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Yokohama ousts Koryo from high school championship

Wednesday 13th August, 07:14 AM JST

NISHINOMIYA —

Ryota Oishi broke a 2-2 tie with a fourth-inning RBI triple as Kanagawa’s Yokohama went on to beat last year’s runner-up Koryo of Hiroshima Prefecture 7-4 in the second round of the national high school baseball championship on Tuesday. Yokohama took a 4-2 lead in the fourth and Koichiro Matsumoto and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo knocked in one run apiece with a triple and a single in the sixth, respectively.
   
In other second-round action at Koshien Stadium, Mao Morikawa singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Osaka Toin edged Ishikawa’s Kanazawa 6-5. Osaka Toin leadoff man Hideto Asamura went 3-for-5 with a pair of solo homers, the second of which tied the game at 5-5 in the eighth.Sendai Ikuei advanced to the third round for the first time in 12 years as Shota Ogawa broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run triple in a 6-4 victory over Fukui Shogyo.

Kyodo

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