U18 Asian Youth Championship Taiwan team lost to Japan 1:2 and missed the championship

The Taiwan team lost by 1 point. (Photo by reporter Lin Zhengkun)

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Report from Taipei] Taiwan captain Zhang Yi'an played a match between Taiwan and Japan in the U18 Asian Youth Championship today. He hit a bye double play in the 7th inning. In the end, Taiwan lost to Japan 1:2 and missed the championship.

After today's game, Zhang Yi'an said that everyone was very sad. In fact, the whole team performed well, but they just missed one hit at the right time.

This game was a head-to-head matchup against Japan's ace Shoki Oda. They fought three times in the game, and scored 1K in two hits without a single hit. Zhang Yi'an said, "I knew he was going to lose, so I used a ball machine to follow the ball before the game. I felt that his ball didn't feel like watching a video, so I put him behind my head like this."

Yang Hsiao-cheng, the head coach of the Taiwan team, said that it was a pity that the bases were loaded in the second inning and no one at second or third base scored in the third inning. Otherwise, he would have had a chance to win today. "It was just that one step away. I still commend the performance of the players and hope that the Chinese people will continue to support them. As a head coach, I have a duty, but I can only say that the training was insufficient. It is a pity."