... opened under a gloomy sky that threatened rain. But this time the clouds have saved twenty thousand spectators came to Nishinomiya, who were able to enjoy an authentic baseball binge started at 8:30 am and ended only in the late afternoon at 18:30, under the light of the impressive nighter K ō shien. Quarterfinals:
NICHIDAISAN (Tokyo West) 10
KEHI Tsuruga (Fukui) 0
Wanting to make the fleas to previous meetings of Nichidaisan , someone could argue on the relevance of the opponents beaten. In fact, the draw kind of February, which brought a dowry to the boys of T ō ō ky the modest Yamagata Ch ō ū , called last minute and defeated heavily for 14 to 4, An additional gift was the defeat in the first round of the listed Kaisei (in theory the second-round opponent) by another rookie, K ō ō y Wakayama.
Past practice also quite easily K ō ō y For the Nichidaisan of Yamazaki (pictured above) and company that today was considered by experts as the first real test of this year's Senbatsu. For its part, the Kehi Tsuruga, anything but a team of inexperienced, he tried another illustrious victim after he got rid of two "seeded" as the Tenri of Nara and Hanasaki Tokuharu Saitama.
point probably not too veiled insinuations pride from the previous night the Nichidaisan has become the protagonist of the provision to be framed, burying of a viable, and extrabase points, a team that until then had "nailed" the surface of the opponents.
The subway attack has serious difficulty in a roster of pitchers ( Ō kubo, Shirazaki, Gumisawa) which until then had his own key of alternate winner. The Nichidaisan then the match ended prematurely after only six inning, putting the beauty of the farm nine points. Eventually the sound will be 13, including two triples and three doubles. In a normal race would have been decreed the obvious superiority, but the K ō shien is not referred to the interruption of the natural completion of nine innings (remember reading even a "painful" 18 to 0 of several years ago). Across a
Tsuruga Kehi always powerless, has suffered the stigma of a huge overcoat Yamazaki who held the mountain for nine shots he took and spun pure luxury to beat the point home that has rounded off the scoring at ten-point gap. Today the team of Fukui has faced a lineup strong and ruthless, having to raise the white flag in the course of two "big inning " by 4 and 3 points (the third and sixth), during which Ogiwara (left) and Yokoo, the most convincing, placed a triple in both the circumstances in which they found the box stop.
Those who expected an upset or at least a meeting most affected was disappointed, because today is the opposite happened, with Nichidai who literally walked on the opponent. One result of this type does not need many comments.
Quarter-finals: KORYO (Hiroshima) 5
CHUKYŌDAI Chukyo (Aichi) 1
The second race of the day had been presented as yet another challenge caliente between two very good pitchers: the holders of the summer ky ū Ch Ch Odai ky ū ō lined up their ace Junpei Morimoto , while the red and white K ō ry ō relied on the arm "armed" with K ō hei Arihara . Both boys, after suffering something to debut, in the second round had led their teams with the authority of true champions. Ultimately, two schools emblazoned guided by two pitchers of great quality and great expectations for a fascinating challenge in typical climate K ō shien.
Ready, go! The sound of the siren start match coincides with the initiation of a nightmare for Morimoto (pictured left) and just a couple of throws to give the first shock encounter. A series of three consecutive valid, preceded by a base ball for granted, to yield K ō ō ry the beauty of three points. The disastrous start of the samples, taken with unprecedented problems in defense and on the mound, then gave the green light to leak unexpectedly Koryo, in a race to the end that seemed absolutely in the strings of the children of Hiroshima.
After the efforts of the first inning , K ō ry or add more points to the seventh and eighth, leading to five lengths ahead toward the opponent. And 'That's when the announcer gives the typical sentence spezzagambe that is said in these occasions: "K ō ry or not Tooie Senaka wa", that is about "the back of K ō ry ō became distant. "
At that point the coach of Ch ¾ ky Odai has seen fit to replace Morimoto (12 valid on the rump), which fell to third base, and to give space to young Asano, to make him taste the atmosphere of K ō shien in view of the possible next return. On the other side room for the young Isomura, who takes over Ace Arihara with the bonus of a removed. The survey fails to close with some difficulty, but not before granted to Ch ¾ ky Odai point of consolation.
The challenge on the mound was then swept by Arihara (left photo), which won its second coat (although incomplete) and pushes authority to his school " best four." K ō ō ry, century old high school (it was founded in 1896), this year hopes to repeat the feats of magic year 2003 when they triumphed at senpai Senbatsu Yokohama and pounded in the final scrambled to apply 20 yielded 15 points. To highlight the achievements of that devastating lineup white and red, it must be said that that year in high school Yokohama militated two pitchers who later would come a long way: one is Hideaki Waku the Seibu Lions (in the roster world champion in the last World Baseball Classic 2009), the other Yoshihisa Naruse is the Chiba Lotte Marines, both Olympic gold in Beijing with the Japanese in 2008.
Quarter-finals: KONANIE (Okinawa) 5
Teikyo (Tokyo East) 0
How announced yesterday, in view of the possible landing of his semi-final, coach Mitsuo Maeda of Teikyo ō , (record of fifty victories to K ō shien with "stripes") decided to turn over on the mound. So, no challenge between stellar Yosuke Shimabukuro (left) and second year Takuro ō ō It , with the latter, however, ready to get on the mound if the pinch-runner, his senpai Shota Suzuki . The challenge which referred to their stellar lineup , with 23 valid tests obtained in the two previous meetings.
