There, Honda Yuichi had already prepared himself, slightly bending his knees and waist to catch the ball with his glove, then throwing it towards first base not far away.
After using 2 balls, the SoftBank Team got the first out of the game.
The second batter, Fujita Kazuya, according to the information from the SoftBank data team, has very poor pitch selection ability, often swinging at bad balls; however, at the same time, he has first-class bunting skills in Nippon Professional Baseball, rarely striking out or whiffing—such technical characteristics perfectly matched Lin Guanglai's tactical strategy for today.
In the first matchup of this at-bat, Lin Guanglai directly replicated the last ball that eliminated Okajima Goro, still an outside two-seam fastball, this time adding more spin to the ball.
Like Okajima Goro before, Fujita Kazuya naturally chose to swing the bat, and also hit the baseball, even the direction of the ground ball was the same, towards second base.
