The final of the summer national high school baseball will be held on the 29th, and will be a match between Chiben Wakayama High School and the brother schools of Chiben Gakuen in Nara.

Chiben Wakayama, who is aiming to win the championship for the first time in 21 years, has a thick base of pitchers, and has the power to concede an average of 1 point per game centered on pitcher Seiki Nakanishi, who completed the game in the semifinals.



In addition, the batting average pulled by captain No. 1 Atsuki Miyasaka, who has a batting average of over 50%, has been doing well, marking double-digit hits for three consecutive games so far.



Chiben Gakuen, which is aiming for the first victory in the summer, also has a stable pitcher team with an average goal of 1 point per game centered on the two signboards of ace pitcher Omasa Nishimura and pitcher Isshin Kobata who completed the game in the two games of this tournament. doing.



As for the batting line, Ukyo Maekawa (3rd) and Yosuke Yamashita (captain) (4th) have a strong batting average with more than 30% batting average.

There are many things in common that are unique to sibling schools

Chiben Wakayama High School and Chiben Gakuen in Nara have many things in common that are unique to sibling schools.



Uniforms are the focus of attention.



Both teams have a vermilion letter "Chiben" sewn on their chests, and their hats and helmets also have a vermilion letter "C".



At first glance, the uniforms look the same, but because they are made by different manufacturers, there are minor differences, and Chiben Wakayama is generally darker in vermilion than Chiben Gakuen.



Even so, on SNS, there are a lot of high school baseball fans saying that it is difficult to tell which uniform they are, such as "it is difficult to distinguish from a distance" or "I want to find a mistake".



Also, because it was a brother school, the school trips between the players were actually the same.



This year's third year students went on a school trip to the Chugoku-Shikoku region jointly last year.



It is said that Ukyo Maekawa, a strong hitter at Chiben Gakuen, and Tenharu Tokumaru, who hit No. 4 at Chiben Wakayama High School, became friends over the phone to make a flower in baseball discussions.



Still, Maekawa was enthusiastic, saying, "I'm on good terms, but I think we'll change the color of each other's eyes in the final. We will challenge with the feeling of a match without worrying about it."



Furthermore, it is Mr. Hitoshi Takashima who pointed out that the teams have similar characteristics, who served as directors at both schools and won a total of 68 wins in Koshien.



The average number of goals scored per game so far for both teams is in the 1-point range, and the pitchers are stable. * Mr. Takashima expects a close game, saying, "Both teams have solid batteries, so I think it will be a good game." doing.



Regarding the finals between the brothers' schools that I raised myself, I expected a good game, saying, "I want you to win both, but I want you to settle with a score by batting instead of a walk or an error."