The NT defeated Spain 13-3 in a 7-inning mercy-rule shortened game on day 1 at the OQ Tourney. SP Chien-Ming Chiang picked up the W after allowing 2 runs over 5 IP. The NT's offense came to life as Cheng-Min Peng and Kuo-Hui Lo both slugged HR's, while the team rapped out 12 hits. Also the outfield trio of Chien-Ming Chang, Che-Hsuan Lin, and Kuo-Hui Lo each swiped a base, flashing some of the speed and aggressive base running that has been missing from the NT in recent years.
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South Korea, Canada, and Australia all won their opening games as well.
Taiwan's next game is tomorrow against Mexico.
3 comments:
Nice start! I saw in the end that there was some altercation (pointing and yelling mainly) between the two teams. I didn't watch the entire game to see what the conflict was all about. Can anyone fill me in on this? Thanks.
I may be wrong but I think the Spanish team was upset that Kuo-Hui Lo stole 2nd base in the bottom of the 7th with Taiwan up by 9 runs. They thought it was unsportsmanlike so C Chih-Kang Kao received a brush-back pitch in retaliation. Words were exchanged between the two teams.
Ahhh okay. Well, I thought it was okay since Taiwan had a day game the next day and they wanted to get the game over ASAP.
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