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The Taiwanese team had a record of 1 win and 2 losses in the Asian Games Baseball Super Cycle and missed the opportunity to compete for the gold medal.
Lin Yu-min of Taiwan team. (Photo by special correspondent Chen Zhiqu)
[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Comprehensive Report] The Taiwanese team lost to Japan 3:7 in the Nagoya Asian Games baseball event tonight. It ranked third with a record of 1 win and 2 losses in the super cycle and missed the chance to compete for the gold medal. The Taiwan team will play a bronze medal match with China at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. It is expected that the American left-hander Lin Yumin will start.
23-year-old Lin Yumin has played in the U12 World Cup, U15 World Cup, U18 World Cup, U23 World Cup, as well as the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Championships, the 2024 World Top 12 and the 2026 WBC Classic. He has considerable experience in international competitions.
In the preliminaries of the last Asian Games, Lin Yumin started 6 games without losing a point and won the winning shot against South Korea. In the gold medal match, he faced South Korea again and started 5 games with 2 points and took the losing shot. Lin Yumin will make his first appearance in this Asian Games and will start tomorrow's bronze medal game against China.
This season, Lin Yumin played 28 games in Triple-A Diamondbacks, including 26 starts, with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses, an ERA of 5.16, an on-base percentage of 1.46 per inning, 97K pitches in 129 innings, and 66 dead balls.
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