Okayama Gakugeikan (Okayama) Batting Lineup 9-Yoshida-(RF) 7-Kinjoh -(LF) 6-Chinen (SS) 4-Osafune (2B) 3-Niwa(P) 5-Iwahata (3B) 15-Takeshita (1B) 8-Naka (CF) 2-Mizokami (C) Okayama Gakugeikan are from the western prefecture of Okayama.They have little historical koshien tradition, as their last visit (in 2015) was their first summer koshien visit.
Asher Ramirez
Missed the last couple days but now I'm back for more
Sakushin Gakuin (Tochigi) 8-Fukuda (CF) 4-Matsuo (2B) 3-Nakashima (1B) 6-Ishii (SS) 12-Yokoyama (RF) 5-Okochi (3B) 7-Yaehata (LF) 2-Tateishi (C) 1-Hayashi (P) Sakushin Gakuin are a private school powerhouse from the small Kanto prefecture of Tochigi and this is their ninth straight qualification. They have had winning experience in Koshien, winning 2016 Summer Koshien and reaching the semis in 2011.
Luke Cooper
1B Nakashima drives in a run for Sakushin Gakuen to take the lead.
i found the name of a song they were just playing that is new to me but damned if i'll be able to find the original because the song title is just "monster"
Probably yes. Cause there's multiple japan series games and it's more a national event. There's plenty of people (particularly old people) who have far more interest in high school baseball than npb.
Ryan Diaz
Google Trends shows the looking of people for Koshien is higher than NPB during most of year so probablly
Andrew Richardson
ooh they were playing another song of pawafuro too
With Sakushin Gakuen now having played two games, we have a better idea of who their stars are. 8-Fukuda (CF) (5 for 10, 3 steals) 6-Ishii (SS) (4 for 7) 12-Yokoyama (RF) (7 for 10, 1 steal) (5 for 5 in this game alone 1-Hayashi (P) (17 innings, 10 hits, 9 ks, 3 earned runs)
Kayden Brooks
glad to see the players still smiling even losing like that way
>12-Yokoyama (RF) (7 for 10, 1 steal) (5 for 5 in this game alone this one is going to get drafted easy
Isaiah Martinez
When this game reach noon Japan Time is probable tha this game will have an 10 mins pause in tribute to WWII Japan Soliders
today is the day that the Emparator told to Japan people that the country had surrended, he did it at Noon Local time
Grayson Roberts
U-S-A! U-S-A!
Asher Fisher
Tokaidai Sagami (Kanagawa) Batting Lineup 8-Unuma (CF) (36 for 82 this year, 5 HRs, 23 RBIs, 4 steals) 9-Honma (RF) 2-Inoue (C) 3-Yamamura (1B) (32 for 82 this year with 8 HRs) (Possible late round draft choice) 5-Kinjoh (3B) 6-Endo (SS) (Pitched in first game with 2 hits and 8Ks in 7 innings) (Tops out at 90mph) (27 for 73 this year with 6 HRs and 29 RBIs) (One of the possible two-way talents in this year's draft) 7-Nishikawa (LF) (31 for 82 in HS Career, 6 HRs, 31 RBIs) (Possible late round draft choice) 14-Matsumoto (2B) 13-Ishida (P) (First year pitcher, one to watch for 2021 draft) (Tops out at 88mph) (5 hits, 9Ks in 8 innings this year for 1.13 ERA) Tokaidai Sagami are a private school and traditional powerhouse from the arguably the most competitive prefecture in Japan. (Kanagawa, which is centered around Yokohama). They were winners of 2015 Summer Koshien where they were led by ace Shinnosuke Ogasawara (Current Dragons starter).
Jacob Roberts
Safe to say that Tokaidai Sagami is stacked. At least 4 players with a chance of being drafted this year.
Luke Gutierrez
you can know what are the guys that got the plate?
Luke Bailey
No idea.
Joshua Butler
my bad, i forgot that its already 16 in japan so it wont happen this year
Jordan Cox
Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo (Gifu) Batting Lineup 8-Takabatake (CF) 4-Nobuhara (2B) 3-Gen (1B) (2nd year) (3 for 3 last game) (11 for 28 in HS career with 2 HRs) 2-Fujita (C) (One of the better HS Catchers this year) 5-Oda (3B) 1-Fugo (P) (Tops out at 87mph) (7Ks, 4 hits in 5 2/3 innings last game) (2 for 4 hitting last game) 6-Inoue (SS) 9-Masuda (RF) 7-Nimura (LF)
Jaxson Walker
Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo are a private school from Gifu (Chubu region). Chukyo have some Koshien tradition, but their only recent attendance in Koshien in the past decade has been a second round exit in 2016. They are not to be confused with Chukyodai Chukyo who are one of the most successful Koshien schools in Japan (From Aichi, but they have recently been mediocre).
Ayden Green
>18-0
Juan Baker
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y
Carson Ramirez
imagine trying to take out the opposing pitcher. brutal.
what makes my mad is that they for some reason (maybe beacuse it is not fair game or stuff like that) they dont show replay of those or when play hurts
i cant find any footage on twtiter or youtube
Jeremiah Anderson
they learned that from american school shootings. if you give them media attention it will just happen more.
