Took shower, getting ready to watch last game/sleep depending on how the body feels. It's a day to day thing now. I'm getting old.
Hanasaki Tokuharu (Saitama)
2B Chimaru Tsuyoshi (千丸 剛)
RF Takahashi Toshiki (高橋 哉貴)
SS Okazaki Daisuke (岡崎 大輔)
LF (15)Nishikawa Yoshinari (西川 愛也)
3B Kusumoto Kouki (楠本 晃希)
CF Yamamoto Yuuya (山本 優也)
1B Nishime Kizuku (西銘 築)
P Takahashi Kouya (高橋 昂也)
C Nomoto Masayasu (野本 真康)
Oomagari Kougyou (Akita)
RF Takahashi Kouhei (高橋 航平)
2B (14)Tanba Yuuta (丹波 勇太)
CF Morisawa Yasuharu (守沢 康陽)
1B Satou Taiki (佐藤 泰輝)
3B Sado Yukito (佐渡 敬斗)
C Asari Masahiro (浅利 賢宏)
SS (4)Takahashi Hinata (高橋 陽喬)
LF Katou Seiya (加藤 聖也)
P (11)Fujii Reira (藤井 黎来)
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16:15 - First Pitch!
Top 1st
Not exactly the start you want if you're Fujii against a Koushien mainstay...
First he walks Chimaru. Iwai-kantoku puts on the hit-and-run, and that advances the runner on the groundout.
Almost out of the inning, Satou swings the door open with a gapper to left center for a RBI double. 1-0 Hanasaki Tokuharu.
Bottom 1st
Oomagari Kougyou has to be kicking themselves for this sequence.
Kouhei draws a walk to start proceedings. Tanba can't lay a good bunt down and Kouhei is retired at 2nd. Then Tanba gets picked off 1st.
After that, Morisawa and Satou both hit clean singles in which Tanba would have likely scored.
Instead Sado pops out to 1st and the inning is over.
Top 2nd
Fujii almost gets his clean frame, but his counterpart spoils it with a double to left center.
He still has a chance to close out the inning before it turns over, but he walks Nomoto...
Chimaru punishes Fujii with a single to center, making it a 2-0 ballgame.
Bottom 2nd
Kouya giving Oomagari Kougyou some chances early. One down, Hinata singles to right, then proceeds to walk Katou.
Okazaki double clutches on a double play attempt allowing the inning to continue, but Kouhei grounds out to end the inning.
4th Inning
The 3rd inning comes and goes, but in the 4th Hanasaki Tokuharu gets the engine going again.
Nishime gets a single to left. 2 batters later, Nomoto is getting a steady diet of curveballs, but the first fastball he sees, he drives it over the RF head for a triple extending the lead to 3-0.
But hold on a sec! Sado first pitch hits a ball to deep left! Nishikawa going back to the fence... and it's gone!! Sado hits a home run and it's a 3-1 game! Now, they don't get anything thereafter, but that's sure to pick up their spirits!
Bottom 5th
Sure enough, Oomagari Kougyou's bats are continuing to make progress. #9 batter Fujii gets a base hit to left, followed by Tanba 2 batters later - all solid contact. Nothing comes of it, but they've had opportunities all game. Who will circle the wagons first? Kouya or the Oomagari offense?
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Friday, March 27, 2015
Day 7, Game 3 - Oomagari Kougyou (Akita) vs. Urawa Gakuin (Saitama)
And now to our final game of the day, the upstart Oomagari Kougyou facing the Kanto champions Urawa Gakuin. It looks like a David vs. Goliath matchup, but Urawa Gakuin has cracks in the armor, which was shown in their game against Ryuukokudai Heian. The question will be whether it's enough to make up the apparent gap.
Oomagari Kougyou (Akita)
RF Sasaki Shunichi
SS Akagawa Shun
2B Nakano Seiya
P Takeda Ryuusei
RF Nakamura Kazuki
LF Morisawa Kouyou (#17)
1B Okamoto Shuuma
3B Horie Jyou (#14)
C Suzuki Tairi
Urawa Gakuin (Saitama)
3B Suwa Tadayoshi
2B Dai Kouta
SS Tsuda Shouki
1B Yamazaki Kouta
CF Kouki Yuushi
RF Takahashi Tsukasa
LF Araki Yuuya
C Nishino Shinya
P Eguchi Shouri
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14:00 - First Pitch!
Top 1st
One down and Akagawa hits a ball to left. Araki going back to the fence, still going back! Looks up!!
HAITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Akagawa spits in the face of being the underdog and hits a HR off ace Eguchi! Oomagari Kougyou leads 1-0!!
Nakano with a single to center! Takeda with a single to center!! What the heck is going on here?!
Nakamura grounds out to 1st, but the runners advance to scoring position.
Horie strikes out on a changeup, but Oomagari Kougyou has come to play right off the bat!
Bottom 1st
Suwa liner to left. Morisawa coming in, dives.. makes the catch!!! Wow. They are on right now.
Dai slowing the pace down perhaps to get his team off the mat early. Works the count full but flies out to left.
Tsuda line shot, but Horie has it for the 3rd out!
Top 2nd
Okamoto with a single to left. They're really hitting Eguchi right now.
Morisawa lays down the bunt, but it's right at home! Nishino goes to 2nd for 1, relay to 1st in time! The first misstep by the Tohoku runner-up!
Bottom 2nd
Yamazaki goes down on 3 straight high fastballs.
Kouki finally gets something going with a single to center.
