Baseball teams from Taiwan and Japan battled same day in different places

If the same fixture can be played in different countries same day, today in 2007 BWC and Konami Cup 2007 was the best example of this. Two professional teams battled in Tokyo, but two national teams battled in Taichung.

At the Konami Cup, SK Wyverns easily won by ending early the games against China Stars with 13-0 by SK's aggressive hitting firstly, but in the "Uni-President Lions vs Chunichi Dragons", they battled with a pitching game.

The key factors of errors decided the winner in this game. At the top of 5th inning, it started from Motonobu Tanishige's "hit by pitch", with errors by Uni Lions' third-base man Tilson Brito, reversing the match with 2 RBIs with base full chance by Chunichi Dragons, and Hirokazu Ibata's 1 RBI hit, Dragons finally defeated Lions at home (Japan) with 4-2.

In the same time, Chinese Taipei and Japan National Team battled in Taichung. Pre-sale tickets of this match were unavailable in site. To maintain the honor of the host (Taiwan, as of Chinese Taipei), Chien-fu Yang battled Junichi Tazawa in the starting pitch. With a aggressive battings led by Tai-shan Chang, 5 hits scored 3 RBIs in the bottom of 6th inning, and the relief pitcher Fu-de Ni successfully closed battings from Japan, Chinese Taipei won Japan with 6-1.

By results at different places, this alternative battle drew with upholding their own home each other.

Other results from 2007 BWC

Group A

USA 2-6 Italy

South Africa 4-7 Spain

Mexico 2-3 Panama

Grorup B

Thailand 2-18A South Korea

Venezuela 4-7 Australia

Germany 5-15A Netherlands

Canada 3-6 Cuba

Tomorrow's fixtures

2007 BWC

Group A

South Africa vs Mexico

Chinese Taipei vs Spain

Panama vs Italy

Japan vs USA

Group B

Netherlands vs Venezuela

Germany vs Canada

South Korea vs Cuba

Australia vs Thailand

Konami Cup 2007

China Stars vs Chunichi Dragons

Uni-President Lions vs SK Wyverns