Taiwan loses to Australia in APBC bronze medal game

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Team Taiwan lost to Australia 6-4 in the bronze medal game of the Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) on Sunday, finishing last in the four-team tournament held at Tokyo Dome in Japan.

Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) Team Taiwan lost to Australia 6-4 in the bronze medal game of the Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) on Sunday, finishing last in the four-team tournament held at Tokyo Dome in Japan.

Taiwan took an early 1-0 lead thanks to Lin Hung-hsien's (林泓弦) RBI groundout in the bottom of the second inning. Starting pitcher Chiu Chun-wei (邱駿威) also kept Australia scoreless through 4.2 innings.

Taiwanese reliever Kao Wei-chiang (高偉強), however, gave up two walks in the top of the fifth inning.

His replacement, Lee Chun (李軍), promptly walked another Australian batter to load the bases before giving up an RBI single to Brent Iredale and hitting Blake Cavill with a pitch, allowing Australia to take a 2-1 lead.

Lee Chun was then replaced by Lee Chao (李超), but the latter was still unable to stop the Australian offense. Lee Chao gave up two consecutive doubles, allowing Australia to score four more runs in the same inning to widen the gap to 6-1.

Taiwan managed to narrow the gap with Liu Chun-wei's (劉俊緯) bases-loaded double in the bottom of the fifth inning, cutting Australia's lead to 6-4.

Taiwan had a chance to regain the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning but failed to score despite loading the bases with only one out.

The fourth-place finish marked Taiwan's worst performance in the APBC since Australia joined the tournament in 2023.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation-sanctioned APBC, launched in 2017, initially featured teams of professional players from Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

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