Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/17
By: Hsieh Ching-wen and William Yen
Taipei, Nov. 17 (CNA) Taiwan had opportunities but could not come up with the clutch hit
The Taiwanese team thanks the crowd at Tokyo Dome on Friday.
as its team of young professionals lost to South Korea 1-0 in the Asia Professional Baseball Championship at the Tokyo Dome on Friday.
The only run came in the bottom of the sixth in a game in which both teams could only muster four hits apiece.
Taiwanese starter Chen Kuan-yu (陳冠宇), who pitches professionally for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, gave up a two-out walk to Kim Ha-seong and a run-scoring triple to right on a hanging breaking ball to Lee Jung-hoo.
Lee’s deep fly ball just eluded the outstretched glove of Taiwanese right-fielder Chen Tzu-hao (陳子豪) and bounced off the right-field wall away from Chen, who fell to the ground. By the time Chen retrieved the ball, it was too late to prevent Kim from scoring.
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