Joso Gakuin, led by Naoya Shimada (51), who was Koshien’s first coach, defeated Tsuruga Kehi in the fiery battle, which was the first tiebreaker in Senbatsu’s history. On November 24 of last year, Yukio Kiuchi (89 years old), a former coach of the same institute and teacher of Shimada, passed away. The victory the team won in Senbatsu’s participation for the first time in five years was also a victory dedicated to the master.

With a tie of 5-5, the game entered a tiebreaker from the 13th inning. Joso Gakuin, who attacked the table, scored the coveted victory point with a strong offense from first and second base without dying. This time, he scored 4 points in a row and decided the game.

Manager Shimada, who won the fierce battle, said: “I am very happy that the players did their best. I did not (preparing for the tiebreaker). I am against Tsuruga Kehi, so I got 2 points. I thought that I was still … so I said, “I’ll get ready for the bunt first and hit next time.” He said with a smile, “I was really saved because the players made my mistakes so hard.”

In the spring of 1987, director Shimada led Joso Gakuin as an ace of the first Koshien during the spring and summer. In the summer of the same year, he participated in Koshien and won second place. He built the story of Joso Gakuin. After that, he joined Nippon-Ham and played an active role in the ocean, Yakult, and Kintetsu. After retiring, he was pitching coach at BC Shinano, pitching coach and principal at Shikoku IL Tokushima, and farmer coach at DeNA from 2015 to 2017. Appointed pitching coach at his alma mater in late March last year . He has been a director since July 26.

The tiebreaker will be introduced at Koshien in spring 2018, and if there is a tie after the 12th inning, the batting order will continue from the 13th inning into first and second base (the batting order will continue after the 12th inning ). . In the past, the summer of Saku Chosei 5-4 Asahikawa Otaka (14 times), Jami 13-11 Hoshiryo (13 times goodbye) and Hoshiryo 4-1 Chiben Wakayama (14 times goodbye) in the summer of 19 Performed in 3 games . It will be entered in the final of this tournament.

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