But Takahashi hits a grounder to Nakano! 4...6... 3... double play!
Top 3rd
Sasaki with a single to left and they have another leadoff runner on.
The 0-1 pitch gets away from Nishino and Shunichi takes 2nd! That changes everything as Akagawa bunts the runner now to 3rd.
Nakano can't bring him home as he swings and misses on a changeup.
Takeda pops one up. Takahashi running into foul territory, slides near the bullpen, and makes the catch! 3 out!
Bottom 3rd
One down for Urawa Gakuin and Nishino gets a base hit to left.
Eguchi now with a ball to shallow right. Nakamura coming in slides... can't secure it! It sneaks away from him and Eguchi has a double! Urawa Gakuin threatens to tie the game here.
Suwa grounder to the right side, past a diving Okamoto, Nakano lays out... can't get there! It goes into right as Eguchi is being waved around! Nakamura throws home, but airmails everyone! Suwa takes 3rd on the throw! 2-1 Urawa Gakuin and threatening more!
Dai lifts a ball to left! Morisawa running back to the foul pole! Is it gone?
Morisawa makes the catch right at the padding! Suwa can walk home to make it 3-1!
Tsuda flies out, but Urawa Gakuin restablishes themselves and look to knock out the upstarts!
Top 4th
But they won't go away easily! Nakamura grounder to the right side, Dai is there, but stumbles when standing to throw and it goes under Yamazaki's glove.
Abe-kantoku goes and sends Nakamura! Throw from Nishino... in time! They got the jump on him once, but not this time!
Okamoto draws Eguchi's first walk, but is left stranded when Morisawa can't pull the trigger on a changeup.
Bottom 4th
Takeda would really like a quick inning to settle things down. The first two batters, Yamazaki and Kouki both fly out to center.
Takahashi is a bit more stubborn, but he eventually grounds out to 2nd for a 1-2-3 inning.
Top 5th
Taisei starts the inning by drawing a walk. That's 4 leadoff men on base. Shouta not bunting this time, but he pops it up! Tsuda has it for the 1st out.
2 down for Oomagari Kougyou, and Nakano gets his 2nd base hit! Taisei takes 3rd and they might get back a run.
But Eguchi jams Takeda! He grounds out to 3rd and the runners are stranded again!
Bottom 5th
Araki with ball down the right field line. Nakamura running over, dives.. but can't make the catch! Araki on his horse makes it all the way to 3rd!
Nishino drives him in! It's a single through the drawn in infield and it's 4-1 Urawa Gakuin!
Takeda able to get the next couple of outs to limit the damage, but as we hit the break, the good vibes we had for Oomagari Kougyou have all but disappeared.
Top 6th
One down, and Eguchi issues another free pass, this time to Horie.
But they can do little wit it. Okamoto grounds into a fielder's choice (barely beating out the double play).
Morisawa hits a hard ball to 3rd, Suwa drops it, retakes, spins and throws - and still get the out.
Bottom 6th
Urawa Gakuin gets a scare when a ball gets away from Takeda and hits Yamazaki in the head. He's stunned a bit, so the umpires take him to the dugout while an injury runner comes out.
He's not needed long though as Kouki grounds into the 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
Top 7th
One down for Oomagari and Shunichi hits a soft liner over Tsuda for a base hit.
Akagawa fighting tooth and nail at the plate as his team is running out of time. As the pitches increase, Abe-kantoku starts the hit and run over and over again.
Sanshin! Akagawa goes down swinging, and Nishino fires to 2nd! That's in plenty of time and it's a strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play.'
Bottom 7th
8 pitches is all Takeda needs to retire the side. Urawa Gakuin content to finish this out and get some rest.
Top 8th
Oomagari Kougyouis probably realizing this run is coming to an end. The middle of the order gets their swings in, but are retired in order.
Bottom 8th
Eguchi gets his 2nd hit in. Suwa with a ball to deep left center that Shunichi makes a great running catch on.
After a sac bunt, Tsuda doubles to right to bring in Eguchi to make it 5-1.
Yamazaki with another deep ball, this time to left. Morisawa running back, leaps, tumbles... and makes the great catch!
Top 9th
Oomagari Kougyou is about to go quietly into the night when Morisawa gets his first base hit, a single to center.
That gives Abe-kantoku the opportunity to send in more people as #15 ishii comes in for Morisawa at 1B, while #7 Odajima comes in to hit for Taisei.
He's make the most of his AB, working the count instead of just swinging away. He gets ahead of a pitch, but keeps the swing alive long enough to poke the ball to right for a base hit.
The dream ends though when Shunichi grounds to 3rd to end the game.
Early on, I really thought that Oomagari Kougyou had a puncher's chance at defeated Urawa Gakuin. Getting a HR early, and 4 base hits in the first 2 innings, I'm sure it boosted their confidence. Sadly that feeling didn't last long as Urawa Gakuin took the lead in the 3rd and never looked back. Still, I think it was a good showing from the team from Akita.
Unfortunately, what this means is that in the span of 2 days, the entire Tohoku region has been eliminated. That's unfortunate.
As for Urawa Gakuin, Eguchi wound up settling down, but the poor start has to be of concern. That first inning could have been much worse had not he stemmed the tide then. He's still not striking out a lot of batters, and he's walking more than you'd probably like.
Offensively, the team got production from everywhere but the heart of the lineup which went 2-10 (2-13 if you count the 3-6 betters). You could say that it shows versatility of being able to produce runs, but it can also show that the meat of their lineup can be shut down.
