By Kanō Kahori
Hits! Hits all around!
Another years rounds the corner for Team Daskel, who had several new, yet well known faces in their squad; Genji Motohiro, Nakajima Yasunobu, Nagae Kōtarō, Ikebata Shintarō and Takaoka Kōhei were all members of the famous IBS-winner team. Now, they all in their twenties, are official part of the adult squad, and An Takashi tested them in the first round, even when they didn't start for the Daskies.
Grey County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daskel 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 3
Game one was a display of what a good pitching squad can do. Kanao, Suwada and Izo dominated the field for a 0 on the scoreboard. From Daskel's batting, the team scored their only runs all in the bottom of the first; with three runners on base and no outs, Gō doubled for the Daskies, and then Shibaike hit a deep sacrifice fly for the last run. The game, after that, was really tight until the end.
Grey County 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Daskel 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 7
The first runs for Grey County finally arrived in the second game of the series. However, the three runs could not surpass a hungry daskelian lineup, and neither their pitchers. The first inning was sort of a deja vu for the Daskies, who scored in very similar fashion against the unranked team. However, things started to change in the next inning, when Kanao Tōru gave up two runs against Grey County's batters.
After the copycat first inning and a lone homerun by Gō, the Daskies scored three more runs in the sixth inning, bringing Fuji, Cho and Reizei back home. For this game, Sawamura sent Rokukawa to close the inning. 3-7 Daskies.
Grey County 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Daskel 1 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 X 10
Golden bats kept hitting in the last game of the series, a big 10-run win against Grey County, who scored two and two runs against Nagai and Tama. This game was all about batting, as team Daskel propelled itself since the first inning with two doubles, RBI for Kishimoto. This game, all batters had, at least, one hit against their opponent. An and Sakamoto decided to send Genji and Nakajima to hit, and they delivered in a three-run seventh inning. 4-10 Team Daskel.
After these exciting games, Team Daskel is first in the group table, Next game will be vs Silvedania. The're little to none reports from their playstyle, so it will be an interesting match to watch.
Kanō Kahori
Sport Reporter, DDN Daito Daily News.