Senbatsu High School Baseball, which is held at Koshien Stadium, is scheduled to have two semi-final games on the 30th.


Urawa Gakuin in Saitama and Ohmi High School in Shiga, which will play in the first game, and Kokugakuin Kugayama High School and Osaka Toin High School in Tokyo, which will play in the second game, prepared for each other by practicing assuming the other team.

Urawa Gakuin x Ohmi 30th 11:00 Scheduled to start

[Urawa Gakuin]


Urawa Gakuin defeated Fukuoka's Kyushu International University High School 6-3 in the quarterfinals on the 28th, and advanced to the best four for the first time in seven years.

On the 29th, I practiced for about two and a half hours on the ground in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, after 10 am.


Of these, pitcher Miyagi Konan, a left-handed ace who has continued stable pitching with 3 goals in 3 games, entered the bullpen with Yuta Kaneda, who played mainly in shorts and relieved in the second round and quarterfinals. I practiced pitching for about 20 minutes so that I could check my feelings.


On the other hand, the batter team assumed the right-handed ace of Omi High School, Yosho Yamada, who will play in the semi-final, and practiced batting against the right-handed pitcher, and hit the final three-run home run in the quarter-final. Kazuhiro Nabekura was hitting a sharp ball.

[Ohmi]


The players of Ohmi High School adjusted at the ground in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture from around 10 am.


Ohmi High School was decided to participate in a hurry on behalf of the school that declined the tournament due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the team, but the first round was extended 13 times, and when it won at the end of the tiebreaker, it gained momentum and became the first in Shiga prefecture. I advanced to the semi-final.


In the practice on the 29th, pitcher Haru Yamada, who is the captain of the ace, said to his teammates, "It's not an opponent who can easily win, but the one who makes an error loses, so let's tighten it." ..


In the defensive practice that followed, the players showed a light movement with a tight look.


Pitcher Yamada, who has completed three games in a row from the first round, is planning to start the semi-final, so he did not practice pitching and was sweating with catch balls at short distances.

Pitcher Yamada was enthusiastic, saying, "I don't have any problem with my physical condition. I want to keep myself in control and bring the flow to the team because the opponent is a strong hit."


Director Akihito Taga said, "I want to play a low-score game in the final game. The player base is getting thicker, so I want to believe in the players."

Kokugakuin Kugayama x Osaka Toin 30th 13:30 Scheduled to start

[Kokugakuin Kugayama]


The players of Kokugakuin Kugayama High School sweated around 2:00 pm on the ground in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture for about two hours, focusing on batting practice.


Kokugakuin Kugayama High School defeated Ishikawa's Hoshiryo High School 4-2 in the quarterfinals on the 29th, and advanced to the top four for the first time through spring and summer.


On the 29th, coach Naoki Ozaki gathered the players before the practice and instructed them to shake off the bat firmly while imagining the trajectory of the pitcher's ball at Osaka Toin High School.


In batting practice, No. 4 Hayato Shimokawa, who hit a home run in the quarterfinals, made a sharp hit with a powerful swing.


Kokugakuin Kugayama has won with a right-handed ace, pitcher Riku Narita, and a pitcher relay of three pitchers.

All three did not enter the bullpen and adjusted with catch balls and long throws.

[Osaka Toin]


The players of Osaka Toin High School adjusted for about two and a half hours at the school ground in Daito City, Osaka from around 10:30 am.

Osaka Toin played against Municipal Wakayama High School in the quarterfinals on the 28th, hitting six home runs, which is the most record in one game as a team, and won 17-0.


The batters practiced batting assuming that there were runners.

On the other hand, pitchers such as Yusuke Maeda, who pitched well in the quarterfinals, adjusted with catch balls.