They get the winner of Kenritsu Gifu Shougyou and Oumi. It's a better matchup than some of the alternatives, but the farther they go, those alternatives become your opponent.
Oomagari Kougyou (Akita)
RF Sasaki Shunichi
SS Akagawa Shun
2B Nakano Seiya
P Takeda Ryuusei
RF Nakamura Kazuki
LF Morisawa Kouyou (#17)
1B Okamoto Shuuma
3B Horie Jyou (#14)
C Suzuki Tairi
Urawa Gakuin (Saitama)
3B Suwa Tadayoshi
2B Dai Kouta
SS Tsuda Shouki
1B Yamazaki Kouta
CF Kouki Yuushi
RF Takahashi Tsukasa
LF Araki Yuuya
C Nishino Shinya
P Eguchi Shouri
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14:00 - First Pitch!
Top 1st
One down and Akagawa hits a ball to left. Araki going back to the fence, still going back! Looks up!!
HAITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Akagawa spits in the face of being the underdog and hits a HR off ace Eguchi! Oomagari Kougyou leads 1-0!!
Nakano with a single to center! Takeda with a single to center!! What the heck is going on here?!
Nakamura grounds out to 1st, but the runners advance to scoring position.
Horie strikes out on a changeup, but Oomagari Kougyou has come to play right off the bat!
Bottom 1st
Suwa liner to left. Morisawa coming in, dives.. makes the catch!!! Wow. They are on right now.
Dai slowing the pace down perhaps to get his team off the mat early. Works the count full but flies out to left.
Tsuda line shot, but Horie has it for the 3rd out!
Top 2nd
Okamoto with a single to left. They're really hitting Eguchi right now.
Morisawa lays down the bunt, but it's right at home! Nishino goes to 2nd for 1, relay to 1st in time! The first misstep by the Tohoku runner-up!
Bottom 2nd
Yamazaki goes down on 3 straight high fastballs.
Kouki finally gets something going with a single to center.
But Takahashi hits a grounder to Nakano! 4...6... 3... double play!
Top 3rd
Sasaki with a single to left and they have another leadoff runner on.
The 0-1 pitch gets away from Nishino and Shunichi takes 2nd! That changes everything as Akagawa bunts the runner now to 3rd.
Nakano can't bring him home as he swings and misses on a changeup.
Takeda pops one up. Takahashi running into foul territory, slides near the bullpen, and makes the catch! 3 out!
Bottom 3rd
One down for Urawa Gakuin and Nishino gets a base hit to left.
Eguchi now with a ball to shallow right. Nakamura coming in slides... can't secure it! It sneaks away from him and Eguchi has a double! Urawa Gakuin threatens to tie the game here.
Suwa grounder to the right side, past a diving Okamoto, Nakano lays out... can't get there! It goes into right as Eguchi is being waved around! Nakamura throws home, but airmails everyone! Suwa takes 3rd on the throw! 2-1 Urawa Gakuin and threatening more!
Dai lifts a ball to left! Morisawa running back to the foul pole! Is it gone?
Morisawa makes the catch right at the padding! Suwa can walk home to make it 3-1!
Tsuda flies out, but Urawa Gakuin restablishes themselves and look to knock out the upstarts!
Top 4th
But they won't go away easily! Nakamura grounder to the right side, Dai is there, but stumbles when standing to throw and it goes under Yamazaki's glove.
Abe-kantoku goes and sends Nakamura! Throw from Nishino... in time! They got the jump on him once, but not this time!
Okamoto draws Eguchi's first walk, but is left stranded when Morisawa can't pull the trigger on a changeup.
Bottom 4th
Takeda would really like a quick inning to settle things down. The first two batters, Yamazaki and Kouki both fly out to center.
Takahashi is a bit more stubborn, but he eventually grounds out to 2nd for a 1-2-3 inning.
Top 5th
Taisei starts the inning by drawing a walk. That's 4 leadoff men on base. Shouta not bunting this time, but he pops it up! Tsuda has it for the 1st out.
2 down for Oomagari Kougyou, and Nakano gets his 2nd base hit! Taisei takes 3rd and they might get back a run.
But Eguchi jams Takeda! He grounds out to 3rd and the runners are stranded again!
Bottom 5th
Araki with ball down the right field line. Nakamura running over, dives.. but can't make the catch! Araki on his horse makes it all the way to 3rd!
Nishino drives him in! It's a single through the drawn in infield and it's 4-1 Urawa Gakuin!
Takeda able to get the next couple of outs to limit the damage, but as we hit the break, the good vibes we had for Oomagari Kougyou have all but disappeared.
Top 6th
One down, and Eguchi issues another free pass, this time to Horie.
But they can do little wit it. Okamoto grounds into a fielder's choice (barely beating out the double play).
Morisawa hits a hard ball to 3rd, Suwa drops it, retakes, spins and throws - and still get the out.
Bottom 6th
Urawa Gakuin gets a scare when a ball gets away from Takeda and hits Yamazaki in the head. He's stunned a bit, so the umpires take him to the dugout while an injury runner comes out.
He's not needed long though as Kouki grounds into the 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
Top 7th
One down for Oomagari and Shunichi hits a soft liner over Tsuda for a base hit.
Akagawa fighting tooth and nail at the plate as his team is running out of time. As the pitches increase, Abe-kantoku starts the hit and run over and over again.
Sanshin! Akagawa goes down swinging, and Nishino fires to 2nd! That's in plenty of time and it's a strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play.'
Bottom 7th
8 pitches is all Takeda needs to retire the side. Urawa Gakuin content to finish this out and get some rest.
Top 8th
Oomagari Kougyouis probably realizing this run is coming to an end. The middle of the order gets their swings in, but are retired in order.
Bottom 8th
Eguchi gets his 2nd hit in. Suwa with a ball to deep left center that Shunichi makes a great running catch on.
After a sac bunt, Tsuda doubles to right to bring in Eguchi to make it 5-1.
Yamazaki with another deep ball, this time to left. Morisawa running back, leaps, tumbles... and makes the great catch!
Top 9th
Oomagari Kougyou is about to go quietly into the night when Morisawa gets his first base hit, a single to center.
That gives Abe-kantoku the opportunity to send in more people as #15 ishii comes in for Morisawa at 1B, while #7 Odajima comes in to hit for Taisei.
He's make the most of his AB, working the count instead of just swinging away. He gets ahead of a pitch, but keeps the swing alive long enough to poke the ball to right for a base hit.
The dream ends though when Shunichi grounds to 3rd to end the game.
Early on, I really thought that Oomagari Kougyou had a puncher's chance at defeated Urawa Gakuin. Getting a HR early, and 4 base hits in the first 2 innings, I'm sure it boosted their confidence. Sadly that feeling didn't last long as Urawa Gakuin took the lead in the 3rd and never looked back. Still, I think it was a good showing from the team from Akita.
Unfortunately, what this means is that in the span of 2 days, the entire Tohoku region has been eliminated. That's unfortunate.
As for Urawa Gakuin, Eguchi wound up settling down, but the poor start has to be of concern. That first inning could have been much worse had not he stemmed the tide then. He's still not striking out a lot of batters, and he's walking more than you'd probably like.
Offensively, the team got production from everywhere but the heart of the lineup which went 2-10 (2-13 if you count the 3-6 betters). You could say that it shows versatility of being able to produce runs, but it can also show that the meat of their lineup can be shut down.
They get the winner of Kenritsu Gifu Shougyou and Oumi. It's a better matchup than some of the alternatives, but the farther they go, those alternatives become your opponent.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Day 4, Game 1 - Eimei (Kagawa) vs. Oomagari Kougyou (Akita)
All right, Day 3 ended with a great game, and maybe things are rounding into form. Unlike yesterday's games, today we have schools that may be considered in the middle of the pack or well... less. That doesn't mean we'll have non-competitive games though. Just know that these schools probably will have a hard time making a deep run.
First up today is the Shikoku champions Eimei versus the Tohoku runner-ups Oomagari Kougyou. While schools from both regions have already taken the field (and won), it still doesn't quite project to these schools. For Eimei, Imabari Nishi faced a 21st century team and was a blowout. For Oomagari Kougyou, while they got blown out by Sendai Ikuei, it was against their secondary pitchers and they managed 4 runs on 11 hits.
So really, we don't know anything more than we knew coming in. What we do know right now is that:
First up today is the Shikoku champions Eimei versus the Tohoku runner-ups Oomagari Kougyou. While schools from both regions have already taken the field (and won), it still doesn't quite project to these schools. For Eimei, Imabari Nishi faced a 21st century team and was a blowout. For Oomagari Kougyou, while they got blown out by Sendai Ikuei, it was against their secondary pitchers and they managed 4 runs on 11 hits.
So really, we don't know anything more than we knew coming in. What we do know right now is that:
- Akita is generally weak, and while Oomagari Kougyou is here, they still need to overcome that, and
- Shikoku profiled as really weak this year and Eimei's numbers don't help their case.
This puts the game a bit in the air as to who is favored. Given the region's performances so far the advantage goes to Oomagari Kougyou, but there would be no confidence in that.
Eimei (Kagawa)
CF Sakai Yuushi
RF Euhara Kai
SS Moriyama Kaiki
3B Minato Akinobu
1B Tomida Shouki
C Yamagami Kazunobu
LF Zushi Yuuto
2B Hashimoto Shunsuke
P Tanaka Kanta
Oomagari Kougyou (Akita)
RF Sasaki Shunichi
SS Akagawa Shun
2B Nakano Seiya
P Takeda Ryuusei
RF Nakamura Kazuki
LF Morisawa Kouyou (#17)
1B Okamoto Shuuma
3B Horie Jyou (#14)
C Suzuki Tairi
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09:00 - First Pitch!
Top 1st
Sakai chases after a low curve and hits a dribbler back to Takeda.
In fact, Eimei's batters seem to be not reading the balls well as Uehara kind of does the same grounding to 1st for the 2nd out.
Moriyama chases a high fastball and hits it to left. Morisawa goes towards the foul line.. and it drops in! Moriyama takes note and books it to 2nd! Throw from Morisawa is not in time! 2 out double for Eimei.
Minato with a ball to the left side... it's through Akagawa for a base hit! Moriyama stumbles on his way home, but the throw is offline! Moriyama scores and Eimei has the 1-0 lead!
Tomida with another grounder to the left side, but Akagawa has this one! Goes to first to retire the side, but Eimei takes the quick lead.
Bottom 1st
Shunichi takes some good hacks at Tanaka's fastball, but goes down on the slider. Akagawa too makes decent contact (foul), but Tanaka wins that battle with a changeup that Akagawa grimaces over as he realizes he's way too early.
Nakano finally puts the ball in play, but it's a slow dribbler to 3rd. Minato waits there and throws to 1st for the 3rd out.
