The quarterfinals of the summer national high school baseball tournament were held on the 18th, and in the second game, Shiga's Omi High School defeated Kagawa's Takamatsu Commercial with a score of 7 to 6 to advance to the final four.
In the first inning, Omi took the lead with a timely hit by pitcher Yoto Yamada, the 4th pitcher, with 2 outs and 2nd base.
On the other hand, Takamatsu Commercial caught up with the third two-run home run of this tournament by Shogo Asano, the slugger who is attracting attention with one out and first base in the third inning.
On the other hand, Omi won the game with the bases loaded with 2 outs and a timely hit by Hiroto Ohashi, the 8th pitcher, and took the lead again.
After that, in the 6th inning, when both teams fought for one point each, Omi expanded the lead to 5 to 3 with a timely hit that was the second RBI of the 4th Yamada player as a 1-out, 1st base, and 2nd base.
In the 7th inning, Takamatsu Shogyo, who are chasing 2 points, have 1 out and the bases loaded with one out due to Asano's declaration of avoidance. I took the lead for the first time in this game with a dead ball pushed out to 6 to 5.
However, Omi was behind that, and the tie was still tied, and the 3rd player Itsuki Nakase hit a timely hit in the scene of 2 outs and 3rd base, and it was 7 to 6 again.
In the 8th inning, Omi pitcher Yamada gave two four balls and dropped out, but Sena Hoshino, who came up to the mound as the second pitcher, suppressed Takamatsu commercial batting line, and Omi won 7 to 6 for the second consecutive tournament. I decided to advance to the best 4.