Well, with that game out of the way, we focus on the last 4 teams to try and qualify for the 3rd round. Tsu Shougyou and Toba both are not experienced at Koushien but get an opportunity to move on.
Tsu Shougyou perhaps ended Takashima's tenure at Chiben Wakayama with a sound 9-4 win. Chiben may not have been the team it once was, but to put runs up in each of the final 6 innings was impressive.
Same goes for Toba, whose MO was to just base hit a team to death, actually used a HR to open the scoring en route to a dominant 7-1 over Okayama Gakugeikan.
It's difficult to handicap this game because the Chiben win for Tsushou has to be discounted based upon the end result and how weak Chiben felt. And as for Toba, Okayama Gakugeikan was no world beater either, so some of their results should be taken with a grain of salt.
I would like Tsu Shougyou to win, but I see Toba's strategy and I like it very much.
Tsu Shougyou (Mie)
3B Ogouchi Kengo
CF Maeda Yuuta
1B Mastuba Kanou
LF Tsuji Yuuki
SS Egawa Yuuto
2B Takahashi Tomoki
RF Kuritani Taichi
P Sakakura Makoto
C Masuoka Akira
Toba (Kyoto)
LF Tabuchi Kouichirou
3B Iwakiri Kaito
CF Ina Kasumi
1B Kozono Shinnosuke
C Umetani Seigo
SS Minami Musashi
2B Nakajima Kouhei
RF Miyanishi Jyunya
P Matsuo Daiki
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12:00 - First pitch!
Top 1st
Ogouchi with a liner to right, but Nakajima highpoints the ball and makes the catch.
Maeda does the same thing to Minami, but this time Minami can't get it! Maeda books it and gets into 2nd ahead of the throw!
Matsuba with a loud out to center does move Maeda to 3rd, but Tsuji hits a routine grounder to 2nd and that's it for Tsushou.
Bottom 1st
Tabuchi liner up the middle, but Takahashi runs it down for the out!
And Iwakiri sees what Maeda did and rips a ball back up the middle, this time out of Takahashi's reach.
Yamada-kantoku goes for the hit and run over the bunt, and it prevents the double play as Ina hits it to short.
Kosono flies out to left and the inning is over.
Top 2nd
Egawa tries to put a ball through the gap in left, but while Iwakiri can't get it Minami will, and throws out Egawa.
On the next pitch, Takahashi grounds to 2nd.
It's not a 3 pitch inning, but it's close as Matsuo needs just 5 pitches to record a clean inning.
Bottom 2nd
Umetani single to right to start the inning. After a sac bunt, Nakajima singles to right! Runners at the corners and Toba with a chance to score the first run.
Yamada-kantoku goes for the hit and run again! But Miyanishi strikes out and Nakajima is a dead duck! He's run down and the inning is over!
Top 3rd
Outside of that double from Maeda in the first, the Tsushou offense has struggled. Matsuo records 2 strikeouts in a 1-2-3 inning.
Bottom 3rd
Meanwhile Toba continues to hit. Last batter Matsuo punishes a hanging fastball and drives it deep to right center for a double. He's bunted over by Tabuchi.
SQUEEZE!!!!
But Iwakiri misses! Matsuo in a rundown.. but the 3rd base ump says he avoids the tag from Sakakura and is safe!!
So instead Iwakiri singles through the left side and scores Matsuo! 1-0 Toba!
Ina liner to center, and that's in front of Maeda for a base hit! Miyamoto-kantoku calls time.
Kosono single to center! Here we go! Manrui for Toba!!
Single to right for Umetani! 2-0 now!
MINAMI A SINGLE BACK UP THE MIDDLE! 5th straight single and it's 3-0!!
Another timeout from Miyamoto-kantoku.
Nakajima soft liner... Egawa jumps and makes the catch! Umetani the easy double off and the inning is over. But we see the singles engine in action from Toba and if a team isn't prepared, they'll bleed to death.
Top 4th
Maeda trying to get Tsushou back in the game drives a ball to right for a double!
But it looks like it'll be wasted as Matsuba and Tsuji are soon retired for 2 outs.
Egawa comes through! He singles to left and Tsuhou is on the board at 3-1!
Ah~~~~ but he's picked off of 1st to end the inning.
To break
The teams settle down from there with only Iwakiri getting a hit between both teams. Toba has the 3-1 lead and a 10-3 lead in hits.
Top 6th
Ogouchi gets hit to start the frame, but again no bunt as Maeda flies out to center.
Ah, more poor baserunning as Matsuba lines out to short, and Minami rifles to 1st for the double play.
Bottom 6th
Minami ball up middle, but Egawa runs it down! Tries to twirl and throw, but it's not in time! Nakajima bunts him over.
