Taiwan finishes second in WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup

Taiwan finished second in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Under-18 Women’s Softball World Cup, after losing to the United States 1-0 in Lima, Peru, on Monday.

Despite the loss in the championship game, it remains the Taiwan team’s best performance in the tournament as the team’s best previous performance was a bronze medal in 1999 as host team and in 2011 in South Africa.

Taiwan had been undefeated in the tournament with a perfect 6-0 record, before being defeated by the U.S. team in their final round-robin match on Sunday.

In a rematch Monday, Taiwan’s starting pitcher Ke Hsia-ai (???) took a shutout into the seventh inning before giving up a hit, a walk, and a one-out walk-off RBI double by U.S. pitcher Valerie Cagle in the bottom of the inning.

Cagle blanked Taiwan over her seven innings, giving the U.S. their fourth junior women’s softball world title in a row.

Ke allowed six hits and struck out five in her 6.1 innings on the mound.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel