AFC Champions League" Before the game, I hope the Taiwan team will be merciful. Japanese MVP Lin Ziwei's first miserable record

Masaki Tomoya. (AP)

[Special Correspondent Gong Nai J/Reporting from Tokyo, Japan] Tomoya Masaki, the Japanese team's forward who was heavily alerted before the AFC Champions League by the Taiwanese team, hit double hits against Lin Ziwei in the 1st and 3rd innings today. Lin Ziwei became the first pitcher in team history to have double hits in the AFC Champions League.

Lin Ziwei's fifth 145-kilometer straight ball against Tomoya Masaki in the first game was caught and flew directly out of the Tokyo Dome auditorium. The Taiwan team has been bombarded three times against the Japanese team in the AFC Champions League, including Lin Zhengxian in 2017 when he was hit by Shutai Sozaki, and in 2023 Ruiyang Furashi was bombarded by Shota Morishita.

In the 3rd game, Lin Ziwei mainly used change balls to deal with Tomoya Masaki, but he still couldn't stop his hot bat. A 131-kilometer fork ball was fished out of the left field wall, losing another 1 point. After pitching the first 4 games, he lost 3 points, and the Taiwan team fell behind 0:3.

Yesterday, when talking about the Japanese players who are the most wary, Taiwan team head coach Gao Zhigang and starting pitcher Lin Ziwei both pointed at opener Masaki Tomoya. Masaki laughed and said that he hoped that the Taiwan team would not be wary of him and not use too harsh an offensive. Unexpectedly, he would give the Taiwan team a taste of heavy artillery tonight. He played 101 games with SoftBank this year, had 28 home runs, 59 RBIs, a batting average of 2.74, and even won the MVP in the Japan Competition.