Senbatsu High School Baseball, which is celebrating its 94th anniversary, will start on the 18th, and three games of the first round will be held following the opening ceremony.
1st match
In the first match, Urawa Gakuin in Saitama, which both have strong defenses, will face Oita Maizuru High School, who will participate for the first time in the 21st century through spring and summer.
At Urawa Gakuin, the two signboards of pitcher Yuta Kaneda, who also protects the shorts, and the left arm of the uniform number "1", which has the fastest speed of over 140 km, are stable.
In the eight official games last fall, there were only three errors, and we can create a rhythm from a solid defense and connect it to an attack.
Maizuru Oita also has an average number of errors per game of 0.57, which is the fifth lowest among the participating teams, and the stable defense shines.
In the attack, the key is to be able to put out a runner in front of Yuki Toko, who marked a batting average of 40%, 5 minutes and 2 minutes in 7 official games last fall.
2nd match
In the second match, Wakayama Higashi High School and Kurashiki Kogyo of Okayama will play for the first time through spring and summer.
Wakayama Higashi has the second highest number of stolen bases per game with 3.3 stolen bases, which is the second highest among the participating schools.
In addition, the central batter Sota Morioka has a long hitting power, such as marking three home runs in the official game last fall.
Kurashiki Technical High School is a well-balanced team.
The batting average of the team in the official game last fall was 30%, 8 minutes and 9 minutes, which was the second result among the participating schools.
As for defense, the average number of errors per game is stable at 0.6.
3rd match
In the third match, Clark Memorial International High School in Hokkaido and Fukuoka International High School attached to Kyushu International University will play against each other.
Clark International has a stable ERA of 1 point for both pitcher Rinsho Yamanaka, who pitched in the 7 official games of autumn, and pitcher Asahi Tsujita, who pitched in 6 games.
The batting average of the team is also 30%, 6 minutes and 4 minutes, which is the 5th among the participating schools, and it has a high level of good defense.
Kyushu International University has a strong ability to score nearly 9 points per game, centered on second-year student Shiro Sakura, who scored 5 home runs and 25 RBIs in 14 official games last fall.
Both teams were also competing in the first round of the Meiji Jingu Tournament last fall, and the match was won by Kyushu International University attached 5 to 1.