Brayden Adams
it doesnt stopped someone brutal smash an japanese QB onto retirement
Jack Turner
aparently broadcast is saying that the band of of NTT Branches is playing for one of the teams
i was reading and its common some people or high schools help schools that arent from Osaka Region due the high costs of transporation of instruments, some schools spend around 10 mi yens just to go once to Koshien
Colton Brooks
>mfw you will never have an golden car diecast with silver wheels
Shido (Tokai's nominal ace) is up now. (8Ks, 2 hits in 7 innings in last game against Ohmi) But not much scouting on him.
Tyler Cox
Fujita ties it up for Chukyo. 3 for 4 today. Cementing his place as one of the premier catchers at Koshien.
Jayden Johnson
And more RBIS! Oda with another line drive. 4-3 now. And Shido is taken out of the game after just 1 out. Noguchi is now the pitcher for Tokaidai Sagami.
Wyatt Jenkins
Wow the choke is real
Nathan Perez
More errors. This is a complete choke by Tokaidai Sagami. Pick-off error results in another run. 5-3
Bentley Hughes
ahhh tokai lol
Oliver Smith
Wow. Just wow. 6-3 now. Pitching ace Fugo drives in another run.
Leo Nguyen
Wow. Another fielding stuff-up (Not really an error though) Given the amount of talent on this Tokaidai Sagami team, this does count as an upset.
I can't remember a whole team (it's been the whole team, not just one or two players) collapse so badly in just one half-inning. Pitchers throwing wild. Catcher falls over. Simple fielding errors.
Memeworthy stats from Shido in that inning. 1 out. 2 hits. 2 earned runs.
Logan Sanders
If they can't redeem themselves even a little here that's gg
Henry Murphy
it they tie with same style of choking this game will be the most meme of this tornamentl
Asher Martin
wow that tokai cheerleader at the bottom of the steps(i think, the one that had the closeup just now) was a mega cutie
Jacob Diaz
After giving the pitching reins to Gen to give Fugo a rest, Chukyo give the ball straight back to Fugo to get them out of this jam.
Aaron Sanders
For a pitcher with relatively ordinary speed (87mph) Fugo is a damn good pitcher.
Brayden Myers
tokai drummer girl cute too
Joseph Hughes
Good eye, not sure if I want them to get out of this jam or if I would like to see a reverse collapse.
Ryan Stewart
2 outs. Bottom of the 7th. Bases loaded. 8-4 down. Kinjoh is up for Tokaidai Sagami. They would have to get something here at least to stay in the game i think.
Adam Robinson
Chukyo bringing in their closer now. Akatsuka (18-P) tops out at 92mph)
Lucas Gray
is the mound low or is it just the lack of contrast
Adrian Morgan
Left a lot of men stranded, last bottom of the inning is gonna be tough now. And that's assuming no more gets piled on of course.
Juan Clark
Pretty sure it's over at this point
Ian Adams
lack of contrast
Hudson Turner
lol that what i call an fucking luck
Ryan Bailey
>mfw you will never see U-18 USA vs Japan on Koshien again like happened in 2015
Akashi Shogyo (Hyogo) Batting Lineup 8-Kita (CF) 2-Mizukami (C) 5-Shigemiya (3B) 9-Ando (RF) 3-Miyazaki (1B) 18-Fukui (LF) 4-Shimizu (2B) 6-Kouno (SS) 10-Sugito (P) Akashi Shogyo are a public school from the prefecture of Hyogo in Kansai region.They have only recently come into prominence with some good draftable talent. They competed in summer koshien last year and made the semis of this year's spring koshien. Realistically, they are sort of the closest thing to Kanaashi Nogyo (Yoshida's team) this year, given that they are a public school, with little historical Koshien success. Plus they're the local team from Hyogo.
Brody Ortiz
clay mixed in with dirt will do that to a field
Nathaniel Reyes
it rained that day, and the OF had some problems in past
They had to change the warning track from dirt onto artificial grass to fix it
Carson Ross
Ube Kojo (Yamaguchi) Batting Lineup 8-Okada(P) (Normally outfielder but pitching today) 6-Furukawa(SS) 5-Sakai(3B) 3-Tanaka(1B) 7-Harada(LF) 1-Ikemura(RF) (Normally the ace, but playing in right field) 4-Fujii(2B) 2-Yamamoto(C) 9-Kawamura(CF) Ube Kojo are a private school from the western prefecture of Yamaguchi which has recently come into koshien prominence, twice reaching spring koshien in 2015 and 2017 (where they lost their only game) and summer koshien in 2012 (where they reached the quarters)
Luis Myers
Both Akashi Shogyo and Ube Kojo electing to rest their aces today.
Ryan Reyes
More like a game of who has to go to use them first
Connor Barnes
>12 posters
Brayden Collins
there will be as many as 20 for the finals
Cameron Torres
come a few minutes late and theres 2 runs
Asher Ross
whenever i see a stranded runner i want him to try running backwards to see if he can trick a bad throw.