Miyanishi tries the safety bunt, but just gets beaten out.
Matsuo up the middle. Egawa there again an AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
He can't pick it and that means Minami scores to make it 4-1!
Top 7th
Matsuba leadoff single to center. Wild pitch from Matsuo moves him to 2nd.
Tsuji grounds to 2nd to move him to 3rd, Takahashi grounds to 2nd to score the runner, 4-2. They're still behind, but they're chipping away.
Top 8th
Kuritani gets hit by Matsuo, and now #17 Imai will hit for Sakakura as his day is done. But he grounds into the 4-6-3 double play which kills the raly...
Bottom 8th
#10 Ishikawa enters the game to take the hill. He gets a 1-2-3 inning, but now the offense must deliver.
Top 9th
Instead Tsu Shougyou goes down in order and Toba moves onto the round of 16 with a 4-2 win!
Toba's dink and dunk method I've been waiting for a team to do, and Toba so far has executed. Now, the real test will be when they face a stronger team if they will be able to do that. As for Tsu Shougyou, defeating Chiben Wakayama should be an accomplishment in and of itself.
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Friday, August 14, 2015
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Day 4, Game 1 - Tsu Shougyou (Mie) v Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)
Apologies, but these previews may be a bit shorter due to my body catching up on sleep.
Anyways, we almost at the halfway point of seeing all these teams. This is our last full day of 1st Round games. First up is a regional matchup between Tsu Shougyou and Chiben Wakayama.
Tsu Shougyou is here having defeated Inabe Sougou Gakuen for the title, but not having faced anyone else of note. As for Chiben Wakayama, they were able to defeat last year's usurpers Shiritsu Wakayama as well as Minoshima. So perhaps they're in better form than in previous years. But on the overall they're look to be on the decline. However, they're still probably favored to win this matchup against first-timers.
Tsu Shougyou (Mie)
3B Ogouchi Kengo
CF Maeda Yuuta
1B Mastuba Kanou
LF Tsuji Yuuki
SS Egawa Yuuto
2B Takahashi Tomoki
RF Kuritani Taichi
P Sakakura Makoto
C Masuoka Akira
Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)
CF Noguchi Haruki
2B Takimoto Reiichi
RF Yamamoto Ryuuga
C Nishiyama Touma
1B Haruno Kouki
SS Takagaki Eiji
LF Nakao Taisuke
3B Ooishi Kaito
P Saitou Yuuta
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08:00 - First pitch!
1st Inning
Well, as expected it's a clean inning for Saitou against the first timers.
The same cannot be said for the Tsu Shougyou's Sakakura though...
Noguchi drills a ball to left center all the way to the wall for a triple. Takigawa singles to make it 1-0. Then when he tries to steal 2nd, Masuoka throws it wide and allows Takigawa to reach 3rd.
Then Yamamoto doubles to right center making it 2-0 followed by Sakakura hitting Nishiyama.
Despite the awful start, he does get a 4-6-3 double play and a flyout to end the inning. It's 2 runs, but could have been much worse.
2nd Inning
Tsuji gets Tsu Shougyou first hit to lead off the inning, and Egawa amost bloops one to RF if not for some work by Takimoto but after that the ABs look subpar...
Fortunately, Sakakura has no problem with Chiben's bottom of the lineup and might get some respite there going forward.
Top 4th
Maeda comebacker to Saitou, but the throws it wide and they can't make the play! E1.
And now Tsuji's ball up the middle goes off off Takagaki and they have to play at all!
Egawa punishes Chiben! He singles though the left side and that scores Maeda! It's 2-1!!
Bottom 4th
Uh, oh, here comes Chiben. Nishiyama doubles down the left field line and they're in business!
Haruno deep ball to right Kuritani scrambling back... makes the catch!
Takagaki with a short liner to right, Kuritani charging... makes a shoestring catch!
And what's this? Sakakura strikes out Nakao looking and the inning is over!
Top 5th
Hopefully not gamesmanship, but Saitou hits Sakakura... Some discussion between Miyamoto-kantoku and his ace, but everything seems OK after the long talk.
Ogouchi with a single to left! Sakakura has to hold at 3rd, but Tsu Shougyou can tie up the game! with a timely hit!
Maeda with a slow bouncer up the 3rd base side! Ooishi charging, throws to 1st... SAFE!!!!
Sakakura scores and we're all square at 2-2!!
Matsuba grounds out, but it's a swinging bunt of all things that ties the game!
Bottom 5th
An odd single by Ooishi as the ball fools Takahashi and goes through to right. Perhaps there was some added english on the ball.
