The first pitch is still a strong high-pressure fastball, heading straight for the inside corner of the batter. For the previous two contact hitters with average power, they would probably not choose to clash head-on; however, Mejia, a product of the American baseball system, chose to swing decisively.
With a crisp "thwack," the baseball was centered by his bat and flew off into the stands on the third-base side—it was true that Mejia made solid contact, but Lin Guanglai's heavy ball quality suppressed the subsequent force, preventing him from fully transmitting his body's strength, thus unable to hit the ball into the field, wasting a good pitch advantage.