Top 2nd
There's nothing special about Takeda really, he's just able to hit his spots. Yamagami golfs an offering to left and Morisawa can mozy over for the catch.
Zushi can't seem to get his timing down, though he does make good contact. Takeda puts him away with a forkball for his 1st K of the game.
And Hashimoto is jammed, popping out to Nakano behind 2nd for the 3rd out.
Bottom 2nd
Takeda trying to help his own cause, gets ahead 3-1, but winds up grounding out to Horie.
Eimei's Tanaka is about the same way too. Nothing really special about him either, as he gets Nakamura to chase the high cheese.
Morisawa fares no better, getting jammed himself. Tanaka moves to his right to jab and field the ball, and makes the play at 1st to end the inning.
Top 3rd
Takeda gets a quick K from his counterpart as he chases the high fastball.
Sakai makes a long AB against Takeda, fouling off several pitches. But he leaves one in the park and Morisawa is there to make the catch near the bullpen.
Uehara grounds out to 3rd and this game feels like it's whizzing by.
Bottom 3rd
Meanwhile on Oomagari's side, they're having a hard time dealing with Tanaka. The decent contact they're putting foul they can't do in fair territory. Okamoto hits a routine grounder, Horie can't make contact on a fastball outside, and Suzuki gets a ball right in the zone, but flies out to right.
Top 4th
Takeda hangs a curve to Moriyama! Shunichi running back, leaps, but it's over his head! Moriyama hustles into 2nd with a leadoff double and Eimei looks to play add on.Minato lays down the bunt and while Okamoto crashed in he goes to 1st.
Tomida can't bring the run home! He hits a grounder to the left side and that allows Horie to check the runner.
Ah, and now Takeda hits Yamagami! He's almost out of the jam, but now has 2 runners on.
And now Zushi works a walk! It's manrui for Eimei and they can open the game up with one swing!
Hashimoto takes that swing and hits it to left! But Morisawa is right there to make the catch to retire the side!
Bottom 4th
And there's Oomagari's first hit! Shunichi take the first pitch and singles to left!
Akagawa looks to bunt him along, but Tanaka keeps the pitches low and Akagawa strikes out when he tries to three bunt! That's poor execution on their part as they desperately try to muster any offense.
And now Yamagami has Shunichi cought in no-mans land! He's run down 2-3-4-3 and now Oomagari has nothing! That's a shame because Nakano soon after singles through the left side. The inning ends thereafter as Takeda grounds to 3rd. Oomagari gets some baserunners, but they make a mess of it on the basepaths.
Top 5th
Tanaka with a fly to shallow center, Shunichi coming over, and they let that one drop! Tanaka is in with a base hit! It looks like the fielders have orders to not sell out for a ball. Kagawa-kantoku has Sakai bunt him over.
Uehara is jammed by Takeda and he pops it up. Nakano camps under it for the 2nd out.
And Takeda gets out of the jam! Moriyama gets under a ball and hits a fly to left for the 3rd out. Eimei easily having the better of it offensively, but can't muster any runs.
Bottom 5th
Nakamura can't get the offense going as he hits a soft liner to Moriyama at short.
Morisawa chases the slider away for out number 2, and Okamoto is way out in front of a changeup, and grounds to 1st to end the inning. We hit the break with Eimei leading 1-0, but it really feels like more than that because of Oomagari Kougyou's struggles at the plate.
Top 6th
Takeda still hitting his spots for the most part, but Eimei is putting the ball into play. Minato flies out to center, Tomida hits the ball hard, but right at Okamoto for the 2nd out.
And Yamagami swings on the first pitch and hits a routine fly to center, and it's a welcome quick inning for Oomagari Kougyou.
Bottom 6th
Horie right off the bat hits a liner to left for a base hit! Taira immediately bunts the runner over into scoring position.
Shunichi with a ball to left... that's in for a base hit! Zushi has to run it down, and Horie is being waved around! Douten!! Oomagari Kougyou with as many hits this inning as in the first 5 and we're tied at 1-1!!
Abe-kantoku calls for another bunt, but Akagawa puts it right back to Tanaka! He goes to 2nd for one, throw to 1st... safe!! Akagawa hustles down the line to prevent the double play.
Nakano with a single to center! Where is this barrage coming from??!!
Takeda with a ball to center.. that's in for a base hit! They're waving Akagawa home! Throw from Sakai is over everything!!! Oomagari Kougyou takes the 2-1 lead and now there's runners on 2nd and 3rd!!
Abe-kantoku has some instructions for Nakamura as he steps in.
But he ends up going on a ball way outside (even the catcher wasn't even behind home plate anymore!), and the side is retired. Out of nowhere though Oomagari Kougyou pounds out 4 hits and takes the lead!!
Top 7th
Eimei will need something here in the lucky 7, but all they can seem to do is uppercut Takeda's pitches. Zushi and Hashimoto both fly out to center.
Tanaka skies a ball too, but neither Akagawa or Morisawa can get to it and it's another blooper for Tanaka.
And Sakai makes better contact, but he's still under it and Shunichi makes all 3 putouts! Eimei has the timing right, but just can't make solid contact. If they can righten that part of the ship Oomagari could be in trouble.
Bottom 7th
Tanaka is really buckling down now. He sends Morisawa down on a changeup, and Okamoto on a well placed fastball.
Horie with a grounder to 3rd, Minato fires to 1st - and Tomida can't make the pick on the short hop! Its' a base hit and the inning keeps going!
Hit-and-run!!!
