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BEIJING — Dexter Fowler (Atlanta, Ga.) went 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI double, and John Gall (Stanford, Calif.) added a solo home run as the U.S. Olympic baseball yeam earned a spot in the medal round with a 4-2 win over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday evening. Read the rest of this entry »

The Japanese Olympic Team used a four run ninth inning to break open a one run game and put the Japanese squad at 2-0 in the tourney. The Japanese squad was led by Hiroyuki Nakajima who went 2-3 with 2 RBI and a run scored. Cheng-Min Peng led the Taipei team by going 2-4 with a run scored. Read the rest of this entry »

The Chinese Taipei baseball squad opened up Olympic Play on Wednesday with a 5-0 victory over the Netherlands. They received a great start from Wei-Yan Chen who pitched seven shutout innings while only allowing three hits and striking out seven batters without allowing a run . Kai-Wen Cheng pitched the final two innings where he allowed one hit and a single walk. The offensive star for Taipei was rightfielder Chieh-Ming Chang who went two for three with two RBI on the evening. Read the rest of this entry »

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(CARY, N.C.) – Christian Colon (Cal State Fullerton; Corona, Calif.) and Ryan Lipkin (San Francisco; Vacaville, Calif.) both had two-run doubles to propel the USA Baseball National Team to a 5-3 victory over the Chinese-Taipei National Team in the final game of a six-game series at the USA Baseball National Training Complex. Team USA, playing as the visiting team, completed the series sweep of Taipei with the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

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(DURHAM, N.C.) – Five consecutive hits produced a four-run fourth inning that propelled the USA Baseball National Team to a 7-3 victory over the Chinese-Taipei National Team in the fifth game of a six-game series Sunday evening at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The game was called after the completion of the top of the eighth inning due to inclement weather. Team USA has won each of the first five games of the series. Read the rest of this entry »

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(DURHAM, N.C.) – Micah Gibbs (LSU; Pflugerville) was 2-for-3 with four RBI, and Brett Hunter (Pepperdine; Moorpark, Calif.) recorded seven strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work as the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Chinese-Taipei National Team 12-1 in the fourth game of a six-game series Saturday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Team USA has won each of the first four games of the series. Read the rest of this entry »

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(DURHAM, N.C.) – Christian Colon’s RBI groundout broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning and proved to be the game-winning hit as the USA Baseball National Team defeated the Chinese-Taipei National Team 4-2 in the third game of a six-game series Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Team USA improves to 3-0 on the summer. Read the rest of this entry »

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(KANNAPOLIS, N.C.) – Hunter Morris (Auburn; Huntsville, Ala.) laced a two-run, tie-breaking double in the top of the 11th inning and give the USA Baseball National Team a 4-2 victory over the Chinese-Taipei National Team in the second game of a six-game series Thursday night at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium. The U.S. team has won each of the first two games, both of which went extra innings. Read the rest of this entry »

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(GREENVILLE, S.C.) – Ryan Jackson (Miami-FL; Miami Springs, Fla.) scampered home on a passed ball with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the USA Baseball National Team a 4-3 victory over the Chinese-Taipei National Team in the first game of a six-game series Wednesday night at Fluor Field. It was the first game for the U.S. squad since reducing to a 20-man roster for international play. Read the rest of this entry »