The Taiwan team lost 12 points to Panama in the first match.

(File photo, photo by reporter Liao Yaodong)

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Comprehensive Report] Japan defeated Italy 9:3 yesterday, becoming the first team in the history of the classic to advance to the semi-finals for 5 consecutive times. It has won all 5 games and is expected to challenge the Dominican Republic after the 2013 Dominican Republic. The second undefeated team in history to win the championship.

Japan only conceded 11 points in these 5 games, of which 9 points were missed. The team defense rate of 1.80 was the best among the 20 participating teams. Venezuela won all 4 games, and its team defense rate was 2.00.

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In addition, the batting rate of the Japanese pitchers was 163, and the hit rate per inning was 0.69. They all won the teams. A total of 45 innings pitched 63K. There were only 5 walks, and an average of 1 walk every 9 innings. , strikeouts and walks are the best statistics in the conference.

In this tournament, Japan broke into the semi-finals with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, and the strong performance of the pitchers is definitely the key factor.

As for the Taiwan team, the defense rate is as high as 7.20, ranking 15th, the batting rate is 317%, and the on-base rate per inning is 1.86. They are all ranked 18th. A total of 35 innings have been pitched with 21 four-bad walks. The overall suppression and ball control of the pitcher group Neither is ideal.

From another point of view, the Taiwan team lost 12 points in the first game against Panama, which has surpassed the total points lost by Japanese pitchers in 5 games. In the first 6 innings of the first game, they gave 7 four-bad walks, which is more than the sum of all Japanese pitchers; Venezuela Surrounded by strong opponents in Group D, facing strong teams including the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, they only dropped 9 points in 4 games. The pitchers showed a strong ability to dominate the game.

In the last classic game, the starting pitcher ERA of the Taiwan team was 18.57. This year’s starting ERA was not ideal. There were 7 games in total in the two games. Each starting pitcher only pitched 2 innings on average. The ability to eat games is obviously insufficient.

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