Taiwan, behind a dominant pitching performance from Lin Chin-Tse, beat Nevada 7-0 on Sunday in the Little League World Series championship game, ending the United States’ eight-year hold on the youth baseball crown.<\/p>\n
Taiwan’s triumph was the first for an international team since Japan won in 2017.<\/p>\n
Lin retired the first seven batters he faced and gave up just one hit with four strikeouts in five innings.<\/p>\n
The 12-year-old from Taipei also belted a three-run triple in Taiwan’s five-run fifth inning.<\/p>\n
The victory in the annual global Little League showpiece in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, gave Taiwan an 18th LLWS title — the most of any country besides the United States but a first since 1996.<\/p>\n
“I am very excited,” Lin said. “In the first inning I was very nervous, but after that it was smooth.”<\/p>\n
Taiwan, representing the Asia-Pacific region, had eliminated Caribbean region representative Aruba in the International bracket final while Nevada defeated Connecticut in the US bracket final to reach the title game.<\/p>\n
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