Five players from the semi-rigid baseball club who participated in the national tournament this year have participated in the national tournament against the district as players of the Chinese block national team.
[Details of national conventions]
Event name: The 39th All Japan University 9 Block anti-quasi-rigid Baseball Tournament
Dates: From November 12 (Fri) to November 14 (Sun), 2021
Venue: Lexzam Stadium (Kagawa Prefectural First Baseball Stadium) and others
The players who participated in the national tournament are as follows.
- Toshiaki Ohno (Pitcher, Department of International Commerce 4th year)
- Ryuji Nishikawa (Pitcher, Department of Economics 4th year)
- Yuki Urakami (Catcher, first baseman, Department of International Commerce 3rd year)
- Yoriki Ihara (2nd baseman, Department of Public Management 3rd year)
- Takumasa Tanda (outfielder, Department of Economics 3rd year)
In addition, two quasi-rigid baseball team managers also accompany them as managers and scorers of the Chinese block team.
- Yoko Taki (3rd year manager, Department of Economics)
- Walnut (Scorler, Department of Economics 3 years)
This national tournament is divided into nine blocks (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Kita-Shinetsu, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu), and the above five players will be held in Okayama Prefecture on Sunday, October 3 After a selection meeting held in Okayama Prefecture, it was selected as a player of the Chinese block national team.
On campus, a send-off party was held on November 11 (Thursday), and a list of prizes from the university's national tournament was handed to Yoshiki Urakami, the captain of the semi-Chair baseball club.
Unfortunately, the Chinese block national team lost 2-8 to the Kansai block and 0 to 3 in the qualifying league match held at Lexzam Stadium (Kagawa Prefecture) on November 13 (Saturday), but all five players from our university participated and were able to play on the big stage of the national tournament.
In the game against the Tohoku block, pitcher Ono was assigned to the starting mound, and the university's battery with Urakami catcher was realized.
Ono pitched five times without a goal (56 pitches), and catching Urakami said, "It was a great pitch. (I am a fourth grader, so I will retire at this tournament.) Finally, I was able to build a battery with my seniors and it was a good memory."
[Date of publication: 2021.12.2]
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