercial Senior High School and Tohoku Gakuin School in Miyagi, declined to participate on the 17th due to the infection of athletes with the new coronavirus. Everyone was surprised. I feel sorry for them, and I have to do my best as a representative school for that team. I think we have to avoid getting caught in Corona, "he said.