Day 8 - Game 2 - Sendai Ikuei Koukou vs. Chiben Gakuen
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(A note to my earlier post about it being funny if Gakuin played Wakayama, they actually did the last time Gakuin made it to the Koshien tournament - they lost.)
Chiben would counter with their ace Uchinokura-kun.
Early on, both pitchers dominated the game, although it was Satoh stealing the show early as he would strike out the side in the 2nd. And as mentioned in a prior post, while pitching to Inamura-kun in the 4th, he hit 150, 152, and 155 kph (~96-97 mph) on the radar gun!
But in the 5th inning, things would fall apart for Satoh-kun. A lead-off walk to 1B Shriakawa-kun would be followed 2 batters later with a hit batter in C Doi. P Uchinokura would bloop a pitch to left field loading the bases with only 1 out. Then lead-off batter Satoh-kun makes Satoh Yoshinori pay with a double down the right field line scoring 2! Inamura would score another two with a grounder through the middle, and just like that Sendai Ikuei is down by 4!
It doesn't end there. After he gets 2B Ikuda-kun to fly out, Satoh walks RF Kishida-kun and gets an unfavorable bounce when Mikuni-kun grounds to first. The bases are loaded again for Shirakawa's second at bat in the inning. He gets an infield hit on a slow chopper, scoring another run!
And with Ikuei's offense sputtering, it looked to be too much to overcome. But in the 9th, they would try to stage a rally.
SS Yuusa-kun would start with a base hit to center against RP Sakaguchi-kun. LF Takeshi would strike out. RF Takakashi-kun would shoot one through the right side, scoring Yusa. 2B Hachiya would strike out, leaving Ikuei to its final out. Yoshinori's brother, Tsukasa would hit a liner to right field scoring Takahashi and lifting Ikuei to within 3. But Sasaki would ground out to second to end Ikuei's Koushien run.