To win Koshien with two left-handed pitchers, Kyoto International High School Nakazaki is responsible for 31 innings, and second-year student Nishimura 24 innings of ERA'0', monsters made miracles
Aug 23, 2024
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Kyoto International High School made history in the 100th anniversary of the opening of Koshien Stadium.
Once again, at Koshien Stadium, a Korean school song that led to "Yamado land across the East Sea is a holy place of our ancestors' old dreams" rang out. It was broadcast live to Japan's electric power through public broadcaster NHK.
A tight pitching battle ensued. Kyoto International High School failed to score even though it had seven hits until the ninth inning. Daiichi Kanto also had four hits and no runs until the ninth inning.
We've managed to get through this desperate crisis. In the bottom of the ninth inning, he sent out the leadoff hitter with four pitches. With the bases loaded with two outs, he caught the last batter with a fly ball to right field. At 0-0, the game led to a tiebreaker in the 10th inning of extra time. Kyoto International High School showed its concentration and won 2-1. Fujimoto Haruki, the captain and No. 4 hitter, said "It's like a dream. My hair is white and I can't speak."
The two left-handers led the way to the championship.
Louis Nakazaki, a third-year student who started in the final, blocked nine scoreless innings. In the 10th inning of extra time, second-year student Itki Nishimura took the mound.
Nakazaki pitched 31 innings in four games from the first round. He had a 1.45 ERA. Two of the four games ended with nine shutout innings. He was responsible for nine innings in three games. He fought a near-monstrous battle.
Nishimura played in four games, allowing no runs in 24 innings and posting an ERA of '0'. He pitched nine shutout innings in two consecutive games. On the 21st, he pitched in the semifinals against Zibengakuen as his second relief pitcher in the fifth inning and pitched a scoreless game. Kyoto International High School, which was being dragged 0-2, scored a 3-2 come-from-behind victory in the sixth inning when its lineup exploded
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The seniors and juniors trusted each other.
A total of 3,441 teams participated in this summer's Koshien competition. Forty-nine teams that passed the prefectural qualifying round made it to the finals. There were 73 teams in the Kyoto area.
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