Abe-kantoku sends Horie in motion and Taira hits a ball to left for a basehit! Zushi throws the ball to no one in particular and Tairo takes 2nd!! Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 down for the man of the hour Shunichi!
Grounder to 3rd.. it's off Minato's glove and takes a high bounce into left! Zushi rushes in as Taira is being waved around! There will be no throw home! Both runners score and it's 4-1 Oomagari Kougyou!
Tanaka finally ends the inning striking out Akagawa on an outside fastball, but Oomagari Kougyou extends their lead!
Top 8th
Eimei pressing big time now. Takeda throwing strikes and Eimei has to swing away. Uehara chases a slider in the dirt for the 1st out. Moriyama goes after a forkball in the dirt and that's back-to-back strikeouts.
And now #13 Nakano comes in to hit for cleanup batter Minato! Things must be dire. And all he can do is hit a comebacker to Takeda! 3 outs!
Bottom 8th
Nakano stays in the game to play 3B.
Oomagari Kougyou more than happy to get their hacks in now that they're up. Nakano and Takeda are both retired before Nakamura hits a ball to deep left. Zushi, who has had problems all game, can't run it down! Nakamura's in with a double!
And now Tanaka walks his first batter in Morisawa! Are the wheels falling off?
Okamoto swith a swinging bunt! Tanaka scrambles to throw to 1st.. and Tomida can't secure the ball! Manrui for Oomagari Kougyou!
Tanaka falls behind 3-1 to Horie with nowhere to put him! Horie give the ball a rip, but hits it foul! It's zero-hour now!
SANSHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tanaka sells out with the cutball and Horie bites! Tanaka prevents more damage, but they're down 3 with just 3 outs to go!
Top 9th
Tomida working the count, faces Takeda who refuses to give in! He goes inside yet again and Tomida flies out to left!
And Yamagami with a regretful swing, goes after the curve low and strikes out for the 2nd out! Oomagari Kougyou just 1 out away!
And despite Rookies playing in the background PH Takahashi hits it back to Takeda! He goes to 1st and the Tohoku runners-up and first timers defeat the Shikoku champs 4-1!!
Well, that was refreshing! Akita has never really been known as a powerhouse for baseball, and yet here's Oomagari Kougyou who got all the way to the Tohoku finals, and now have defeated a super-regional champion! It took until the 2nd half of the game, but whatever switch got turned on, they just attacked Eimei's Tanaka over and over again. I am impressed with their performance, no matter how weak the Shikoku region is. Their chances against Urawa Gakuin will still be slim, but there is hope!
Eimei played well for 6 innings, but for whatever reason, Tanaka just became hittable right after the break. They didn't seem like a terrible squad by any means, but the lack of offense was evident after the 1st inning. It'll be a hard climb back to Koushien, but it might be possible.
Eimei (Kagawa)
CF Sakai Yuushi
RF Euhara Kai
SS Moriyama Kaiki
3B Minato Akinobu
1B Tomida Shouki
C Yamagami Kazunobu
LF Zushi Yuuto
2B Hashimoto Shunsuke
P Tanaka Kanta
Oomagari Kougyou (Akita)
RF Sasaki Shunichi
SS Akagawa Shun
2B Nakano Seiya
P Takeda Ryuusei
RF Nakamura Kazuki
LF Morisawa Kouyou (#17)
1B Okamoto Shuuma
3B Horie Jyou (#14)
C Suzuki Tairi
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09:00 - First Pitch!
Top 1st
Sakai chases after a low curve and hits a dribbler back to Takeda.
In fact, Eimei's batters seem to be not reading the balls well as Uehara kind of does the same grounding to 1st for the 2nd out.
Moriyama chases a high fastball and hits it to left. Morisawa goes towards the foul line.. and it drops in! Moriyama takes note and books it to 2nd! Throw from Morisawa is not in time! 2 out double for Eimei.
Minato with a ball to the left side... it's through Akagawa for a base hit! Moriyama stumbles on his way home, but the throw is offline! Moriyama scores and Eimei has the 1-0 lead!
Tomida with another grounder to the left side, but Akagawa has this one! Goes to first to retire the side, but Eimei takes the quick lead.
Bottom 1st
Shunichi takes some good hacks at Tanaka's fastball, but goes down on the slider. Akagawa too makes decent contact (foul), but Tanaka wins that battle with a changeup that Akagawa grimaces over as he realizes he's way too early.
Nakano finally puts the ball in play, but it's a slow dribbler to 3rd. Minato waits there and throws to 1st for the 3rd out.
Top 2nd
There's nothing special about Takeda really, he's just able to hit his spots. Yamagami golfs an offering to left and Morisawa can mozy over for the catch.
Zushi can't seem to get his timing down, though he does make good contact. Takeda puts him away with a forkball for his 1st K of the game.
And Hashimoto is jammed, popping out to Nakano behind 2nd for the 3rd out.
Bottom 2nd
Takeda trying to help his own cause, gets ahead 3-1, but winds up grounding out to Horie.
Eimei's Tanaka is about the same way too. Nothing really special about him either, as he gets Nakamura to chase the high cheese.
Morisawa fares no better, getting jammed himself. Tanaka moves to his right to jab and field the ball, and makes the play at 1st to end the inning.
Top 3rd
Takeda gets a quick K from his counterpart as he chases the high fastball.
Sakai makes a long AB against Takeda, fouling off several pitches. But he leaves one in the park and Morisawa is there to make the catch near the bullpen.
Uehara grounds out to 3rd and this game feels like it's whizzing by.
