3-0 at WUBC.....

But not without an initial scare from the Virgin Islands. Taiwan found themselves down 3-0 after the first inning. Taiwan starter Chia-Chun Tang, who pitched well in Holland, wasn't able to survive the first inning. Taiwan was able to take a lead going into the 6th inning before the V.I. tied it up 4-4 in the bottom of the 6th. From there on out, Taiwan racked up 11 runs in the final 3 innings to win convincingly 15-4. Ko-Chien Lin won his second game of the tourney. Offensive stars for Taiwan were: Chun-Yu Kuo who was 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI's and Fu-Jen Shen who was 3-5 with 2 RBI's. Box
Taiwan's next game should be a gimme against the Czech Republic. After that it's a rematch against the US team that swept them 7-0 in an exhibition series this past summer.

Japan:
Lin was 1-1 in a pinch hit appearance with a double. Box

Minors:
Hu was 1-5 with a walk and a SB. Box

He's back!! Chen returned to San Antonio and was 0-3 with 2 walks and a run scored. Box

Lo won his 9th game of the season, pitching 7 innings, giving up 5 runs - 4 earned, with 0 walks and 6 K's. He also gave up 2 HR's. Box

Chiang DNP, while Huang was 0-4 with 2 K's. Box

2006 World University Baseball Championships Roster & Update

Sidearm Thrower: Chen-Chang Lee

Two pitchers were cut from the 24 man list that participated in the Holland Tournament to finalize the roster below (22 players).

PITCHERS:
1)Wei-Jen Cheng
2)Chia-Chun Tang
3)Chen-Chang Lee
4)Chia-Wei Lin
5)Ching-Ming Wang
6)Sung-Wei Tseng
7)Chia-Jen Lo
8)Chien-Fu Chen
9)Ko-Chien Lin
***Hung-Wen Chen and Cheng-Yang Chen were cut from the team after the Holland tourney

CATCHERS:
1)Yi-Wei Lee
2)Kuan-Yi Yang
3)Hung-Yu Lin

INFIELDERS:
1)Fu-Jen Shen
2)Sheng-Wei Wang
3)Han Lin
4)Chih-Hsiang Lin
5)Hsien-Hsien Yang

OUTFIELDERS:
1)Ken-Wei Lin
2)Chen-Yu Chung
3)Chih-Yao Chan
4)Chia-Hui Wu
5)Chun-Yu Kuo

After 2 games, Taiwan is currently undefeated in their pool play. Taiwan beat Mexico today 7-2, despite using 5 pitchers and giving up 2 HR's. Taiwan was down 1-0 until the bottom of the 6th inning when CF Chen-Yu Chung blasted a 3 run HR to give Taiwan a lead it would not relinquish again. Chung was the star of the game, going 3-4 with a 2B, a HR, and 3 RBI's. 1B Fu-Jen Shen chipped in 2 more RBI's with a 1-4 day at the plate. C Yi-Wei Lee was 2-4 with a double and a run scored. As for the pitching, 5 pitchers (C.F. Chen, C.M. Wang, K.C. Lin, C.W. Lin, C.J. Lo) combined for 8 hits, 2 runs allowed (on solo shots), struck out 7 and walked 2 batters. Ko-Chien Lin got the win, throwing 3.2 perfect innings. Taiwan plays the Virgin Islands tomorrow and has a good chance of being undefeated before it plays it's final preliminary game against the US.