Japanese U18 ace Shoki Oda praises Taiwan’s enthusiastic baseball atmosphere

Shoki Oda. (File photo)

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Report from Taipei] Yesterday, Japan defeated host Taiwan 2:1 in the U18 Asian Youth Championship to advance to the championship game. Japanese ace Oda Xiangxi started 6 games and allowed 1 point. He defeated Taiwanese ace Liu Renyou and allowed 2 points in 4.2 games. A total of 7,010 fans entered the stadium. It was also the largest audience in a single game of this U18 Asian Youth Championship. Oda Xiangxi exclaimed, "Taiwanese baseball is really great!"

Oda Xiangxi started 6 games and was knocked out 3 and scored 7K and allowed 1 run to win the game. However, he also had 5 walks and 106 pitches, including 63 strikes, with a strike rate of only 59.4%. He said that the situation was not very good, there were too many bad pitches, and the pitching content was somewhat unsatisfactory, but he was able to keep the score down and help the team win. He was really happy.

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Yesterday, the Taiwanese support group in the Dome worked hard to support the national team. The lively scene shocked Oda Xiangxi. He said, "I was very nervous at the time and was surprised by the atmosphere of the game, but I still focused on pitching and was not affected too much." He praised, "Taiwanese baseball is really great. It seems that the whole country is cheering for the national team. The atmosphere is great."