Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/18
By: Lin Hung-han and Frances Huang
Taipei, July 18 (CNA) Taiwan upended South Korea in dramatic fashion in the final of the
Taiwan’s team, largely comprised of players from Kaohsiung’s Jhong-Jheng Elementary School (中正國小), was locked in a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning when Wang Tien-hsin (王天鑫) hit a walk-off grand slam, giving his team a 9-5 win.
With the victory, Taiwan will represent the Asia Pacific region at the Bronco World Series, which opens in Los Alamitos, California on Aug. 4 and runs through Aug. 8.
In Monday’s final, Taiwan trailed for the first four innings of the regulation seven-inning game, but took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth on two walks, a hit and an error by South Korea. [FULL STORY]