Taiwan defeated the Philippines 13-0 in the U18 Asian Youth Championship and won the fifth third place in team history.

Cai Chenlong. (Photo by reporter Lin Zhengkun)

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Report from Taipei] The 14th U18 Asian Youth Baseball Championship held the third place game this afternoon. The Taiwanese team was on full fire, scoring 12 hits in the game, and the Philippine pitching staff surrendered 7 dead balls. In the end, the Taiwanese team defeated the Philippines 13:0, "smashing" the opponent in 5 innings in advance, and won the fifth third place in team history.

The Taiwan team launched a fierce offensive in the second inning of this game, knocking out 8 hits in a single inning, including 3 doubles, 3 touches and a walk. In this half inning, they scored 10 points and secured the victory in advance.

In the 3rd inning, the Taiwan team scored 1 point with Hu Chenrui's triple and Zhang Yi'an's infield grounder. In the 4th inning, the Taiwan team added another 2 points. Hu Chenrui, Chen Yaojie, Pasula. Takislinian was rewarded with 3 hits, and Chen Yaojie scored the most 3 RBIs on the team.

The Taiwan team's starting pitcher Yang Yaocheng pitched 2 innings and was knocked down 1 An Biao 3K, Cai Chenlong was knocked out 1 An Biao 2K in 2 innings, and reliever Chen Yuxun gave up 3K in 1 inning. All three pitchers failed to score, and they joined forces to block the Philippine line.