Looking to vindicate themselves after yesterday’s disgraceful meltdown against China, Chinese Taipei lost to Cuba 1-0 and fell to 1-3 overall. Chinese Taipei is now all but eliminated from medal contention in this year’s olympics.
Quick-armed righty Lee Chen-Chang, the least heralded of Taiwan’s three amateur pitchers (the other two Cheng Kai-Wen and Lo Chia-Jen), kept a tough Cuban lineup in check until his lone mistake–a no-doubt blast to right field surrendered to outfielder Frederich Cepeda–gave Cuba the only run it needed.
Cuba advanced to 4-0 in Olympic play, making it the tourney’s only unbeaten team. Starter Elier Sanchez held a punchless Chinese Taipei lineup to three hits over seven innings and are looking like the team to beat in this year’s tourney.
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1 DJ // Aug 17, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Hopefully, Taiwan’s embarrassing performance in the Olympics will put pressure on Chien-Ming Wang to play for his country in the World Baseball Classic. He won’t be running any bases there…
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