Taiwan on Sunday clinched the Junior League Baseball World Series title by defeating the US 6-0 in the final game at Taylor’s Heritage Park in Michigan.
Taiwan’s Hsin Ming Junior High School, who represented the Asia-Pacific region, played a shutout game against the US champions Michigan on the back of pitcher Huang Chih-hsu’s strong outing.
Huang, 14, flirted with a perfect game coming into the fifth inning until a lead-off infield hit put an end to his bid.
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Although Huang found himself in jeopardy after yielding another hit, he was able to turn the situation into just one more scoreless inning by letting the third batter ground into a double play and closing the inning with a groundout.
Those were the US team’s only hits in the game.
Meanwhile, the offensive highlight was a two-run homer by Wu Po-cheng in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Following Liu Jen-yu’s single that extended Taiwan’s lead to 2-0, Wu smashed a curveball to deep center field and past the fence to add two more insurance runs.
Taiwan’s victory did not come smoothly due to a 2-1 loss to Puerto Rico on Aug. 13 in the international bracket’s first round of the tournament.
With their back on the ropes, the players from Taoyuan nailed three wins in a row in the elimination bracket — including a 10-0 trouncing in their rematch with Puerto Rico — before they secured a berth in the final with an 8-3 triumph over Latin America.
The title this year is Taiwan’s ninth, five of which have been won by Hsin Ming Junior High School.
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