Blake Miller
those threads arent much movimented also people dont care much to post when are non-game days
The rest days always fuck with the flow of the threads
Aiden Morris
Who cares? It's not a popularity contest
John Bailey
naisu bunto
Gabriel Wilson
Nice throw by 9-Ando for Akashi Shogyo to cut off the runner at second and close the inning.
Aiden Turner
Dudes got a cannon out there damn
Carson Taylor
SHIGEMIYA WITH THE DINGER! Akashi Shogyo now only 1-2 down.
Jesus Christ you had to expect that desu. Terrible way to go fuckkkkkkkk
Jayden Reyes
im suprised that Hyogo (the province where koshien is in) is still on the tournament
David Brooks
at least it ended with a bunt.
but i cant forgive that empty manila folder of a dinger being the deciding factor.
Dominic Parker
To give you an idea of what Akashi Shogyo (a public school I remind you) have achieved in this past year, much of this team is the same team which attended Koshien last year (where they narrowly lost their only game) and reached semi-finals this year. Previous to that, they had never made Koshien at all. Plus they're located in Hyogo prefecture (where Koshien stadium is) which is one of the top six or seven competitive prefectures in the nation. The usual reps for Hyogo (Hotoku Gakuen) frequently recruit from all across the nation, whereas Akashi Shogyo are all locals.
David Johnson
is quarter finals user, but still impressive also, Koshie nused to heild Hyogo tournaments, but due complain of another provinces and costs of keep Tigers out even more than normal, they decided send the tournament to Hotto Motto (the secondary house of Orix Buffaloes)
Adam Bennett
I meant semis in spring.
Julian Murphy
Kaisei (Nagasaki) Batting Lineup 8-Matsuo (CF) 3-Ogushi (1B) 4-Matsuo (2B) 9-Takatani (RF) 5-Sakamoto (3B) 2-Ota (C) 7-Murakami (LF) 6-Urata (SS) 1- Shibata(P) Kaisei are a private school who are a Koshien regular from the prefecture of Nagasaki. They are a Koshien regular and their most recent success was reaching the quarters in 2016 Spring. Their most famous alumni is Koichi Hori (marines legend).
Hunter Myers
Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin (Aomori) Batting Lineup 6-Takeoka (SS) 8-Shimabukuro (CF) 3-Kondo (1B) (5 for 8, 1 HR, 6RBIs) 9-Hara(RF) 7-Ooe(LF) 5-Shimoyama(3B) 4-Itoh (2B) 2-Tayama(C) 10-Yokoyama (P) Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin are a private school from the northern prefecture of Aomori. They're a koshien powerhouse known for recruiting mostly from the other side of the country around Osaka. As such, most of their players are not from Aomori. Their most famous alumni is Hayato Sakamoto (iconic shortstop of the Yomiuri Giants)
William Carter
What's with the French flag on the sleeve?
Jace Carter
means to never surrender.
Leo Barnes
Sakamoto with the 2-run homer to make it 3-0 for Kaisei. Turns out the school was set up by French missionaries.
Jackson Harris
3-Kondo (Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin) with his second home run of the tournament. 3-1
Aaron Gutierrez
Oppo what a beast, straight muscles Interesting
Kevin Phillips
Big inning by Kosei Gakuin. 4-3 up now in the bottom of the 3rd.
Matthew Ramirez
it seems my pc wants to commit semppuku hopefuly he will stay alive for the rest of tournament
Hudson Campbell
Wow getting some rain now
Gavin Miller
Scores level, 6-6
Christopher Allen
Oof. Tie game boys! 6-6
Andrew Perry
6-6 thru 6
Aaron Scott
That's the 7th consecutive ball he's thrown in the 7th. Is he trying to meme something?
Ryan Jones
Good throw by matsuo and great tag by Ota to prevent a run in the 8th.
I'm just happy we got a night game See you tomorrow
Kayden Ward
night and see you
Kayden Scott
Bumping please support Irish farmers
Cooper Ward
Acknowledged
Jeremiah White
>support Irish farmers EU said fuck off and made an parternship with mercosur
Connor Taylor
Quarter finals start tomorrow
Ayden Miller
Quarterfinals are all tomorrow lol also is the last day with 4 games... oof
Semis start 10PM ET Final it seems that will be around 1AM ET
Angel Sanchez
As long as weather doesn't decide to fuck things up, the end of koshien works brilliantly with my schedule
Charles Edwards
Takaoka Shogyo (Toyama) Batting Lineup 8-Morita (CF) 5-Ibayashi (3B) 2-Ishiguro (C) 9-Hori(RF) 7-Fujii(LF) 6-Ishiguro(SS) 1-Arai(P) 3-Sugasawa(1B) 4-Suzuki(2B) Takaoka Shogyo are a public school from Toyama Prefecture who have traditionally qualified for Koshien regularly, although they have never made it past the quarters (once in 1947).
