Taiwan yesterday won their fifth straight game at the U-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan with a crushing 18-0 victory over Australia.
The 5-0 record means Taiwan are to finish first among Group A’s six teams and advance to the six-team Super Round with a 3-0 record.
Taiwan’s Lo Yu-yen managed to score five runs in the game, including a grand slam.
Photo courtesy of the World Baseball Softball Confederation via CNA
In other action yesterday, the Dominican Republic beat Panama 7-5 and Japan trounced Mexico 12-6.
The US annihilated the Czech Republic 25-0, while New Zealand did not fare much better, losing 15-0 to South Korea.
Venezueala beat Germany 11-1.
On Tuesday, Taiwan beat Venezuela 4-2. Coming from behind after trailing 2-0 due to some defensive issues, Taiwan tied the game with help from an RBI double by second baseman Wang Sheng-rang.
Taiwan added two more runs to lead the game 4-2 with pitcher Wang Yu-hsiang’s RBI ground out and a second double by Wang Sheng-rang in the bottom of the third.
Reliever Yeh Lei headed to the mound with one out and runners at first and second in the fourth.
He got Venezuela’s Angel Rondon to ground into an inning-ending double play. In the final two innings, he allowed only one hit to seal the win for Taiwan.
The top three teams in Group A and B advance to a six-team Super Round, with the top two teams in that round playing for the title.
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