Chinese Taipei and South Korea, which are currently playing against Chinese Professional Baseball League Teams, earned victories.
Taiwan stretched their winning streak to three games with a 2-1 win versus the La New Bears. Starter Jien-Ming JIANG gave up a run in the top of the first on a wild pitch. However the pitching staff blanked the Bears afterwards. JIANG threw five innings, giving up at least one hit in four of them. The relievers Keh-Chien LIN, Chui-Guan LEE and Jung-Chung HUANG combined for four shutout innings to finish the game.
The offense overcame the deficit in the fourth through sac flies by Yen-Wen KUO and Jung-Chang YEH. Tai-Chan CHANG and Chih-Sheng LIN each had two hits. The other batters struggled as only two more got hits.
South Korea defeated dmedia T-Rex by a score of 3-1. They scored three runs on four hits through the first three periods to take the lead. Dmedia’s batters were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They got their only run in the eighth through a RBI-double.
Both Olympic Qualifier participants are playing each another warmup, before opening of the tournament on Friday this week.