160 students from all over Kyoto International High School, 61 out of 73 male students who advanced to the miraculous Koshien final were baseball teams, second-year ace 23 scoreless innings, monster throws
Aug 22, 2024
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73 teams participated in the Kyoto qualifying round this year. Kyoto International High School, which started as a Korean-American school in Japan, defeated Kyoto Kaidainishigo (Kyodo University High School) 14-3 in the final. It is the third time that it has advanced to the finals after 2021-2022. In 2021, three years ago, he beat Kyoto Kaidanishigo in the final round of the Kyoto qualifying round.
Koshien Stadium, located in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, near Osaka, is called a sacred place for Japanese baseball. Every August, high school baseball fever is even more intense than the summer heat. During the summer Koshien tournament, the Hanshin Tigers, who use Koshien Stadium as their home, will go on a long expedition for nearly a month. Almost the entire game, which begins in the early morning, will be broadcast live on NHK, a Japanese public broadcaster.
On the 21st, another Korean school song rang out at Koshien Stadium leading to 「"Yamado (大和·Yamato) Land is holy, our ancestors' old dreams」 across the East Sea.
Kyoto International High School advanced to the final by beating Aomoriyama Dada (Aomori) 3-2 in the semifinals, which began at 10:35 a.m. The game ended in 1 hour and 41 minutes with 22,000 spectators entering. Kyoto International High School won another miraculous victory.
There are two players who stand out in the pitching.
Kyoto International High School was dragged away after giving up two runs in the bottom of the first inning. With the bases loaded with one out in the top of the sixth inning, trailing 0-2, No. 6 Hayate Hasegaya hit a two-run timely hit to change the flow. The third baseman dug into the groove and succeeded in turning the tables when the pitcher grounded out from the first and third bases with one out.
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Both players are in the second grade. Hasegawa, a left-handed and left-handed outfielder, played in the game five games ago and recorded eight hits in 16 at-bats with a batting average of .500 and four RBIs. Nishimura was in charge of three games and 23 innings as a pitcher. He had a hit rate of 149, 13 strikeouts, and an ERA of '0'. He also posted three hits in six at-bats, a batting average of .500 and two RBIs as a batter.
He avenged his previous defeat in succession. Kyoto International High School was eliminated early this spring after being blocked by Aomoriyama-dada in the first round of the Koshien Competition. He suffered a walk-off loss in the bottom of the ninth inning. In addition, they won 4-0 against Zibengakuen (Nara) in the quarterfinals, a team that caused pain to Kyoto International High School in the semifinals of 2021. He repaid his defeat in three years.
Kyoto International High School opened in 1947 as Kyoto Chosun Middle School. It is close to a new team in Japanese high school baseball, which has many traditional strong players. He founded the baseball team in 1999 and reached the finals for the first time in 2021. As the number of students continued to decrease, a baseball team was formed to secure students. There are 160 students in the whole school, but 87 female students. 남학생
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Now this small school baseball team is looking to win its first championship in 25 years. The opponent of the final match to be held on the 23rd is Kanto Daiichi (Seokyo).
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