By HIRONOBU YAMASHITA/ Staff Writer
August 16, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Shogo Shibata from Aikodai Meiden High School takes the mound in the fifth inning during the game against Soka High School on Aug. 11, 2007, in the 89th National High School Baseball Championship at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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