In the 4th game on the 7th day of the summer national high school baseball tournament, Kaisei High School in Nagasaki defeated Tenri High School in Nara 4-2 to advance to the 3rd round.
In the 2nd inning of 1-1, Kaisei won the game with a 2-point timely hit by Yusho Kawachi, the No. 1 player, and added 1 point in the 3rd inning with a sacrifice fly.
In the 8th inning, with a 4-1 lead, Kaisei was given a run back by Tenri, and the bases were loaded with 2 outs.
In this scene, Mine Soichiro, who came off as a substitute and came in second, caught the ball that flew backwards in a diving dive to get out of the pinch.
In the ninth inning, pitcher Miyahara managed to get through without giving up a run, and Kaisei defeated Tenri 4-2 to advance to the third round.
Tenri's ace pitcher Yune Minamizawa, who pitched a complete game with one goal in the first round, was deprived of a score from the beginning, but after the fourth inning, he recovered and pitched eight innings, giving up four goals and showing tenacious pitching. rice field.
On the other hand, the Tenri batting line created scenes with the bases loaded in the 4th and 8th innings, but did not get one more.