"Indeed, it's still too difficult for the lineup in the first round to hit a base hit against Lin Guanglai..." Outside the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters bench on the third base side, their manager Kuriyama Hideki thought to himself with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
Just as he had envisioned before the start of the game, Lin Guanglai demonstrated extraordinary dominance against the first-round lineup, eliminating the hitters of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters one by one with minimal effort, without giving any chance for a base hit;
Fortunately, Ohtani Shohei, who started on the mound today, also performed brilliantly. Although his dominance is not on par with Lin Guanglai, allowing only 2 hits in 3 innings without conceding a run is satisfactory enough.
