Chiben Wakayama beats Sendai Ikuei with 18 hits and advances to the quarterfinals of the 108th National High School Baseball Championship

(18th, 108th National High School Baseball Championship Quarterfinals Chiben Wakayama 11-3 Sendai Ikuei)

Chiben Wakayama dominated with 18 hits each time. In the first inning, starting with Yusei Nagatomo's triple and Ritarō Kurokawa's timely two-run hit, they scored five points and took control. From the second inning onwards, he added points with long and short hits and destroyed the opposing pitchers. Sendai Ikuei showed their determination in the 9th inning, scoring 2 points with 3 consecutive hits.

Sendai Ikuei showed their determination at the last minute

Even though they lost a huge lead, Sendai Ikuei did not give up. It was the third year students who showed their determination at the last minute.

Nine times. After the second death, Ryusei Konno bounced it back to the right front. "I still want to play baseball here. I stood at bat with the feelings of the entire team on my shoulders."

Pinch hitter Kenshin Koyama, wearing number 15 on his back, hit the ball and hit the left field fence for a timely double. ``The Sendai Ikuei team practices by imagining a situation in which they are behind by scoring double-digit points and trying to come back from behind.They never gave up.'' Thanks to a timely hit from fellow third-year student Ikumu Sugiyama, he survived despite being covered in mud.

In the third round last summer, he succumbed to Okinawa Shogaku, who won the tournament, after an overtime tie-break. I will leave the revenge of the summer to my juniors again next year.

Chiben Wakayama hits every time

This is the second time in this tournament, the first being Takagawa Gakuen (Yamaguchi) against Takaoka Commercial (Toyama) in the second round of the 108th (2026). 95th time in total.

Sendai Ikuei, Moto Tayama

Seven of the 10 starting members are freshmen and sophomores. “I want to express my gratitude and share what I experienced as a third-year student.”

Sendai Ikuei Coach Sue Wataru

"If we create a big inning, we won't be able to win. The only chance we had of winning was to prevent things like this from happening."