Xu Shaojie, Taoyuan City.

(Photo by reporter Wu Qingzheng)

[Reporter Wu Qingzheng/Hualien Report] Taoyuan City, the defending champion of the Taiwan Lottery Power Cup Little League Tournament, knocked out its opponents twice a day. They will face Taitung County in the championship game, challenging for 2 consecutive championships and the 6th championship in team history.

Taoyuan City and Taipei City were deadlocked at 4:4 in the first 3 innings. In the 4th inning, Wu Yunxi hit a 3-run home run that was ahead of the score. Taoyuan City’s morale was greatly boosted. They scored 8 points with hits, 3 balls and 2 turnovers, leading 12:4 by a large margin. They only conceded 1 point in the 5th inning, and the score difference reached 7 points and ended early.

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Taoyuan City fell behind 0:1 at the beginning of the semi-finals. In the second inning, Wu Yunxi hit the team's first hit. 10 people scored 5 points and 6 points respectively, and 4 rounds ended early.

Xu Shaojie allowed 2 hits and 1 run in the first inning. Afterwards, he completely blocked the New Taipei City hitters, dealt with the last 10 hitters in a row, and hit 3 strikeouts.

Xu Shaojie said that in the first two consecutive games, he had been on the board for three consecutive games, and his arm was a little tired. Today, the speed of the ball did not come out. Fortunately, he was hit and corrected the ball control, so he was able to suppress the batter. He also thanked his teammates for scoring so many points, so that he can shoot. 4 innings to leave work early.

The head coach of Taoyuan City, Gan Yizhe, said that Xu Shaojie’s ball speed is not particularly fast, but the tail force is very good, and the shooting movements of the straight ball and the change ball are almost exactly the same. Shao Jie is less confident, and his psychological quality has improved a lot this time.

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