Summer national high school baseball Tsuruga Kehi wins triple and goes to quarterfinal for the first time in 7 years

Summer national high school baseball entered the third round from the 24th, and in the third game, Tsuruga Kehi High School in Fukui beat Mie High School 6-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Tsuruga Kehi took the lead with a timely hit by No. 4 in the second grade and Yuki Kamikaseda, and a timely hit by No. 6 and Soushi Konishi. I got 5 points at once in the attack of.

Tsuruga Kehi added one point in the second inning and took the initiative in the game in the early stages following the first game.

In the pitching, pitcher Katsutoshi Honda made a complete game with 9 hits, but kept the 9th inning to 3 runs.

Tsuruga Kehi won the triple with 6 to 3 and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in seven years since 2014, when he reached the top four.

In the 8th inning, Mie caught up to 3 points in the 2nd round home run, which is the 25th tournament of captain Ikeda Yaga, but pitcher Sota Ueyama, a sophomore ace who won a shutout victory in the 2nd round of the first round. Was driven into the rise and disappeared in the third round.

Director Tsuruga Kehi Higashi "He concentrated and did well"

Director Kohei Azuma of Tsuruga Kehi High School, who decided to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in seven years, said, "Let's swing the first strike firmly without swinging a low ball," but once everyone He concentrated and did it well. I have a problem because it doesn't last up to 9 times, but I think I was able to win well even if it was dangerous in the second half because of the savings, "he praised the players.

And for the quarter-final with Kyoto International High School to be held on the 26th, "I think that the close battle will continue when I come here, but the condition of the team is improving, so I want to do my best in baseball to win one race. "He said his enthusiasm.

Tsuruga Kehi Konishi "It's okay because the team won."

Tsuruga Kehi High School's Kanoshi Konishi, who scored three RBIs in two timely runs, was the only player in the starting lineup to score eight points in the first match with 16 hits and no hits.

Konishi recalled, "I felt like I couldn't hit myself, but I reopened and entered the turn at bat with a new feeling, saying,'It's okay because the team won.'"

Tsuruga Kehi Kamikaseta "I want to win the quarterfinals at all costs"

Yuki Kamikaseda, a second-year student who hit the first timely hit in the first inning, said, "Today's theme as a team was to swing the ball that came to the strike zone from the beginning. Since I have a batter, I was able to hit positively because I felt that I was okay if I was out, "he recalled with a fulfilling expression.

For the quarter-final with Kyoto International High School on the 26th, "The opponent is a team with many second graders, and I can not lose. I also want to win. "

Director Mie Okita "Goodness of Koshien to friends"

Director Nobuo Okita of Mie High School, who lost, said about pitcher Sota Ueyama, a second-year starting pitcher who had five goals in one inning. I got a lot of goals because I was aimed at the place where the count got worse. "

On top of that, "There are players who have experienced Koshien, such as two pitchers throwing and hitting hits in the second grade and the first grade, so I want you to tell your friends the goodness of Koshien and do it with the desire to go again." I had high expectations for the future.

Mie Ikeda "I'm glad I hit a home run at the dream Koshien"

Mie High School captain Yaga Ikeda, who hit a two-run home run in the 8th inning, said, "I'm glad I was able to hit a home run and make a guts pose on the stage of the dream Koshien. I'm glad I hit it when I wanted to score." Was there.

In addition, after the match, he told pitcher Sota Ueyama, a second-year student, "Thank you because I couldn't come to Koshien without Ueyama." I want you to do it. "