On the sixth day of the Senbatsu High School baseball tournament, the last game of the first round will be played, and the second round will begin from the second game.

◇1st match

The first match, which is the last card of the first round, will be played against Japan Airlines High School Ishikawa, who moved to Yamanashi Prefecture, where their affiliated school is located, and practiced after the school and ground in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, were damaged by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January. , has won once in spring and summer at Koshien, and will be competing against Ibaraki's Joso Gakuin, which will be participating for the 11th time in three years.



Japan Airlines High School Ishikawa has won based on successive pitchers such as pitcher Akio Hachiya, who is a sophomore and has a fastball of over 140 km, and pitcher Mitsukizuna Naomi.



Last fall, they narrowly lost in the prefectural tournament and the Hokushinetsu tournament after overtime tie-breaks, but in the semifinals of the Hokushinetsu tournament, they showed tenacity to catch up the three-point deficit in the final stages.



Joso Gakuin's strength is an unbroken batting line-up led by Yuya Takeda, who sits at No. 4, and can score points from anywhere. The pitching staff is unique in its transition pitching strategy, from the professional ace pitcher Shinta Kobayashi to the technical pitcher Kazuma Saito.

◇2nd match

The second round will begin with Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School from Aomori facing off against Seiryo High School from Ishikawa.



Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei won the opening game, the first round, 5-3 after an 11-inning tie-break. Ace pitcher Hiro Senpei, who has been on the mound at Koshien since the summer of his first year, pitched 156 pitches in the 9th inning, limiting the opponent's strong batting lineup to two runs.



On the other hand, Seiryo expanded their chances in the 9th inning with the score tied in the first round, when substitute substitute Mikihiro Nakajima hit a hit, and pinch hitter Higashitao's timely hit took them ahead.



Pay attention to the battle between Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei's powerful pitching staff and Seiryo's thick batting lineup.

◇3rd match

The third match will be between Kumamoto Kokufu High School and Tokushima's Anami Hikaru High School.



In the first round, Kumamoto Kokufu's two pitchers, right-handed pitcher Rito Sakai and left-handed pitcher Oki Ueda, showed stable pitching and allowed only one run, resulting in a walk-off victory in the 10th inning.



On the other hand, Anami Hikaru's ace pitcher Atsushi Yoshioka pitched a complete game in the first round with 11 strikeouts, and the batting lineup scored 11 points with double-digit hits.



Both teams want to create a rhythm with a solid defense centered on the pitchers and connect it to offense.