The game starts now stagnating at a stage of mutual study. And then, after a skirmish in the first two innings , thinks he, Captain Ganeko, more relentless to the box, beat the first step to home for the K ō nan with a Timely hit on the right. Islanders ahead by 1 to 0 and the game that falls back into a stalemate, aided by the work of very good defenses. In this stage large center was once the ace of Okinawa Shimabukuro, who has alternated effectively fast ball and changeup minimizing the impact "devastating" attack opponent, already probably one of the best batch of schools to T ō ō ky last year and this year even stronger. Some concern over the attack of the stripes on the fifth, because of two dead ball that produced a situation of manrui (all cushions in employment), but the defense saved his first pitcher with two excellent assistance and then with a catch on a fly ball to deep right.
The meeting is in store between the sixth and the seventh shot. A deleted, runners at the corners and the fifth batsman Maehira that occurs at the box. With a call of his now-classic footage, the coach K ō nan Gakiya opt for a squeeze play . The bunt damped fourth batter is perfect, and prevent the battery is attentive Teikyo ō to organize a defense that is not the first elimination base. Score now 2 to 0.
Same situation in the next shot, with Teikyo ō which eliminates two runners but does not prevent opponents to occupy the corners. Perhaps thinking that it had already resolved the matter, Suzuki relaxes and allows two hit & run in Kuniyoshi and usual Ganeko (pictured left) which brings the other two key points in the game bag. Meanwhile, exchange on the mound of "stripes", with the debut of Yasuaki Yamazaki, the third pitcher prodigy stellar trio (which now shone intermittently ...) of Teikyo ō , while a demoralized Suzuki occupies the position outside of Right. The K ō nan advantage of the situation and a series of stolen intelligent yet his runners will advance and eventually manages to chew another point. Now the final score indicates a 5 to 0! Shimabukuro defends itself very well on the last attack, contains the lineup opponent five overall validity and get a beautiful coat! Coach Gakiya interview after the race said: "'m really astonished by the behavior of my kids. They never relax and above have never resigned, not even penalized them when the count with two eliminated. I feel as if we had climbed two big mountains (and Teikyo Chiben ō Ed) and we got to see the peak of the great mountain. "
In conclusion, disappears the possibility of a metropolitan derby and the warm wind blows more and more of Okinawa as a protagonist on the sky of this Senbatsu!
Quarter-finals: NICHIDAI Ogaki (Gifu) 10
HOKUSHŌ (Hokkaido) 1
The question on the eve of circulating among the experts before the final match the day started to 1630, was only one: the ace of Tomoya Matano Hokushō would metabolized the incident to the right thumb which occurred yesterday after the broken slide at first base?
The answer immediately in the first inning , with the pitcher who regularly took place on the mound : the beloved slider already fired the first launch and a subsequent elegant fielding first fugavano with assistance in any doubt about the condition of his hand, but does not completely dissipate. In fact, some after launch, came a basis for ball too easily granted, followed by a sound that has made it possible to 'Ō gaki Nichidai to take advantage immediately. Two other bases for ball and a valid right of Nagaoka led to three points in the bag of samples of Gifu. At that point the coach Kawakami has been forced to change his gioellino with Tatsuki Chiba, except that yesterday was very well behaved and had closed the contest against tiratissima Jiy ū gaoka. And 'so the game ended the unfortunate Matano and began the nightmare of the poor Chiba, whose curve ball was immediately framed and affected by the batsmen opponents mercilessly.
Go reread what I wrote Sunday, March 28 after the debut of Hokushō ... saving you the research reported the paragraph in question: "As expected the Hokushō decided to stake everything on this little gem ( Matano Ed) which could give him more satisfaction. Provided that failure has not, because once he fell, the collapse of the team is almost automatic. "For once I was right, but it did not take that much to fathom. From that moment on, the game turned into a sort of training for hitters' Ō gaki who warmed up the clubs experiencing some of the waiting game big match tomorrow. Ten points forfeited in fluency in the first three innings, some reservations in the field and the satisfaction of a punticino for the team of Hokkaido or.
Now the boys coach Sakaguchi (photo, left, celebrates 38 years of coaching career), with three wins convincing enough, look to the future with optimism, on the wings of the wind favorable always pushed them in the final in the competitions attended since last fall (in order of qualifications Gifu, block T kai ō and ū Meiji Jing Taikai). proved to be a team all that much light at the batter's box, but allowing to deploy in five elements of the lineup second year. Catching those defense mechanisms that seemed lost in his debut race against Kawashima. Finally, relying on a pitcher highly effective, confident in its progressive growth between now and Wednesday. The pitcher holder Kassai, a veteran of the battle against T in Ō ō saka, today has been well replaced by the reserve Ahira and was able to spend a day of rest. The all-in-waiting of the great battle against the bats of K ō nan led by Captain Ganeko, a battle that will add more salt to the personal challenge of Kassai against another ace Shimabukuro.
Here is the picture of the semi-finals to be played tomorrow April 1, 2010 - semi-finals
(11:00) Nichidaisan - K Őry ō ★ ★ ★ ★
(13:30) Konan - Ō gaki Nichidai ★ ★ ★ ★
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