Sunday, March 8, 2009

Them WBC Blues

It has been a long fall for Taiwan in baseball, from dominating the Little League World Series back in the Seventies, to this:

"Ray Chang homered and drove in two runs as China beat Taiwan 4-1 on Saturday for its first win in the World Baseball Classic."

"Baseball in China took a huge step toward credibility, as the team managed by former Orix Buffaloes オリックス・バファローズ skipper Terry Collins shocked Taiwan 4-1 in a WBC elimination game on Saturday at Tōkyō Dome 東京ドーム. U.S.-born Ray Chang went 3-for-3 with a double, a homer and two RBIs, and starter Lu Jiangang 吕建刚, the winning pitcher against Taiwan at the Beijing Olympics, set the tone by allowing just one run over 5-1/3 innings to lead the way. China has now beaten the Taiwanese back-to-back in international play. It won 8-7 in 12 innings at the Beijing Games last summer. The loss also made Taiwan, which fell to South Korea 9-0 on Friday night, the first team to be bounced from the WBC, taking it out of Group A play with two defeats in less than 24 hours."

Talk about a loss of face...

No comments:

Post a Comment