Bottom 3rd
Meanwhile on Oomagari's side, they're having a hard time dealing with Tanaka. The decent contact they're putting foul they can't do in fair territory. Okamoto hits a routine grounder, Horie can't make contact on a fastball outside, and Suzuki gets a ball right in the zone, but flies out to right.
Top 4th
Takeda hangs a curve to Moriyama! Shunichi running back, leaps, but it's over his head! Moriyama hustles into 2nd with a leadoff double and Eimei looks to play add on.Minato lays down the bunt and while Okamoto crashed in he goes to 1st.
Tomida can't bring the run home! He hits a grounder to the left side and that allows Horie to check the runner.
Ah, and now Takeda hits Yamagami! He's almost out of the jam, but now has 2 runners on.
And now Zushi works a walk! It's manrui for Eimei and they can open the game up with one swing!
Hashimoto takes that swing and hits it to left! But Morisawa is right there to make the catch to retire the side!
Bottom 4th
And there's Oomagari's first hit! Shunichi take the first pitch and singles to left!
Akagawa looks to bunt him along, but Tanaka keeps the pitches low and Akagawa strikes out when he tries to three bunt! That's poor execution on their part as they desperately try to muster any offense.
And now Yamagami has Shunichi cought in no-mans land! He's run down 2-3-4-3 and now Oomagari has nothing! That's a shame because Nakano soon after singles through the left side. The inning ends thereafter as Takeda grounds to 3rd. Oomagari gets some baserunners, but they make a mess of it on the basepaths.
Top 5th
Tanaka with a fly to shallow center, Shunichi coming over, and they let that one drop! Tanaka is in with a base hit! It looks like the fielders have orders to not sell out for a ball. Kagawa-kantoku has Sakai bunt him over.
Uehara is jammed by Takeda and he pops it up. Nakano camps under it for the 2nd out.
And Takeda gets out of the jam! Moriyama gets under a ball and hits a fly to left for the 3rd out. Eimei easily having the better of it offensively, but can't muster any runs.
Bottom 5th
Nakamura can't get the offense going as he hits a soft liner to Moriyama at short.
Morisawa chases the slider away for out number 2, and Okamoto is way out in front of a changeup, and grounds to 1st to end the inning. We hit the break with Eimei leading 1-0, but it really feels like more than that because of Oomagari Kougyou's struggles at the plate.
Top 6th
Takeda still hitting his spots for the most part, but Eimei is putting the ball into play. Minato flies out to center, Tomida hits the ball hard, but right at Okamoto for the 2nd out.
And Yamagami swings on the first pitch and hits a routine fly to center, and it's a welcome quick inning for Oomagari Kougyou.
Bottom 6th
Horie right off the bat hits a liner to left for a base hit! Taira immediately bunts the runner over into scoring position.
Shunichi with a ball to left... that's in for a base hit! Zushi has to run it down, and Horie is being waved around! Douten!! Oomagari Kougyou with as many hits this inning as in the first 5 and we're tied at 1-1!!
Abe-kantoku calls for another bunt, but Akagawa puts it right back to Tanaka! He goes to 2nd for one, throw to 1st... safe!! Akagawa hustles down the line to prevent the double play.
Nakano with a single to center! Where is this barrage coming from??!!
Takeda with a ball to center.. that's in for a base hit! They're waving Akagawa home! Throw from Sakai is over everything!!! Oomagari Kougyou takes the 2-1 lead and now there's runners on 2nd and 3rd!!
Abe-kantoku has some instructions for Nakamura as he steps in.
But he ends up going on a ball way outside (even the catcher wasn't even behind home plate anymore!), and the side is retired. Out of nowhere though Oomagari Kougyou pounds out 4 hits and takes the lead!!
Top 7th
Eimei will need something here in the lucky 7, but all they can seem to do is uppercut Takeda's pitches. Zushi and Hashimoto both fly out to center.
Tanaka skies a ball too, but neither Akagawa or Morisawa can get to it and it's another blooper for Tanaka.
And Sakai makes better contact, but he's still under it and Shunichi makes all 3 putouts! Eimei has the timing right, but just can't make solid contact. If they can righten that part of the ship Oomagari could be in trouble.
Bottom 7th
Tanaka is really buckling down now. He sends Morisawa down on a changeup, and Okamoto on a well placed fastball.
Horie with a grounder to 3rd, Minato fires to 1st - and Tomida can't make the pick on the short hop! Its' a base hit and the inning keeps going!
Hit-and-run!!!
Abe-kantoku sends Horie in motion and Taira hits a ball to left for a basehit! Zushi throws the ball to no one in particular and Tairo takes 2nd!! Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 down for the man of the hour Shunichi!
Grounder to 3rd.. it's off Minato's glove and takes a high bounce into left! Zushi rushes in as Taira is being waved around! There will be no throw home! Both runners score and it's 4-1 Oomagari Kougyou!
Tanaka finally ends the inning striking out Akagawa on an outside fastball, but Oomagari Kougyou extends their lead!
Top 8th
Eimei pressing big time now. Takeda throwing strikes and Eimei has to swing away. Uehara chases a slider in the dirt for the 1st out. Moriyama goes after a forkball in the dirt and that's back-to-back strikeouts.
And now #13 Nakano comes in to hit for cleanup batter Minato! Things must be dire. And all he can do is hit a comebacker to Takeda! 3 outs!
Bottom 8th
Nakano stays in the game to play 3B.
