Team Taiwan yesterday won a second consecutive title at the U-12 Asian Baseball Championship in Matsuyama, Japan — the team’s eighth championship in total — after defeating South Korea 5-1 in the final.
Taiwan secured two wins and one loss to finish second in division B, losing only to South Korea 0-1.
On Wednesday, the team thrashed China 16-0 and on Thursday edged Japan 1-0 to reach the final yesterday.
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After a delay of one hour due to rain, Taiwan’s Su Yu-hsiang (蘇宇翔) was sent to first base, before successfully stealing second base after the South Korea pitcher’s wild pitch.
A bunt from Lin Wei-yen (林瑋諺) brought Su back across the home plate, marking the first run for Taiwan.
Lin stole his way to third base and was brought home with a hit by Sung Yi-le (松以勒), while Sung stole his way to second base after a wild pitch, then crossed home plate when Chou Chen-chuan (周震泉) knocked out a two-base hit.
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South Korea then changed their pitcher to turn the tide, but Taiwan’s Yang Nian-hsien’s (楊念先) hit and a subsequent base steal caused the catcher to fumble, resulting in Chou bringing home the fourth run.
Yang Po-hsun (楊伯勛) then brought Yang Nian-hsien home with another two-base hit.
Taiwan pitcher Huang Li-huan (黃立桓) initially felt stress in the bottom half of the first inning, but pitched the six innings, sending down 77 pitches and giving up only four hits.
Taiwan in 2012 missed the chance to maintain their six-championship winning streak when they came second, but they have now won gold in three out of the four championships since 2014.
Taiwan have qualified for next year’s World Baseball Softball Conference U-12 Baseball World Cup to be held in Tainan.
Separately yesterday, Japan crushed China 10-0 in the match-up for the bronze medal.
All three Japan pitchers used ensured that no China player made a hit throughout the six-inning game.
Additional reporting by CNA
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