A muffled "thwack" rang out, and the baseball quickly shot into the sky, flying towards the right field of Citi Field; as the ball was struck, all the Mets fans at Citi Field collectively gasped, even Severino on the pitcher's mound immediately turned around to look behind him.
It wasn't until they saw the baseball skimming the outside of the right field foul pole and flying into the stands that they breathed a sigh of relief: Luckily, it wasn't a home run...
In the new season so far, Lin Guanglai has become a nightmare for many pitchers, even though the season has just started and is not yet a month old, his number of home runs has already hit double digits, and his batting average is as high as 0.358—such speed and efficiency have only been achieved by ceiling-level hitters in history.