Thomas Nelson
aparently it wont the only day with rain predicted is monday but mondaay is going to be rest day anyways
Justin Gray
Confirmed losers either today or tomorrow
Chase Cruz
Riseisha (Osaka) Batting Lineup 8-Momotake (CF) 4-Ikeda (2B) 5-Kobukata (3B) 9-Inoue (RF) (4 for 9, 1 HR) 3-Uchikura (1B) 7-Nishikawa (LF) (6 for 8, 1HR) 2-Noguchi (C) 6-Nogami (SS) 1-Shimizu (P) (17Ks in 14 innings, Tops out at 88mph) Riseisha(Osaka) are the perennial bridesmaids to Osaka Toin in Osaka, as they frequently reach Spring Koshien (Where 2 Osaka teams can compete) but rarely reach Summer. Their most famous alumni is Tetsuto Yamada.
Owen Lewis
i wouldnt say that anything can happen in tournaament
Dominic Green
Takaoka Shogyo hit a sac fly to peg it back to 3-1 after a big inning from Riseisha.
Parker Perry
Hit by pitcher drives another runner home for Riseisha. 4-1.
Jackson Scott
not lookin too good for them. not advancing is a koshien tradition for them
William Ortiz
Tetsuto Yamada approves of this Riseisha performance!
Takaoka Shogyo at least making the scoreline a bit more respectable.
Chase Garcia
Next up is Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama) v Seiryo (Ishikawa). This is probably the best game of the third round.
Justin Powell
Seiryo (Ishikawa) Batting Lineup 8-Shouji (CF) 7-Arimatsu (LF) 5-Chida(3B) (4 for 9 in tournament) 6-Uchiyama(SS) 1-Okugawa (P) (can top 98mph and is projected to be the second best high school pitcher in the draft behind Rouki Sasaki of Ofunato (who didn't qualify).(5 hits, 12 Ks in 11 innings) 3-Fukumoto (1B) 9-Okada (RF) 13-Otaka(2B) 2-Yamase (One of the top hitting catchers in HS Baseball, possible late round candidate for draft) (4 for 8 in tournament) Seiryo are a traditional power from the rural prefecture of Ishikawa, who are famously, Hideki Matsui's former school.
Kevin Ortiz
Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama) Batting Lineup 4-Kurokawa (2B) 8-Hosokawa (CF) (5 for 10, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, 1 Stolen base) 6-Nishikawa (SS) 10-Tokumaru (RF) 7-Negoro (LF) 2-Azuma (C) (One of the better catchers in this tournament) ((5 for 8, 1 HR, 3RBIs)) 3-Sato (1B) 11-Kobayashi (P) (Their normal ace Ikeda (who tops out at 93mph) is not starting today) 5-Ayahara (3B) Chiben Wakayama are a private school from the Kansai prefecture of Wakayama and are a mainstay of Koshien, having attended Summer Koshien 23 times and Spring Koshien 12 times. Their heyday was in the 90s when they won Spring Koshien in 1994 and two Summer Koshien within four years (1997,2000). You may remember them from their epic choke in the first round to surprise quarter-finalists Ohmi as well as their earlier choke this year at Spring Koshien. Surprisingly for such a storied team, they have very little successful NPB alumni. The only of note is Haruki Nishikawa (Outfielder for the Fighters).
James Perry
The two co-commentators for this match will be the legendary coaches for both teams. Yamashita-kantoku (Seiryo) (on the left) was the high school coach for Hideki Matsui. Takashima-kantoku (Chiben Wakayama) (on the right) was the man who led Chiben to several titles in the 90s and 00s.
Glad to see him varying eye-level, Chiben seems perfectly adept at fouling away his low junk, but they're helpless against 90+ up
Aaron Morgan
17k from Okugawa today
Charles Cooper
Kid's got filth, and the ump is consistently giving 6 inches outside, no wonder we're seeing a pitcher's duel.
Hunter Williams
Haha, time for extra innings
Luke Rodriguez
Reminds me a little of Verlander in the fact that he can throw very high velocity for a long time.
Henry Peterson
i hope we get onto Tie Break today at least
Jose Parker
Can I get a quick rundown on extra inning rules? First time seeing a Koshien extra innings game.
Luis Hall
Okugawa needs 4 more Ks to tie Yuki Matsui's Koshien strikeout record in one game (Although Matsui did this in 9 innings). Starts at 13th inning. Runners on 1st and 2nd. No outs. Score as many runs as you can.
Thomas Phillips
The international tiebreaker rule will be applied at the 13th inning
Okugawa bringing the heat. 96mph on his 126th pitch. Somewhere in America a major league scout is crying.
Jason Carter
Another 96mph pitch. His ability to keep his velocity this late is amazing.
Nathaniel James
They're mentioning Saibi so i'm assuming they're referencing Tomohiro Anraku, who famously flamed out in Spring Koshien a few years back after pitching like 180 pitches in the final and his velocity just dropped.
Angel Gonzalez
Not really.
William Martin
What's the reason then?
Julian Morales
Is it their choke from last year against Saibi?
Thomas Roberts
AVENGERS [sound of Jerry running snout first into a frying pan] ASSEMBLE
Austin Hughes
Basically yes
Brody Nguyen
Bunt here to get Okugawa to second here surely.
Jayden Adams
Saibi was the one whose manager was channeling nishitani wasn't it?
