Japan's Koshien 'Monster Pitcher' starts again just two days after a 123-pitch shutout... fails to last past the 3rd inning in a 'tearful elimination'

Japan's Koshien 'Monster Pitcher' starts again just two days after a 123-pitch shutout... fails to last past the 3rd inning in a 'tearful elimination'm.sports.naver.com
After the game ended, Oda could not hide his tears.
According to the Japanese media outlet Sports Hochi, Oda blamed himself, saying, "It was truly pathetic," and "At the very, very end, I found myself wondering what I was even doing."
Oda has taken the mound without rest throughout this tournament. Starting with 139 pitches over 8⅔ innings against Okinawa Shogaku on the 10th, he threw 40 pitches against Nichinan Gakuen, 50 against Kasumigaura, and 123 against Hanamaki Higashi. Adding another 56 pitches today, he has thrown a total of 408 pitches in this tournament alone.