Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/18
By: William Yen
Tokyo, Nov. 18 (CNA) Taiwan lost to Japan 8-2 in the last game of the preliminary round
Taiwan’s team in the Asia Professional Baseball Championship thanks the crowd on Saturday at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.
in the Asia Professional Baseball Championship in Tokyo Saturday, failing to secure a spot in the final of the three-team tournament.
Japanese outfielder Tonosaki Shuta hit a solo home run in the top of the second inning after two outs giving Japan a 1-0 lead.
The Japanese nine scored another two runs in the fifth inning, three runs in the seventh inning and one run in each of the eighth and ninth innings.
Taiwanese Chu Yu-hsien (朱育賢) fought back with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Taiwan its first run of the game. [FULL STORY]