Brody Howard
ONE INNING TO T I E B R E A K
David Brooks
Last year's choke at 5:50. Seiryo were up 7-1 in the bottom of the 8th before Saibi tied it up to lead 9-7. Seiryo tie it up in the top of the 9th 9-9, and get up 11-9 in the 13th before this happens. youtube.com/watch?v=9ZYrbxHNY8A
Jace Perez
finnaly i listen the original instrumental even the karaoke had music
Oliver Lopez
>even had voice fixed
Lucas Sanchez
i am suprised that this is just the first meme about this movie that people does here due the DVD lunch promo
Jap-kun, you here do you have any replay of the hitby pitches that happened this tournament?
Gabriel Watson
> 4 Big oof
Grayson Allen
That last batter legit looks someone who has never hit in their life, but has been told if they don't make contact their entire family will be killed
Xavier Bell
20 Ks for Okugawa now. 3 more and he beats Matsui's record.
Julian Turner
Ace against ace now. Ikeda has been in for 6 innings now.
Brandon Morgan
oh shit first time seeing a tiebreak
Camden Sanchez
TIEBREAK TIME BOYS!
Landon King
T I E B R E A K actually is the third on tournament history and first this year
Jose Ward
There you go, tie-break time
Logan Collins
As discussed, Seiryo's exit last year was also in a tie-break, specifically off a walk-off grand slam.
Nolan Scott
Official 2019 Koshien slogan: Sou desu ne
Jeremiah Rivera
they actually say it an lot on casual talk
Daniel Brooks
By law Koshien attendees must say "Atsui ne" (It's hot isn't it) at least 5 times every half hour.
Aaron Cook
Straight up, you should not be allowed to bunt during the tiebreak. Absolute cowardice
Samuel Ward
bunting is extreme bravery
Justin Bell
Just tied Matsui's record
Jacob Rodriguez
21st K? Only a true CHAD bunts when under pressure
Jaxson Barnes
For the batter, sure. For the managers throughout Japan who refuse to adapt to the staggering amount of analytics that show what a waste it is, get bent
Adrian Reed
Just broke it lol
Carter Torres
Coming out with 150 pitches, men on 1st and 2nd, and getting out with no runs is so fucking clutch
Alexander Long
23rd for the last one
Gavin Evans
Chiben Wakayama chokign again
just bunt and then make an single for fucks sake
Kevin Richardson
>coach reading statistics coach: no more bunting chad players: COACH DONT TAKE MY STRONGEST WEAPON FROM ME
Even if Okugawa some how gets through this game without his arm falling off, they still have Riseisha tomorrow.
Sebastian Bell
did Seibi got 13 innings? the pitcher can pitch only it
Jace Flores
Patiently waiting for the pitcher vs pitcher anime showdown split screen
Ayden Walker
- 1 4 -
William Carter
there isnt the Quarter final lottery?
Oliver Davis
Turns out Okugawa still has to beat Bando's record of 25 Ks (But he did that in 18 innings). Yuki Matsui's 22 still remains the record for Ks in 9 innings.
Carson Hernandez
>18 innings
Lord bless all these arms
Brody Richardson
Don't think so. The first two quarterfinal matchups have been confirmed.
Jace Bell
OH SHIT. He was out
Jordan Reyes
3rd runner. 3rd runner. 3rd runner.
Adam Cook
clearly, its gonna come down to the best bunt to win
Xavier Reyes
Risei-sha is going to play the last game of day by the virtual kokoyakyu page
i will see if they will put them thogether or separated after the gamae
Alexander Ortiz
*screams internally*
Owen Jackson
That person enjoyed a 10-year pro career in the 60s
Noah Powell
Imagine if Okugawa drives in the winning run here!
Angel Lee
Haha yeah the pitch counts back then were fucking crazy, Marichal vs Spahn for example
Ryan Rodriguez
Remember what Einstein said. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
Isaiah Garcia
wow
Brayden Thomas
FUCK YEAH SEIRYO
Ryan James
AAAAAAAAAAAAA HOMERUN
Gabriel Bell
>REVERSE CARP
Nolan Cook
>turn on game >2 seconds in a walk off dinger based
Just saw on the broadcast. Seiryo and Riseisha are separated.
Logan Gonzalez
At least Seiryo doesn't need to face Riseisha until Semis
Kevin Hughes
The quarter-final and semi-final matches are decided by lottery in summer koshien.
