Claim: Suguru Egawa, 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: In the spring of 1973, he set a still-standing record of 60 strikeouts in National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. He was nicknamed "The Monster", a nickname that Matsuzaka later received as well.