Highly touted right-handed pitcher Roki Sasaki was clocked at 160 kilometers (99.4 miles) per hour on Sunday for Ofunato High School in the fourth round of Iwate Prefecture's summer tournament.The third-year student, who was clocked at 163 kilometers per hour at an April training camp, struck out 21 batters and hit a 12th-inning, tie-breaking two-run home run in a 4-2 win over Morioka Daishi High School. The winning team in each regional tournament will advance to August's national summer championship finals at historic Koshien Stadium outside Osaka.Because of his speed, Sasaki is being pur…READ FULL ARTICLE
