The Chinese team completed the impossible task in the eyes of the outside world and defeated them 11-3 in the preliminary round of Group B of the World Top 12 Baseball Tournament yesterday.Australiateam, plusJapanteam defeatedcubaTeam, determined that Group B will consist of Japan and China teams advancing to the Tokyo semi-finals, writing the best record of the Chinese team in the three baseball majors in the past 32 years.
The Chinese team still has the final match against Cuba in the preliminaries today, but the result of the preliminaries has nothing to do with it. Next, the Chinese team will face Venezuela, the first place in Group A, in Tokyo on the 21st, the United States, the second place team in Group A, on the 22nd, and the Japanese team again on the 23rd. The top two teams will advance to the championship game, and the third and fourth teams will advance to the championship game. We have to fight for the third place battle.
The Chinese team’s best result in the history of the top 12 competition was fifth place in 2019, when it won the top six in the semi-finals. Since it only made the top four in this semi-final, the Chinese team’s advance to the semi-finals has determined to rewrite the best result in the history of the competition; in addition, in the Olympics, In the three first-level events of the Classic and Top 12, the last time the Chinese team reached the top four was back in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. At that time, the Chinese team won the first baseball silver medal in history and reached the first level again after 32 years. The final four of the tournament.
Newbern, the starting pitcher of the Australian team, only lasted one point and allowed two runs in the second inning. The Chinese team’s two waves of offense started with walks when he pitched. In the first inning, Chen Jiexian was on base first, and Pan Jiekai added a hit to help the Chinese team open the scoring. , the atmosphere in the Taipei Arena was boiling as soon as the game started.
The first hitter in the second inning, Kaiwei Lee, received a walk. After Australia got two outs in a row, they faced Chen Chenwei’s first pitch and threw two bad balls. Australia started to change pitches but had no effect. Chen Chenwei and Lin Li hit two consecutive hits. Scored the second point of the Chinese team.
The Chinese team had a fierce offensive for 36 minutes in the fourth inning, forcing Australia to frequently stop and start pitching changes, but still could not stop consecutive hits. Zeng Songen’s second base hit two RBIs; the first three bats of the fifth inning were Chen Chenwei, Lin Li and Chen Jiexian scored three hits in a row, expanding their lead to 5-1. The Chinese team’s hot show continued with Lin Li in the seventh inning and Jili Jilao in the ninth inning. Gong Guandu hit a three-pointer, completely destroying Australia’s morale.
Head coach Zeng Haoju took over the top 12 players and repeatedly emphasized that the goal was to “advance to Tokyo”. However, due to the dismissal of many key players, the Chinese team has not been optimistic since the debut of the lineup. The starting rotation is jokingly called the “No. 5 starting sea”. , but fought surprising battles one after another. After defeating South Korea and the Dominican Republic, yesterday they defeated Australia with a big score to get their third win. In addition, the Japanese team defeated Cuba 7-6 in another shocking game, and the qualifying spots in Group B were determined.
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