Waseda won the championship in a win from behind. Takahisa Hayakawa (4th year = Kisarazu Sogo), who was nominated for first place in the Rakuten draft, took the lead with 5 hits, 1 run and 15 strikes. By winning or drawing in the second round on Day 8, the 46th victory will be decided for the first time in 10 seasons since Fall 2015. At Keidai, Yakult’s No. 1 nominated pitcher Naofumi Kizawa (4th year = Keio) he lost in the 7th inning with 4 hits and 3 runs, and retired to 2nd place. The 38th win since last fall can only be obtained in the second round.

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With a bang, I was released from the tension. In the ninth inning with a 2-point lead, Hayakawa shook Keidai and Fujimoto with a switch. I hit the grip with all my might to take the fifteenth each time. “If you lose, you’re finished. I desperately threw it away,” he said. While pushing himself, he kept his cool when he launched with Kizawa of the same Dora 1 saying, “You should go your own way.” The fastest speed was 151 km and did not allow repeated hits.

This season, he won at all five colleges and was overwhelmed with a 0-point defense rate. However, the Keidai War has a total of 1 win and 4 losses and a defense rate of 5.15 as of this spring. In the first round of the spring of the 1st year, which debuted against Hayakei, Yanagimachi (now Softbank) was hit by a full base. “It’s a bit traumatic. If I don’t want to pitch it anymore, I’m not good with Keio.” However, I also thought this. “I was very aware of the high level of the university with that shot. It’s not good as it is.” First victory in the Keidai War with relief in the fall of the third year. And the first victory of the day. The results of the game against Hayakei are consistent with the four-year growth curve. I wasn’t good at it, so I grew up.

It’s been 60 years since Hayakei’s legendary sixth consecutive battle. “I feel the edge.” A week ago, I saw a video of 6 consecutive battles with my teammates. After hearing from head coach Tokutake, who was the main player, that everyone, even behind the scenes, was fighting, he energetically declared that he would win the culmination of Waseda’s match as a member of Waseda.

If you close the bottom of the ninth inning of the second round, you win. “It will give me confidence (with my first win against Keidai), but tomorrow there will be. I hope to be humble,” he said without losing his expression. I’m only happy after winning one more.[Maya Furukawa]

▽ Waseda University Director Satoru Komiyama (declared Hayakawa’s continuous pitch) “I was just thinking about the attack because I stayed to defend. I have seen several pitchers, but the left pitcher is No. 1. It will go to Hayakawa. draw or lead, I want to win in the bottom of the ninth inning and finally at Hayakawa. “

◆ 6 consecutive battles at Waseda In the fall of 1960, Waseda faced Keidai with 2 wins and 1 loss with 4 points, 9 wins and 4 losses, followed by a decisive championship match between the two schools. There was no lighting equipment in Jingu Stadium at the time, and the first and second rounds were spread out 11 times at dusk. Waseda victory in the third race. A total of 380,000 spectators gathered in six games.