Taiwan defeated Texas 9-1 to win the Junior League Baseball World Series championship on Saturday in Michigan.
The Asia-Pacific champions from the Chung-Ching Junior Little League in Taipei collected Taiwan’s 18th title since 1992.
The championship game started out as a tight pitcher’s duel, before Texas scored a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, taking a 1-0 lead.
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With batter Lin Tzu-wei (林子崴) slapping the ball through the Texan infield, the Taiwanese team managed to tie the game at 1-1 in the sixth inning. They followed up with three more runs in quick succession in the same inning to open up a formidable 4-1 lead.
Entering the seventh inning, Taiwan secured victory by adding a further five runs to the scoreboard.
So far, Taiwan’s baseball teams have given exemplary performances this year, earning a gold medal in the IBAF World Junior Baseball Championship earlier this month and a title in the Junior League Baseball World Series.
Meanwhile, a team from Kaohsiung blanked Saudi Arabia 18-0 on Saturday in their first match in the Little League World Series tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
In the other game, Lucas Soper pitched a complete game and William Quito knocked in two runs as Vancouver downed Chitre of Panama 4-2 on Saturday.
In the US section, Hamilton, Ohio, beat Toms River, New Jersey, 16-6, while Columbus, Georgia, defeated Waipahu, Hawaii, 6-2 in a matchup of local leagues that have World Series titles.
Georgia won in 2006 and Hawaii took the crown in 2008.
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