Jace Thomas
ah I forgot they will raffle for the semis as well
Cooper Long
Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi) Batting Lineup 4-Nakazato (2B) 3-Miyamoto (LF) 6-Irie (SS) 9-Onou (RF) 5-Chiba (1B) 1-Osakae (3B) 12-Inomata (C) 10-Suzuki (P) 8-Mizuoka (CF) Sendai Ikuei are a koshien powerhouse from Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan. Their school just happens to be walking distance from the stadium of the Rakuten Eagles and as such, they have some history of sending players to the Eagles. They reached the 2015 Koshien final but have never won Koshien. The star player for that 2015 team is current Marines infielder Taiga Hirasawa.
btw the third game was supoly to had started 1 hour ago lmao
Lincoln Carter
Tsuruga Kehi (Fukui) Batting Lineup 8-Ohshima (CF) 6-Nakagawa(SS) 3-Sugita (1B) (6 for 10, 1 HR) 7-Kinoshita (LF) (5 for 9, 6RBIs) 9-Takahara (RF) 5-Nomichi (3B) 4-Nagahama (2B) 2-Oyana (C) 1-Kasajima (P) (Tops out at 90mph, 7 hits and 9 Ks in 15 innings) Tsuruga Kehi are a private school from the prefecture of Fukui in central Honshu. Theywon 2015 Spring Koshien and this will be their 4th qualification in the past 6 years. They have numerous famous alumni including Akihiro Higashide (Former Carp Infielder) Tetsuya Utsumi (Former Giants and now Lions pitcher) Masataka Yoshida (Buffaloes star outfielder)
Ryder Taylor
Good, so the last one can be a N I G H T G A M E
Ethan Hall
yeah
Christian Diaz
bruh trying to put the dead in deadball
Jace Cruz
Sugita is one of their stars too. Big blow for Tsuruga Kehi.
John Harris
fucking dome'd
Gabriel Garcia
Tsuruga Kehi 1-0 up Nomichi with the driving run.
Kevin Williams
woooo just about off work in a couple mins, then i get to watch some more at home
3-1. Sendai Ikuei are back in it.Nakazato drives it in.
Aiden Martin
3-2!
James Ortiz
Oh i know i was watching. Have been watching a good portion of koshien at work. It's not exactly labor intensive or high stress lol. Only difference is now I get to watch in bed tonight
Sugita is back on the bench apparently. All OK but obviously can't be subbed back in.
Xavier Martinez
Ah right as I read this they said his name. Thanks, good to see he's fine
Sebastian Cooper
Masterful bunt. Everyone knew it was coming and he told everyone it was, and then it was a textbook fucking beauty of a bunt. Tell me you're not erect and and I'll call you a liar fight me faget
did someone knows the innings it happened so i can make an webm later?
Chase Campbell
Bottom 8
Adrian Wright
Tsuruoka Higashi (Yamagata) Batting Lineup 6-Kouno (SS) 9-Takehana (RF) 8-Yamashita (CF) 2-Ooi (C) 7-Maruyama (LF) (5 for 7, 2 HRs) 3-Mori (1B) 4-Yamaji (2B) 5-Takarada (3B) 11-Kageyama (P) Tsuruoka Higashi are a private school from Yamagata prefecture in Northern Japan. This is their fourth appearance since 2011, but they have never made it past the third round in their previous Koshien appearances.
Kayden Hernandez
Kanto Daiichi (East Tokyo) Batting Lineup 8-Okubo (CF) (3 for 6) 9-Shigemasa (RF) 6-Shibutani (SS) 3-Hiraizumi (1B) (3 for 8) 7-Hirakawa (LF) 2-Noguchi (C) 13-Nagashima (3B) 4-Muraoka (2B) 10-Tani (P) (Tops out at 91mph)
Alexander Anderson
Kanto Daiichi are a private school from East Tokyo (which has traditionally been the weaker Tokyo region). They are a relatively recent Koshien fixture who famously made the 2015 Summer semis with Louis Okoye (Half-black Eagles Outfielder).
Jaxon Young
If I were black, I'd love for the announcer to call me a coon
Matthew Lopez
No joke this is a well-known brand of cheese in Australia.
Rewatching it reminds me how extreme of a pitchout it was, and he still bunted lmao
Josiah Butler
imagine an bunt duel between and
Ryder Hall
still amazed. score four runs and then end it on that.
Ethan Scott
the inning, not the game obvs
Samuel Jackson
Tie again, pretty great game
Ian Williams
What the fuck of an inning
Logan Rodriguez
Not the first one of this match
Tyler Mitchell
I know man, it just keeps happening.
Hunter Ross
that is the fun of tournament, specially in the final phases you dont know what can happen
Asher Williams
>the video has support for PIP at least in chrome based
Jace Jenkins
That battle never ends fuck yeah
Easton Diaz
ITS TIED AGAIN
Michael Long
Excellent, scores tied AGAIN
Connor Diaz
Winner of this game will play Riseisha in the last game tomorrow. Sendai Ikuei v Seiryo confirmed.
Jose Lee
Shibutani with the double for Kanto Daiichi. 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. Tsuruoka Higashi will intentionally walk Hiraizumi(1B) to put 7-Hirakawa up.
Christian Thompson
Box score said 15 hits for the home side? Fuck man
Jose Sanders
wow 3 run home run finished the 14 innings game
Asher Allen
Tsuruoka Higashi is wrong
x 岡東 o 鶴岡東
Connor Bailey
Yeah, it was a copy mistake by me. No big deal.
Ryan Sanchez
user kun? you can put in green what teams are on the tournament and what ones got eliminated?
Jackson Young
Do it after this game. I've updated the bracket as well.
Robert Hernandez
show both
Christopher Murphy
Oh shit, will this be decisive?
