Urawa Jitsugyo players pump their fists after participating in the Kanto Tournament for the first time in 24 years and winning their first championship. Both at the prefectural Omiya Park Baseball Stadium.
The final of the fall prefectural high school baseball tournament was held on the 29th at the Prefectural Omiya Park Baseball Stadium in Omiya Ward, Saitama City, with Urawa Jitsugyo defeating Seibudai 9-1 and winning their first championship.
In the first inning, Urawa Jitsugyo’s leadoff batter, Fuuki Saito (2nd year), walked on base. After that, Daichi Yamane (same) and Yonosuke Mishima (same) created good opportunities to load the bases, and Daichi Nomoto (same) hit a well-timed hit to the right field to take the lead. In the third inning, he scored five points on six hits. Throughout the game, he displayed a fierce attack with 17 hits. Seibudai got one run back in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by No. 4 Hiroto Tashiro (1st year), but the batting lineup did not continue and they were unable to counterattack.
Urawa Jitsugyo and Seibudai will participate in the Kanto Tournament, which will be held in Kanagawa Prefecture starting October 26th. This tournament will serve as the selection criteria for next spring’s selection tournament.
Urawa Jitsugyo pitcher Souta Ishido (2nd year), not giving up on the flow with good pitching
Pitcher Ishido pitched all nine innings and allowed only one run.
“I focused on being the first batter in the sixth inning after preparing the ground, which tends to change the flow.” In the semifinals, Urawa Jitsugyo’s pitcher Souta Ishido (2nd year) held the Seibu batting lineup without hits from the 5th inning onwards, leading his team to their first victory. led to.
In this tournament, pitcher Ishido shut out the prestigious Urawa Gakuin in the quarterfinals with only two hits, but in the final, he allowed five hits through the fifth inning. “Early on, I felt tired from the match against Urawa Gakuin,” he said.
However, after the 5th inning, he was conscious of waving his arms again, as he felt he had regained his composure. Despite getting hit by pitches, which was an issue in last summer’s tournament, Seibudai maintained a calm pitch throughout the game and did not yield to Seibudai.
Manager Masahiko Tsujikawa praised pitcher Ishido in his post-game interview, saying, “He pitched carefully.” “When I was watching, I thought Ishido was difficult to hit,” he said.
Pitcher Ishido says his strength is that he doesn’t let the batter focus on his target. At the Kanto tournament, he said with enthusiasm, “We will be competing as the prefectural champion school, so we want to do our best without any shame.” (Yusaku Adachi)
