Baseball: Kagoshima Jitsugyo moves into 3rd round at Koshien

Kota Nakao broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the 12th inning with a two-out RBI single as Kagoshima Jitsugyo held off Miyazaki Shogyo 4-1 in the second round of the national high school baseball championship on Sunday. Ginga Uebo and Yuji Morita followed Nakao with run-scoring hits, helping the Kagoshima school advance to the third round for the first time in 12 years. To access full stories on Kyodo News English website, it is necessary to subscribe. Please contact Kyodo's International Department in Tokyo via e-mail at kokusai@kyodonews.jp or call 03-6252-8301. If you are outside Japan, please contact Kyodo News International in New York at kni@kyodonews.com or call +1-212-508-5440. Currently we offer subscriptions to only corporate clients such as newspapers, magazines, trade publications, research institutes, government and... [read full story]