Taoyuan City Guishan Elementary School.

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[Reporter Lin Youchen/Taipei Report] Chunghwa Telecom Xie Guocheng Cup National Little League Championship semi-finals, Taoyuan City (Guishan Elementary School) fierce firepower was suppressed by the defending champion Taipei City (Fulin Elementary School), the audience only knocked out 4 teams Hit, but three of their own pitchers held onto the lead and narrowly won 3:2 to advance. They will play against Nantou County in the championship game and strive for the 9th championship in team history.

Taoyuan City led the way with Wu Yunxi's 2-run shot in 2 innings. Although Taipei City was also clinging to the score, it even knocked out more than 7 hits, including Wu Shaoyu's spring home run in 6 innings. The number chased to one point difference, but in the end it still fell short.

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Taoyuan City's starting pitcher Xu Shaojie retired in 2.2 innings with 5 hits and no points. Liu Youan, who replaced him, completed 3 innings with only 2 hits, 1 walk and 9 cards With three strikes, Fan Chenjun used a ball to catch the last number of outs and closed the door successfully.

Taoyuan City Guishan Elementary School.

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Although Liu Youan, who gained the winning shot, lost 2 points, only the positive bullet in the 6th inning was blamed. He pointed out that the ball was taken out from the outside corner. As far as I am concerned, I am satisfied, especially the speed of the ball. "Originally the fastest was 106 kilometers, but today it is 110 kilometers."

In fact, Liu Youan was originally supposed to be the pitcher for the championship game. This game was played early as a backup. Taoyuan City head coach Li Zhengda pointed out, "Xu Shaojie's ball today is not powerful, and the opponent can hit his ball. In addition, our hit is stalled today. I am worried. Scores are prone to accidents, so bet on him quickly.”

In the first 3 games, Taoyuan City scored 39 points in the group stage, but Taoyuan City was unable to display its skills today. Li Zhengda believes that the players in this game have no desire to attack at all in the previous games. The first round had the greatest impact. If you don’t play well, you will know that the game is difficult. At the beginning, you chased too many bad shots, and then you know you have to restrain the bat and let go of the good shots.”

Nantou County Xinjie Elementary School.

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Nantou County (Xinjie Elementary School) defeated Taichung City (Daren Elementary School) 6:3 in another top 4 match, relying on two 140 cm pitchers to jointly suppress Taichung City (Daren Elementary School). They will immediately return to the championship game this year.

Quan Haoqian, a fifth-grade left-hander in Nantou County, used all 90 pitches and completed 4 innings of starts. Although he had 7 hits and got a good shot in the first inning, he did not let Taichung City take the overall game. Lost 1 run in each of the 3 innings, had 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. After exiting the game, Kim Sung-duk, a right-hander of similar height, took over until the end of the game. He only had 1 hit in 2 innings, no walks and 4K, perfectly defending the victory.

Ji Junlin, the head coach of Nantou County, pointed out that Quan Haoqian's straight ball speed is not fast, but there is a large curve ball. The difference in ball speed is not easy for players of this level to attack, which prevents Taichung City from scoring a lot of points. "He is steady. Yes, he needs help from the defense, and the score is still a bit tight, but let him continue shooting all the way if he can control the loss.”

Yesterday, when the coach told him to start this game, Quan Haoqian was not nervous but happy. He said, "Because I want to lead the team to the championship game." He rated his performance at 70 points. He was dissatisfied with many shots that were too sweet and were beaten. On the contrary, he felt that his batting performance was better than his pitching performance, "because he hit the ball." He was ranked 8th today with 1 hit and 1 walk.

In the first game, teammates immediately helped to get 4 points to recover the lead, which is another factor for Quan Haoqian to get more games.

Jin Xiangen took the lead in hitting a double in the first bat, and took advantage of the wild pitch and Gao Fei's sacrifice to tie the score. Then Lu Xiangrui walked, Tian Junhan hit back the leading point, and the next bat, Tian Yuzuo, added 2 points, and Nantou The county is invincible.

When Tian Yuzuo joined the team in the fourth grade, he set the goal of hitting the Xie Guocheng Cup. After hitting that goal, he was not sure. When he saw it, he thought to himself, "Why did he fly out suddenly?" Afterwards, he tightly held the first ball of his career, expressing that he would dedicate it to his mother who was cheering in the stands, "As long as there is a game, she will come to see it. I was very happy to see her just now, and I want to tell her that I have worked hard."

Nantou County had the best runner-up in team history the year before last, and lost to Taoyuan City in the final game. The two teams will meet again tomorrow. Ji Junlin believes that he is ready to challenge the league leader again. Performance, but also a good performance, no turnovers are allowed, this time we have better pitchers, hope to have a chance, at least play a good game."

Nantou County Xinjie Elementary School.

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