A tournament in which baseball boys from third to fifth grade compete for a spot in the national tournament began in Yamagata City on the 22nd.

The MLB CUP was established in 2016 by Major League Baseball in cooperation with the Japan Little League Baseball Association to create a tournament that would give dreams to the next generation of boys and girls who will play baseball, and lead to an expansion of the baseball population. The tournament is open to third to fifth graders, and 13 leagues from Aomori, Iwate, Fukushima, and Yamagata participated in the Tohoku League Tournament, which began on the 22nd. Yamagata played against Koriyama in Fukushima Prefecture in the first game. At one point, Koriyama was leading 1-6, but in the bottom of the 6th inning, they scored 5 points in one go to tie the score. After that, they allowed 1 point in the top of the 7th inning, and Yamagata, who had no choice but to give up, created a chance in the bottom of the 7th inning with runners on third and second with no outs, but they couldn’t get the last hit and lost 6-7. The Tohoku League Tournament will be held until the 23rd, and the winning team will participate in the national tournament to be held in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture next month.