Taiwan wins Little League Baseball World Series Championship

2025-08-25

Taiwan has emerged as the champion at the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The game saw a world regional champion, Taiwan, face off against the US champion. Dong Yuan Elementary School’s team represented the Asia-Pacific and played against a team from the US Mountain State of Nevada. They won against the US team 7-0 and bagged the champion title for Taiwan after 29 years.

Taiwan won the Little League Baseball World Series championship against the US regional champion 7-0, for the first time in 29 years. It’s also the 18th time for Taiwan to win the championship. The young players and their coaches hugged each other excitedly after the game ended. The crowd also erupted in cheers at the team’s crowning moment.

In the bottom of the second inning, the Taiwanese team scored first with a walk and two wild pitches from the opponent. And at the bottom of the third inning, Tsai Yu-ko successfully touched the ball, causing the US team to make an error, and winning another game.

Taiwan’s Lin Chin-tse showed off his impressive ability in both hitting and pitching. He pitched a perfect game through the first four innings. He persisted until he allowed a single in the top of the fifth inning with one out, and the game ended at 4.1 innings. Lin ultimately pitched five innings without losing any points, and in his at-bat, he hit a base-clearing triple in the bottom of the fifth.

In the top of the sixth inning, Chen Chi-sheng took to the mound from the bench. With two outs already and victory in hand, their 33-year-old young pitching coach Luo Cheng-yu suddenly called a timeout and walked onto the pitcher’s mound.

After Dong Yuan Elementary School won the championship, head coach Lai Min-nan shed tears of joy at the press conference. He’s been training the kids for 32 years to finally witness this moment.

Lai Min-nan
Taipei Dong Yuan Elementary School head coach
After we won four games in a row, the kids became more and more confident. They showed their confidence and strength in Williamsport in front of so many spectators. In the end, we got what we wanted. With our planned pitchers and lineup, we shut out our opponents and won the championship.

The Dong Yuan Elementary School Little League team will fly back to Taiwan at 6 p.m. on the 30th for a heroes’ homecoming.

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睽違29年! 威廉波特世界少棒賽"完封美國" 台灣隊奪冠

2025-08-25

台灣又是世界第一！2025威廉波特世界少棒錦標賽，代表亞太區的台灣東園國小少棒隊，今天凌晨和美國組冠軍內華達州隊交手，台灣小將投打表現優異，以7：0擊退地主，拿下睽違29年的威廉波特少棒總冠軍。

台灣隊的再見接殺，最後就以7比0完封美國，睽違29年再度拿下威廉波特冠軍，這也是台灣史上第18座冠軍，球員和教練團興奮地在場內擁抱，場邊觀眾全都瘋狂吶喊，慶祝這勝利的一刻。

台灣隊在這場冠軍戰二局下半，靠著保送和對方兩次暴投先馳得點，3局下半蔡瑀格觸點成功，造成美國隊失誤，再下一城。

台灣隊林晉擇展現投打二刀流身手，前4局投出完全比賽，只可惜在5局上1出局後被打出安打，完全比賽停在4.1局。最後林晉擇交出5局無失分的好投，打擊方面，他在5局下滿壘的局面，打出清壘的三壘安打。

6局上台灣隊換上陳啟盛後援，眼看已經兩出局，勝券在握，這時候33歲，年輕的投手教練駱政宇忽然叫暫停，走上投手丘。

東園國小勇奪冠軍後，總教練賴敏男也激動的淚灑記者會場，在基層打拼32年的他，這一次終於不再和冠軍擦肩而過。

[[東園國小總教練賴敏男]]
“我們在連續四場的四連勝之後，小孩子也越來越有信心，能夠在威廉波特比賽，那麼多觀眾面前，他們也展現出自信心和實力，到最後我們也如願，在我們既定安排的投手跟陣容之下，也如願完封對手，拿到冠軍。”

勇奪冠軍的東園國小少棒隊，為國爭光，將在30號晚上六點搭機返回台灣。

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