Overview

• The spring champions’ pursuit of a spring–summer double ended as Yokohama fell 8–7 in extra innings.
• Down three in the 10th-inning tiebreak, Ken Gifu Sho’s Ryoya Koyari ripped a three-run double to left-center to pull level and extend the game.
• Elsewhere in the quarterfinals, Yamanashi Gakuin beat Kyoto Kokusai 11–4, and Nichidai Third topped Kanto Daiichi 5–3.
• Yamanashi Gakuin’s Yu Yokoyama hit the tournament’s eighth home run, pushing the total past last summer’s seven under the newer low-rebound bat standard.
• Tournament coverage continues to flag pitcher workload and recovery concerns in severe heat as play advances toward the final.