
◆ Pacific League Seibu Lions 2x-1 Lotte (12th, Belluna Dome) = extra inning walk-off in the 10th inning=
Seibu Lions was extra inning the 10th inning, and in his first year in Japan, An-Ko Lin outfielder hit his first walk-off of the season into the right field seats to win his second consecutive card.
We caught up in the 9th inning with a runner at first and the time came extra inning one out in the 10th inning. An-Ko Lin The first time he hit a long ball in his 50th at-bat in Japan, he said, "The moment I hit it, it was a long ball. The first arch that popped up in his 50th at bat in Japan, "The moment I hit it, I thought it would be a long hit. I thought it might be a long hit, but I didn't expect it to be a long hit," he smiled. home run It's unexpected," he smiled.
An-Ko Lin won the Rookie of the Year award in 2020 in the Taiwanese professional baseball, recording 32 Home Run and 99 RBI. He played as the cleanup hitter for the Taiwanese national team in the 2024 Premier12 tournament, where he hit a massive solo home run against the Japanese national team, showcasing his power. However, in his first year this season, he has been struggling with a batting average in the low .200s. In this game as well, he had been striking out until his final at-bat.
Even so, he said, "I wasn't anxious at all," and he had no doubts about himself. He didn't change his training methods from his time in Taiwan, and he proudly stated, "I believed that if I kept hitting strong balls, I would definitely hit home run someday."
Director Nishiguchi, who has been patiently using the ball, said, "It was a wonderful home run. The moment he hit it, he said it looked like a wall direct hit. It was a really great hit, reaching all the way to the stands. He hoped for "a hit in an important place" in the future.
While Lin has shown a glimpse of his abilities, he believes his true potential is yet to be unleashed. "I want to achieve the same level of success as Kuo Tai-yuan, and leave behind impressive statistics. I also want to show Japanese fans and Taiwanese people that there are great baseball players in Taiwan as well," he declared. He vowed to achieve the same level of success as Kuo Tai-yuan, the Taiwanese hero known as the "Oriental Express," who recorded a total of 117 wins.