South Williamsport, Pa. – It was not perfect, but it was still great for Chinese Taipei.
Lynn Chin-Tese faced 13 batsmen first and allowed only one hit in five innings as Chinese Taipei defeated Nevada 7-0 at the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday, defeating Nevada 7–0 on Sunday, giving 29 years of title for the country.
Chinese Taipei won its first LLWS since 1996, although its 18 titles are the highest in any country other than the United States, including five directly from 1977 to 1981.
When Chen Yi -in caught a fly ball at the left ground to end the game, the Chinese Taipei gloves flew into the air as the team piled up in front of the mound.
“We are really happy that we have a chance to re-receive the championship,” said the manager Lai Min-Nain.
The 5 -Foot -8 right -handed Lynn also broke three runs triple at the fifth place of the Chinese Taipei’s five runs. Taipei’s 12 -year -old man earned more than 80 mph with his fastball several times during the tournament; It looks very fast for the batsmen as the plate is only 46 feet (14 meters) away in this level of baseball. His velocity looked very similar on Sunday.
Before Sunday, Lynn’s longest start was three innings in the Chinese Taipei’s initial game against Mexico. He allowed only one hit in the latter victory over Venezuela.
“I am very excited,” Lynn said through an interpreter. “In the first innings, I was very nervous, but after that it was smooth.”
LAI said that the Chinese Taipei strategy in LLWS was “to take advantage of defense as a crime. If the other team could not get any runs, there is no way to win this tournament.”
That plan worked very well as Chinese Taipei conceded just three runs while staying at Williamsport, all in Venezuela in 7–3 win.
Garat Galigos broke the perfect game with single in the left ground in the fifth innings, but was caught in a double play when Gracon Miranda moved to second place. Nevada was seen in his first championship game.
“I think you will judge this whole story, not from this last chapter, but here, the whole book,” said TJ Fachsar. “They will be the heroes when they come to Las Vegas.”
Aggressively, Chinese Taipei put capital on four wild pitches and a nearby ball. Jian Zih-D worked on a walk going under the other and later scored when he defeated the house after one of the wild pitches.
Chen Shi-Rong scored his team’s second run at the bottom of the third, when Nevada made an error of throwing a Nevada on the first basis.
In the fifth, his triple made it 5–0, Lynn was caught in a randon between the third and the house on the ground ball of Tsai U-GE, but he was granted bail on a throwed error that deepened in the left area. Lynn scored and similarly Tsai.
The final international team to win the tournament was Japan in 2017.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
