At the Senbatsu High School Baseball Stadium held at Koshien Stadium, the referees admitted a misjudgment over the judgment of whether it was a fair or foul ball, and made an unusual apology in the announcement inside the stadium.
In Senbatsu High School Baseball, the first game on the second day of the tournament, and the game between Koryo High School in Hiroshima and Tsuruga Kehi High School in Fukui, Hiroryo's 8th Haruo Oyama sent a ball in the bottom of the 4th inning with no out first base. Rolled on the first base line.
Regarding this hit, the ball umpire in charge of the judgment judged it to be fair, but the second base umpire opened both hands and showed a foul gesture.
For this reason, the first base runner who had stopped advancing after Oyama was out by throwing the ball to the first base was sandwiched between the first and second bases and became a touch out.
As a result of discussions by the referees regarding this decision, the second base referee said that the foul gesture was incorrect, and if there was no such movement, the first base runner would have advanced to second base, so change the decision and restart the game from 1 out second base. I decided.
Then, the ball umpire made an unusual apology in the hall announcement, saying, "It's our mistake. I'm very sorry."
No points were scored this time.
Vice-Chairman Tetsuyuki Kubota said, "Apologies may be unusual, but I think it was good to express our feelings to the players and fans."