HARD LESSONS:Taiwan manager Kuo Lee Chien-fu said his team would learn from center fielder Wang Cheng-tang’s fumble and use it as motivation for coming games
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 21, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taiwan yesterday had the lead in the baseball on the third day of the Taipei
A man with a Republic of China flag draped over his shoulders cheers for Taiwan in their game against France at the Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
Summer Universiade until France scored four runs in the final inning, upsetting the hosts 4-3.
Center fielder Wang Cheng-tang gifted the win to France when he misjudged a fly ball on loaded bases, with two outs for France and down by 3-1.
Wang ran to catch the fly ball, for what should have been the final out, but dropped it, and three French players scampered home to snatch a dramatic win for the visitors at Taipei’s Tianmu Baseball Stadium.
The hosts seized one run in the fifth inning, then added two more in the eighth frame to lead 3-0 going into the final inning. [FULL STORY]
