But after watching this round of confrontation, Ortiz, who was quite confident before the game, simply stopped speaking—how could he, having twice won the Hank Aaron Award as the best hitter and with an MLB career total of 541 home runs, not see that Lin Guanglai on the field and Benintendi were completely different levels of players?
In Major League Baseball, strength is the fundamental: A powerful pitcher facing a weaker hitter is simply not going to give the opponent a single chance; and Lin Guanglai's pitching ability now has clearly far exceeded the "Top 100 rookie" level of competence.
On the field, Lin Guanglai, having obtained a good ball count, received the ball from Sanchez, appearing quite relaxed; whereas Benintendi in the batter's box seemed somewhat tense, his eyes fixed on Lin Guanglai, not daring to be careless at all.