After a sac bunt, Chiben Wakayama makes a grave baseball error! Ooishi goes for 3rd on a ball to the SS and is easily thrown out! The ining ends with no damage and what seemed like a runaway right off the get go is a tie ballgame at the break!
Top 6th
Two down for Takahashi and he doubles down the right field side.
Kuritani singles to center! They're sending the runner home! Throw in.. high! Takahashi scores and Tsu Shougyou now has the lead!
Sakakura single to right! They're sending Kuritani! Throw from Yamamoto... That's on the mark and he's meat at the plate! But out of nowhere first-timers Tsu Shougyou has the lead!
Bottom 6th
There's new confidence in Tsu Shougyou. Sakakura going after the 3-4-5 batters, strikes out Yamamoto, strikes out Nishiyama looking(!) and Haruno can only look up in frustration after he hits a loud out to the wall.
Top 7th
Another error from Chiben Wakayama! Takimoto boots a ball from Masuoka.
Ogouchi not bunting and lines a ball over Takimoto! And now it goes under Noguchi's glove! Masuoka scores and It's 4-2 Tsushou!
Maeda and Matsuba both ground out, and perhaps they can limit it to 1 run.
Tsuji to center! Noguchi running back! It's over his head! Ogouchi scores and it's 5-2!!
P Change as #11 Kanaoka comes in.
Egawa grounds to short, but Takagaki airmails the throw! Tsuji scores and it's 6-2!
A walk to Takahashi and #13 Katou enters the game.
He walks a batter efore finally getting the 3rd out. But Chiben Wakayama looks done.
Bottom 7th
Oh dear, after the 1st two out, Sakakura has some issues with his arm. He goes to the dugout for treatment, but my cynical side (which is a large side), wouldn't be surprised.
He finally comes out, but you have to wonder for future games even if they advance.
But after throwing pitches, he takes himself out. #10 Ishikawa comes in.
After the first pitch, Masaoka comes out to talk to him. That's concerning.
He gets out of the inning, but we'll need to pay attention to the last 2 innings and how he performs.
Top 8th
After a Masuoka single, Chiben commit 2 more errors to load the bases. It would have been 3 if not for Tsu Shougyou trying to score 2 on the error. They did get 1 to make it 7-2.
Bottom 8th
And here's where the departure of Sakakura hurts. Yamamoto hits a 2-out, 2-run HR to make it 7-4. No more damage done, but you can see why I'm skeptical when a P gets hit, especially by a powerhouse school.
Top 9th
This is an embarrassment. After a single, Takimoto boots a ball. Ishikawa lays down the squeeze, and Katou flubs on the ball and no one's covering 1st. 8-4.
Masaoka bunts, it's fielded cleanly this time, but again no one covers 1st! 9-4.
Tsu Shougyou is making Chiben field. They lay down one more bunt, and they get it right this time.
Anyways, the game finally finishes with the score as it is. All you can say is that Tsu Shougyou played the game like they wanted to win. I have no idea what the heck happened to Chiben Wakayama.
Anyways, we almost at the halfway point of seeing all these teams. This is our last full day of 1st Round games. First up is a regional matchup between Tsu Shougyou and Chiben Wakayama.
Tsu Shougyou is here having defeated Inabe Sougou Gakuen for the title, but not having faced anyone else of note. As for Chiben Wakayama, they were able to defeat last year's usurpers Shiritsu Wakayama as well as Minoshima. So perhaps they're in better form than in previous years. But on the overall they're look to be on the decline. However, they're still probably favored to win this matchup against first-timers.
Tsu Shougyou (Mie)
3B Ogouchi Kengo
CF Maeda Yuuta
1B Mastuba Kanou
LF Tsuji Yuuki
SS Egawa Yuuto
2B Takahashi Tomoki
RF Kuritani Taichi
P Sakakura Makoto
C Masuoka Akira
Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)
CF Noguchi Haruki
2B Takimoto Reiichi
RF Yamamoto Ryuuga
C Nishiyama Touma
1B Haruno Kouki
SS Takagaki Eiji
LF Nakao Taisuke
3B Ooishi Kaito
P Saitou Yuuta
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08:00 - First pitch!
1st Inning
Well, as expected it's a clean inning for Saitou against the first timers.
The same cannot be said for the Tsu Shougyou's Sakakura though...
Noguchi drills a ball to left center all the way to the wall for a triple. Takigawa singles to make it 1-0. Then when he tries to steal 2nd, Masuoka throws it wide and allows Takigawa to reach 3rd.
Then Yamamoto doubles to right center making it 2-0 followed by Sakakura hitting Nishiyama.
