As mentioned earlier, achieving the "perfect home run" accomplishment requires the perfect combination of timing, location, and harmony among the players.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, the SoftBank team's batting order will rotate to start with the sixth batter, Matsuda Naohiro:
This arrangement means that if Lin Guanglai wants a chance at the perfect home run, his four teammates ahead of him must fill the bases first, without scoring too many runs in the process—a double hit at this point could ruin the opportunity.
The best scenario is for each player to hit a single, filling the bases, and then patiently wait for Lin Guanglai to come up.
The same logic applies to the Orix team: if they don't want to be the backdrop for Lin Guanglai's superhuman achievement, a simple double play could completely snuff out any fantasy from the root.
