Yang Yu-ming’s desperation jumper with a second remaining in the game broke an 85-all tie to help Taiwan Beer top the Dacin Tigers 87-85 in Game 6 of the Championship Finals at the Taipei County Sports Complex in Sinjhuang on Sunday, evening the best-of-seven series at 3-3.
In a must-win situation, the Beer Crew got the break they had been longing for after dropping three straight to the Cats. Veteran shooter Yang received a pass from a driving Lin “the Beast” Chih-jeh and nailed the tie-breaking 20-footer to force Game 7.
The win not only avoided what would have been an embarrassing loss for the defending champs — who would have blown a 21-point second-half lead — but also kept their chance for a “three-peat” alive as they prepare to take on the Tigers in the first-ever Game 7 in league history, scheduled for 7pm tonight in Sinjhuang.
Taiwan Beer set the tone of the game early by opening with an 11-4 run before settling at 24-18 in the first quarter.
A 12-0 run to start the second would put the Beer Crew ahead by as many as 18 before the Tigers outscored them 24-12 to close out the first half with Dacin trailing 54-42.
Neither team managed to dominate in an evenly fought third that saw Taiwan Beer carry a 77-64 lead into the final quarter before Chang Chih-fong and Tien Lei led a Tigers rally, with Chang tying the game at 85 on a jumper with less than seven seconds remaining.
Dacin called a timeout immediately after Yang’s tiebreaker, giving them the ball at half-court to allow Tien a long three-point attempt, but the three-time league MVP misfired.
Taiwan kept their hopes of advancing to next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome on Saturday, backed by solid pitching. Taiwan last night played against Nicaragua. As of press time, Nicaragua was leading 6-0. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan on Saturday kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen struck out one and allowed no hits, except for a hit-by-pitch over
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