Adrian Rogers
HIRAKAWA! WITH THE SAYONARA SINGLE! KANTO DAIICHI WIN!
Connor Edwards
IT IS
Ian Torres
best day so far sadly we have the last 4game day next
The clear underdog here is Akashi Shogyo followed by Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo. All the other teams are Koshien regulars. Riseisha look like good picks for the title, Seiryo too if they can reach the semis without tiring out Okugawa.
Elijah Young
Riseisha Players to Watch: Shimizu (1-Riseisha-Pitcher) (19Ks, 21 hits in 20 innings, Tops out at 88mph) Fukuda (8-Riseisha-Outfielder) (6 for 14, 2 HRs) Inoue (9-Riseisha-Outfielder) (6 for 13, 2HRs) Nishikawa (7-Riseisha-Outfielder) (8 for 13, 1HR)
Jose Turner
Akashi Shogyo Players to Watch: Nakamori (1-Akashi Shogyo-Pitcher) (Second Year) (25 hits, 30 Ks in 31 innings at Spring Koshien 2019) (Tops out at 92mph) Shigemiya (5-Akashi Shogyo-Infielder) (4 for 7, 1 HR)
Brandon Thomas
Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin (Aomori) Players to Watch: Kondo (3-Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin-1st Base) (7 for 12, 2HR, 7RBIs) Yamada (1-Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin-Pitcher) (9 hits, 13 Ks in 11 innings) (Tops out at 90mph) Takeoka (6-Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin-Infielder) (6 for 15, 1 HR, 2 stolen bases) Tayama (2-Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin-Catcher) (5 for 9, 1HR)
Chase Scott
Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo (Gifu) Players to Watch: Fugo (1-Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo-Pitcher) (12 Ks, 10 hits in 10 innings) (3 for 6 hitting) Fujita (2-Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo-Catcher) (4 for 9) Oda (5-Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo-Infielder) (4 for 7)
Adam Wood
Sakushin Gakuen (Tochigi) Players to Watch: Hayashi (1-Sakushin Gakuen-Pitcher) (10 Hits, 9 Ks, in 17 innings) Yokoyama (12-Sakushin Gakuen-Outfielder) (7 for 10) Fukuda (8-Sakushin Gakuen-Outfielder) (5 for 10) Tateishi (2-Sakushin Gakuen-Catcher) (4 for 7)
Ryder Clark
Courtesy bump. We survived the day thus day. Great sign.
Seiryo (Ishikawa) Players to Watch Okugawa (1-Seiryo-Pitcher) (Tops out at 96 mph) (35 Ks and 8 hits in 25 innings) Okada (9-Seiryo-Outfielder) (5 for 8) Fukumoto (3-Seiryo-Infielder) (6 for 11) (Walk-off home run in third round)
Charles Sanders
Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi) (Players to Watch) Nakazato (4-Sendai Ikuei-Infielder) (8 for 14) Miyamoto (3-Sendai Ikuei-Outfielder) (6 for 14) Chiba (5-Sendai Ikuei-Infielder) (6 for 13) Osakae (1-Sendai Ikuei-Relief Pitcher/Infielder) (8 for 12) Mizuoka (8-Sendai Ikuei-Outfielder) (5 for 11)
Joseph Ward
Kanto Daiichi (East Tokyo) Players to Watch: Tani (10-Kanto Daiichi-Pitcher) (Tops out at 91mph) (6 hits, 9 Ks in 11 innings) Shibutani (6-Kanto Daiichi-Infielder) (8 for 14
Luke Collins
remember to support irish farmers
Luis Rivera
Are we still alive?
Gavin Scott
Yeah, surprisingly considering it's the weekend.
Joshua Garcia
Should we move to a different thread? This one's near the limit
Eli Hughes
its 70 posts early and this isnt exactly a world cup thread m8
Akashi Shogyo (Hyogo) Batting Lineup 8-Kita (CF) 2-Mizukami (C) 5-Shigemiya (3B) (4 for 7, 1 HR) 9-Ando (RF) 3-Miyazaki (1B) 18-Fukui (LF) 6-Kouno (SS) 4-Shimizu (2B) 10-Sugito (P) Akashi Shogyo are a public school from the prefecture of Hyogo in Kansai region.They have only recently come into prominence with some good draftable talent. They competed in summer koshien last year and made the semis of this year's spring koshien. Realistically, they are sort of the closest thing to Kanaashi Nogyo (Yoshida's team) this year, given that they are a public school, with little historical Koshien success. Plus they're the local team from Hyogo.
James Butler
Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin (Aomori) Batting Lineup 6-Takeoka (SS)(6 for 15, 1 HR, 2 stolen bases) 8-Shimabukuro (CF) 3-Kondo (1B) (7 for 12, 2HR, 7RBIs) 9-Hara(RF) 7-Ooe(LF) 5-Shimoyama(P) 4-Itoh (2B) 2-Tayama(C)(5 for 9, 1HR) 18-Sawanami (3B) Hachinohe Kosei Gakuin are a private school from the northern prefecture of Aomori. They're a koshien powerhouse known for recruiting mostly from the other side of the country around Osaka. As such, most of their players are not from Aomori. Their most famous alumni is Hayato Sakamoto (iconic shortstop of the Yomiuri Giants)
Jack Young
3 run HOMERUN
Jason Gutierrez
I'm going out soon for a couple of hours so i'll probably miss the second game. Here's the rosters and a summary.
