Focus Taiwan
Date; 2017/08/20
By: Lin Hung-han and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) Taiwan’s baseball team lost to France 3-4 in the preliminary round of the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei on Sunday.

The Taiwan team scored one point in the first half of the fifth inning and then took a 3-0 lead in the eighth inning.

However, due to a series of errors, the team gave up three hits in the ninth inning, allowing the France to score their first point in the game.

France went on to score another three points as Taiwan’s center-fielder Wang Cheng-tang (王正棠) missed a catch, and Taiwan lost 3-4.    [FULL  STORY]