BOX SCORE | PLAYS | CUMULATIVE STATS
CARY, N.C. – Group USA picked up a series-clinching victory over Chinese language Taipei in commanding vogue, because the U.S. scored 9 unanswered runs to win, 11-1, on Monday, July 1 at Coleman Discipline.
AS IT HAPPENED
- Group USA (3-0) lit up the scoreboard first within the backside of the fourth, after Danny Dickinson (West Richland, Wash.) stole second and third, and touched dwelling on a wild pitch. Two batters later, RJ Austin Jr. (Vanderbilt) lifted a towering homer to left subject to place Group USA forward, 2-0, after 4.
- Chinese language Taipei (0-3) trimmed the result in one within the very subsequent inning, after Zheng Jun-Wei gained a prolonged battle on the plate to push a single by means of the correct facet. That introduced in Lai Chun, and made the rating 2-1, with Group USA forward, heading to the underside of the fifth.
- Devin Taylor (Indiana) sparked an enormous inning for Group USA within the backside of the sixth, as he drilled a leadoff double to left subject. Austin Jr. legged out a bunt single as the subsequent batter, earlier than he adopted Taylor dwelling on a two-RBI single to proper subject by Marek Houston (Wake Forest). Dean Curley (Tennessee) tacked on yet one more on a double to left middle to attain Houston, and that put Group USA forward, 5-1, after six frames.
- Group USA introduced the sport to an early conclusion with six runs within the backside of the seventh. Taylor belted a two-run homer down the correct subject line for his second extra-base hit of the night time, and Drew Burress (Georgia Tech) adopted with an RBI single of his personal. Brooks Bryan (Troy) and Curley hit back-to-back doubles, as Bryan drove in a single, and Curley plated the ultimate two runs of the sport at 11-1.
NOTABLE STATS:
- Nolan Schubart (Oklahoma State) was not examined, and drew 5 walks to enhance his on-base share to .923, and his OPS to three.123.
- Group USA tallied six further base hits with two homers from Taylor and Austin Jr., two doubles by Curley, and a double apiece for Bryan and Taylor.
- Curley completed with three RBI, and Taylor and Houston every had two.
- The Group USA pitching employees held Chinese language Taipei to simply two hits and two walks, and struck out 13 batters. Kyson Witherspoon (Oklahoma) received the beginning on the mound, and fired six strikeouts, and Gabe Davis (Oklahoma State) dealt two spotless innings with 4 punchouts. Anthony Eyanson (UC San Diego) was the pitcher of document, and he fanned three of the seven batters he confronted in 1.1 innings of labor.
- Zheng and Huang Bo-Rui picked up each hits for Chinese language Taipei.
ON DECK
Group USA will head west by means of North Carolina for the ultimate two video games of the twenty first USA vs. Chinese language Taipei Worldwide Friendship Sequence sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, and can play at First Nationwide Discipline in Greensboro, N.C. at 6:35 PM on Tuesday, July 2, earlier than closing the collection in Kannapolis, N.C.