Despite the awful start, he does get a 4-6-3 double play and a flyout to end the inning. It's 2 runs, but could have been much worse.
2nd Inning
Tsuji gets Tsu Shougyou first hit to lead off the inning, and Egawa amost bloops one to RF if not for some work by Takimoto but after that the ABs look subpar...
Fortunately, Sakakura has no problem with Chiben's bottom of the lineup and might get some respite there going forward.
Top 4th
Maeda comebacker to Saitou, but the throws it wide and they can't make the play! E1.
And now Tsuji's ball up the middle goes off off Takagaki and they have to play at all!
Egawa punishes Chiben! He singles though the left side and that scores Maeda! It's 2-1!!
Bottom 4th
Uh, oh, here comes Chiben. Nishiyama doubles down the left field line and they're in business!
Haruno deep ball to right Kuritani scrambling back... makes the catch!
Takagaki with a short liner to right, Kuritani charging... makes a shoestring catch!
And what's this? Sakakura strikes out Nakao looking and the inning is over!
Top 5th
Hopefully not gamesmanship, but Saitou hits Sakakura... Some discussion between Miyamoto-kantoku and his ace, but everything seems OK after the long talk.
Ogouchi with a single to left! Sakakura has to hold at 3rd, but Tsu Shougyou can tie up the game! with a timely hit!
Maeda with a slow bouncer up the 3rd base side! Ooishi charging, throws to 1st... SAFE!!!!
Sakakura scores and we're all square at 2-2!!
Matsuba grounds out, but it's a swinging bunt of all things that ties the game!
Bottom 5th
An odd single by Ooishi as the ball fools Takahashi and goes through to right. Perhaps there was some added english on the ball.
After a sac bunt, Chiben Wakayama makes a grave baseball error! Ooishi goes for 3rd on a ball to the SS and is easily thrown out! The ining ends with no damage and what seemed like a runaway right off the get go is a tie ballgame at the break!
Top 6th
Two down for Takahashi and he doubles down the right field side.
Kuritani singles to center! They're sending the runner home! Throw in.. high! Takahashi scores and Tsu Shougyou now has the lead!
Sakakura single to right! They're sending Kuritani! Throw from Yamamoto... That's on the mark and he's meat at the plate! But out of nowhere first-timers Tsu Shougyou has the lead!
Bottom 6th
There's new confidence in Tsu Shougyou. Sakakura going after the 3-4-5 batters, strikes out Yamamoto, strikes out Nishiyama looking(!) and Haruno can only look up in frustration after he hits a loud out to the wall.
Top 7th
Another error from Chiben Wakayama! Takimoto boots a ball from Masuoka.
Ogouchi not bunting and lines a ball over Takimoto! And now it goes under Noguchi's glove! Masuoka scores and It's 4-2 Tsushou!
Maeda and Matsuba both ground out, and perhaps they can limit it to 1 run.
Tsuji to center! Noguchi running back! It's over his head! Ogouchi scores and it's 5-2!!
P Change as #11 Kanaoka comes in.
Egawa grounds to short, but Takagaki airmails the throw! Tsuji scores and it's 6-2!
A walk to Takahashi and #13 Katou enters the game.
He walks a batter efore finally getting the 3rd out. But Chiben Wakayama looks done.
Bottom 7th
Oh dear, after the 1st two out, Sakakura has some issues with his arm. He goes to the dugout for treatment, but my cynical side (which is a large side), wouldn't be surprised.
He finally comes out, but you have to wonder for future games even if they advance.
But after throwing pitches, he takes himself out. #10 Ishikawa comes in.
After the first pitch, Masaoka comes out to talk to him. That's concerning.
He gets out of the inning, but we'll need to pay attention to the last 2 innings and how he performs.
Top 8th
After a Masuoka single, Chiben commit 2 more errors to load the bases. It would have been 3 if not for Tsu Shougyou trying to score 2 on the error. They did get 1 to make it 7-2.
Bottom 8th
And here's where the departure of Sakakura hurts. Yamamoto hits a 2-out, 2-run HR to make it 7-4. No more damage done, but you can see why I'm skeptical when a P gets hit, especially by a powerhouse school.
Top 9th
This is an embarrassment. After a single, Takimoto boots a ball. Ishikawa lays down the squeeze, and Katou flubs on the ball and no one's covering 1st. 8-4.
Masaoka bunts, it's fielded cleanly this time, but again no one covers 1st! 9-4.
Tsu Shougyou is making Chiben field. They lay down one more bunt, and they get it right this time.
Anyways, the game finally finishes with the score as it is. All you can say is that Tsu Shougyou played the game like they wanted to win. I have no idea what the heck happened to Chiben Wakayama.
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