Claim: Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was nicknamed "The Monster", set a still-standing record of 60 strikeouts in National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the spring of 1973.
Evidence: Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke, [matsɯꜜzaka daꜜisɯ̥ke; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).