High school baseball sensation Kotaro Kiyomiya hit his 107th home run Friday, tying the all-time national record for senior high school players as his Waseda Jitsugyo defeated Hachioji 4-1 in a qualifier for next month's National High School Baseball Championship
The 18-year-old senior led off the seventh inning with a solo homer into the left-center field stands to score Waseda's third run in a semifinal game of the contest to decide the western Tokyo representative at the national tournament.
Kiyomiya, who is the team captain, shares the all-time mark with Hiroki Yamamoto who played for Shinko Gakuen through the summer of 2012.