On the next day's match, Lin Guanglai didn't play; he watched the entire game from the bench—Japan's team abandoned the small-ball tactics that helped them win yesterday and instead faced off directly with Team USA's pitcher.
The disparity in physical talent was indeed a factor, which decided the outcome of the game—United States City Youth Academy Team defeated Japan High School Team 2-1, successfully pulling one back; both teams would break for a day and hold the final match of the Japan-USA Friendship Exchange Games the day after.
Though they lost, the Japanese players weren't too disappointed. Instead, they cheerfully gathered with the American players to talk about baseball—the two days of interaction had forged a deep friendship between the players from Japan and the United States.