Jason Anderson
Thanks for your efforts
Parker Ross
Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo are a private school from Gifu (Chubu region). Chukyo have some Koshien tradition, but their only recent attendance in Koshien in the past decade has been a second round exit in 2016. They are not to be confused with Chukyodai Chukyo who are one of the most successful Koshien schools in Japan (From Aichi, but they have recently been mediocre). Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo (Gifu) Players to Watch: Fugo (1-Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo-Pitcher) (12 Ks, 10 hits in 10 innings) (3 for 6 hitting) Fujita (2-Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo-Catcher) (4 for 9) Oda (5-Chukyodai Gakuin Chukyo-Infielder) (4 for 7)
Sakushin Gakuin are a private school powerhouse from the small Kanto prefecture of Tochigi and this is their ninth straight qualification. They have had winning experience in Koshien, winning 2016 Summer Koshien and reaching the semis in 2011.
Sakushin Gakuen (Tochigi) Players to Watch: Hayashi (1-Sakushin Gakuen-Pitcher) (10 Hits, 9 Ks, in 17 innings) Yokoyama (12-Sakushin Gakuen-Outfielder) (7 for 10) Fukuda (8-Sakushin Gakuen-Outfielder) (5 for 10) Tateishi (2-Sakushin Gakuen-Catcher) (4 for 7)
they always show it, maybe is to help to guide how they work
no hue that is not how works lol
Levi Phillips
hard to grand slam with no runners
Joshua Long
stay mad. mad aussie bro
You are Ikuei bro are the bests
Liam Parker
I love the ABC announcer's throaty calls of the home runs. He really seems excited unlike the boring NHK announcers.
Nathan Perez
these lads can b8. giving up a 3 run dinger to start the game and not taking the lead until very late. well done
Jack Carter
NHK have some good ones but generally the one that calls Koshien is always
"meh whartever"
this why even NHK World Premium i still watch the semis and finals on Asahi website
Adam Allen
So far both the "underdogs" won, turning out to be a good day
Matthew White
i think we got a good shot at another night game tonight, depending how this next one turns out
Kayden Reed
what is the meaning of this sand ritual?
Daniel Myers
Read some article posted before its a tradition for the loser team to bring some koshien dirt home.
Jaxson Lewis
The field, is considered an sacred battlefield, also is super honrours play in the tournament, beacuse only the winners of each province of japan (and 2 from certain areas but only in certain years) can join the tournament
so the loser team has the rigth of get an bit of the sand and take it home (generally they put on small glass bottles with Koshien write on it) as remembrance that one day they were on Koshien
there is more info about the history and why the tournament si so big on japan on OP
Seiryo (Ishikawa) Batting Lineup 8-Shouji (CF) 18-Imai (LF) 5-Chida(3B) (4 for 9 in tournament) 6-Uchiyama(SS) 13-Otaka (2B) 3-Fukumoto (1B) 9-Okada (RF) 11-Ogihara (P) (Okugawa not starting today) 2-Yamase (One of the top hitting catchers in HS Baseball, possible late round candidate for draft) (4 for 8 in tournament) Seiryo are a traditional power from the rural prefecture of Ishikawa, who are famously, Hideki Matsui's former school.
As expected, Okugawa is not starting today considering his 150+ pitch effort yesterday. Expect him to feature in the later innings to close the game though.
Ian Taylor
Seiryo (Ishikawa) Players to Watch Okugawa (1-Seiryo-Pitcher) (Tops out at 96 mph) (35 Ks and 8 hits in 25 innings) Okada (9-Seiryo-Outfielder) (5 for 8) Fukumoto (3-Seiryo-Infielder) (6 for 11) (Walk-off home run in third round)
Logan Wilson
>Seiryo You may be right but they may go opener in a few minutes' time which opens a whole new can of worms for them, including the early BTFO one imo.
Elijah Gomez
Sendai Ikuei (Miyagi) Batting Lineup 4-Nakazato (2B) (8 for 14) 3-Miyamoto (LF) (6 for 14) 6-Irie (SS) 9-Onou (RF) 5-Chiba (1B) (6 for 13) 1-Osakae (3B) (8 for 12) 18-Ito (P) 2-Kimura (C) 8-Mizuoka (CF) (5 for 11) Sendai Ikuei are a koshien powerhouse from Miyagi prefecture in northern Japan. Their school just happens to be walking distance from the stadium of the Rakuten Eagles and as such, they have some history of sending players to the Eagles. They reached the 2015 Koshien final but have never won Koshien. The star player for that 2015 team is current Marines infielder Taiga Hirasawa.
Alexander Nelson
new thread beacuse i am sure we are going to get night game today as well and today is european soccer have games that maybe can kill the thread
in case you guys didn't know yet, quarterfinals and semifinals are shuffled via lottery in Summer Koshien unlike in Spring Koshien, which sometimes confuses you.
