Could Roki Sasaki become the future face of Japanese baseball?

Some consider rising baseball star Roki Sasaki’s good recreation in opposition to the Orix Buffaloes at Zozo Marine Stadium on April 10 was the best recreation ever pitched.

Sasaki didn’t simply retire all 27 batters who got here to the plate, he struck out 19 of them — probably the most in an ideal recreation in both NPB or MLB. At one level he fanned 13 straight to blow previous the earlier NPB report of 9 set in 1957 and tied in 1958 (the MLB mark is 10).