On the 5th day of the summer national high school baseball tournament, 2 games in the 1st round and 1 game in the 2nd round will be held.

1st match

The first match will be between Osaka Toin High School and Asahikawa University High School in northern Hokkaido, who are aiming for their third consecutive spring/summer title.



Osaka Toin won the championship with overwhelming strength, such as hitting 11 home runs, which is a tournament record, at the spring Senbatsu this year.



At the summer tournament in Osaka, the strong batting line that can score from anywhere from 1st to 9th showed its power.



The pitchers include ace pitcher Tsugutaka Kawahara and second-year pitcher Yugo Maeda, who also started in the Senbatsu finals.



On the other hand, Asahikawa Odaka, who participated for the first time in three years, led pitchers Shoya Ikeda* and Ryota Yamayasu, who has the uniform number “7”, to Koshien as the pillars of the pitchers.



In addition, they have made just three errors in their six matches in the Northern Hokkaido Tournament, demonstrating their solid defense.



The batting line is characterized by mobility, and launches a variety of attacks involving bunts.



It will be interesting to see what kind of battle he will show to the winning candidate.

2nd match

The second match will be the final match of the first round, with Seibo Gakuen from Saitama playing against Noshiro Shoyo High School from Akita.



Seibo Gakuen, who won the Saitama tournament from unseeded, will be participating for the first time in 13 years.



Daiki Okabe, the team's ace pitcher, is known for his pitching skills, using straights, sliders, and changeups.



The batting line is good at bunting runners to score points.



Shoyo Noshiro, who will be participating for the first time in 11 years, is the captain and number 3 Motoki Tanaka, who marked a batting average of 50%, 2 minutes and 6 minutes at the Akita tournament.



As a catcher, Tanaka leads the pitching staff and plays a key role in the defense.

3rd game

It will be the second round from the third game.



Kagoshima Jitsugyo and Meishu Hitachi High School in Ibaraki will play against each other.



Kagoshima Jitsugyo, who won the Kagoshima tournament from unseeded, is participating for the first time in four years.



Ace and southpaw pitcher Tomoya Akasaki makes full use of a variety of breaking balls and is known for his stable control.



On the other hand, Meishu-Hitachi, who is making his first appearance, won 55 points in 6 games at the Ibaraki tournament, and Mitsunari Sato, the 3rd hitter with a batting average of 50%, 7 minutes and 9 minutes, will lead the batting line.



Attention will be paid to the confrontation between Kagoshima Jitsugyo's pitcher Akasaki and Meishu Hitachi's batting line.