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Saturday, August 16, 2008

More Heartbreak....

PONY:
A walk-off 2-run HR in the bottom of the 7th helped Long Beach, CA capture the Pony League World Series title, beating Taiwan 3-2.

WJPA Recap
:

"Long Beach is Walk-Off Winner!
Oliver Van Buskirk stroked a pinch-hit, two-run, walk-off homerun for Long Beach to win the 2008 PONY League World Series!

Linescore
CT
1-0-0-0-0-0-1=2
LB
0-0-0-0-1-0-2=3

Inning by inning recap:
_LB 7th--Matt Maccarrone singled to open the inning. Oliver Van Buskirk homered to right, winning the PONY League World Series championship.

CT 7th--Chiang Lee Wei walked on a 3-2 pitch, was sacrificed to second by Lin Yu Chih, then stole third. Wang Chao Min singled to center, scoring Chiang. Hu Chih Wei singled to right, moving Wang to second. After a passed ball moved up both runners, Wang was retired in a rundown between third and home. A popout ended the inning.

LB 6th--Groundout, strikeout, flyout.

CT 6th--Three up, three down. With the aid of the caught stealing and a doubleplay, DeJong has retired 13 straight.

LB 5th--After one out, Avery Flores singled. Brett Harper hit into a force play, but reached second on a throwing error, the ball going into the camera circle. DeWolf singled to left, scoring Harper. A flyout ended the inning with one left on.

CT 5th--With one out, Hsu Yung Cheng singled to right. A groundball doubleplay ended the inning.

LB 4th--All three batters hit balls to short--pop out, groundout, lineout.

CT 4th--Three up, three down.

LB 3rd--DeWolf reached on a groundball error but was erased on a line drive doubleplay.

CT 3rd--Liu Chia Kai walked but was later caught stealing.

LB 2nd--Soloman Willings, Irie Elizalde and Matt Maccarrone all singled to open the inning, loading the bases. Two flyouts and a groundout left the bases loaded.

CT 2nd--With two out, CHiu Chun Chang walked. Hsu Yung Cheng bunted for a basehit. A lineout ended the inning with two left on.

LB 1st--After one out, Daniel DeWolf singled to leftcenter. Thomas Walker grounded into a force play and was stranded.

CT 1st--After two out, Chen Chi Yuan doubled to center. Chu Li Jen reached on a throwing error, scoring Chen. A groundout ended the inning with one left on."

Starting Lineups:

Taichung, Taiwan Long Beach, CA
7
Hsu Hao Feng
CF
8
Brett Harper
CF
5
Liu Chia Kai
1B
11
Daniel DeWolf
3B
13
Chen Chi Yuan
SS
24
Thomas Walker
SS
3
Chu Li Jen
3B
34
Chase DeJong
P
1
Chiang Lee Wei
RF
5
Soloman Williams
1B
2
Lin Yu Chih
C
99
Irie Elizalde
LF
15
Wang Chao Min
LF
16
Matt Maccarrone
C
10
Chiu Chun Chang
P
15
Victor Martinez
RF
6
Hsu Yung Cheng
2B
2
Avery Flores
2B




MLB:

HC Kuo has given up a go-ahead 2-run HR to JJ Hardy of the Brewers in the 8th inning. The Dodgers are now down 3-2 in the 8th. Box



MILB:

R - The GCL Tigers won 4-0. CT Tang was 1-3 with a double and a RBI. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 5-4 over the Twins. CH Huang was 0-4 while WY Lin threw 5.1 innings, allowing 3 runs (1 ER). WY Lin's twin brother, WW Lin DNP, but he is back in action.

A+ - Kinston lost 6-4. SW Tseng earned the loss after giving up 4 runs (2 earned) in an inning of work. Tseng is 0-6 on the year in Kinston. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 5-4 in the 7th. CL Hu is 0-3. Box



Other Amateur:

Over in Alameda, CA, Taiwan lost to Japan 4-2 on Friday.

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