The quarterfinals of the summer national high school baseball tournament were held on the 18th. In the first game, Miyagi's Sendai Ikuei High School defeated Aichi's Aikodai Meiden High School 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time in seven years. rice field.
Ikuei Sendai created a chance from the lead batter's four-ball once and scored one point with a sacrifice fly.
In the second inning, when No. 9 Mikito Ogata hit a timely bunt with two outs and third base, he stole the base immediately and the batter hit the third base in a timely hit. Leading by 6 points by 5th inning on offense.
In terms of pitching, Yo Saito, who started the tournament for the first time in the tournament, showed good pitching with only one hit in the fifth inning, and the backers also made four double plays to keep Aiko Daimeiden's batting lineup to two runs.
Sendai Ikuei defeated Aiko Daimeiden 6-2 to advance to the top 4 for the first time in seven years since 2015, when they finished second.
On the other hand, Aiko Daimeiden had 40 hits and 25 points in the three games so far, but the batting lineup was suppressed to 2 points in the final stage by two pitchers of Sendai Ikuei, making it the best 4 for the first time in 41 years. We did not advance.