Taiwan’s Tseng Yu-ching on Tuesday night scored twice without a hit, while pitcher Lu Yu-ting held Venezuela to just three hits in the first four innings of Taiwan’s 3-0 victory in the rain-delayed final group game of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup in Shaoxing, China.
The opener of the Group B game was delayed by 20 minutes and again for 30 minutes in the bottom of the fifth inning, shortly after Tseng put World No. 3 Taiwan on the board.
After four scoreless innings in which Yu allowed just three hits, second baseman Tseng was walked by Villegas Rodriguez in the top of the fifth. Tseng did not stay there long, before reaching second off a sacrifice bunt by right-fielder Huang Bo-rui.
Photo courtesy of the CPBL via CNA
With center-field Chiu Hsin at bat, Tseng then stole third base, before scoring off a wild pitch.
The game stayed quiet until the top of the seventh, when Tseng was again walked to first, this time by Castillo Reyes, Venezuela’s sixth pitcher of the night. Huang then hit a double, sending Tseng into third, which was followed by a double from Chiu that put Tseng and Huang across home plate to set the final score 3-0.
Taiwan’s only other win in the group stage was on Monday night against South Africa, who they dominated 11-0 in a game ended after just five innings.
Taiwan finished 2-3 in fifth place in Group B, which put them third in the placement round, ahead of Britain and South Africa, and behind Australia, the Netherlands and Colombia.
The Super Round and placement round start today, with Taiwan to play Colombia at Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center.
Nicaragua and Puerto Rico topped the Super Round standings, followed by Japan, Venezuela, China and South Korea.
Doping fears prevented former US Open champion Emma Raducanu from treating insect bites on the eve of the Australian Open, she said, with players increasingly wary about ingesting contaminated substances. The British player was speaking in the wake of high-profile doping cases involving Iga Swiatak and Jannik Sinner. “I would say all of us are probably quite sensitive to what we take on board, what we use,” the 22-year-old said, recalling an incident on Friday. “I got really badly bitten by, I don’t know what, like ants, mosquitoes, something. I’m allergic, I guess,” she added. The bites “flared up and swelled up really a
The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play on Wednesday night at the Kings’ downtown arena. The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers were scheduled to host the Charlotte Hornets in the same arena last night. “Our hearts are with our entire Los Angeles community,” the Kings said in a statement. “We appreciate the hard working first responders who are diligently working to contain the fire and protect our community. We appreciate the league’s support in keeping our
TWO IN A WEEK: Despite an undefeated start to the year playing alongside Jiang Xinyu of China, Wu Fang-hsien is to play the Australian Open with a Russian partner Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien yesterday triumphed at the Hobart International, winning the women’s doubles title at the US$275,094 outdoor hard-court tournament, while McCartney Kessler lifted the trophy in the women’s singles. Fourth-ranked Wu and partner Jiang Xinyu of China took 1 hour, 15 minutes to defeat Romania’s Monica Niculescu and Fanny Stollar of Hungary, 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) at the Hobart International Tennis Centre, their second title in a week. Wu and Jiang on Sunday won the women’s doubles title at the ASB Classic in Auckland, beating Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic and Sabrina Santamaria of the US. Their winning ways continued in Australia as they stretched
EL CLASSICO: La Liga champions Real Madrid would face Barcelona in the Super Cup final tomorrow. Barça secured their final spot after a 2-0 win over Bilbao on Wednesday Real Madrid would chase a record-equaling 14th Spanish Super Cup title in the final against Barcelona after second-half goals by Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo helped them to a 3-0 win over Mallorca in the semi-finals on Thursday. England midfielder Bellingham broke the deadlock after the hour mark with a low shot into the middle of the goal before Mallorca defender Martin Valjent’s own goal doubled the lead in stoppage time followed by a Rodrygo strike from close range. Spanish champions Real are to play Barcelona for the trophy tomorrow after goals by Gavi and Lamine Yamal earned Barça a 2-0 win over
RSS