Shimane's Hamada High School beat Saga's Arita Kogyo 5-3 in the first game on the eighth day of the summer national high school baseball tournament, advancing to the third round.
Both Hamada and Arita Kogyo were determined to be infected with the new coronavirus during pre-tournament inspections, and the first match was set up on the eighth day, and the match was played without replacing the registered members.
In the 6th inning, when the score was tied 2-2, Hamada won 3 points with a 2-point timely hit by No. 6 Kazuki Takagi.
In the relay, the second-year left-handed pitcher Eisuke Hata and the third-year right-handed pitcher Kuto Morii held the Arita Kogyo batting line to 6 hits and 3 points to protect the lead.
Hamada defeated Arita Kogyo 5-3 and made it through the first match following the last appearance 18 years ago.
On the other hand, Arita Kogyo, who has been participating in the spring and summer consecutively, was able to keep the starting pitcher Yuya Tsukamoto's pitching to 2 points in the 5th inning, but in the 6th inning, he was caught by Hamada's batting line and appeared in the first game following Senbatsu. turned off.