As the game reaches this stage, Kuriyama Hideki can no longer sit still.
Before this game started, he considered all sorts of possibilities. He thought it might be a tough match, even going into overtime wasn't out of the question. He even thought just securing a draw would be enough.
But what he didn't expect was that Lin Guanglai would make no mistakes at all from start to finish and give the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters no chance whatsoever—apart from a walk given to Nakata Shou, Lin Guanglai hasn't allowed any Ham Fighters player to reach base. In other words, if this performance continues until the end, it would be a no-hit game inscribed into the annals of history.
Achieving a no-hit game as the final stepping stone to reaching the divine realm of a 0 ERA would be such a legendary scene. At this point, except for the Ham Fighters fans hoping for their team's victory, everyone else's attention has shifted to Lin Guanglai.
