2011 Meiji Jingu Tournament: Day 5 – Meiji, Kosei Gakuin take the tournaments
by Gen on Nov.27, 2011 @ 5:50 pm, under College, High School
University
Game 1
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
| Meiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aichi Gakuin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yusuke Nomura started the game for Meiji and tossed a complete game shutout (9 IP, 191 P, 27 BF, 4 H, 5 SO, 0 BB/HBP, 0 ER). He also topped out at 146km/h during the 9th inning.
Meiji won the tournament for the fifth time (the first in 15 years).
High School
Game 1
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
| Aichi Kogyo Univ Meiden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kosei Gakuin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | x | 6 |
Tatsuro Hamada started the game for Meiden and struck out 13 over 8 innings of work (8 IP, 171 NP, 41 BF, 11 H, 13 SO, 6 BB/HBP, 5 ER). Hamada struck out a total 40 batters during the tournament, which is good for second most in tournament history.
Kosei Gakuin won the tournament for the first time.