Oomagari Kougyou more than happy to get their hacks in now that they're up. Nakano and Takeda are both retired before Nakamura hits a ball to deep left. Zushi, who has had problems all game, can't run it down! Nakamura's in with a double!
And now Tanaka walks his first batter in Morisawa! Are the wheels falling off?
Okamoto swith a swinging bunt! Tanaka scrambles to throw to 1st.. and Tomida can't secure the ball! Manrui for Oomagari Kougyou!
Tanaka falls behind 3-1 to Horie with nowhere to put him! Horie give the ball a rip, but hits it foul! It's zero-hour now!
SANSHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tanaka sells out with the cutball and Horie bites! Tanaka prevents more damage, but they're down 3 with just 3 outs to go!
Top 9th
Tomida working the count, faces Takeda who refuses to give in! He goes inside yet again and Tomida flies out to left!
And Yamagami with a regretful swing, goes after the curve low and strikes out for the 2nd out! Oomagari Kougyou just 1 out away!
And despite Rookies playing in the background PH Takahashi hits it back to Takeda! He goes to 1st and the Tohoku runners-up and first timers defeat the Shikoku champs 4-1!!
Well, that was refreshing! Akita has never really been known as a powerhouse for baseball, and yet here's Oomagari Kougyou who got all the way to the Tohoku finals, and now have defeated a super-regional champion! It took until the 2nd half of the game, but whatever switch got turned on, they just attacked Eimei's Tanaka over and over again. I am impressed with their performance, no matter how weak the Shikoku region is. Their chances against Urawa Gakuin will still be slim, but there is hope!
Eimei played well for 6 innings, but for whatever reason, Tanaka just became hittable right after the break. They didn't seem like a terrible squad by any means, but the lack of offense was evident after the 1st inning. It'll be a hard climb back to Koushien, but it might be possible.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Reviewing the field - Tohoku runner-up Oomagari Kougyou
And now our first surprise in Akita's Oomagari Kougyou. Akita in the Tohoku region is generally the weakest of the 6 prefectures. So to see a school - and not one necessarily top tier - get to Koushien is shocking.
It wasn't a fluke either. Early on, you might have thought it was as they struggled to win the Nanbu regionals beating teams like Oomagari, Yokote and Yokote Jyounan. They continued to struggle, but this time it was more understandable as they face the top teams, defeating Kakunodate, Akita Chuo, Akita Shougyou and Noshiro Shouyou to claim the title.
After a scare in the opening game of the super-regionals against Matsushima, they had to play 2 against Hanamaki Higashi. Fortunately for them, Hanamaki Higashi already had to do that the round before against Higashi-Nihondai Shouhei. Hanamaki Higashi couldn't play 2 extra games, and lost a slugfest. And while they defeated Tsuruoka Higashi the next day, they couldn't win 4 games in 4 days, getting drubbed by Sendai Ikuei in the final.
While the loss against Sendai Ikuei could be looked at as a negative, it was their 4th game in as many days. It might not be a positive for them if you were considering their title chances, but they seem to be solid otherwise.
The game starter for Oomagari Kougyou is not their ace number, but #7 Takeda Ryuusei (武田 龍成). I can't find much info on him other than the video though. But while he occupies the cleanup spot, it's the projected 5th batter Nakamura Kazuki(?) (中邑 一生). Against Hanamaki Higashi in the replay and Tsuruoka Higashi he delivered with 2 2-RBI triples in his first AB.
The lineup used against Hanamaki Higashi in the replay I will use as their starting 9 absent of a full roster
It wasn't a fluke either. Early on, you might have thought it was as they struggled to win the Nanbu regionals beating teams like Oomagari, Yokote and Yokote Jyounan. They continued to struggle, but this time it was more understandable as they face the top teams, defeating Kakunodate, Akita Chuo, Akita Shougyou and Noshiro Shouyou to claim the title.
After a scare in the opening game of the super-regionals against Matsushima, they had to play 2 against Hanamaki Higashi. Fortunately for them, Hanamaki Higashi already had to do that the round before against Higashi-Nihondai Shouhei. Hanamaki Higashi couldn't play 2 extra games, and lost a slugfest. And while they defeated Tsuruoka Higashi the next day, they couldn't win 4 games in 4 days, getting drubbed by Sendai Ikuei in the final.
While the loss against Sendai Ikuei could be looked at as a negative, it was their 4th game in as many days. It might not be a positive for them if you were considering their title chances, but they seem to be solid otherwise.
The game starter for Oomagari Kougyou is not their ace number, but #7 Takeda Ryuusei (武田 龍成). I can't find much info on him other than the video though. But while he occupies the cleanup spot, it's the projected 5th batter Nakamura Kazuki(?) (中邑 一生). Against Hanamaki Higashi in the replay and Tsuruoka Higashi he delivered with 2 2-RBI triples in his first AB.
The lineup used against Hanamaki Higashi in the replay I will use as their starting 9 absent of a full roster
- CF Sasaki Shunichi (佐々木 駿一)
- SS Akagawa Shun (赤川 駿)
- 2B Nakano Seiya (中野 星夜)
- P Takeda Ryuusei (武田 龍成)
- RF Nakamura Kazuki (中邑 一生)
- 3B Sawatari Akito (佐渡 敬斗)
- 1B Okamoto Atsushi (岡本 昌真)
- LF Odajima Kouta (小田嶋 康太)
- C Suzuki Taira (鈴木 平)
Their chances at senbatsu are probably not good, but at the same time you cannot completely discount their run given playing Hanamaki Higashi twice and easily understandable excuses against Sendai Ikuei.
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