"In the more than 80-year long history of the Koshien tournament in spring, the record for the most strikeouts in a single game was set by PL Academy's player, Toda Yasuji, with 21 strikeouts in the first round of the 35th tournament in Showa 38 (1963)."
"Since then, this record has hung like a jewel on a crown, unreachable by a host of monster pitchers including Kuwata Masumi, Jiangchuan Zhuo, Matsuzaka Daisuke, and Yu Darvish."
"The most recent close performance was the 20 strikeouts record achieved by Imperial Capital's player Ohtani Adori at the 2007 tournament."
"But who would have thought, audience friends, who would have thought? Today, 48 years later, there is once again a chance to seize the jewel from the crown——"
"Now, Lin Guanglai has tied Toda's record of 21 strikeouts, and Waseda Jitsugyo is just one out away from winning this matchup against Luzheng Society."
"Can he do it?"
